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Papers of Thomas Bradwall Barlow

Official records, correspondence and papers of companies within the Barlow Group during Thomas B. Barlow’s Chairmanship: Thomas Barlow & Bro.

1. 63/1//1: Estate personnel files, (in alphabetical order), comprising the personal details and employment records of estate managers and assistants appointed by Thomas Barlow & Bro., (acting as secretaries to the estate companies):
   • G. T. B Baddeley, manager, Castleton tea estate (1935-45);
   • Evelyn Alexander William Baker (b. 1905), assistant, Inchong estate (1925-8), Torkington (1928-31), Klabang (1931-2), Chersonese (1945-7), transferred to managership in Bousteads agency;
   • Reginald Barker, manager, Torkington estate (1926-42, 1946);
   • H. C. Billie, visiting manager, Permas estate (1949-51);
   • Stanley Reade Blair, assistant and engineer, Loongsoong tea estate, Assam (1926-8), transferred to Chingoor tea estate, manager (1936-46), acting manager Loongsoong (1946-7), retired;
   • Reginald Michael Bousfield (1889-1967), assistant, Midlands estate (1910), acting manager, Highlands estate (1918-20 and later), consulting engineer, Highlands & Ayer Kuning estates, and others (1921-42), manager, Midlands estate (1928), transferred as manager to Highlands (1930), joint manager of Highlands & Midlands (1931-42);
   • group supervisor, Highlands estates (1939-41), acting manager, Highlands estate (1947);
   • Eric Thomas Boyd (1903-c.1943), manager, Chersonese estate (1936-42);
   • Kenneth Brown (b. 1906), assistant, Sungei Krian estate (1928-32), manager, Inchong estate (1932-7), Klabang estate, (1937-42, 1946-53?);
   • Philip Arthur Brown (b. 1918), engineer, Torkington estate (1947-8);
   • George Rettie Burns (b. 1912), assistant, Bradwall estate (1935-8), assistant-in-charge, Staffield estate (1938-41), acting manager, Bradwall estate (1940, 1946-9), visiting manager, Staffield estate (1947-9), retired;
   • Brae & Chingoor Tea Estates Ltd, managers’ commission statements (1935-54).
2. 63/1/2: Estate personnel files.:
   • Robert Francis Carey (b. 1905), manager, Bukit Rajah estate (1942);
   • first assistant, Staffield estate (1946-7);
   • B. Stewart Clark (b.1909), engineer, Highlands estate (1946-7);
   • Maurice T. Coode (b. 1907), manager, Inchong estate 1939-41, having started his career at Highlands (1930);
   • Patrick Down (b. 1900), manager, Somme estate (1949-51);
   • Mr De Fisser, assistant, Badek estate, Java (1951-3);
   • Archibald William Fraser (b. 1913), assistant, Somme estate (1939), Inchong (1941), Highlands (1946);
   • John Rowland Godber (b. 1910), assistant, Highlands estate (1937-41), Somme estate (1946-7);
   • F. R. Gray (d. 1949), manager, Brae tea estate, Ceylon (1944-9);
   • C. L. P. Broese Van Groenou (b. 1915), assistant (?), Badek estate (1937-41);
   • Michael Herman Van Der Gucht (b. 1903), manager, Harimau estate (1938-42), later visiting manager (1946-8).
3. 63/1/3: Estate personnel files.:
   • David Warnock Harvey (b. 1910), assistant, Bradwall estate (1940-1);
   • R. A. Hawkins, assistant, Harimau estate (1949);
   • David James Hay, manager, Borholla tea estate, Assam (1934-45);
   • William Lawrie Johnston (b. 1911), assistant, Highlands estate 1938-41), died 1944 (P.O.W.);
   • Mr Kruithof, acting manager, Badek estate, Java (1951-3);
   • Maximilian A. M. Lock, (b. 1906), assistant, Somme estate (1927-31) manager (1931-41);
   • Robert Yorke Maddeley (b. 1923), assistant, Torkington estate (1949), transferred to Klabang estate (1949);
   • Thomas Edmund Mcauley (b. 1912), assistant, Highlands estate (1946-9);
   • Brian Patrick Graham McElroy (b. 1915), assistant, Muar River estate (1947-8); Walter Edward Harston Morris (b. 1916), assistant, Sungei Krian estate (1948).
4. 63/1/4: Estate personnel files.:
   • Julian Notley (b. 1906), assistant, Highlands estate (1949-50), then to Sogomana estate (?);
   • A. Paton, visiting engineer, Highlands estate (1949-50);
   • A. Paulsen, acting manager, Somme estate (1947-8), Torkington estate (1948-9);
   • William Edward Peacock (b.1912), assistant, Chersonese estate (1937-41);
   • A. B. Pels, assistant, Chersonese estate (1941-2);
   • Arthur Stanley Percival (b.1895), senior assistant, Chersonese estate (1919-42);
   • D. K. Cunningham-Perdriau, acting manager, Borholla tea estate, Assam (1949-51);
   • John Richard Witherington Perkins, assistant, Highlands estate (1951-3);
   • R. B. Perkins, acting manager, Harimau estate (1940-1);
   • H. R. Preyer, engineer, Badek estate (?), Java (1933-41);
   • George Cottral Pringle, visiting manager, Jin Seng estate (1946-52);
   • J. G. De Raad, assistant, Badek estate, Java (1949-50);
   • Roderick James Rait (b. 1901), assistant, Ayer Kuning estate (1921-36), manager (1936-42);
   • Mr Revius, assistant, Badek estate, Java (1942);
   • Charles Salter Sandrey (b. 1913), engineer and field assistant, Chersonese estate (1947-51);
   • Cyril Scott Eldon, assistant, Muar River estate (1915-29) (?), manager, Permas estate (1929-31), visiting manager at Majedie and Harimau estates (1931-40), manager, Muar River estate (1946-7), Chersonese estate (to 1949);
   • T. D. H. Sime, visiting manager, Staffield estate 1949-50;
   • Mr Surringh, assistant, Badek estate, Java (1951-3);
   • P. J. Thistle (b. 1906), assistant, Brae tea estate, Celyon (1949);
   • George William Purvis Tinlin (b. 1914), assistant Sungei Krian/Somme estate (1940-2);
   • Albert Ernest Howland Trimmer, manager Brae tea estate, Ceylon (1930-44);
   • Mr Weverling, estate supervisor, Badek estate, Java (1951);
   • Arne Wiberg, (b. 1901), assistant, Torkington estate (1937-9), acting manager, Harimau estate (1940-1), Inchong estate (1946-8);
   • David Anderson Woodburn, assistant, Ayer Kuning estate (1939-41).