'File 42/2 (6/2) C.C.L. De Grenier, Directors of Customs; G.W.R. Smith'

Content

This file contains correspondence regarding Claud Cranbrook Lewis DeGrenier, Director of Customs in Bahrain (1924-1943).

The correspondence is primarily between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, and officials at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain. The correspondence concerns arrangements for DeGrenier's leave and contract as well as a visit that he made to Kuwait in 1934 (some correspondence in Arabic is contained in connection to this visit).

The file also contains correspondence regarding DeGrenier's fitness to work, his departure from Bahrain in 1943 and the hiring of his replacement, George William Reginald Smith. A copy of the contract agreed between Smith and Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, the Ruler of Bahrain, is contained on folios 62-69.

Extent and format

1 file (85 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 85; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-79; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/900

Former external reference(s)

Confidential Files: 42/2 File no: 6/2

History of this record

Date(s)

15 Mar 1932-19 May 1947 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Director of Customs and Port Officer

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'File 42/2 (6/2) C.C.L. De Grenier, Directors of Customs; G.W.R. Smith', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/900, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00016b> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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