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- 17th Aug 2013 (Création/Production)
- 23rd Jun 1949 - 11th Oct 1949 (Création/Production)
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Sir Richard Olaf Winstedt was born in Oxford and graduated from New College, Oxford. In 1902 he became a cadet in the Federated Malay States Civil Service, and was posted to Perak where he studied Malay language and culture. In 1913 he was appointed District Officer in Kuala Pilah, and in 1916 appointed to the Education Department. In 1920 he received his DLitt degree from Oxford. He served as the first President of Raffles College, Singapore, 1928–1931. During his presidency, he also served as acting Secretary to the High Commissioner, 1923, Director of Education for Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States (FMS), as a member of Legislative Council, Straits Settlements, 1924–1931 and as a member of the FMS Federal Council, 1927–1931. He was president of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in 1927, 1929 and 1931. After a term as General Adviser to Johore, 1931–1935, Winstedt retired from the Malayan Civil Service. He returned to England and was appointed Lecturer, then Reader, and ultimately Honorary Fellow, in Malay, at the School of Oriental Studies in London, where he also served as a member of the Governing Body, 1939–1959. During World War II, he broadcast in Malay to Japanese-occupied Malaya. He retired from active teaching in 1946.
Winstedt was very involved with the Royal Asiatic Society towards the end of his teaching career. He serving multiple terms as the Society's Director (1940-43, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1958-61) and President (1943-46, 1949-52, 1955-58, 1961-64). In recognition of all this administrative work as well as of his scholarship he was awarded, in 1947, the Society's Gold Medal. He was elected as the Society's Honorary Vice-President in 1964.
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These are copies of letter from The National Archives of correspondence concerning the deposit of Richard Burton's consular hat and the walking stick presented by the King of Dahomey. They are:
- Letter from W.J. Sullivan, British Political Adviser to the Commander, Trieste, to Foreign Office Library asking for their advice on a suitable place for disposal of the stick and hat. Typed, dated 23 June 1949
- Letter from S.H. Gellatly, Foreign Office to W.J. Sullivan suggesting that the items are deposited with the Royal Asiatic Society as the Society holds annual Burton Memorial Lectures. Typed, dated 18 July 1949
- Letter from W.J. Sullivan to S.H. Gellatly to inform that he was despatching the items in two parcels by non-confidential bag. Typed, dated 29 July 1949
- Letter from E.J. Passant, Foreign Office, to The Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask if they would like the hat and stick. Typed, dated 11 August 1949 (see RB/7/5/1)
- Letter from E.J. Passant to the Secretary, RAS, to ask again concerning the Burton items. Typed, dated 20 September 1949.
- Letter from M. Davis, Secretary, RAS, to E.J. Passant apologizing for not replying - the Society had been closed for holidays during August. The letter states that the Council would be delighted to own the items and to display then at the Burton Memorial Lectures. Handwritten, dated 22 September 1949.
- Letter from Foreign Office to M. Davies, Secretary, RAS, to send the hat and stick and ask for acknowledgement of receipt. Typed, dated 29 September 1949.
- Letter from Richard Winstedt, President, RAS, to Foreign Office to offer thanks on behalf of the Society for the gift of the hat and stick. Handwritten, dated 30 September 1949
- Letter from S.H. Gellatly to W.J. Sullivan to inform him that the hat and stick have been deposited with the Royal Asiatic Society. Typed, dated 11 October 1949.
- Copy of an email from Tony Stockwell, Vice-President RAS, to Alison Ohta, Director RAS, and Kathy Lazenblatt, Librarian RAS, to inform about the files that he has found at the National Archives concerning the Burton hat and stick, dated 17 August 2013.