Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS PROP5-RAS PROP5/3
Title
Subletting - Second Floor Flat
Date(s)
- 1958 - 1988 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 archival folder - 53 documents
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Scope and content
Lease agreements and correspondence concerning the residential flat on the second floor of 56 Queen Anne Street. These include:
- Correspondence regarding the setting of the rent in 1958. The tenant Richard Bailey had taken a 13 year lease in 1947 and in 1958 began to inquire as to whether his tenancy would be renewed.
- Correspondence with Richard Bailey regarding the renewal of his lease in 1962
- Lease Agreement between the Royal Asiatic Society and Richard Bailey for the 2nd floor flat, dated 28 February 1962.
- Correspondence regarding Richard Bailey leaving the flat in 1964 and the tenancy being taken on by Dr A.A. Alderdice.
- Letter concerning the surrendering of the lease by Dr Alderdice in 1965.
- Correspondence regarding a Dr Layard assigning the remainder of his lease to Mr Hugo Alyasha Kensho, 1968.
- Correspondence regarding the relinquishing of the lease by Layard and its reassignment to Messrs Parry and Norris, 1970.
- Correspondence regarding Mr Norris's guests and his damage of the property, 1976 -1978.
- Correspondence regarding the tenancy of Professor Charles Beckingham, potential conflict of interest as a member of the Society and his subsequent relinquishment of the flat when the Society vacated the premises, 1978 -1988.
The correspondence is primarily between the Royal Asiatic Society, the tenants, and their solicitors.
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Language of material
- English