Robert Berry Collection

• Reference:GB 254 MS 109
• Dates of Creation:c 1900
• Name of Creator:
  Robert Berry
• Physical Description:
  0.13 ( linear metres)

• Scope and Content

  Ilford Empress Glass Plates. 6½ x 4½ inch. with prints of Tayfield and India c 1900; Paper Envelopes c 1900

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Robert Berry was born 22nd April 1868, the son of John Berry of Tayfield, an advocate, and his wife, Margaret Higgins Burn-Murdoch. He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, and in 1902 he married Dorothy, daughter of Arthur Bryans of Woodmansterne, Surrey. Robert was a railway engineer who during his career worked on Waverley Station, Edinburgh, and the Highland Railway that ran between Carrbridge and Inverness. He also spent time as a civil engineer working on the Madras and South Mahratta Railway, India 1896-1913. During the First World War he served as a Captain with the Northumberland Fusiliers 1914-1919. He was wounded and from 1919 onwards he lived at Chesterhill House, Newport on Tay, Fife, until about 1958 when he was moved to Seamills Cottage, Newport on Tay. His wife died in 1948 and he died 27th February 1960.

• Arrangement

  Usually chronological within series.

• Access Information

  Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

• Acquisition Information

  Unknown

• Note

  Robert Berry was born 22nd April 1868, the son of John Berry of Tayfield, an advocate, and his wife, Margaret Higgins Burn-Murdoch. He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, and in 1902 he married Dorothy, daughter of Arthur Bryans of Woodmansterne, Surrey. Robert was a railway engineer who during his career worked on Waverley Station, Edinburgh, and the Highland Railway that ran between Carrbridge and Inverness. He also spent time as a civil engineer working on the Madras and South Mahratta Railway, India 1896-1913. During the First World War he served as a Captain with the Northumberland Fusiliers 1914-1919. He was wounded and from 1919 onwards he lived at Chesterhill House, Newport on Tay, Fife, until about 1958 when he was moved to Seamills Cottage, Newport on Tay. His wife died in 1948 and he died 27th February 1960.

  Originally Ms109/1/1-8 were kept together in a box with 'Ilford Empress Plates. Size: 6½ x 4½ inches' written on it. Ms109/1/9-20 were in a black box which had '1' and '2 of each' written on it. Ms109/1/22-26 were in a black box with 'Ilford Empress Plates' written on it, and Ms109/1/21 and Ms109/2 were in a black box that had a sticker on it which said 'Ilford Special Rapid Plates: The Brit Works Co. Ltd.'

• Other Finding Aids

  Descriptive list. Subject source lists and databases are also available.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  The records are on paper / plates / photographs

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Gemma Lee, Dec 2006

• Conditions Governing Use

  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Custodial History

  Unknown

• Accruals

  Expected

• Additional Information

  Published

  Catalogued

  MS 109