John James Bond
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John James Bond was an English chronologist, who served at the record office of the Queen Victoria.
, his brother-in-law, in the arrangement of the public records when they were transferred from Whitehall
to the Royal Riding School of Carlton House. Bond was a senior assistant keeper of her majesty's record office at the time of his death. He compiled a useful work of reference entitled 'Handy Book of Rules and Tables for verifying dates of historical events, and of public and private documents, giving tables of regional years of English sovereigns, with leading dates, from the conquest to the present time,' London
, 1866, 1869, and 1875.
Career
Bond entered the public service at the age of 21 as a clerk, assisting Henry ColeHenry Cole
Sir Henry Cole was an English civil servant and inventor who facilitated many innovations in commerce and education in 19th century Britain...
, his brother-in-law, in the arrangement of the public records when they were transferred from Whitehall
Whitehall
Whitehall is a road in Westminster, in London, England. It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, towards Charing Cross at the southern end of Trafalgar Square...
to the Royal Riding School of Carlton House. Bond was a senior assistant keeper of her majesty's record office at the time of his death. He compiled a useful work of reference entitled 'Handy Book of Rules and Tables for verifying dates of historical events, and of public and private documents, giving tables of regional years of English sovereigns, with leading dates, from the conquest to the present time,' London
London
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, 1866, 1869, and 1875.