PACY,+Frank

PACY, Frank (1862-1928) Wigan 1878; Birmingham 1883; CL Richmond 1884; 1CL St George's, Hanover Square, later Westminster 1890; 1CL Westminster 1905-1928 He was LA Honorary Secretary 1898-1901, Acting Honorary Secretary 1915-1917 and Honorary Secretary again 1917-1927. But from 1922 until 1927 he was also effectively Secretary and the LA office was at his Buckingham Palace Road Library where Council and Committee meetings were also mostly held. Had it not been for this hospitality it may be doubted whether the LA could have survived beyond the 1920s. Pacy was also a member of the Kenyon Committee on Public Libraries (1924-1927) to whose //Report// he appended a 'reservation' primarily advocating a rationalization of the service in metropolitan London and the provision there of reference libraries comparable with those in the great provincial cities. He was made Honorary Fellow in 1902.

b. Wishaw, Lanarkshire sub-librarian at Wigan PL until 1883 assistant at Birmingham 1883-1884 six years Hon. Sec. of Richmond Athenaeum LA Council member Hon. Sec. of LA from 1898 author of papers (YB 1897, 190; 1900, 183) YB 1900, 190 says Richmond 1884-1891