Personal letters and papers relating to significant moments in Lansdowne’s official career. 1. Letters on his resignation as Under Secretary for India, 1880. 2. Letters on his appointment as Governor-General of Canada, 1883. Includes a cutting from the Montreal Post attacking Lansdowne for the...
Letterbooks containing copies of Lansdowne’s official correspondence as Governor General of Canada. Each volume contains an index, arranged alphabetically by correspondent with a brief summary of the contents of each letter.
Letters to Lansdowne from correspondents in England. Correspondents include Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook (former Viceroy of India), Frederick Temple Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin & Ava (former Viceroy of India), Arthur Godley (Permanent Under-Secretary for India) and Sir Rober...
Correspondence with Queen Victoria. With letters from members of the royal household, including Sir Arthur Bigge and Sir Henry Ponsonby, private secretaries to the Queen, and Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys, private secretary to the Prince of Wales; and corrected drafts and fair copies of ...
Correspondence of Lord Lansdowne, chiefly relating to foreign policy matters and dating from his period as Foreign Secretary, 1900-1905, though with some earlier and later correspondence. Contents as follows: 1. Correspondence with Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury and Prime Mini...
Alphabetical Correspondence, M-O. 1. Lord MacDonnell 2. Louis Mallet 3. Sir Henry Maclean 4. Sir R. Meade 5. Sir Frederick Milner 6. Mr. T. Milvain [?] 7. E.R. Moon MP 8. DJ Morgan MP 9. Lord Morley of Blackburn 10. Lord Mount Stephen 11. Sir F. Mowatt 12. Sir Henry Norman 13. Duke ...
Indian Governmental Reforms, including papers on the representation of India at Imperial conferences, and the proposed Montagu-Chelmsford reforms. Includes correspondence with George Clarke, Baron Sydenham; Robert Crewe-Milnes, Marquess of Crewe; George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon; James G...
Indian military administration. Mostly printed and typewritten; chiefly relating to the disagreement between Lord Curzon (Viceroy of India) and Lord Kitchener (Commander-in-Chief) which led to Curzon’s resignation in 1905.