Correspondence of Lord Shelburne with Col. Isaac Barré, M.P, with some papers belonging to the latter. Including abstracts of the National Accounts of Ireland; 1777, formerly Shelburne 10; Barrés debt to Sir John Hort, former folio f. 167, originally placed in Sir John Hort’s papers.
Letters from Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, to Sir William Wyndham, with a few letters from other correspondents; 1710-1755. Copies in a late 18th century hand, apparently transcribed from the originals in the Egremont papers at Petworth House (now on deposit at the West Sussex Record ...
Imperial Defence, including papers on the defence of India, the garrison of Natal, the garrison of the Channel Islands, and the constitution of the Defence Committee. Mostly printed, chiefly government papers, including Lord Kitchener’s Note on the Military Policy of India (1905). Also includes ...
Russo-Japanese War; including papers on the Russian right of passage through the Dardanelles, a Russian attack on British fishing vessels in the North Sea, and the anchorage of Russian ships in British territorial waters. Mostly printed, but also including correspondence with A.J. Balfour, Aust...
South Africa, including papers on Chinese labour in South African mines, land settlement in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, and the constitutional union of the South African colonies. Mostly printed and typewritten.
Correspondence on House of Lords reform, including papers on the Parliament Bill, with a corrected draft of Lansdowne’s circular letter of 24 July 1911 recommending acceptance of the Bill. Correspondents include: H.H. Asquith; A.J. Balfour; Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer; St John Brodrick; Lo...