Papers on the defence of the United Kingdom in the event of a French invasion. Mostly printed and typewritten, including Cabinet memoranda by Lord Salisbury, Sir Henry Brackenbury and Lord George Hamilton, and the Report of the Landing Places Committee (1894).
Papers on the Jameson Raid. Includes copies of Lansdowne’s letters to the Queen; correspondence with Sir Arthur Bigge (later Baron Stamfordham), private secretary to the Queen, reporting the Queen’s opinion; and correspondence with Lord Salisbury, Arthur Haliburton, Sir Redvers Buller, and others.
Military Notes on the Dutch Republics of South Africa, Compiled in Section B, Intelligence Division, War Office (1899). Printed, with a few marginal notes and markings.
Vol. 1. Includes a confidential memorandum from St John Brodrick, listing cases of negligence and incompetence among the military superintendents of the ordnance factories. In a postscript, Brodrick describes this as ‘such unpleasant reading that I only give it for your private eye and should ...
Vol. 2. Includes letters from Sir Henry Brackenbury, Sir Andrew Noble (owner of the Elswick Ordnance Company), Arthur Haliburton, Baron Haliburton, St John Brodrick and others.
Vol. 1. Includes memoranda by William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne, Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, Sir Coleridge Grove, A.J. Balfour and others.