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.
Anglo-Japanese Treaty. Partly printed, including Cabinet memoranda and other official papers. Major correspondents include A.J. Balfour (Prime Minister), G.W. Balfour, Austen Chamberlain, Sir George Clarke, William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne (First Lord of the Admiralty), Thomas San...
Welsh Church Disestablishment, including papers on the Established Church (Wales) Bill, 1912, with a letter from John Owen, Bishop of St David’s, and the Welsh Church (Postponement) Bill, 1915, with a letter from William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, the Bill’s promoter. Mostly printed, chiefly par...
National Insurance, including papers on the National Insurance Bill (1911) and the National Insurance (Amendment) Bill (1913), Mostly printed, chiefly parliamentary papers, with a file of correspondence relating to local Friendly Societies in and around Lansdowne’s Wiltshire estates.
Pamphlets on National Insurance, including L. Worthington Evans, The National Insurance Act, 1911 (1912) and Sir John Pilter, A Scheme for Old Age Pensions (n.d.). Printed.
Corn Production Bill. Printed and typewritten, with notes by Lansdowne, and copies of correspondence between Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long, and Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner, on Lansdowne’s amendment to the Bill.
Tariff Reform, including papers on Canadian tariffs, and economic arrangements between Canada and Germany. Mostly printed and typewritten, with notes by Lansdowne possibly for use in parliamentary speeches or debates.
Dardanelles. Mostly printed, chiefly Cabinet and War Committee memoranda, including copies of despatches from Sir Ian Hamilton, papers by Winston Churchill on Gallipoli and the Dardanelles, maps and meteorological charts of the Mediterranean, and a copy of the Report of the Dardanelles Commissio...