The Navy. Printed and typewritten, mostly government papers and newspaper cuttings, including two memoranda by Sir John Fisher entitled ‘Naval Notes’ and ‘Naval Questions’, and notes for a speech (presumably by Lansdowne) on naval policy.
Netherland South African Railway, 1905; German schemes in Madeira, 1905; French, Spanish and German claims in Morocco, 1911-1912. Mostly printed, but also including letters from Thomas Sanderson, Baron Sanderson (permanent under-secretary at the Foreign Office), and J.S. Sandars (private secreta...
Foreign Office and Cabinet memoranda; 1892, 1901-1905. Mostly printed, with a typed list of contents at the front. Contents as follows. All memoranda are by Lansdowne unless otherwise stated: 1. Memorandum as to the Validity of our Ancient Treaties with Portugal; June 1892. 2-5. Cabinet memora...
Family correspondence: 1. Correspondence regarding the reversion of Holland House after the deaths of Lord and Lady Holland, including letters to Lord Shelburne (later the 4th Marquess) from Henry Ellison and Edward Cheney on the death of Lord Holland, 1859, and letters to the 5th Marquess fro...
1. Herbert Henry Asquith; 1915-1916. 2. Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour; 1895-1900. 3. Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury; 1905-1914. 4. George Earle Buckle; 1895-1908. 5. Sir Francis Bertie, 1st Viscount Bertie; 1901-1904.
Alphabetical Correspondence, P-S. 1. Mr. H. Pike Pease 2. Lord Phillimore 3. Lord Ribblesdale 4. C.T. Ritchie 5. 5th Earl of Rosebery 6. Lord Rosslyn 7. Sir Horace Rumbold 8. J C Smuts 9. St. Loe Strachey 10. Lord Sydenham
Cabinet telegrams prior to the formation of the Coalition. Typewritten memoranda submitted to the Cabinet, summarising reports from British diplomats abroad, December 1914 to June 1915.
Papers relating to Lansdowne’s letter to the Daily Telegraph, 29 November 1917 (the so-called ‘Peace Letter’), 1917-1933. Partly printed and typewritten.