Papers on army organization and military appointments. Major correspondents include Lord Salisbury, Lord Wolseley, Lord Wantage, the Duke of Cambridge, Sir Redvers Buller, A.J. Balfour, St John Brodrick and Sir Michael Hicks Beach. 1. Correspondence and papers on the reorganization of the War O...
Papers on War Office reorganisation. Mostly printed and typewritten, including memoranda by Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Lord Roberts (‘Note on the Administration of the Army’, 1895), Sir Redvers Buller and others.
Papers on the defence of Esquimault and Gibraltar: 1. Esquimault, 1896-1897. Partly printed, including Cabinet and Colonial Office memoranda on the defence of Esquimault in the event of a war with the United States. 2. Gibraltar, 1898. Printed and typewritten, including Cabinet memoranda on th...
Papers on Ordnance Factories, arising from the appointment of Sir Henry Brackenbury as Director-General of Ordnance. Mostly printed and typewritten, including Cabinet memoranda. With a list of contents at the beginning of vol. 1.
Papers on the proposal to enlarge the Brigade of Guards and send several of its detachments to the Mediterranean. With a typewritten list of contents at the beginning. Includes correspondence with Sir Arthur Bigge (later Baron Stamfordham), Queen Victoria’s private secretary, regarding the Queen...
Papers on naval and military policy in the event of a maritime war, chiefly relating to the possibility of a Russian attack on Constantinople. Mostly printed and typewritten, but also including letters from Sir John Ardagh, Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, and Lord Wolseley.
Papers on Egypt and Crete: 1. Egypt, 1896-1898. Includes letters and copies of letters from Lord Salisbury, Lord Wolseley and Lord Cromer. 2. Crete, 1897-1898. Includes correspondence with George Goschen, 1st Lord of the Admiralty, and a printed memorandum on racial and religious divisions in ...
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).