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.
Register of incoming correspondence. The letterbooks are arranged chronologically, with a brief note on the contents of each letter and the date of response. The index volumes are arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Memoranda circulated by Lansdowne to his Cabinet colleagues. Printed, occasionally typewritten, some with manuscript notes recording the circulation list and the number of copies printed. These Cabinet Memoranda were not systematically filed or preserved before the formation of the Cabinet Secre...
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 ...