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.
Private Letters, vol. 1. Correspondence with the Admiralty and the Colonial Office. Major correspondents include William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne (First Lord of the Admiralty), Admiral Sir John Fisher (Second Sea Lord), Joseph Chamberlain (Colonial Secretary 1895-1903) and Alfred ...
Private Letters, vol. 2. Correspondence with the India Office. Major correspondents include Lord George Hamilton (Secretary of State for India 1895-1903) and St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton (Secretary of State for India 1903-1905). An exchange of letters between Brodrick and Lansdowne in ...
Private Letters, vol. 3. Correspondence with the Irish Secretary, the Board of Trade, and the War Office. Major correspondents include George Wyndham (Chief Secretary for Ireland), Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour (President of the Board of Trade), St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midlet...
Private Letters, vol. 6. Correspondence with Sir Michael Hicks Beach (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Austen Chamberlain (Financial Secretary to the Treasury), Sir Antony MacDonnell (Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Provinces), George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon (Viceroy of India), Spen...
Political papers of Lord Lansdowne. Contents as follows: 1. Correspondence and papers relating to the declaration of war in August 1914, including letters from Lord Crewe and Austen Chamberlain, a typewritten copy of correspondence between Andrew Bonar Law and H.H. Asquith, a typewritten note o...