Taxation of Land Values, including papers on the Land Values (Scotland) Bill (1908) and the land taxes introduced by Lloyd George in the 1910 Budget. Mostly printed, with related letters from Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown, Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn, and others.
Papers relating to the work of the Select Committee on the House of Lords (the Rosebery Committee). Printed, with marginal notes by Lansdowne, and a corrected draft of a memorandum by Lansdowne on House of Lords reform.
Papers on the Second Chamber Conference (part 2). Partly printed and typewritten. Contents as follows: 1. Minutes of meetings, 1917-1918. 2. Report of the Second Chamber Conference (1918), in various stages of revision, including correspondence between Lansdowne and Viscount Bryce o...
Law and order, including papers on cattle-driving and other offences, 1906-1910, and on the eviction of tenants at Kilmurry, Co. Kerry, 1910, with related letters from Pierce Gun Mahony, landlord of the Kilmurry estate. Mostly printed, including “Walsh’s Fort”: A Tale of Irish Life (1910), The T...
Correspondence of the 3rd and 4th Marquesses of Lansdowne with Lord Palmerston and Lord John Russell; 1827-1865. With some typewritten copies c 1908-1978. Partly copies, drafts.