Papers on America and the War, India and the War, and the Freedom of the Seas. Mostly printed and typewritten, chiefly Cabinet memoranda and newspaper cuttings, with a few items of related correspondence, including a letter from Thomas Gibson Bowles (on maritime rights, 1918).
Miscellaneous papers, mostly political; 1780-[1802?]. 1. ff. 1-9. Correspondence between the 5th [1933] Marquess of Lansdowne and R. A. Humphreys, historian, with a copy of pages from Lord Shelburne’s memorandum book, 1763; 1933. Partly typewritten. 2. ff. 10-13v. Memorandum and draft agreed ...
Papers on the Ashanti War. Partly printed, including parliamentary papers, Colonial Office memoranda, and newspaper cuttings, with a few items of correspondence, including letters from Edward Cardwell (Secretary of State for War), Thomas Digby Pigott (clerk at the War Office) and Major-General G...
Notebook containing Lansdowne’s notes and memoranda on Canadian issues, including a few notes on conversations with Canadian politicians (e.g. Sir John Macdonald, f. 6v, and Sir John Thompson, f. 57r) and occasional newspaper cuttings.
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.
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...