Papers on constitutional issues. Mostly typewritten, including the corrected draft of Lord Salisbury’s memorandum on House of Lords reform, with Lansdowne’s response, and further memoranda by Lord Halifax, W.H. Long, Lord St Aldwyn and others.
Constitutional Conference. Mostly printed, chiefly parliamentary papers, with letters to Lansdowne from A.J. Balfour, James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, and Austen Chamberlain; copies of correspondence between H.H. Asquith (Prime Minister) and A.J. Balfour; and notes on a meeting a...
Referendum proposals. Mostly printed and typewritten, with letters from W.R. Anson (Warden of All Souls), John St Loe Strachey (editor of the Spectator) and George Wyndham, and copies of correspondence between Lansdowne and William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne.
Correspondence on House of Lords reform, including papers on the Constitutional Conference of 1910. Correspondents include: W.R. Anson; A.J. Balfour; Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer; James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury (including notes on discussions with King George V, December 19...
Correspondence on House of Lords reform, including papers on the Parliament Bill, with a corrected draft of Lansdowne’s circular letter of 24 July 1911 recommending acceptance of the Bill. Correspondents include: H.H. Asquith; A.J. Balfour; Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer; St John Brodrick; Lo...
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...
Papers relating to the powers of the House of Lords. Mostly printed and typewritten, including copies of letters to Lansdowne from W.R. Anson and Thomas Gibson Bowles, relating to the Budget crisis of 1909 and the right of the House of Lords to amend finance bills.