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Mss Eur D703
- Record Id:
- 032-002273567
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002273567
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002032.0x000272
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur D703
- Title:
- Papers of 1st Earl of Birkenhead as Secretary of State for India 1926-28
- Scope & Content:
- Birkenhead Collection: correspondence and papers of Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872-1930), as Secretary of State for India 1924-28.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002273567", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur D703: Papers of 1st Earl of Birkenhead as Secretary of State for India 1926-28" },{ "id" : "036-002273568", "parent" : "032-002273567", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/1-28: Correspondence with the Viceroy, and Governors of Madras, Bombay and Bengal" },{ "id" : "040-002273569", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/1: Letters from Lord Reading to Lord Birkenhead" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273570", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/2: Letters from Lord Birkenhead to Lord Lytton (Acting Viceroy)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273571", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/3: Letters from Lord Lytton to Lord Birkenhead" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273572", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/4: Letters from Lord Irwin to Lord Birkenhead" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273573", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/5: Letters from Lord Irwin to Lord Birkenhead" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273574", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/6: Letters from Lord Irwin to Lord Birkenhead" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273575", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/7: Letters from Lord Birkenhead to Lord Goschen" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273576", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/8: Letters from Lord Goschen to Lord Birkenhead" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273577", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/9: Letters from Lord Goschen to Lord Birkenhead" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273578", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/10: Letters from Lord Goschen to Lord Birkenhead" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273579", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/11: Letters from Lord Goschen to Lord Birkenhead" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273580", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/12: Letters from Lord Birkenhead to Sir Leslie Wilson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273581", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/13: Letters from Lord Birkenhead to Sir Leslie Wilson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273582", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/14: Letters from Sir Leslie Wilson to Lord Birkenhead" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273583", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/15: Letters from Sir Leslie Wilson and Sir Henry Lawrence to Lord Birkenhead" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273584", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/16: Letters from Sir Leslie Wilson to Lord Birkenhead" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273585", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/17: Letters from Lord Birkenhead to Lord Lytton" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273586", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/18: Letters from Lord Lytton to Lord Birkenhead" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273587", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/19: Letters from Lord Lytton to Lord Birkenhead" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273588", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/20: Letters from Lord Birkenhead to Sir Stanley Jackson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273589", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/21: Letters from Sir Stanley Jackson to Lord Birkenhead" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273590", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/22: Letters from Sir Stanley Jackson to Lord Birkenhead" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273591", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/23: Secret cypher telegrams from the Secretary of State to the Viceroy" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273592", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/24: Secret cypher telegrams from the Viceroy to the Secretary of State" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273593", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/25: Private telegrams exchanged between the Secretary of State and the Viceroy" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273594", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/26: Private telegrams exchanged between the Secretary of State and the Viceroy" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273595", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/27: Private telegrams exchanged between the Secretary of State and the Viceroy" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273596", "parent" : "036-002273568", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/28: Private telegrams exchanged between the Secretary of State and the Viceroy" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002273597", "parent" : "032-002273567", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/29-47: 1st Earl of Birkenhead, Secretary of State for India 1926-28: official papers" },{ "id" : "040-002273598", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/29: Indian Statutory Commission. Telegrams" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273599", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/30: Indian Statutory Commission. Papers on in camera evidence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273600", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/31: Semi-official letters from Sir John Simon to Lord Birkenhead" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273601", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/32: Economic and Overseas Department: Protection of the Indian Steel Industry" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273602", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/33: Economic and Overseas Department: Papers on Indians in, and the appointment of a Government of India agent in South Africa" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273603", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/34: Economic and Overseas Department: Papers on the control of the distribution of Indian Opium" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273604", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/35: Economic and Overseas Department: Royal Commission on Agriculture in India" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273605", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/36: Economic and Overseas Department: Abolition of Cotton Excise Duty" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273606", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/37: Economic and Overseas Department: East African Commission. Appointment of a Government of India representative to accompany the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273607", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/38: Military Department: Papers on Indianisation, Anglo-Indians, Medical Services, etc." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273608", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/39: Political Department: Papers on various constitutional questions relating to the Indian States" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273609", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/40: Public and Judicial Department: Papers on various ecclesiastical and judicial questions" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273610", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/41: Notification of the Earl of Birkenhead's appointment as Secretary of State for India" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273611", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/42: Deputations received by Lord Birkenhead at the India Office (Anglo-Indians, Trades Union Congress, Labour Party)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273612", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/43: Official visit of the King and Queen of Afghanistan to England in Mar 1928" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273613", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/44: Letters relating to Lord Birkenhead's resignation" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273614", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/45: File entitled 'Coal', containing papers on the General Strike, and other disputes" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273615", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/46: File entitled 'Birkenhead' containing papers on the application of the Poor Law Amendment Act and the dispute between Liverpool and…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273616", "parent" : "036-002273597", "text" : "Mss Eur D703/47: Papers and notes for Parliamentary debates on the cases of Sir Leo C. Money and Major G.B. Murray" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002273567
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Mss Eur D703/1-28 : Correspondence with the Viceroy, and Governors of Madras, Bombay and Bengal
Mss Eur D703/29-47 : 1st Earl of Birkenhead, Secretary of State for India 1926-28: official papers
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- 032-002273567
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur D703
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 47 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1924
- End Date:
- 1928
- Date Range:
- 1924-1928
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Source of Acquisition:
- Transferred from the Official Records, 01 January 1967
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Amanullah Khan, King of Afghanistan, 1892-1960
Goschen, George Joachim, 2nd Viscount Goschen, 1866-1952
Indian Army, 1895-1947
Indian Statutory Commission, 1927-1930
Isaacs, Rufus Daniel, 1st Marquess of Reading, Viceroy of India, 1860-1935
Jackson, Francis Stanley, 1870-1947
Lawrence, Henry Staveley
Lytton, Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-, 2nd Earl of Lytton, 1876-1947
Money, Leo George Chiozza, author and public servant
Murray, Graham Bell, Major
Royal Commission On Agriculture In India, 1928
Simon, John Allsebrook, 1st Viscount Simon, politician and lawyer, 1873-1954
Smith, Frederick Edwin, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, Lord Chancellor, 1872-1930
Wilson, Leslie Orme
Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley, 3rd Viscount and 1st Earl of Halifax, politician and diplomat, 1881-1959 - Places:
- Afghanistan, Asia
Bengal, India
Bombay, India
East Africa, Africa
India, Asia