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040-002083688

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002083657

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ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS. Vol. XXVI ('Vol. I') (ff. 242). Printed papers, etc.:- (1) Army reform: Cabinet memoranda and Committee of Imperial Defence memoranda, etc. ff. 4-167b;- (2) South African garrison. ff. 168-172b;-

(3) Somaliland. See also 50307, ff. 138-157. ff. 173-182b;- (4) War Office departments. ff. 183-188b;- (5) Combined manoeuvres. ff. 189-191;- (6) Esher Committee report. See also 50305, ff. 51-127; 50331. ff. 192-242. 19 Nov. 1903-28 May 1904.

includes:

ff. 5-15b, 20-191 Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster, PC; MP: Cabinet memoranda, parliamentary papers, etc., by: 1902-1905: Printed.
ff. 5-167b, 184-242 Army; England: Memoranda, reports, etc., rel. to army reform: 1903-1905: Mostly printed.
ff. 5-182b, passim England; Privy Council: Cabinet memoranda,: 1902-1905: Printed.
ff. 17-18 William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton: Minutes and memoranda by: 1903-1905: Partly printed.
f. 20 Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour; Prime Minister: Correspondence with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1902-1905: Partly printed.
f. 31 Field-Marshal Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1892-1905.
ff. 31-32 General Sir Henry Brackenbury, GCB: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1903, 1904.
ff. 32b-34b Field-Marshal William Gustavus Nicholson, Baron Nicholson GCB: Memorandum by,: 1904: Printed.
f. 35 Field-Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener: Correspondence, etc., with H.O. Arnold-Forster: 1904: Copies.
ff. 35b-36b Arthur William Patrick Albert, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn; 3rd son of Qu. Victoria: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904, 1905: Partly printed.
ff. 36b-38 Field-Marshal Sir Henry Evelyn Wood, GCB: Memorandum by: 1904: Printed.
f. 38b General Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton, GCB: Correspondence, etc., as Chief of the General Staff, with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904, 1905: Partly printed.
ff. 38b-39 Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Tucker, GCB: Memorandum by: 1904: Printed.
ff. 39b, 41b-42 Field-Marshal Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904: Printed and typewritten.
ff. 39b-41b Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick William Stopford, KCB: Memoranda, etc., by: 1904: Partly printed.
ff. 42b-43b General Sir George Sydenham Clarke, Baron Sydenham of Combe: Notes by: 1904: Mostly printed.
f. 44 General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny, formerly Kelly; GCB: Correspondence with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1903, 1904: Copies.
ff. 71-77 General Sir Charles Whittingham Horsley Douglas, GCB: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904, 1905.
f. 80 Sir Henry James Gibson, KCB: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster, etc.,: 1904.
ff. 119-134b War Office: Reports, etc.,: 1884-1905: Printed.
ff. 119-134b Sir Guy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood Wilson, GCIE: Reports on army affairs: 1901, 1904: Printed.
f. 135 Sir Guy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood Wilson, GCIE: Correspondence, mostly as Director of Army Finance, with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1903-1905.
ff. 160-167 Committee of Imperial Defence: Papers rel. to: 1904, 1905: Printed.
ff. 169-172b South Africa: Papers rel. to its military affairs, etc.,: 1901-1905: Printed and typewritten.
ff. 174-182b Somaliland: Papers rel. to: 1904: Printed.
ff. 180 Maps and Plans: Sketch-map of Somaliland: 1903: Lithogr.
ff. 193-242 Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher: `Report of the War Office (Reconstitution) Committee', etc.,: 1904: Printed and typewritten.
ff. 198-242 England; Parliament: Command papers, returns, etc., rel. to naval and military affairs,: 1892-1905: Printed.

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Western Manuscripts

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032-002083657
036-002083687
040-002083688

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Add MS 50275-50357 : THE ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS Papers of Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster (b. 1855, d. 1909), P.C., M.P.; 1886-1910. Used, together…
Add MS 50300-50334 : B. PAPERS AS SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR

Add MS 50300 : ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS. Vol. XXVI ('Vol. I') (ff. 242). Printed papers, etc.:- (1) Army reform: Cabinet memoranda and Committee…

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032-002083657[0002]/036-002083687[0001]/040-002083688

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English

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Latin

Start Date:

1903

End Date:

1904

Date Range:

1903-28 May 1904

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Names:

Army of England
Arthur William Patrick Albert, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor-General of Canada; son of Queen Victoria, 1850-1942
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour, Prime Minister and philosopher, 1848-1930
Brackenbury, Henry, Knight, army officer, 1837-1914
Brett, Reginald Baliol, 2nd Viscount Esher, courtier, 1852-1930
Brodrick, William St John Fremantle, 1st Earl of Midleton, politician, 1856-1942
Clarke, George Sydenham, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe, defence expert and colonial administrator, 1848-1933
Committee of Imperial Defence, 1904-1939
Douglas, Charles, Knight, army officer, 1850-1914
Forster, Hugh Oakeley, politician, 1855-1909
French, John, 1st Earl of Ypres, army officer, 1852-1925
Gibson, Henry James, Knight, auditor-general, 1860-1950
Kenny, Thomas, Knight, army officer, 1840-1914
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, army officer, 1850-1916
Lyttelton, Neville Gerald, Knight, army officer, 1845-1931
Nicholson, William Gustavus, Baron Nicholson, army officer, 1845-1918
Parliament
Privy Council
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, army officer, 1832-1914
Stopford, Frederick William, Knight, army officer, 1854-1929
Tucker, Charles, Lieutenant-General GCB
War Office, 1857-1964
Wilson, Guy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood, Knight, colonial administrator and civil servant, 1850-1940
Wood, Henry Evelyn, Knight, army officer, 1838-1919

Places:

British Somaliland, Africa
South Africa, Africa