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040-002083702

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032-002083657

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ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS. Vol. XL ('Vol. XV') (ff. 449). (1) New field guns. ff. 6-233;- (2) Ordnance stores, etc. ff. 234-449b. 12 Sept. 1903-2 Dec. 1905.

Ordnance: Correspondence, papers, etc., rel. to new field guns, rifles, etc.,: 1903-1905.

includes:

ff. 7-10, 64 General Sir Charles Whittingham Horsley Douglas, GCB: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904, 1905.
ff. 7-16, 34-43 Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster, PC; MP: Cabinet memoranda, parliamentary papers, etc., by: 1902-1905: Printed.
ff. 7-9, 13b, 64 General Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton, GCB: Correspondence, etc., as Chief of the General Staff, with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904, 1905: Partly printed.
ff. 10, 75 Brigadier-General Sir William Bromley-Davenport, KCB: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904.
ff. 10-258 passim Lieutenant-General Sir James Wolfe Murray, KCB: Correspondence, etc., as Master-General of the Ordnance, with H. O. Arnold-Forster,: 1904-1905.
ff. 34-40 England; Privy Council: Cabinet memoranda,: 1902-1905: Printed.
ff. 45-53 Colonel Raymond John Marker, Secretary to H O Arnold-Forster: Memoranda by and attrib. to,: 1905: Partly printed.
f. 54 Vickers, Sons, and Maxim, Ltd; steelmakers: Minutes, etc., rel. to: 1903, 1904.
ff. 57-60, 162, 194-198, 236, 243-246, 249 Major-General Sir Charles Frederick Hadden, KCB: Memoranda, etc., by,: 1905.
f. 63 Lieutenant-General Sir James Wolfe Murray, KCB: Minutes, memoranda, etc., by,: 1904-1905.
f. 63 Sir George Herbert Murray, GCB; PC: Letters to War Office,: 1904: Copies.
f. 64 General Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton, GCB: Minutes by,: 1904, 1905: Partly printed.
f. 65 Field-Marshal Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer KCB: Minutes and memoranda by,: 1904-1905: Printed and typewritten.
ff. 67, 69 Colonel Sir Edward Willis Duncan Ward, 1st Baronet GBE: Letters to Treasury: 1904.
ff. 76, 82-91, 100-102, 106 Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG; statesman: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1902-1905: Partly printed.
f. 98 John Satterfield Sandars, PC: Correspondence with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904, 1905.
f. 105 Sir Guy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood Wilson, GCIE: Minutes, memoranda, etc., by: 1904-1905: Mostly printed.
ff. 119-141 Cammell, Laird, and Co., Ltd; gun manufacturers, Coventry: Tender form rel. to: 1905: Printed.
f. 136 Field-Marshal Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer KCB: Correspondence, etc; with H. O. Arnold-Forster,: 1903-1905.
ff. 143, 173, 186 Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour; Prime Minister: Correspondence with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1902-1905: Partly printed.
f. 147 Field-Marshal Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1892-1905.
f. 158 Lieutenant-General Sir James Wolfe Murray, KCB: Correspondence with Sir J. F. Owen,: 1904.
f. 158 General Sir John Fletcher Owen, KCB: Correspondence with Sir J. W. Murray,: 1904: Copies.
ff. 160-161 Colonel Nesbitt Breillat Heffernan, RA: Memorandum to Sir C. F. Hadden: 1905: Copy.
ff. 160-161, 170-171 Major-General Sir Charles Frederick Hadden, KCB: Memorandum, etc., to,: 1905.
ff. 164-165 Colonel Henry Gwynn Deane Shute, Coldstream Guards: Report by: 1904: Copy.
ff. 164-165 Sir Arthur Trevor Dawson, 1st Baronet: Notes of interview with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904: Copy.
ff. 170-171 Henry Owen Williams, of the War Office: Minute to Sir C. F. Hadden: 1905: Copy.
f. 176 Sir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet: Letter to H. O. Arnold-Forster,: 1905: Copy.
f. 187 Colonel Henry Gwynn Deane Shute, Coldstream Guards: Letter to: 1904.
f. 187 Francis Herman Lucas, CB; of the India Office: Letter to Col. H. S. D. Shute: 1904: Copy.
ff. 189-191, 202-205, 211, 215 William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton: Correspondence, etc., with H.O. Arnold-Forster: 1903-1905: Partly printed.
f. 193 John Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken: Letter to War Office: 1905: Copy.
f. 210 William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton: Minutes and memoranda by: 1903-1905: Partly printed.
f. 212 Sir Reginald Herbert Brade, GCB: Letters to India Office: 1905: Copies.
ff. 240-241 Colonel Hubert John Foster, RE; Military Attaché in Washington: Memorandum by: 1903: Copy.
ff. 243-250 Hadfield and Co; shell makers, Sheffield: Agreement, etc., with War Office: 1904: Copies.
ff. 254-273 Committee of Imperial Defence: Papers rel. to: 1904, 1905: Printed.
ff. 260-273 Woolwich, Kent: Report of Committee on Storage of Explosives at Arsenal: 1905: Printed.
ff. 260-273 Rear-Admiral Sir Sydney Marow Eardley-Wilmot: Report of Committee on Storage of Explosives at Woolwich Arsenal: 1905: Printed.
ff. 275-294 Major-General Sir Charles Frederick Hadden, KCB: Report of Committee on Staff of Danger Buildings: 1903: Copy.
ff. 295-301 General Sir Henry Brackenbury, GCB: Correspondence, etc., with Sir H. C. L. Holden: 1903: Copies.
ff. 295-301 Brigadier-General Sir Henry Capel Lofft Holden, KCB: Correspondence, etc., with Sir H. Brackenbury: 1903: Copies.
ff. 303-306 Sir Hay Frederick Donaldson, KCB: Further Report of the Committee (Reconstituted) on the Qualifications, etc., of Foremen in the Ordnance Factories: 1905: Printed.
ff. 303-449 War Office: Reports, etc.,: 1884-1905: Printed.
ff. 308-310 Major-General Sir John Steevens, KCB: Report of the Committee on the Working of the Army Ordnance Department during the South African War: 1904: Printed.
ff. 311-449b Major-General Sir George Henry Marshall, KCB: First, second, third and fourth reports of the Special Committee on Horse and Field Artillery Equipments: 1901-1903: Printed.

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Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002083657
036-002083687
040-002083702

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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 50314 : ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS. Vol. XL ('Vol. XV') (ff. 449). (1) New field guns. ff. 6-233;- (2) Ordnance stores, etc. ff. 234-449b.…

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English

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Latin

Start Date:

1903

End Date:

1905

Date Range:

1903-2 Dec 1905

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Names:

Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour, Prime Minister and philosopher, 1848-1930
Brackenbury, Henry, Knight, army officer, 1837-1914
Brade, Reginald Herbert, GCB
Brodrick, William St John Fremantle, 1st Earl of Midleton, politician, 1856-1942
Cammell, Laird, and Co , Ltd, gun manufacturers, of Coventry
Chamberlain, Joseph Austen, Knight, politician, 1863-1937
Committee of Imperial Defence, 1904-1939
Davenport, William, Knight, army officer, footballer and Conservative politician, 1862-1949
Dawson, Arthur Trevor, 1st Baronet, naval officer and armaments manufacturer, 1866-1931
Donaldson, Hay Frederick, Knight, mechanical engineer, 1856-1916
Douglas, Charles, Knight, army officer, 1850-1914
Eardley-Wilmot, Sydney Marow, Rear-Admiral
Forster, Hugh Oakeley, politician, 1855-1909
Foster, Hubert John, army officer, 1855-1919
Godley, John Arthur, 1st Baron Kilbracken, civil servant, 1847-1932
Hadden, Charles Frederick, Knight, army officer, 1854-1924
Hadfield and Co, shell makers, of Sheffield
Heffernan, Nesbitt Breillat, Colonel RA
Holden, Henry Capel Lofft, Brigadier-General KCB
Lucas, Francis Herman, CB, of the India Office
Lyttelton, Neville Gerald, Knight, army officer, 1845-1931
Marker, Raymond John, army officer, secretary to H. O. Arnold-Forster, 1867-1914
Marshall, George Henry, Major-General KCB
Murray, George Herbert, GCB, PC
Murray, James Wolfe, Knight, army officer, 1853-1919
Noble, Andrew, 1st Baronet
Owen, John Fletcher, General KCB
Plumer, Herbert Charles Onslow, 1st Viscount Plumer, army officer, 1857-1932
Privy Council
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, army officer, 1832-1914
Sandars, John Satterfield, political secretary, 1853-1934
Shute, Henry Gwynn Deane, private secretary to H. O. Arnold-Forster, 1860-1909
Steevens, John, Major-General KCB
Vickers, Sons, and Maxim, Ltd, steelmakers
War Office, 1857-1964
Ward, Edward Willis Duncan, Colonel GBE, 1st Baronet
Williams, Henry Owen, of the War Office
Wilson, Guy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood, Knight, colonial administrator and civil servant, 1850-1940

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