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Add MS 50317
- Record Id:
- 040-002083705
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002083657
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001308.0x0002ad
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 50317
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ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS. Vol. XLIII ('Vol. XVIII') (ff. 257). (1) Imperial defence. ff. 4-123;- (2) War regulations. ff. 124-176;- (3) Foreign armies. ff. 177-257. 4 May 1904-6 Oct. 1905.
includes:
- ff. 7, 85, 112, 113 Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour; Prime Minister: Correspondence with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1902-1905: Partly printed.
- ff. 7-8b, 112, 207 Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster, PC; MP: Cabinet memoranda, parliamentary papers, etc., by: 1902-1905: Printed.
- ff. 7-8b, 61-62, 112 Committee of Imperial Defence: Papers rel. to: 1904, 1905: Printed.
- ff. 10-18, 166 General Sir Charles Whittingham Horsley Douglas, GCB: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904, 1905.
- ff. 11-18 India: Correspondence and papers rel. to its army and defences,: 1890-1905: Printed and typewritten.
- f. 20 Admiral Charles William de la Poer Beresford, Baron Beresford of Metemmeh and Curraghmore: Correspondence with the Admiralty: 1902, 1904: Copies.
- f. 20 Navy of Germany: Papers rel. to, etc.,: 1901-1903.
- ff. 33-38, 57-60b War Office: Reports, etc.,: 1884-1905: Printed.
- ff. 33-38, 57-60b Army Council: Minutes, memoranda, etc., of and rel. to: 1904, 1905: Printed and typewritten.
- ff. 34-38, 54, 55 Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick William Stopford, KCB: Memoranda, etc., by: 1904: Partly printed.
- ff. 40-52 Field-Marshal Francis Wallace Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell: Memorandum by,: 1905: Copy.
- ff. 40-52 Ireland: Memorandum rel. to its defence,: 1905: Copy.
- ff. 57-60b Lieutenant-General Frederick George Slade, CB: Reports on artillery defences: 1904, 1905: Printed.
- ff. 57-62 Ceylon: Report, etc., rel. to its defences: 1904, 1905: Mostly printed.
- f. 64 Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne: Correspondence, etc., as Foreign Sec. with H. O. Arnold-Forster,: 1904-1905: Copies.
- ff. 65-83b Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour; Prime Minister: `Imperial Defence, a speech delivered in the House of Commons', etc.,: 1905: Printed.
- f. 91 Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1902-1904.
- ff. 95-123 passim Field-Marshal Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts: Correspondence, papers, etc., of, and rel. to: 1903-1905.
- f. 114 Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor: Letters to: 1905.
- ff. 119, 120 Sir Guy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood Wilson, GCIE: Minutes, memoranda, etc., by: 1904-1905: Mostly printed.
- f. 122 Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire: Letter to War Office: 1904: Copy.
- ff. 126-134 Colonel Sir Edward Willis Duncan Ward, 1st Baronet GBE: Correspondence with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904, 1905.
- ff. 126-164b War Office: Office memoranda and regulations: 1898-1905: Mostly printed.
- ff. 126-176 passim Newspapers: Papers rel. to Press censorship, etc.,: 1904-1905: Printed.
- f. 179 William Waldegrave Palmer, Viscount Wolmer; 2nd Earl of Selborne: Letter to A. Lyttelton,: 1905: Copy.
- ff. 179-191 South-West Africa: Papers rel. to German military activities: 1905: Typewritten and printed.
- f. 182 Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson, GCMG: Letter to A. Lyttelton: 1905: Copy.
- f. 182 Alfred Lyttelton, PC; MP: Letter to,: 1905.
- ff. 185, 188, 229, 234-239 General Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton, GCB: Correspondence, etc., as Chief of the General Staff, with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904, 1905: Partly printed.
- ff. 185, 220, 234 Lieutenant-General Sir James Moncrieff Grierson, KCB: Minutes, memoranda, etc., by, and on his behalf,: 1904, 1905: Printed and typewritten.
- ff. 189-191, 207 England; Privy Council: Cabinet memoranda,: 1902-1905: Printed.
- f. 191 South-West Africa: Sketch-map: 1902: Lithogr.
- f. 191 Maps and Plans: Sketch-map of S. W. Africa,: 1902: Lithogr.
- ff. 193-202 Bonnar W. Armstrong, former Captain Kitchener's Fighting Scouts: Correspondence with Colonial Office: 1905: Copies.
- ff. 193-202 Alfred Lyttelton, PC; MP: Correspondence on his behalf with B. W. Armstrong: 1905: Copies.
- ff. 204-205 Captain Herbert Cyril Thacker, Royal Canadian Artillery: Report by: 1904: Copy.
- ff. 204-239 Japan: Papers rel. to military affairs, etc.,: 1904, 1905: Typewritten and printed.
- f. 209 General Sir Charles John Burnett, KCB: Note by: 1905: Copy.
- ff. 210-218 Major-General Sir William Henry Birkbeck, KCB: Report, etc., by: 1904, 1905: Copies.
- ff. 221-223 Colonel Charles Vernon Hume, RFA: Report by,: 1905: Abstract.
- f. 228 General Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton, GCB: Minutes by,: 1904, 1905: Partly printed.
- ff. 230-232 Colonel John Walter Graham Tulloch, Indian Army: Report by: 1904: Copy.
- ff. 241-248 Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Bradley Roberts: Report rel. to Austria-Hungary: 1905: Signed.
- ff. 241-248 Franz Josef I; Emperor of Austria: War Office reports rel. to Austrian-Hungarian army: 1903, 1905.
- ff. 241-248 Austria-Hungary: Report rel. to: 1905.
- ff. 250-254 Treaties: Treaty betw. Great Britain and Amir of Afghanistan: 1905: Printed.
- ff. 250-254 Afghanistan: `Treaty between the British Government and the Amir of Afghanistan': 1905: Printed.
- ff. 250-254 England; Parliament: Command papers, returns, etc., rel. to naval and military affairs,: 1892-1905: Printed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002083657
036-002083687
040-002083705 - Is part of:
- 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 50317 : ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS. Vol. XLIII ('Vol. XVIII') (ff. 257). (1) Imperial defence. ff. 4-123;- (2) War regulations. ff.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002083657[0002]/036-002083687[0018]/040-002083705
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 50275-50357
- Record Type (Level):
- File
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- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1904
- End Date:
- 1905
- Date Range:
- 1904-6 Oct 1905
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Armstrong, Bonnar W, former Captain Kitchener's Fighting Scouts
Army Council, 1904-1964
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour, Prime Minister and philosopher, 1848-1930
Beresford, Charles William de la Poer, Baron Beresford of Metemmeh and Curraghmore, naval officer, 1846-1919
Birkbeck, William Henry, Major-General KCB
Burnett, Charles John, General KCB
Campbell, Frederick Archibald Vaughan, 3rd Earl Cawdor, politician and railway administrator, 1847-1911
Cavendish, Victor Christian William, 9th Duke of Devonshire, politician and governor-general of Canada, 1868-1938
Committee of Imperial Defence, 1904-1939
Douglas, Charles, Knight, army officer, 1850-1914
Fisher, John Arbuthnot, 1st Baron Fisher, naval officer, 1841-1920
Fitzmaurice, Henry Charles Keith, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, politician, 1845-1927
Forster, Hugh Oakeley, politician, 1855-1909
Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria
Grenfell, Francis Wallace, 1st Baron Grenfell, army officer, 1841-1925
Grierson, James Moncrieff, Knight, army officer, 1859-1914
Hely-Hutchinson, Walter Francis, GCMG
Hume, Charles Vernon, Colonel RFA
Lyttelton, Alfred, sportsman and politician, 1857-1913
Lyttelton, Neville Gerald, Knight, army officer, 1845-1931
Palmer, William Waldegrave, 2nd Earl of Selborne, politician, 1859-1942
Parliament
Privy Council
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, army officer, 1832-1914
Roberts, Hugh Bradley, Lieutenant-Colonel
Rudolf Franz Karl Josef, Crown Prince of Austria, son of Emperor Franz Josef
Slade, Frederick George, Lieutenant-General CB
Stopford, Frederick William, Knight, army officer, 1854-1929
Thacker, Herbert Cyril, Captain Royal Canadian Artillery
Tulloch, John Walter Graham, Colonel Indian Army
War Office, 1857-1964
Ward, Edward Willis Duncan, Colonel GBE, 1st Baronet
Wilson, Guy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood, Knight, colonial administrator and civil servant, 1850-1940 - Places:
- Afghanistan, Asia
Austria-Hungary, Europe
Ceylon, Asia
India, Asia
Ireland, Europe
Japan, Asia
South West Africa, Africa