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040-002102104

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MARY GLADSTONE PAPERS. Vol. XX (ff. 338). Letters from:-

(1) Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour 1922, Prime Minister, 1877-1923, supplementary to those in the Balfour Papers (viz. Add. MS. 49794), and including (f. 15) one (14 Jan. 1887) to Helen Gladstone. ff. 1- 63.

(2) Members of Lord Balfour's family, viz:-(a) his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Edith, wife of Gerald (2nd Earl of Balfour 1930); 21 July 1920. ff. 64-66b;-(b) his brother, Eustace James Anthony, 1 Jan. 1886, and (ff. 69 sqq.) his sister-in-law, Lady Frances (née Campbell); 1878-1925. ff. 67-86;-(c) his sister Alice Blanche; 1882-1925. ff. 87-104b;-(d) his brother-in-law Henry Sidgwick, the philosopher; 1884 -1898, and (ff. 117 sqq.) the latter's wife Eleanor Mildred; 1875-1923. ff. 105-126b.

(3) (a) Georgiana, wife of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury; 1886-1898. ff. 127 - 131 b;-(b) her sons, James Edward Hubert, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, 24 Jan. 1923 (f. 132), and Hugh Richard Heathcote (Baron Quickswood 1941); 1905-1921. ff. 133 - 145;-

(4) Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith 1925, Prime Minister; 1894-1926 (and, ff. 162 sqq., correspondence with 'Margot' i.e. his second wife (1894) Emma Alice Margaret (née Tennant); 1885-1922. ff. 149-305b.

(5) David Lloyd George (1st Earl Lloyd -George 1945), Prime Minister, and his first wife Margaret (G.B.E. 1929); 1916 -1924. ff. 306-316b.

(6) Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (K.G. 1953); 1908, 1910. ff. 317-319b.

(7) Ishbel, daughter of James Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister, wife (1938) of N. Ridgley; 3 March. 1924. f. 320.

(8) General Louis Botha, Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, his wife Annie and his daughter Frances Botha-Reid; 1907-1919. ff. 321-325b.

(9) Jan Christiaan Smuts (Field Marshal 1941), Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, and 'Isie K[riege]', i.e. his wife Sybella Margaretha; 1914 -1923. ff. 326-338.

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ff. 1-63 Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour; Prime Minister: Letters to Mary Gladstone: 1877-1923.
f. 15 Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour; Prime Minister: Letter to Helen Gladstone: 1887.
f. 64 Elizabeth Edith Balfour, wife of Gerald, 2nd Earl of Balfour 1930: Letter to Mary Gladstone: 1920.
f. 67 Eustace James Anthony Balfour, brother of Arthur, 1st Earl of Balfour: Letter to Mary Gladstone: 1886.
ff. 69-86 Lady Frances Balfour, wife of E J A Balfour: Letters to Mary Gladstone: 1878-1925.
ff. 87-104b Alice Blanche Balfour, sister of Arthur, 1st Earl of Balfour: Letters to Mary Gladstone: 1882-1925.
ff. 105-116 Henry Sidgwick, philosopher: Letters to Mary Gladstone: 1884-1898.
ff. 117-126b Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick, née Balfour; wife (1876) of H Sidgwick: Letters to Mary Gladstone: 1875-1923.
ff. 127-131b Georgiana Charlotte Gascoyne-Cecil, wife of Robert, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury: Letters to Mary Gladstone: 1886-1898.
f. 132 James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 4th Marquess of Salisbury: Letter to Mary Gladstone: 1923.
ff. 133-145 Hugh Richard Heathcote Gascoyne-Cecil, Baron Quickswood: Letters to Mary Gladstone: 1905-1921.
f. 137 Hugh Richard Heathcote Gascoyne-Cecil, Baron Quickswood: Letter to G. W. E. Russell: 1906.
ff. 146, 148 Gwendolen Gascoyne-Cecil, daughter of Robert, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury: Letters to Mary Gladstone: 1899, 1900.
ff. 149-161b Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith; Prime Minister: Letters to Mary Gladstone: 1894-1926.
ff. 162-305b Margot Asquith, called Emma Alice Margaret; née Tennant; 2nd wife of Herbert, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith: Correspondence with Mary Gladstone: 1885-1922.
f. 290 Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 2nd Baron Houghton; formerly Milnes; Marquess of Crewe: Letters to Mrs. Asquith: 1920.: Copies.
f. 293 Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Letter to Mrs. Asquith: 1920.: Copies.
ff. 306-315 passim David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George; Prime Minister: Letters to Mary Gladstone: 1916-1923.
ff. 307, 316 Margaret Lloyd George, wife of David Lloyd George: Letters to Mary Gladstone: 1918, 1924.
ff. 317, 318 Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG; Prime Minister: Letters to Mary Gladstone: 1908, 1910.
f. 320 Ishbel MacDonald, afterwards Ridgley; daughter of J R MacDonald, Prime Minister: Letter to Mary Gladstone: 1924.
f. 321 Louis Botha, South African statesman: Letter to Mary Gladstone: 1907.
f. 322 Annie Botha, wife of Louis Botha: Letter to Mary Gladstone: 1918.
f. 324 Frances Botha-Reid, daughter of General Louis Botha: Letter to Mary Gladstone: 1919.
ff. 326-338 Field-Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts, S African Prime Minister: Letters to Mary Gladstone: 1914-1923.
f. 332 Sybella Margaretha Smuts, wife of Field-Marshal J C Smuts: Letter to Mary Gladstone: 1917.

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Add MS 46219-46271 : THE MARY GLADSTONE PAPERS A SELECTION from the correspondence and papers of Mary Gladstone (b. 1847, d. 1927), daughter of…
Add MS 46237-46250 : SERIES C. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF MARY GLADSTONE

Add MS 46238 : MARY GLADSTONE PAPERS. Vol. XX (ff. 338). Letters from:- (1) Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour 1922, Prime Minister,…

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1886

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1926

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1886-1926

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Asquith, Emma Alice Margaret, née Tennant; political hostess and diarist, 1864-1945
Asquith, Herbert Henry, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, statesman, 1852-1928
Balfour, Alice Blanche, entomologist; sister of Arthur 1st Earl of Balfour, 1850-1936
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour, Prime Minister and philosopher, 1848-1930
Balfour, Elizabeth Edith, countess of Balfour, biographer and editor, 1867-1942
Balfour, Eustace James Anthony, architect; brother of Arthur 1st Earl of Balfour, 1854-1911
Balfour, Frances, née Campbell, wife of Eustace Balfour; associated with women's suffrage campaign, 1858-1931
Botha, Annie Frances Bland, née Emmett; South African civic leader and political hostess, 1864-1937
Botha, Louis, Prime Minister of South Africa and army officer, 1862-1919
Botha-Reid, Frances, daughter of General Louis Botha
Cecil, Gwendolen, author, biographer and daughter of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, 1860-1945
Cecil, Hugh Richard Heathcote, 1st Baron Quickswood, politician, 1869-1956
Cecil, James Edward Hubert, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, politician, statesman and churchman, 1861-1947
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Knight, Prime Minister, 1874-1965,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120966628
Gascoyne-Cecil, Georgiana Charlotte, wife of Robert 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
George, David, 1st Earl Lloyd-George, politician and prime minister, 1863-1945,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121349453
Gosse, Edmund William, Knight, writer, 1849-1928
Lloyd George, Margaret, wife of David Lloyd George
MacDonald, Ishbel, afterwards Ridgley daughter of J R MacDonald Prime Minister
Milnes, Robert Offley Ashburton, 1st Marquess of Crewe, politician, 1858-1945
Sidgwick, Eleanor Mildred, née Balfour; wife (1876) of H Sidgwick
Sidgwick, Henry, philosopher
Smuts, Jan Christiaan, army officer and Prime Minister of South Africa, 1870-1950
Smuts, Sybella Margaretha, wife of Field-Marshal J C Smuts