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BURNS PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 255). Correspondence with United Kingdom and Dominion Prime Ministers, and their Private Secretaries, etc., viz.:-

(1) Letter from William Ewart Gladstone; 28 Aug. 1893. f. 1.

(2) Correspondence with Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery; 1889-1893. ff. 2-6.

(3) Correspondence with Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, G.C.B.; 1893-1908. ff. 7-37.

(4) Correspondence with Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith 1925, his (second) wife, Emma Alice Margaret, and his daughters, Helen Violet, afterwards wife of Maurice Bonham-Carter (K.C.B. 1916, K.C.V.O. 1917), and Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy, afterwards wife of Prince Antoine Bibesco; including (f. 129) a letter, 25 June 1911, to Asquith from Prince Maximilian Alexander Frederick William of Baden, and preceded (f. 38) by a copy of Asquith's warrant, as Home Secretary, 9 June 1894, appointing a committee (of which Burns was a member) to enquire into the Metropolitan cab service; 1906-1934. ff. 39-198.

(5) Correspondence with David Lloyd George (1st Earl Lloyd-George 1945); 1911-1922. ff. 199-209.

(6) Correspondence with James Ramsay MacDonald; 1898-1931. ff. 210-215.

(7) Correspondence with Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (K.G. 1953); 1904-1914. ff. 216-232.

(8) Correspondence with Sir Wilfrid Laurier, G.C.M.G., Prime Minister of Canada; preceded (f. 233) by a letter relating thereto, 26 June 1911, from Patrick Geddes (knt. 1932), Director of the Cities and Town-Planning Exhibition (1911). ff. 234-246.

(9) Letter from William Lyon Mackenzie King (Prime Minister of Canada 1921, O.M. 1947), enclosing a letter of introduction, 8 March 1908, from James Bryce (Viscount Bryce 1914); 23 March 1908. ff. 247-250.

(10) Letter from General Louis Botha, Prime Minister of the Transvaal and (1910) of the Union of South Africa; 5 Sept. 1902. f. 251.

(11) Letters from General Jan Christiaan Smuts (Field-Marshal 1941; Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa 1924); 1906, 1921. ff. 252-255.

includes:

f. 1 William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: Letter to J. Burns: 1893.
ff. 2-6 Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery: Correspondence with J. Burns: 1889-1893.
ff. 7-37 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, GCB; Prime Minister: Correspondence with J. Burns: 1893-1908.
f. 29 John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland: Letters to J. Burns: 1905-1923.: Partly typewritten and signed.
ff. 32, 33 Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede: Letters to J. Burns: 1906.
ff. 36, 63, 107 Vaughan Nash, CB; Secretary to Sir H Campbell-Bannerman: Letters to J. Burns: 1889-1911.
f. 38 London, England: Warrant by the Home Secretary appointing a committee to enquire into the Metropolitan cab service: 1894.: Copy.
ff. 39-198 passim Margot Asquith, called Emma Alice Margaret; née Tennant; 2nd wife of Herbert, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith: Correspondence with J. Burns: 1906-1934.
f. 44 George Whiteley, 1st Baron Marchamley: Letters to J. Burns: 1907, 1908.
ff. 44-195b Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith; Prime Minister: Correspondence with J. Burns: 1907-1922.
f. 54 Walter Tapper Jerred, Assistant Secretary, Local Government Board; KCB 1918: Letters, etc., to J. Burns: 1905-1915.
f. 73 Henry Joseph Comyns, private Secretary to J Burns; CBE 1933: Letters, etc., to J. Burns: 1909-1911.: Mostly typewritten, signed.
f. 81 Joseph Albert Pease, 1st Baron Gainford: Letters to J. Burns: 1908-1942.
ff. 86-143 passim Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy Asquith, wife (1919) of Prince A Bibesco: Letters to J. Burns: 1909-1912.
f. 104 A. E. Greene, of the Local Government Board: Letter to J. Burns: 1910.
f. 110 Henry Joseph Comyns, private Secretary to J Burns; CBE 1933: Letter to, from V. Nash: 1910.
f.110 Vaughan Nash, CB; Secretary to Sir H Campbell-Bannerman: Letter to H. J. Comyns: 1910.
f. 117 J. Walkom, of the Treasury: Letter to J. Burns: 1910.
ff. 122,130,142 Helen Violet Asquith, wife (1915) of Sir M Bonham-Carter: Letters to J. Burns: 1911, 1912.
f. 129 Maximilian Alexander Frederick William, Prince of Baden: Letter to H. H. Asquith: 1911.
ff. 148, 149, 157, 178, 184, 190 Sir Maurice Bonham- Carter, KCVO; Secretary to H H Asquith: Letters to J. Burns: 1913-1916.
f. 167 Charles Henry Lyell, MP: Letter to J. Burns: 1914.
f. 175 (draft) Field-Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener: Correspondence with J. Burns: 1910-1914.
f. 178 Reginald McKenna, PC; MP: Correspondence with J. Burns: 1914.
ff. 191, 191b Miss C. Mary Way, Secretary to Lady Oxford and Asquith: Correspondence with J. Burns: 1915.
ff. 199-209 David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George; Prime Minister: Correspondence with J. Burns: 1911-1922.
ff. 210-215 James Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister: Correspondence with J. Burns: 1898-1931.
ff. 216-232 Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG; Prime Minister: Correspondence with J. Burns: 1904-1914.
ff. 219, 227 Sir Edward Howard Marsh, KCVO: Letters to J. Burns: 1909, 1914.
f. 229 Harry Robinson, of Earlsfield; London waterman: Letter to Sir W. Churchill: 1914.
f. 233 Patrick Geddes, Professor of Botany at Dundee; Knight 1932: Letters to J. Burns: 1911, 1912.
ff. 234-246 Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG; Canadian Prime Minister: Correspondence with J. Burns: 1911.
ff. 247-250 William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada: Letter, etc.to J. Burns,: 1908.
f. 249 James Bryce, Viscount Bryce: Letters to J. Burns: 1908, 1914.
f. 251 Louis Botha, South African statesman: Letter to J. Burns: 1902.
ff. 252, 255 Field-Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts, S African Prime Minister: Letters to J. Burns: 1906, 1921.

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Add MS 46281-46345 : THE BURNS PAPERS A selection from the correspondence, official and private, and other papers of John Elliott Burns, P.C., M.P.…
Add MS 46282-46287 : SERIES B. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE

Add MS 46282 : BURNS PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 255). Correspondence with United Kingdom and Dominion Prime Ministers, and their Private Secretaries,…

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Start Date:

1889

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1934

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1889-1934

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Names:

Asquith, Emma Alice Margaret, née Tennant; political hostess and diarist, 1864-1945
Asquith, Herbert Henry, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, statesman, 1852-1928
Bannerman, Henry, Knight, statesman and politician, 1836-1908
Bibesco, Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy, née Asquith; writer and socialite, 1897-1945
Botha, Louis, Prime Minister of South Africa and army officer, 1862-1919
Bryce, James, Viscount Bryce, of Add MS 46228
Carter, Helen Violet, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, née Asquith; politician, 1887-1969
Carter, Maurice Bonham-, KCVO; Secretary to H H Asquith
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Knight, Prime Minister, 1874-1965,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120966628
Comyns, Henry Joseph, private Secretary to J Burns; CBE 1933
Geddes, Patrick, Professor of Botany at Dundee; Knight 1932
George, David, 1st Earl Lloyd-George, politician and prime minister, 1863-1945,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121349453
Gladstone, William Ewart, prime minister and author, 1809-1898
Greene, A E, correspondent of John Burns, fl 1910
Jerred, Walter Tapper, Assistant Secretary, Local Government Board; KCB 1918
King, William Lyon Mackenzie, Prime Minister of Canada, 1874-1950
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, army officer, 1850-1916
Laurier, Wilfrid, GCMG, Canadian Prime Minister
Lyell, Charles Henry, MP; of Add MS 46282
MacDonald, James Ramsay, Prime Minister, 1866-1937
Marsh, Edward Howard, Knight, civil servant and patron of the arts, 1872-1953
Maximilian Alexander Frederick William, Prince of Baden
McKenna, Reginald, PC, MP
Nash, Vaughan, CB, sec to Sir H Campbell-Bannerman
Pease, Joseph Albert, 1st Baron Gainford, politician, 1860-1943
Ponsonby, Arthur Augustus William Harry, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Robinson, Harry, of Earlsfield; London waterman
Sinclair, John, 1st Baron Pentland
Smuts, Jan Christiaan, army officer and Prime Minister of South Africa, 1870-1950
Walkom, J., of the Treasury
Way, C. Mary, Miss; Secretary to Lady Oxford and Asquith
Whiteley, George, 1st Baron Marchamley

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