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Add MS 89170/2/3
- Record Id:
- 040-003311715
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003311372
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100031006858.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89170/2/3
- Title:
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Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster: political correspondence
- Scope & Content:
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Political correspondence of Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster, including:
- letter from Joan Ruskin Severn to Oakeley wishing the family Merry Christmas, Coniston Lake, 25 December;
- short note from Marlborough [Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough] to [Oakeley], 22 June;
- letter from [Joe WK] to [Oakeley] regarding politics (incomplete), North Park Road, Bradford, undated;
- letter from unidentified person to Oakeley regarding a Bulgarian costume, Vienna, 16 June 1884;
- letter from the Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary of the Liberal Unionists of Darlington to Oakeley expressing support for his candidacy in the Dewsbury and Battery election, November 1888;
- letter from Devonshire [Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire] to Oakeley regarding Ihe Imperial Federation (Defence) Committee, 12 June 1895;
- letter from Redvers Buller to Oakeley regarding the release from prison of an officer, War Office, 27 July [1897];
- letter from Arthur James Balfour to Oakeley regarding his book 'History of England' and the subject of Compulsion, 10 Downing Street, 12 November 1898;
- letter from Arthur James Balfour to Oakeley regarding the Resolution on behalf of the Women's Liberal Unionist Association, 10 Downing Street, 22 June 1900;
- letter from Henry [Arthur Blake] to Oakeley, Hong Kong, 16 July 1900;
- letter from Sydney Holland to Oakeley regarding his new appointment to Secretary to the Admiralty, 10 January 1901;
- letter from J. A. [John Arbuthnot] Fisher to Oakeley regarding the Mediterranean Fleet, Admiralty House, Malta, 29 October [1901-1902];
- letter from H. [Henry] Shute to Oakeley regarding his experience of working for Arnold-Forster at the War Office, 1 January 1905;
- letter from Selborne [William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne] to Oakeley regarding the reform of the Army and the Navy and mentioning South Africa, 6 April 1906;
- letter from Oakeley to General [Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton] regarding the prospect of a war with Germany, 25 February 1908;
- letter from [Oakeley] to Lady George Campbell regarding his stay at Inveraray Castle, Scotland, 16 September 1908;
- letter from [Oakeley] to Dr. Feilbogen regarding relations between Britain and Austria-Hungary, 9 January 1909;
- letter from [Oakeley] to Major R. Marker regarding military reform, 8 February 1909;
- letter from [Oakeley] to Colonel Shute regarding the Officers of the Army Council and their right to express their opinion in public, 17 February 1909;
- envelope marked ‘Copy of Letter to Mr Balfour 12/3/09 with “Standard” Articles of 11[?]/3/09 and 12/3/09’ (the letter to Mr Balfour is the letter Oakeley was writing at the time of his death, as reported in his obituaries). The envelope contains: handwritten letter from Oakeley to Balfour (4 pages, incomplete) and three typed copies of it (12 pages, incomplete); one page of handwritten notes regarding Haldane’s view of military reform, possibly part of the above letter; two pages of quotations (the ‘Standard' articles were not found in the envelope at the time of cataloguing).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003311372
036-003311698
040-003311715 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89170 : Personal and political papers of Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster
Add MS 89170/2 : Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster: family and political correspondence
Add MS 89170/2/3 : Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster: political correspondence - Hierarchy:
- 032-003311372[0002]/036-003311698[0003]/040-003311715
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89170
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1884
- End Date:
- 1909
- Date Range:
- 1884-1909
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Alexander, Sybil Lascelles, wife of Lord George Granville Campbell, 1860-1947
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour, Prime Minister and philosopher, 1848-1930
Blake, Henry Arthur, Knight, British colonial administrator, 1840-1918
Buller, Redvers Henry, Knight, army officer, 1839-1908
Cavendish, Spencer Compton, 8th Duke of Devonshire, politician, 1833-1908
Churchill, Charles Richard John, 9th Duke of Marlborough, British soldier and politician, 1871-1934
Feilbogen, Siegmund, economist, writer, translator, 1858-1928
Fisher, John Arbuthnot, 1st Baron Fisher, naval officer, 1841-1920
Holland, Sydney George, 2nd Viscount Knutsford, hospital administrator and reformer, 1855-1931
Lyttelton, Neville Gerald, Knight, army officer, 1845-1931
Marker, Raymond John, army officer, secretary to H. O. Arnold-Forster, 1867-1914
Palmer, William Waldegrave, 2nd Earl of Selborne, politician, 1859-1942
Severn, Joan, née Ruskin Agnew; ward of John Ruskin; wife of Arthur Severn, fl 1900
Shute, Henry Gwynn Deane, private secretary to H. O. Arnold-Forster, 1860-1909