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DMO/10/24
- Record Id:
- 041-002747115
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002481974
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022599340.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- DMO/10/24
- Title:
- Four Memoranda on Portuguese Colonies in Africa. 'Printed for the use of the Cabinet. November 29, 1889.'
- Scope & Content:
-
The item relates to the potential for military action by Great Britain against Portuguese Colonies in Africa, and comprises 4 printed memoranda by Lt.-General Henry Brackenbury, Director of Military Intelligence, and Staff-Captain G. Wemyss, followed by 28 letters and notes relating to government policy. The correspondents are:
- Henry Brackenbury, Director of Military Intelligence
- Viscount Wolseley, Adjutant-General to the Forces
- Edward Stanhope, War Secretary
- F.H. Villiers, Foreign Office
- G.A.K. Wisely, Intelligence Division, War Office
- Guy Fleetwood Wilson, War Office
- P.H.W. Currie, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002481974
040-002481987
041-002747115 - Is part of:
- DMO : D.M.O. Secret
DMO/10 : DMO Secret. Foreign Countries: Europe (except France and Russia)
DMO/10/24 : Four Memoranda on Portuguese Colonies in Africa. 'Printed for the use of the Cabinet. November 29, 1889.' - Hierarchy:
- 032-002481974[0010]/040-002481987[0024]/041-002747115
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: DMO
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 57 pages with 3 maps
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1889
- End Date:
- 1889
- Date Range:
- 1889
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- The memoranda (16p.) and maps are printed. The letters and notes (41p.) are manuscript.
- Former External References:
- DMO Secret/Foreign Countries/19
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
-
'Secret'
The maps include IDWO no. 782
- Names:
- Brackenbury, Henry, Knight, army officer, 1837-1914
Currie, Philip Henry Wodehouse, Baron Currie of Hawley, diplomatist, 1834-1906
Stanhope, Edward, politician, 1840-1893
Villiers, Francis Hyde, Knight, diplomatist, 1852-1925
Wemyss, George, army officer, fl 1889
Wilson, Guy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood, Knight, colonial administrator and civil servant, 1850-1940
Wisely, George Alexander Keith, army officer, fl 1888
Wolseley, Garnet Joseph, 1st Viscount Wolseley, army officer, 1833-1913