Colonial Office
Found in 115 Collections and/or Records:
Speeches, 1960-02 - 1960-07
Speeches given by JA [as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office], mainly in the House of Commons, with some background notes from the Colonial Office, on subjects including: the sovereign bases on Cyprus; the negotiations on Cyprus's future; the overseas Civil Service; the Cyprus Bill; the Nigeria Bill.
Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes and typescript., 12 Feb 1921 - 24 Sep 1921
Telegram from Lord Selborne to Mr Churchill, 03 Aug [1906]
Transcript of interview: Denis Doble, 2004
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Transcript of interview: John Buist, 2008
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Transcript of interview: John Edwards, 2007
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Transcript of interview: John Sankey, 2010
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
(Untitled), 30 Nov- 1 Dec 1906
Letter from WSC (Colonial Office) to 9th Lord Elgin and Kincardine [Secretary of State for the Colonies] enclosing a letter about Transvaal [South Africa] pensions. Signed manuscript.Includes letter from Sydney Armitage-Smith (Treasury Chambers, Whitehall) to [Edward] Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC] summarising information about pensions for officials including Sir Richard Solomon.Envelope present.
(Untitled), 1-2 Jun 1907
Letter from 9th Lord Elgin and Kincardine [Secretary of State for the Colonies] to WSC on land bills, arguing that a policy of land values would not be beneficial for British Honduras [Belize] and that the local government should be given an opportunity to come into line.Signed manuscript annotated by WSC "May I have this back" and including a reply from WSC suggesting that he would prefer that funds were not used to build a railway if it will benefit a "Yankee Trust".
(Untitled), 23 Feb 1921
(Untitled), 19 Feb 1942
Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Moyne [Secretary of State for the Colonies, earlier Walter Guinness] regretting that he will be replaced at the Colonial Office by Lord Cranborne [later 5th Lord Salisbury] in the Cabinet reshuffle.
(Untitled), 03 Sep 1912
Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to [? Lewis Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies], on procedure followed by the Admiralty in dealing with Colonial and Dominion affairs. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 03 Mar 1910
Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: discussion of the Colonial Office estimates; the statement on British policy in Somaliland [later Somalia] made by WSC and his opinion of British withdrawal to the Somaliland coast.
(Untitled), 06 Jan 1912
Letter from Lewis Harcourt, Colonial Office, to WSC, protesting about the Admiralty communicating directly with the Canadian Government though the High Commission in London, on the storage of fuel at Halifax, Nova Scotia, stating that such communications should go through the Colonial Office.
(Untitled), 12 Jan 1912
Minute from the Secretary, Admiralty, to the Private Office to the First Lord [WSC], commenting on letter from Lewis Harcourt, Colonial Office, protesting about the Admiralty's direct negotiation with the Government of Canada over oil storage facilities, rather than working through the Colonial Office.
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