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Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:

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Correspondence A - K, 1927-12 - 1928-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/15
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This series contains LSA's correspondence with his colleagues and friends throughout the whole of his political career following the First World War. There are letters from most of the political notables of the time (especially on the Conservative side), both from Britain and also the wider Empire, covering an enormous range of subjects. LSA's particular interests, such as the furtherance of the Empire and Imperial Preference, naturally come up a great deal, as does official business from...
Dates: 1927-12 - 1928-12
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Correspondence A - L, 1926-12 - 1927-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/13
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This series contains LSA's correspondence with his colleagues and friends throughout the whole of his political career following the First World War. There are letters from most of the political notables of the time (especially on the Conservative side), both from Britain and also the wider Empire, covering an enormous range of subjects. LSA's particular interests, such as the furtherance of the Empire and Imperial Preference, naturally come up a great deal, as does official business from...
Dates: 1926-12 - 1927-12
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Correspondence A - Z, 1925-01 - 1925-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/10
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This series contains LSA's correspondence with his colleagues and friends throughout the whole of his political career following the First World War. There are letters from most of the political notables of the time (especially on the Conservative side), both from Britain and also the wider Empire, covering an enormous range of subjects. LSA's particular interests, such as the furtherance of the Empire and Imperial Preference, naturally come up a great deal, as does official business from...
Dates: 1925-01 - 1925-12
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Correspondence A - Z, 1928-12 - 1929-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/17
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Edward Grigg [Governor of Kenya, later 1st Lord Altrincham] on the report of the commission on East African Closer Union, particularly probable attempts to use the report as an excuse for inactivity and trying to avoid attacks on party lines from the opposition, and also the Government's refusal to use expert advice (2); Stephen Gaselee, Foreign Office; Sir Geoffrey Archer; Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, on subjects including granting Sir Hamar Greenwood a...
Dates: 1928-12 - 1929-06
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Correspondence A - Z, 1928-12 - 1929-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/18
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Philip Allan (3); Sir [Christopher] James Parr, High Commissioner in London for New Zealand (2); Patrick Duncan; Florence, Lady Bell, recalling LSA's visit to Iraq and meeting with her daughter, Gertrude Bell [former Oriental Secretary to the High Commissioner of the Iraq]; William Bankes Amery, Oversea Settlement Department; 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] asking LSA to chair the Imperial Committee of the British Social Hygiene Council; Sir John Ducane...
Dates: 1928-12 - 1929-12
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Correspondence L - Z, 1925-12 - 1926-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/12
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: 1st Lord Lloyd, High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan, congratulating LSA on the negotiations over Mosul [Al-Mawsil, Iraq] and his difficulties with Saad Zaghlul Pasha [President of Egypt] and the weakened British position in Egypt; Beryl Lafone on the enforced retirement of her husband, Edgar Lafone [Chief Constable Metropolitan Police]; Edgar Lafone; Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Home Secretary [later 1st Lord Brentford]; 14th Lord Lovat [earlier Simon Fraser] (2);...
Dates: 1925-12 - 1926-12
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Correspondence L - Z, 1928-01 - 1929-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/16
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This series contains LSA's correspondence with his colleagues and friends throughout the whole of his political career following the First World War. There are letters from most of the political notables of the time (especially on the Conservative side), both from Britain and also the wider Empire, covering an enormous range of subjects. LSA's particular interests, such as the furtherance of the Empire and Imperial Preference, naturally come up a great deal, as does official business from...
Dates: 1928-01 - 1929-01
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Correspondence M - Z, 1927-01 - 1927-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/14
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Roderick Macleod (3); 1st Lord Cave, Lord Chancellor, on a memorandum by LSA on House of Lords reform; 1st Lord Midleton [earlier St John Brodrick] on House of Lords reform; Howard Moffat, Premier and Minister of Native Affairs, Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe] on the death of Sir Charles Coghlan [former Premier] and on LSA's visit to Rhodesia; John Lockhart, Philip Allan and Company Limited, publishers, on LSA's proposed book on Imperial economics (3); Michael...
Dates: 1927-01 - 1927-12
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Empire Marketing Board: summary of work and recommendations, 1931-06 - 1950-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/13
Scope and Contents Papers including: report of the Board's constitution committee; report on the work of the Board (May 1932); letters from Sir Stephen Tallents, Secretary (2); reports on the general work of the Board, grants for scientific research and other schemes, statistics, market research and economic investigation, market promotion, publicity and illustrations of the Board's work; appreciations and regrets on the work of the Board on its termination, including resolutions and comments from public and...
Dates: 1931-06 - 1950-08
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Lord Milner papers: correspondence, 1919-01 - 1921-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/42
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Correspondence and papers from LSA's early political posts, with the War Cabinet, War Office, as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty and also First Lord of the Admiralty. This includes: a large amount of material on the First World War, including LSA's own service in France and the Balkans and his campaign for conscription; Cabinet papers on the peace settlement and establishment of the League of Nations; a considerable...
Dates: 1919-01 - 1921-02
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Malta, 1919-09 - 1924-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/59
Scope and Contents Colonial Office correspondence and memoranda on Malta, with correspondents including: Sir Gerald Strickland [Member of Malta Legislative Assembly] on circulating Empire news to counter propaganda, the new constitution, the influence of Italy, the use of English in Malta and the behaviour of ministers in Parliament (8); Edward Wood [Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies, later 1st Lord Irwin and 1st Lord Halifax]; 1st Lord Plumer, Governor of Malta, on subjects including the Malta...
Dates: 1919-09 - 1924-03
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Official: Colonial Office, 1902 - 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 10
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Official: Colonial Office, 1920 - 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 17
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