Colonial Office
Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:
Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1902 - 1948
Colonial Office papers, on subjects including: LSA's appointment as Secretary of State; speeches relating to the Empire; LSA's Empire Tour of 1927-28; a claim against the Canadian Government over the contract to build the Georgian Bay Canal; the administration of central and eastern Africa; other issues such as the trade outlook, pension policy and the General Strike.
Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes and typescript., 12 Feb 1921 - 24 Sep 1921
Transcript of interview: John Buist, 2008
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), 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 [Africa] made by WSC and his opinion of British withdrawal to the Somaliland coast.
(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 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), 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.
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