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), 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), 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 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.
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