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Official: Cabinet: Committee on the Geddes Report on Fighting Services., 12 Jan 1922 - 21 Feb 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/16
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Correspondents include: 10th Lord Scarbrough [former Director-General Territorial and Volunteer Forces] on rumours of cuts in the Territorial Army; Sir Roger Keyes [Deputy Chief of Naval Staff and a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty]; 1st Lord Beatty; Sir Eric Geddes [Chairman of the Committee on National Expenditure] denying that leaks to the press had come from him and criticizing WSC's attitude to his report (2); Sir Evan Jones [Coalition MP for Pembrokeshire, Wales] on the results of...
Dates:
12 Jan 1922 - 21 Feb 1922
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Conclusions 48 - 58., 29 Oct 1928 - 19 Dec 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/213
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Includes minutes of Cabinet meetings recording decisions on various subjects including: the illness of King George V and speeches by the King; reparations and Allied debts; foreign affairs including China, the Persian Gulf, the Soviet Union, Iraq and Germany; measures to combat unemployment including emigration; rating reforms; Indian contributions to the home effective charges of the British army; issues in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; relations with the United States; the naval...
Dates:
29 Oct 1928 - 19 Dec 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Correspondence., 03 Jan 1908 - 22 Dec 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/1
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Correspondents comprise: David Lloyd George [Chancellor of the Exchequer] on his and WSC's opposition to the naval building programme and the determination of Reginald McKenna [First Lord of the Admiralty] to build Dreadnoughts (3); Sir George Murray [Permanent Secretary to the Treasury] on naval estimates; John Bradbury on Budget estimates and the National Debt; the Motor Union on a petition to Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith] on car taxation; Lord Crewe [earlier Lord...
Dates:
03 Jan 1908 - 22 Dec 1908
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: correspondence., 13 Feb 1911 - 01 Nov 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/25
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Correspondents include: David Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on subjects including unemployment insurance, foreign policy and the likelihood of war with Germany (4); Sir Charles Ottley (Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence) on military forces in Ireland; Lord Crewe [earlier Lord Houghton, also Robert Milnes] on discussion of naval estimates; Oliver Locker-Lampson; Sydney Buxton [President of the Board of Trade] on dealings with Portugal; and Sir Edward Grey [Foreign...
Dates:
13 Feb 1911 - 01 Nov 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Correspondence and notes., 04 Feb 1909 - 19 Jul 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/12
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Correspondents include: David Lloyd George on his and WSC's opposition to the naval building programme; Moreton Frewen on Bank of England policy and the issuing of 10 shilling notes; Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith] , Prime Minister and Lord Crewe [earlier Lord Houghton and Robert Milnes] objecting to a speech by WSC in which he forecast a dissolution of Parliament if the House of Lords proposed amendments to the 1909 [People's] Budget.Also includes press cuttings on speeches...
Dates:
04 Feb 1909 - 19 Jul 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: Correspondence and notes., 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/18
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Correspondents include: Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] on notes kept by [Lewis] Harcourt on Cabinet proceedings; Basil Blackett on reduction of taxes between 1906-1909; Lord Crewe [earlier Lord Houghton also Robert Milnes, Secretary of State for the Colonies] on Colonial Office estimates and affairs in Somaliland [later Somalia] (2); Admiral Charles Beresford; Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith, Prime Minister]; Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith [Permanent Secretary to the Board of...
Dates:
1910
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: correspondence and notes on World War I., 17 Feb 1915 - 22 Oct 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/37
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Correspondence includes: [1st Lord] Emmott [First Commissioner of Works] on the fortification of Buckingham Palace against air attacks; Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC]; David Lloyd George [Minister of Munitions] on negotiations between Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] and Bulgaria and Greece; Austen Chamberlain [Secretary of State for India] on rewards to India after the war; Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith, Prime Minister]; [Lord] Curzon [of Kedleston, Lord Privy...
Dates:
17 Feb 1915 - 22 Oct 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: correspondence mainly about the Dardanelles Expedition., Apr 1915 - Oct 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/43A-B
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Correspondents include: Josiah Wedgwood, General Sir Ian Hamilton, Commander of Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (4), Kenneth Dundal and Harold Cawley on their personal experiences of events at the Dardanelles; Maurice Hankey [Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence] on his responsibility for policy on the Dardanelles expedition; "Freddie" [Frederick Guest]; Major General Charles Callwell [Director of Military Operations at the War Office] (10) on subjects including movements of...
Dates:
Apr 1915 - Oct 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: miscellaneous papers., May 1915 - Sep 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/44
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Includes: notes on the formation of the air department; manuscript statements by WSC on the situation in the Dardanelles and at Gallipoli and on the options of the British government; notes by WSC on the positions occupied by the British fleet and the possibility of the United States joining the war; notes on a discussion between General Sir Ian Hamilton [Commander of Mediterranean Expeditionary Force] and Admiral [John] de Robeck [Commander of naval forces] on the disembarkation of troops;...
Dates:
May 1915 - Sep 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: war appreciations., 28 May 1915 - 13 Nov 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/51
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Printed papers on various operations including: the Dardanelles by Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War]; the situation in the Aegean; several assessments and forecasts of the situation on the Western Front and in the Balkans (by Lieutenant General Sir Archibald Murray, Chief of the Imperial General Staff), and in Syria and Mesopotamia [later Iraq]; the impact of the Dardanelles operation on the conduct of the war; the employment of an allied force in Macedonia [later North Macedonia]...
Dates:
28 May 1915 - 13 Nov 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: War Office telegrams., May 1915 - Oct 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/54
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Printed telegrams about the Dardanelles expedition including 131 telegrams from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on various aspects of the campaign including Turkish fortifications, operations and engagements, landing troops at Gallipoli, his requirements for troops, ammunition and rations and 19 telegrams from Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War. Also includes manuscript calculations by WSC on troop numbers.Other subjects include the...
Dates:
May 1915 - Oct 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Franchise bill and the military vote., Jun 1912 - Mar 1913
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/34
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Includes printed Cabinet papers on the franchise and registration bill and proposed amendments; a paper by WSC on the enfranchisement of soldiers and sailors; and an annual report of events in Germany.Also includes internal Admiralty departmental correspondence on the enfranchisement of the military including notes on the effect of the proposed bill in individual constituencies; and on the enfranchisement of the military in other countries including France, Germany and the United States....
Dates:
Jun 1912 - Mar 1913
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Imperial Conference Documents Committee., 21 May 1926 - 13 Oct 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/140
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: minutes, conclusions and the 2nd report of the committee; 6th Lord Clarendon [earlier Lord Hyde], Chairman of the Overseas Settlement Committee, and Terence Macnaghten, Vice-Chairman, on British family settlement in Canada; the Brussels Maritime Law Conventions; future international exhibitions; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer; a Treasury memorandum on financial assistance to the dominions; overseas settlement in...
Dates:
21 May 1926 - 13 Oct 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Maritime Belligerent Rights., [1928]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/222
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Includes: 3 copies of a paper [by WSC] covering British naval supremacy, international relations and the Dardanelles campaign; a reply [?by Sir Maurice Hankey]; copies of letters from WSC to Arthur Balfour [Lord President of the Council] and to Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister] with a suggested response to proposals by the United States; and internal Treasury correspondence including notes from James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to WSC].
Dates:
[1928]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Maritime Belligerent rights and disarmament., 08 Mar 1929 - 05 Jun 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/244
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Various papers including: a letter from Rupert Howorth; copy letters from Sir Maurice Hankey [Cabinet Secretary]; a committee report on policy regarding disarmament; Cabinet papers by Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, with statements by Hugh Gibson on the position of the United States and [1st Lord Cushendun [earlier Ronald McNeill]; and a Committee of Imperial Defence paper on maritime belligerent rights.
Dates:
08 Mar 1929 - 05 Jun 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: National Expenditure; Fighting Services Committee: Sketch Navy Estimates 1923 - 1924., 03 Feb 1922 - 19 Oct 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/18
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Includes: Admiralty statements and notes on the following subjects: Navy Estimates, 1923-1924; Metropolitan Police in naval establishments; oil and stores; yard machinery; the hydrographic department; authorised peace complements of seagoing depot ships and tenders; stores, repairs, contract work and gun mounting; Board of Admiralty and the Secretary's Department; numbers and costs of parent ships, harbour ships and hulks; victualling; numbers of civilians employed; medical establishments;...
Dates:
03 Feb 1922 - 19 Oct 1922
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: National Expenditure; Fighting Services Committee: various papers., 12 Jan 1922 - 02 Nov 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/17
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Lee of Fareham [First Lord of the Admiralty] on building 2 new battleships.Also includes: notes on the construction of the new ships and the Washington Treaty; comparative statements of Army, Navy and Air Force estimates and reductions (1920-1924) and pay levels (1913-1914 and 1922-1923); a note by WSC on the distribution of naval personnel; a provisional statement showing naval reductions suggested by WSC; a statement of numbers of naval personnel afloat and...
Dates:
12 Jan 1922 - 02 Nov 1922
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Naval Programme Committee., 25 Aug 1927 - 02 Feb 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/172
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Includes minutes of statements made by [1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India, Lord Balfour, Lord President of the Council, WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health, [1st] Lord Peel, 1st Commissioner of Works, Sir Douglas Hogg [later 1st Lord Hailsham], Attorney General, Sir Charles Madden, 1st Sea Lord, Sir Richard Hopkins, Controller of Finance and Supply Services, Sir Frederick...
Dates:
25 Aug 1927 - 02 Feb 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Naval Programme Committee: Cabinet papers and correspondence., 12 Feb 1925 - 27 Jul 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/69
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Includes papers from various individuals on the naval programme, including: conclusions of Cabinet meetings on Navy Estimates and naval policy; the report on the conclusions of the Naval Programme Committee; William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty (2); Austen Chamberlain, [Foreign Secretary], sympathising with WSC's difficulties as Chancellor; WSC [Chancellor of the Exchequer] on estimates for the new construction programme; Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Cabinet].Also includes:...
Dates:
12 Feb 1925 - 27 Jul 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Naval Programme Committee: Correspondence., 30 Jul 1927 - 20 Feb 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/175
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Correspondents include: [Sir] Charles Parsons on armoured and unarmoured ships; Sir Austen Chamberlain [Foreign Secretary]; William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty replying to various suggestions by WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to reduce the naval estimates by means including postponing the construction of cruisers (15); Sir Maurice Hankey on the Washington conference and statements by Lord Balfour on cruiser construction (2); Christopher Bullock [Principal, Air Ministry] on...
Dates:
30 Jul 1927 - 20 Feb 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Naval Programme Committee: correspondence and memoranda., 29 Nov 1923 - 24 Jul 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/68A-B
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Includes papers from various individuals on the naval programme, including: 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood [Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, earlier Lord Robert Cecil] on the probable rejection of the Washington [United States] Conference on disarmament; Sir Eustace Tennyson-d'Eyncourt [former Director of Naval Construction and Chief Technical Advisor to Admiralty] on re-arming cruisers; 1st Lord Haldane; Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [Deputy Chief of Naval Staff] on protecting British...
Dates:
29 Nov 1923 - 24 Jul 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Naval Programme Committee: minutes 1 - 9., 02 Mar 1925 - 26 Jul 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/65
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Subjects include: cruiser requirements, function and design; the proposed 10-year replacement programme; airships; comparisons of British/Japanese cruiser and destroyer strength; the destroyer replacement programme; American cruisers; Australian cruisers; a comparison of British/Japanese submarine strength; the Singapore floating dock; the employment of submarines; mine-layers; aircraft carriers; gunboats; store ships; oil-fuel reserves; the proposals of WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Dates:
02 Mar 1925 - 26 Jul 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Naval Programme Committee: oil fuel reserves., 19 Nov 1927 - 22 Feb 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/174
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Includes: papers on the need for reserves of oil fuel for the navy due to the change from coal to oil fuelled warships; a statement by the Admiralty on the oil fuel situation; costs of storing oil fuel; committee minutes; a draft report to the Cabinet discussing economies suggested by WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer and internal Treasury correspondence.
Dates:
19 Nov 1927 - 22 Feb 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: Naval Programme Committee: Papers 1 - 7., 30 Sep 1924 - 20 Mar 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/66
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Includes papers from various individuals on the naval committee, including: notes from a meeting of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the political outlook in the Far East; a Treasury memorandum on the economic power of Japan; William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the political outlook in the Far East, and the floating dock at Singapore; notes on cruisers, destroyers, submarines, mine layers, aircraft carriers, depot ships, mine sweepers, gunboats and anti-submarine vessels;...
Dates:
30 Sep 1924 - 20 Mar 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Naval Programme Committee: Papers 8 - 32., 09 Mar 1925 - 01 Jul 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/67
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Includes papers from various individuals on the naval committee, including: William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the Singapore Floating Dock, shipbuilding and employment, the modified construction programme and oil fuel reserves; estimates for the construction programme; Treasury and Admiralty statements on the relative cruiser, destroyer and submarine strengths of Britain, the United States and Japan; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer on British and Japanese cruiser strengths;...
Dates:
09 Mar 1925 - 01 Jul 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open