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Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley, 1881-1959 (1st Earl of Halifax and statesman)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1881 - 1959

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Correspondence with Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary, 1938-05-06 - 1938-05-07

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HOBE 5/28
Scope and Contents

Flimsy copy of letter from Hore-Belisha to Viscount Halifax, on his talk with the Japanese Ambassador about the Sino-Japanese war, with Halifax's reply.

Dates: 1938-05-06 - 1938-05-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Individual closures of files are indicated in the catalogue.
 File

Edward Wood, 3rd Viscount Halifax, 1925-1928

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Kennet 34
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Edward Wood and EHY written during the early years of Wood's 5-year tenure as Viceroy of India.

Dates: 1925-1928
 File

Letter from Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of Halifax, Foreign Office, 5 May 1939

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9259/IV/67
Scope and Contents

Refuses to condemn the Polish government's attitude over Danzig without hearing the case in support; typescript, signed; mounted on leaves of album, with press-cuttings from the News Chronicle, 10 May 1939, on verso

Dates: 5 May 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 File

Letter from Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of Halifax, Office of the Lord Privy Seal, 12 May 1936

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9259/IV/65
Scope and Contents

Re the use of dum-dum ammunition by Ethiopian forces, he assures Money that no 'explosive or illegal ammunition' has been exported by a British firm to the Ethiopian government; typescript, signed; attached to IV/66 & /67

Dates: 12 May 1936
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 File

Letter to Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of Halifax, 14 May 1936

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9259/IV/66
Scope and Contents

With his experience of World War I, he doubts whether the government can stop illegal arms sales by British firms; denouncing anti-Italian press propaganda; carbon copy; mounted on album page, with contemporary press-cuttings on verso

Dates: 14 May 1936
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Series

Miscellaneous correspondence, 25 May 1903-14 Dec. 1940

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9259/IV
Dates: 25 May 1903-14 Dec. 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 5
 
Subject
Japan 1
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) 1