Milner, Alfred, 1854 - 1925 (Viscount Milner, statesman)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1854 - 1925
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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Correspondence with 1st Lord Milner, 1903-01 - 1928-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/40
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:
1903-01 - 1928-11
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Inwards letters from 1st Lord Milner, 1908-03 - 1914-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/39
Scope and Contents
Letters from Milner to LSA on subjects including: the Compatriots [tariff reform group]; payment for LSA's work; LSA's work on the Times History of the South African War; Milner's concerns about the new South African constitution; the political situation in Australia; LSA's visit to Australia with the Empire Parliamentary Association; the death of George Wyndham; Home Rule for Ulster; LSA's poor chances of gaining a parliamentary seat at Oxford and failure at Wolverhampton [Staffordshire];...
Dates:
1908-03 - 1914-07
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Lord Milner papers: correspondence, 1909-03 - 1961-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/41
Scope and Contents
Letters and minutes between LSA and Milner on subjects including: policy on Ireland; the lack of organisation for recruitment and training on the outbreak of war; the campaign for conscription or National Service; the stalemate on the Western Front; the Dardanelles Campaign and the situation in the Balkans; the need for a change in Government and more concentration on the Empire, rather than Britain's place in Europe; David Lloyd-George's new coalition Government, and reasons for Milner not...
Dates:
1909-03 - 1961-09
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