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Cecil, Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-, 1893-1972 (5th Marquess of Salisbury and politician)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1893 - 1972

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

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Letter from Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury, Foreign Office, 28 Apr. 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9259/IV/34
Scope and Contents

Denies bias in FO treatment of atrocities during the Abyssinian War, and denounces the Italians' use of gas, in defiance of the 1925 Geneva Protocol; typescript, signed

Dates: 28 Apr. 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).
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 25 May 1903-14 Dec. 1940

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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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of Hatfield House, Hatfield, Herts., to Munby, 19 Jun 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8203/E/4
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The papers comprise a mixture of Munby's own correspondence and papers (MS.Add.8203/D, E; 8229; 8307; 8308) and manuscripts which he collected (MS.Add.8199-8202; 8203/A, B, C; 8204-8213; 8219-8228). The former contain a wide range of subject matter, while the latter are mainly of bibliographic interest, comprising letters of printers, booksellers, book collectors and librarians, and catalogues and ledgers.

Dates: 19 Jun 1964
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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of Hatfield House, Hatfield, Herts., to Munby, 20 Jun 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8203/E/5
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The papers comprise a mixture of Munby's own correspondence and papers (MS.Add.8203/D, E; 8229; 8307; 8308) and manuscripts which he collected (MS.Add.8199-8202; 8203/A, B, C; 8204-8213; 8219-8228). The former contain a wide range of subject matter, while the latter are mainly of bibliographic interest, comprising letters of printers, booksellers, book collectors and librarians, and catalogues and ledgers.

Dates: 20 Jun 1964
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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Political correspondence, 1953-08 - 1957-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW V 1/12
Scope and Contents Includes: letters from 5th Lord Salisbury [Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Lords, earlier Lord Cranborne] on young blood being needed in the Cabinet and his own decision to make way for a younger man, and the shortage of senior ministers in the House of Lords (2); correspondence with [Maurice] Harold Macmillan [Minister of Housing and Local Government, then Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Stockton] on giving Sir [Robert] Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] a definite...
Dates: 1953-08 - 1957-08
Conditions Governing Access: Closed for review.
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Special correspondence: Salisbury, 1941-06 - 1952-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/2/20
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with 5th Lord Salisbury [Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, 1940-42 and 1943-45, earlier Lord Cranborne] on subjects including: Salisbury's visit to Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe] in 1949 and Rhodesian views on federation; Palestine; the Parliament Bill and reform of the House of Lords; European unity; the constitution of Newfoundland [Canada]; migration to Australia; representation of the Dominions in an Imperial War Cabinet.

Dates: 1941-06 - 1952-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

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Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 4
 
Subject
Colonialism 1
Constitutional history 1
Palestine 1
Rhodesia 1