Haig, Douglas, 1861 - 1928 (1st Earl Haig, Field Marshal)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1861 - 1928
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
File
Articles, 1953
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 7/19
Scope and Contents
Typescript and manuscript texts and drafts on subjects including: the mutinies of French soldiers in 1917; the career of Sir Winston Churchill; relations between Britain and France over Syria and Lebanon during the war; the Arab world today; Major-General Sir John Davidson’s book on 1st Lord Haig, "Haig Master of the Field"; the danger of politicians being over-swayed by public opinion.
Dates:
1953
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Item
Letters from Dorothy, Lady Haig and 1st Lord Haig , 1935-01-09, 1926-11-15
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HSBR 6/7
Scope and Contents
Includes a proof copy of "Douglas Haig his letters and diaries", volume 1, edited by his wife.
Dates:
1935-01-09; 1926-11-15
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Letters to Duff Cooper about his official biography of 1st Lord Haig, 1936-05
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DUFC 5/9
Scope and Contents
Correspondents commenting on the biography or thanking Duff Cooper for copies, include: Cyril Alington; 1st Lord Allenby; 1st Lord Askwith; Katharine, Lady Oxford and Asquith; Stanley Baldwin; Maurice Baring (2); Lord Osborne Beauclerk [later 12th Duke of St Albans]; Hilaire Belloc; General Sir [James] Noel Birch (2); Brigadier-General Arthur Blair; Brigadier-General William Braithwaite; John Buchan [later 1st Lord Tweedsmuir] (2); Lord Richard Cavendish; [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain; Edmund...
Dates:
1936-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Additional filters:
- Subject
- First World War (1914-1918) 1
- Lebanon 1
- Syria 1