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Balfour, Arthur James, 1848-1930 (1st Earl of Balfour)

 Person

Biography

Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930), 1st Earl of Balfour; statesman

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Latimer Neville: Scrapbook on Cambridge University Elections

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9237
Scope and Contents Scrapbook on the elections of University M.P.s, the Chancellor and the High Steward. "Previous proceedings and correspondence are in another book", not preserved with this scrapbook. The volume contains letters, flysheets, pamphlets and additional papers relating to the selection of the Conservative candidate H. Cecil Raikes for the University, 1882 (pp.1-47,186-187); the formation of the Cambridge Conservative Association, 1891 (with letters from G.H. Darwin, G.F. Browne and J.H. Gray)...
Dates: 1880-1900 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: 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 Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour, Admiralty, 1 Aug. 1915

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9259/IV/11a
Scope and Contents

Acknowledging receipt of Money's notes on the 'Rationing' policy: 'These questions of the treatment of neutrals are extraordinarily difficult, going, as they do, beyond problems which can be settled either from a purely economic or from a purely military point of view.'; typescript, signed

Dates: 1 Aug. 1915
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 Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, 10 Downing Street, 25 May 1903

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9259/IV/10
Scope and Contents

Acknowledging receipt of Money's book British Trade and the Zollverein Issue; autograph

Dates: 25 May 1903
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 Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, Kennet, Alloa, 19 Oct. 1903

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9259/IV/11
Scope and Contents

Acknowledging receipt of publications; would welcome a meeting with Money to discuss further certain points; autograph

Dates: 19 Oct. 1903
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 Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, to J. Peile, 20 Feb. 1901

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5944/20/14
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Includes correspondence, verses, notes and miscellaneous papers.

Dates: 20 Feb. 1901
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).
 Item

Letter from Arthur James Balfour to John Willis Clark, 4 Sep. 1887

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8952/14
Scope and Contents

Unable to attend on the 18th

Dates: 4 Sep. 1887
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).
 Item

Letter from Arthur James Balfour to John Willis Clark, 17 Mar. 1883

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8952/15
Scope and Contents

He agrees that the Chapel would be best for Frank's bust; he will subscribe £25 for a periodical

Dates: 17 Mar. 1883
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).
 Item

Letter from Arthur James Balfour to John Willis Clark, 17 June 1885

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8952/16
Scope and Contents

He wrote to Sedgwick, anxious to forward cause which Frank had to heart; he suggests supplementing the R[oyal] S[ociety] grant to Sedgwick, but he would not accept the money

Dates: 17 June 1885
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).
 Item

Letters received, mostly from prominent people, 1903-1922 (Circa)

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9774/3/3/1-19
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection comprises primarily the correspondence of Louisa Baldwin, née Macdonald (mother of Stanley Baldwin, first Earl Baldwin), with her mother and sisters; and correspondence and papers of her grandson Windham, third Earl Baldwin, concerning his group biography of the Macdonald sisters and his interest in his father's cousin Rudyard Kipling. It also includes letters and papers of members of the Kipling, Burne-Jones and Poynter families, into which three of Louisa Baldwin's sisters...
Dates: 1903-1922 (Circa)
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).
 Other level

Non-family letters, mostly from prominent politicians, lawyers and peers, 1876-1908

 Other level
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9774/1/3/24-48
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection comprises primarily the correspondence of Louisa Baldwin, née Macdonald (mother of Stanley Baldwin, first Earl Baldwin), with her mother and sisters; and correspondence and papers of her grandson Windham, third Earl Baldwin, concerning his group biography of the Macdonald sisters and his interest in his father's cousin Rudyard Kipling. It also includes letters and papers of members of the Kipling, Burne-Jones and Poynter families, into which three of Louisa Baldwin's sisters...
Dates: 1876-1908
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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