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Personal and private letters A - Z, 1913-01 - 1913-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/5/12

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Sir Abe Bailey on the position of Tariff Reform without food taxes; Jacques Bardoux on a suggestion by Raymond Poincaré [President of France] for Anglo-French committees to improve relations between France and Britain; Brigadier-General Christian Beyers [Commissary-General of the Citizen Forces, South Africa] on service in King Edward's Horse becoming equivalent to service in the Commonwealth Citizen Forces; Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada; 1st Lord Brassey on subjects including a non-party convention on constitutional reform (3); Lord [Edgar] Robert Cecil [later 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood] on the Marconi Affair (5); Mary Chamberlain; [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain on food taxes; Sir Hugh Clifford [Governor of Gold Coast, later Ghana] on his hopes for the future of the Gold Coast and the Marconi Affair; Alfred Deakin on subjects including LSA's work in the interests of the Empire (2); Henry Edwards [Secretary, Board of Military Studies, Cambridge]; Sir [James] Percy Fitzpatrick on subjects including fundraising for the Imperial campaign and Indian immigration into South Africa; H A Gwynne [Editor of the Morning Post] on the results for the Conservative Party if Andrew Bonar Law gave up the leadership and the position of the Times on food taxes; L J Maxse [Editor of the National Review] on giving evidence before the Marconi Enquiry Committee; Frederick Oliver; George Prothero, Editor of the Quarterly Review, asking LSA for an article on the Parliament Act; Field Marshal 1st Lord Roberts (2); John Seely [Secretary of State for War, later 1st Lord Mottistone] apologizing for not listening to LSA during a debate and on LSA's request for information about the Expeditionary Force (3); 2nd Lord Selborne [earlier Lord Wolmer] on his concern at Conservative policy over food taxes, asking LSA to withdraw an amendment and on the dangers of pledging to repeal the Home Rule Bill (3); Field Marshal Sir [Henry] Evelyn Wood; George Wyndham on subjects including following his own convictions without damaging the Conservative Party, asking for information on the Expeditionary Force and auditing the accounts of the Tariff Reform League (4).

Also includes: originals of letters from Alfred Deakin, 1907-12 (32).

Dates

  • Creation: 1913-01 - 1913-12

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

1 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

Box 67

Finding aid date

2004-12-10 14:36:13.340000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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