India (nation)
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(Untitled), [Jul 1908]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/35/4
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Letter from WSC (Board of Trade) to [Lord Morley, earlier John Morley] expressing relief that the misunderstanding between them [over the circulation to WSC of the evidence taken by the Imperial Defence sub-committee on the North-West Frontier of India] has been cleared up and explaining his attitude to the sub-committee's report. Copy in the hand of Edward Marsh.
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[Jul 1908]
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(Untitled), 26 Jul 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/23/12
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Letter from Colonel Charles a Court Repington (East Mascalls, Lindfield, Sussex) to WSC referring to the Indian drafts for the infantry during 1906-1907 and asserting his own political independence.
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26 Jul 1905
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(Untitled), 27 Aug 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/23/23
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Letter from Sir Arthur Godley (the Big House, Manfield, Darlington, [County Durham]), to WSC on proofs of WSC's life of Lord Randolph Churchill and the need for only one war minister in the Viceroy's Council in India.
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27 Aug 1905
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(Untitled), 05 Oct 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/23/30
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Letter from Lord Curzon (Viceregal Lodge, Simla, [India]) to WSC on Curzon's dispute with Lord Kitchener over the respective powers in India of the Viceroy and the Commander- in-Chief.
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05 Oct 1905
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(Untitled), 12 Oct 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/23/32
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Letter from Arthur Godley (India Office, Whitehall, [London]) to WSC enclosing and commenting on a petition to WSC from the Benares Union Club, India. See CHAR 2/23/33.
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12 Oct 1905
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(Untitled), [1905]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/23/33
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Petition from Narayam Ras Paindsay, president of the Benares Union Club (Assembly Rooms, 6 Nayaghat, Benares, [India]) to WSC asking him to take up the case of Hindu temples in Benares allegedly pillaged by the government of India. Printed. Sent with CHAR 2/23/32.
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[1905]
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(Untitled), 20 Dec 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/24/90
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Letter from Lord Brooke ("Guy") (office of the Inspector- General of Cavalry in India, Meerut) to WSC congratulating him on his appointment [as Under-Secretary of State for Colonies] and describing his (Brooke's) work with General Douglas Haig [later Lord Haig] in India.
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20 Dec 1905
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(Untitled), 31 Aug 1916
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/85/1
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Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Maurice Hankey (Committee of Imperial Defence) to WSC (41 Cromwell Road) enclosing a proof copy of part II of his evidence to the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry [see CHAR 2/85/3] asking him not to make any allusions to certain secret matters relating to the defence of India. Signed typescript.
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31 Aug 1916
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This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 27 Jul 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/74/130
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Note by [Austen Chamberlain] for the Dardanelles Committee reporting the view of the Viceroy of India [Lord Hardinge of Penshurst] that failure of the Dardanelles expedition would encourage Pan-Islamism in India and cause the Muslims there to look to Turkey. Printed copy.
Dates:
27 Jul 1915
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 31 Dec 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/136/124-126
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Letter from WSC to Lord Carson [earlier Sir Edward Carson] (Cleve Court, Minster, Thanet, [Kent]) on: some "damaging admissions" by Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith]; the need to preserve the Government's unity by keeping discussion of fiscal policy "within limits which everyone can understand"; the current opportunity to "steady" Egypt and India and consolidate the social structure at home; the improving economic situation; WSC's efforts to reduce direct taxation; housing;...
Dates:
31 Dec 1924
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 04 Dec [1908]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/36/30-31
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Letter from Moreton Frewen (Jules Hotel, Jermyn Street, [London]) to WSC stating that he has written a digest of the reports by United States consuls in the Far East and suggesting that it be sent to British consular agents for review with a view to a Royal Commission on the Eastern Exchanges. Frewen has been asked by the Washington Commission to go with a sub commission to China and India, but he dare not go to India. Refers to the starvation of hundreds of thousands of natives due to the...
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04 Dec [1908]
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(Untitled), 19 Jul 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/123/163-167
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Letter from the Maharajah of Alwar (Alwar, Rajputana, [India]) to WSC hoping that the arrival of Lord Peel and Lord Winterton at the India Office will help India, praising the firm policy of [the Viceroy] Lord Reading [earlier Sir Rufus Isaacs], noting that Reading has not yet attained proficiency at shooting tigers, and looking forward to seeing what he does about the Indian States, whose problems are less complex than those of British India. Expresses confidence that WSC will be equal to...
Dates:
19 Jul 1922
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 26 Mar 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/123/168
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Special edition of the Alwar State Gazette containing the speech of the Maharajah of Alwar at a banquet to the Viceroy, Lord Reading [earlier Sir Rufus Isaacs], and the Viceroy's reply.
Dates:
26 Mar 1922
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/123/189-190
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Letter from M H Ispahani, honorary secretary of the London Muslim League (18 Sloane Street, [London]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/123/191-198 and CHAR 2/123/199 and arguing that not until there has been a just settlement with Turkey can there be a return to normal conditions in India.
Dates:
14 Jun 1922
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/123/191-198
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Letter from M H Ispahani, honorary secretary of the London Muslim League (18 Sloane Street, [London]) to the Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office [Cecil Harmsworth] urging the British government to take an impartial attitude to the allegations of atrocities in Anatolia because the belief that they are favouring the Greeks against the Turks is alienating Muslim opinion in India. Calls for the evacuation of Asia Minor and Eastern Thrace by the Greeks, the withdrawal of the Allies...
Dates:
14 Jun 1922
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 27 Dec 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/118/98-101
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Letter from Edwin Montagu (India Office) to WSC asking him to get [David Lloyd George] to authorise Montagu to ask the Aga Khan, who is the only leading Muslim available, to remain at the Peace Conference in Paris because people living and working in India do no trust Lord Curzon despite his many diplomatic achievements.
Dates:
27 Dec 1921
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 02 Jan 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/120/3-7
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Letter from WSC (Cannes, [France] to [Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII and the Duke of Windsor] criticising recent British policy in India, praising the Prince's visit there, expressing optimism about the Irish settlement, praising the Pacific Agreement reached at the Washington Conference, criticising the French attitude on submarines and hoping that the Prince will make progress at polo. Typescript copy.
Dates:
02 Jan 1922
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 02 Dec 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/120/37-41
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Extract from the Times of India: article by [Sir Stanley Reed] on the importance to Indian Muslims of the readjustment of the Treaty of Sevres to bring about the withdrawal of Allied control of Constantinople [Turkey], the withdrawal of the Greeks from Smyrna and Thrace and the restoration of the suzerainty of the Kalif over the Holy Places of Islam. Copy sent with CHAR 2/120/34.
Dates:
02 Dec 1921
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 13 Jan 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/120/54-56
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Letter from Edwin Montagu (India Office) to WSC defending his policy in India and lamenting the fact that Britain is not taking the lead in rehabilitating Turkey, which would bring an improvement in the Indian situation.
Dates:
13 Jan 1922
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 25 Jan 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/120/93
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Telegram from 1st Lord Northcliffe [earlier Sir Alfred Harmsworth] (Bombay, [India]) announcing that he is returning and reporting that the situation in Bombay, especially with regard to the Muslims, is "ugly".
Dates:
25 Jan 1922
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 26 Apr 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/141/67
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Letter from General Sir William Birdwood [later 1st Lord Birdwood] (SS Narkonda) to WSC expressing his determination to tackle the difficulties of his new command in India and thanking him for his support.
Dates:
26 Apr 1925
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [Jul] [1925]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/142/5-6
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Letter from Pamela, Lady Lytton (Barrackpore, [India]) to WSC approving of the appointment of Edward Wood [later Lord Irwin and Lord Halifax] as Viceroy of India but arguing that Lord Lytton deserved to be appointed and is therefore disappointed. Refers to an allegedly "unbalanced" letter written by Lytton to 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] and argues that Birkenhead was himself unbalanced for preferring to appoint Lord Peel, who lacks the necessary qualities and whose wife is...
Dates:
[Jul] [1925]
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 09 Jul 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/142/7-8
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Letter from Pamela, Lady Lytton (Viceregal Lodge, Simla, [India]) to WSC stressing the need for Lord Lytton's future to be decided promptly, refering to their pleasant time in India and their impending trip to Jaipur and Kotan, and asking whether WSC and CSC have enjoyed the fine summer.
Dates:
09 Jul 1925
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 30 [Nov] 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/194/127
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Letter from J Lees Milne (126 St Stephen's House, Westminster, [London]) to [Violet Pearman] giving the view of Lord Lloyd [earlier Sir George Lloyd] [in response to the arguments in CHAR 2/194/64] that it would not be advisable to respond to Japan's aim to dominate Asia by granting all of India's political aspirations.
Dates:
30 [Nov] 1933
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 07 Dec [1933]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/194/128
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Letter from Katharine, Duchess of Atholl (98 Elm Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC enclosing a printed document [about India] [not present].
Dates:
07 Dec [1933]
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.