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Found in 7962 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 24 Dec 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/399B/153
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Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Lloyd, with thanks for sending copies of Hansard for House of Commons debate on India, congratulating him on his performance: "the Government are increasingly carrying out our policy while pretending to the Indians that they are doing something different". [Carbon].

Dates: 24 Dec 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Sep 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/143
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Letter from WSC to Sir Ernley Blackwell, [Legal Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Home Office], on the cancellation of his United States lecture tour, because of the possibility of a General Election, [and the death threat from the Ghadr Indian Revolutionary Party], suggesting that the Home Office keep a close watch on the young Indians in London, as they would certainly be in a bad mood when the Round Table Conference reached its inevitable breakdown. [Carbon].

Dates: 03 Sep 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Aug 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/145
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Letter from Sir Ernley Blackwell [Legal Assistant Under- Secretary of State], Home Office, to WSC, with notification that the "Ghada" [Ghadr] Indian Revolutionary Party were making plans for an attempt on WSC's life during his autumn tour of the United States, and asking for details of his movements.

Dates: 27 Aug 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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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.

Dates: 26 Jul 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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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.

Dates: 27 Aug 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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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.

Dates: 05 Oct 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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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.

Dates: 12 Oct 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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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.

Dates: [1905]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Jun 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/26/77
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Letter from Sir Bindon Blood, Lieutenant General commanding the forces in the Punjab (Murree, [India]), to WSC on reform of the Indian army and the fallacious belief that conditions on the North-West frontier of India are similar to those on European frontiers.

Dates: 20 Jun 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Aug 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/27/13-15
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Letter from Sir Bindon Blood, Lieutenant-General commanding the forces in Punjab (Murre, [India]) to WSC putting forward proposals for the reform of the Indian Army.

Dates: 01 Aug 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 May 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/30/51
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Letter from Arthur Hirtzel (India Office but writing "in the country") to WSC on an alleged Indian plot to assassinate John Morley [later Lord Morley].

Dates: 21 May 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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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.

Dates: 20 Dec 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 26 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/206/4
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Letter from Leo Amery [Secretary of State for India] (India Office, Whitehall) to WSC thanking him for appointing 11th Lord Scarbrough as his Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State; and stating that it will be beneficial to keep India outside party controversy during and after the election campaign. Signed.

Dates: 26 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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), 20 Mar [1898]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152B/147-148
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Letter from WSC (Peshawar, 4th Hussars, India) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he comments on his appointment as orderly officer to Sir William Lockhart; discusses his duties; comments on a recent "skirmish"; describes Peshawar and its climate; recommends that Jack should write down his impressions of India; comments on a virulent plague of which 400 people a day in Bombay have been dying; and describes Colonel [John] Broadbent as a "stupid old man - but amiable". Signed manuscript.

Dates: 20 Mar [1898]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Dec 1884

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/103/21-23
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Telegram from James Peter (Sylthet [India]) to Lord Randolph Churchill on behalf of the "teaplanters of Sylthet" welcoming him, wishing him a successful tour of India which he hopes will show him "the wants of the country more especially of our great and struggling industry", and inviting him to visit.

Dates: 24 Dec 1884
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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 Jun 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/6
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Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India, to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] marked private in which he says that he would be grateful if Duff would invite him to Madras during his visit to India, explains that he has been obtaining information relating to his new position and expresses the hope that Duff will communicate his opinions about the government of Madras.

Dates: 26 Jun 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jul 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/7
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Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India, to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] informing him that Queen [Victoria] has appointed Arthur Collins as Chief Justice of Madras and commenting on difficulties posed by Russia to the administration of India in negotiations over the Afghan boundary.

Dates: 17 Jul 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Aug 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/8-9
Scope and Contents Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India, to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] including: his poor health; the uncertainties of party politics; his support for Duff's views on the "Botanical proposal" [the establishment of a botanical department in Madras]; the departure of [Arthur Collins], the Chief Justice of Madras; the difficulties of raising capital to finance the Indian Midland Railway; the success of negotiations with Russia...
Dates: 20 Aug 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Sep 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/10
Scope and Contents Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India, (Auchnashellach, Dingwall [Ross and Cromarty, Scotland]) to Sir Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] in which he thanks him for his memorandum on Central Asian affairs, comments on the settlement of the Zulficar [Afghanistan] dispute and the need for a successor to Sir Frederick Roberts (who he describes as "one of the pleasantest & most attractive men I ever came across") as Commander in...
Dates: 09 Sep 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Nov 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/11-12
Scope and Contents Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India, to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] in which he apologises for not being able to attend a Council meeting which is to discuss Duff's proposal for a botanical department for Madras; explains that the need for economy has affected the proposed salary for [Charles] Lawson; discusses his interest in Hyderabad affairs; comments on the speed of the dispatch of the Burma expedition from Madras;...
Dates: 17 Nov 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Dec 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/13
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Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India, to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] in which he attributes the success of the Burma [later Myanmar] expedition to the swift dispatch of the expedition from Madras and says that he is sure that the Conservative party will not be successful in the future General Election.

Dates: 04 Dec 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Dec 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/14-15
Scope and Contents Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India, to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] including: thanks for his memorandum demonstrating the harmonious relations between the government authorities in India; the triumph of the Burma [later Myanmar] expedition; the success of placing Liberals in positions in India which has eliminated party politics from Indian affairs; discussion of political affairs and his opinion that the Conservative...
Dates: 10 Dec 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Dec 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/16
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Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India, to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] in which he thanks Duff for his memorandum on the subject of the native army in India, reports that his conversation with Mr Webster was a success and discusses the Conservative government's decision to move a vote of no confidence and then retire "with honour & joy" and William Gladstone's stance on Home Rule.

Dates: 27 Dec 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Oct 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/21-22
Scope and Contents Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] including: difficulties in performing his duties due to preparation for the election; discussion of the amalgamation of the Presidential armies and his efforts regarding military appointments in India; his support for Sir Alfred Lyall's plans for the Oudh Land Tenancy Bill and a Legislative Council for the North West Provinces; relief at the avoidance of...
Dates: 28 Oct 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jan 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/24-25
Scope and Contents Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] in which he comments on the arrival of the new State prisoner in Madras, discusses the annexation of Burma [later Myanmar] and the likelihood that a Lhama will be appointed, makes observations on political affairs and the "democratic element" in the House of Commons and the imminent end of the Conservative government. In a postscript he discusses the...
Dates: 14 Jan 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open