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South Africa (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3616 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 29 Jun 1903

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/8/41-42
Scope and Contents

Letter from R. Malcolm, R. Sutherland, F.W. Cooper and J. Nelson to WSC, on complaining about the postponement of Boer War compensation payments to British subjects "our late enemy have been paid in full, so have the coolies and Kaffiers, why not us Britishers?".

Dates: 29 Jun 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Feb 1904

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/16/5-6
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Letter from F H P Creswell to WSC, on the Chinese labour question in South Africa, enclosing cutting from the Johannesburg Star.

Dates: 03 Feb 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Feb 1904

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/16/7-9
Scope and Contents

Letter from J M Neuburger to WSC, criticising the Colonial Office's policy in South Africa, enclosing printed memorandum Reflections on Joseph Chamberlain's Transvaal Policy.

Dates: 03 Feb 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Feb 1904

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/16/30
Scope and Contents

Letter from Alfred Haserick to WSC, on South Africa, also asking for help in obtaining post as Near or Far Eastern correspondent of a "good" newspaper.

Dates: 16 Feb 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Feb 1904

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/16/43-44
Scope and Contents

Letter from H. Locke to WSC, on the Chinese Labour question in South Africa, enclosing cuttings from the Johannesburg Star.

Dates: 27 Feb 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), Feb 1904

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/16/55
Scope and Contents

Letter from J. Andrews Manning to WSC on the Chinese labour question in South Africa.

Dates: Feb 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Mar 1904

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/16/91-92
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Letter from WSC to [ ], explaining reasons for voting against the Government's proposal to introduce Chinese labour into the Transvaal [South Africa], stating opposition to "debased labour with no hope of advance for skills or thrift, and no right to share in the general life of the country to whose welfare it contributes" [Ms copy by A. Anning].

Dates: 23 Mar 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Apr 1904

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/17/30
Scope and Contents Letter from Professor Goldwin Smith (The Grange, Toronto, [Canada]) to WSC enclosing a cutting on Free Trade from the Winnipeg Tribune [not present] and stating that he has yet to see an expression of definite support for Joseph Chamberlain's policy in any major journal in Canada or in the Canadian parliament. Refutes Chamberlain's assertion that only preferential duties could prevent the colonies severing themselves from the mother country and attributes the agitation to Chamberlain's...
Dates: 16 Apr 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Apr 1904

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/17/31-32
Scope and Contents

Letter from Douglas M Gane (456 Great St Helen's, [London]) to WSC asserting that in view of the growth of French power on the Atlantic coast of Morocco Britain should have safeguarded her communications with Cape Colony [South Africa] by obtaining the right to use the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife [Canary Islands], which could have been done by including Spain in the recent Anglo-French agreement.

Dates: 16 Apr 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 May 1904

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/17/50
Scope and Contents

Letter from Henry Massingham (34 Grosvenor Road, Westminster, [London]) to WSC an mentioning article on Liberal land policy in the Contemporary Review and recommending that WSC meet Mr Outhwaite, former editor of the labour newspaper in Johannesburg, who can give him important information about South Africa.

Dates: 10 May 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Jan 1912

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/60/33
Scope and Contents

Cutting from the "Globe" contrasting WSC's present advocacy of federalism with his adoption of the opposite principle when helping to frame the constitution of South Africa.

Dates: 09 Jan 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Apr 1922

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/122/23
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Letter from Dr J Murray Clark (Clark, McPherson, Campbell and Jarvis, barristers and solicitors, The Kent Building, 156 Yonge Street, Toronto, Canada) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/122/24 and calling for the co-ordination of information about the disbursement of foreign money to foment unrest in the United States, Canada and South Africa and elsewhere in the Empire.

Dates: 10 Apr 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Apr 1922

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/122/25
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Letter from James Phillpotts (The Ousels, Tunbridge Wells, [Kent]) to WSC approving the fact that Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe] has not joined the South African Union because if it did it could be lost to the Empire and suggesting that money could be made available to support Rhodesia if Britain gave up support for aggressive Zionism in Palestine in favour of a more moderate policy.

Dates: 10 Apr 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1922]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/122/136
Scope and Contents

Leaflet issued by the Scottish Brotherhood Union on the campaign to raise funds for meeting halls for the Bantus in South Africa. Sent with CHAR 2/122/127.

Dates: [1922]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Nov 1922

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/125/84
Scope and Contents Letter from Jan Smuts (Prime Minister's Office, Pretoria, [South Africa] to WSC commiserating with him on his illness and election defeat, but suggesting that the rest will do him good, criticising David Lloyd George for failing to push for the formation of a new centre party and mistiming the general election, arguing that Andrew Bonar Law should be given a chance, and reporting that the attempt to include Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe] in the Union of South Africa has failed but this...
Dates: 22 Nov 1922
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), 12 Jan 1900

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152B/175
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC ("Before Potgieters ferry", Natal, South Africa) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he expresses pleasure that Jack is due to join him; stresses that it is important to maintain the good will of [Sir Ernest] Cassel; informs him that his lieutenancy within the South African Light Horse is secure and that he has made arrangements for horses; and discusses an engagement with the enemy he predicts will take place on the following day and which will "decide Sir George White's...
Dates: 12 Jan 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), c 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152B/176-179
Scope and Contents Transcript of a letter from WSC ("Before Potgieters ferry", Natal, South Africa) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he expresses pleasure that Jack is due to join him; stresses that it is important to maintain the good will of [Sir Ernest] Cassel; informs him that his lieutenancy within the South African Light Horse is secure and that he has made arrangements for horses; and discusses an engagement with the enemy he predicts will take place on the following day and which will "decide Sir...
Dates: c 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1900

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152B/180
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Bloemfontein, South Africa) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he informs him that he plans to stay in Bloemfontein; discusses the possibility of Jack seeking a position with the yeomanry forces and arrangements for his saddlery and field glasses to be sent to him; gives news of [8th Duke of] Roxburghe and "Sunny" [Charles, 9th Duke of Marlborough]; and informs him that "I have settled everything happily" with the help of [Sir Ian] Hamilton, [General Sir William]...
Dates: 13 Apr 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 May 1900

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152B/181
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Letter from WSC (Bloemfontein [South Africa]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he discusses an imminent attack on Brandfort and speculates on the [Boer] War, gives news of [Charles, 9th Duke of] Marlborough, Ivor Guest [later Lord Ashby St Ledgers and 2nd Lord Wimborne] and Victor [2nd Lord Lytton], and recommends that Jack reads his accounts in the Morning Post. Signed typescript. Typed transcript at CHAR 28/152B/182-185.

Dates: 01 May 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), c 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152B/182-185
Scope and Contents

Transcript of a letter from WSC (Bloemfontein [South Africa]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he discusses an imminent attack on Brandfort and speculates on the [Boer] War, gives news of [Charles, 9th Duke of] Marlborough, Ivor Guest [later Lord Ashby St Ledgers and 2nd Lord Wimborne] and Victor [2nd Lord Lytton], and recommends that Jack reads his accounts in the Morning Post. Typed. 2 copies. Original letter at CHAR 28/152B/181.

Dates: c 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jun 1900

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152B/186-187
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC (Pretoria [South Africa]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] including: the news that he plans to go home "after an interesting and exciting march" with General [Sir Ian] Hamilton; news of Hugo [Baring] and of the death of the son of [3rd Lord] Chesham; advice to leave the South African Light Horse and "come home to the quills of the city and the arms of the ladies". Signed typescript.

Dates: 17 Jun 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Sep 1898

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/63/9-10
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Letter from [Albert Edward, Prince of Wales](Mar Lodge, Braemar [Aberdeenshire, Scotland]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he thanks her for copying out a letter by WSC about his escape [from the Boers] which he describes as "most interesting" and says that he hopes that her ankle is better. Envelope present.

Dates: 26 Sep 1898
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), 04 Dec 1899

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/66/2
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Letter from Arthur [Bigge, later Lord Stamfordham, Private Secretary to Queen Victoria](Bagshot Park, Surrey) to Lady Randolph Churchill informing her that the Queen has agreed to present a Union Jack to the hospital ship Maine.

Dates: 04 Dec 1899
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), 02 Nov 1899

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/66/8-9
Scope and Contents Letter from [Sir] Bindon Blood (Meerut [India]) to Lady Randolph Churchill in which he discusses Indian affairs including his pleasure at [Albert Edward] Prince of Wales]'s agreement that Indian princes who have received an English education should be allowed to serve in the British army; approval for Queen [Victoria's] treatment of "Indian 'swells'"; and the problem posed by Indian women who are "left in intellectual darkness". He also comments on the appointment of Sir George White [as...
Dates: 02 Nov 1899
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), 14 Dec 1899

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/66/13
Scope and Contents

Letter from Oliver Borthwick (Morning Post, 316 Strand [London]) to Lady Randolph Churchill informing her that he has just seen a Reuter message reporting WSC's escape from the Boers.

Dates: 14 Dec 1899
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.