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South Africa (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3617 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 29 Nov 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/40/1-2
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Letter from Captain S A Anderson to WSC, on the situation in South Africa, particularly on the treatment of the Colonial Corps, enclosing letter of introduction from J R Addams, dated 25 June 1903.

Dates: 29 Nov 1903
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Jul 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/40/9
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Letter from Captain H S Scott-Harden to WSC on Somaliland [later Somalia].

Dates: 25 Jul 1903
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Jul 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/40/10
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Letter from Captain H S Scott-Harden to WSC.

Dates: 27 Jul 1903
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Nov [1903]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/40/11-12
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Letter from Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, Governor of Cape Colony, South Africa, to WSC, on the situation in South Africa.

Dates: 27 Nov [1903]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Oct 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/33/53-54
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Particulars of eight watches presented by WSC to Dr James Gillespie, J R Addams, J D Dewsnap, Joe McKenna, Joe McHenry, Charles A Burnham, Ellen David and Ada Blunden, "in recognition of their timely help afforded him in his escape from Pretoria".

Dates: 02 Oct 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Jan 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/5-14
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, South Africa, to WSC, on South Africa. Stating "if we could incorporate these Boers into the Empire, we should be doing a vast deal more for the future of our race and language, than by assimilating a million Johannesburg Jews. They have first class natural ability, and their brains, having lain fallow for about 200 years, will, like virgin soil produce magnificent crops".

Dates: 20 Jan 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Feb 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/15-19
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC, on South Africa.

Dates: 23 Feb 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Mar 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/30-31
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC, on South Africa, and on Lord Kitchener "he disliked you as a soldier; as an MP or Pressman he would look on you without any sort of prejudice. You may, I know, rely absolutely on receiving no petty annoyance at his hands".

Dates: 23 Mar 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Mar 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/32-33
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC, on South Africa,.

Dates: 30 Mar 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Apr 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/34-38
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC, on South Africa, enclosing "advice to a young diplomat from an old soldier".

Dates: 05 Apr 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Apr 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/39-46
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC on South Africa.

Dates: 18 Apr 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 May 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/47-57
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, South Africa to WSC, enclosing copy of letter to Lord Roberts, 18 May 1902, on the end of the Boer War.

Dates: 20 May 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 May 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/58-62
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC on South Africa.

Dates: 24 May 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 May 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/63-66
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton to WSC, on the peace Settlement in South Africa.

Dates: 31 May 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Jun 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/67-72
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC, Enclosing extract from letter from Hamilton to Lord Roberts, on the peace settlement in South Africa.

Dates: 08 Jun 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Jan 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/73-79
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Letter from M Astley Shute to WSC enclosing photographs: Mr Howard's house, 4" x 3" b/w Mr Howard outside office, 3" x 4" b/w The Mine [where WSC hid from the Boers] 4" x 3" b/w.

Dates: 24 Jan 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1904]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/44/28
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Letter from Cecil Rhodes, Groote Schurr, Rondebosch, Cape Town, to WSC on South Africa.

Dates: [1904]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Apr 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/235/5-6
Scope and Contents Letter from Leo Amery (112 Eaton Square [London]) to WSC, commenting on a memorandum on British Nationality in South Africa sent to WSC by the South African Dominion Party; he explains the distinction between British nationality and local citizenship, and the South African Government's dislike of the words "British" and "subject", preferring to use "common status"; the situation is compared with that in Ireland and Eamon De Valera's refusal to recognise rights for British subjects from...
Dates: 05 Apr 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Mar 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/235/8-17
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Memorandum from H D White, Secretary, Cape Peninsula Council, Dominion Party of South Africa (411-412 Exchange Building, 28 St George's Street, Cape Town) to WSC, on British Nationality within the Union of South Africa, and South Africans' fears that changes could be made in their status, being made "Union nationals" instead of "British subjects". Significant passages marked. Covering letter at CHAR 2/235/7.

Dates: 06 Mar 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/10/51-52
Scope and Contents Letter from Albert Cartwright (National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place [London]) to WSC. Subjects covered include: his prison sentence for publishing a letter in the South African News concerning orders given to a British Colonel [during the Boer War]; an appeal for the Royal pardon for himself and for all those convicted of political offences connected with South Africa since 1896; and his resignation of the editorship of the Transvaal Leader to demonstrate his objection to the treatment of...
Dates: 14 Jun 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1910]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/3/60
Scope and Contents Note from "C" [Lord Crewe, earlier Lord Houghton, also Robert Milnes, Secretary of State for the Colonies], on the notepaper of the First Lord of the Treasury, to [WSC] in response to WSC's request for particulars of two Natal men, saying that he does not think he can do anything at the Colonial Office.Reply from [WSC] in which he says that he had promised "the wounded driver of the armoured train" that he would be honoured, and that the driver had saved 65 men from captivity. [A reference...
Dates: [1910]
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), 10 Nov 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/66/45-46
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Letter from Matthew Nathan, Government House, Natal, South Africa, to WSC, sending details of the crew of the armoured train wrecked on 15 Nov 1899, Driver C Wagner and Fireman A J Stewart.

Dates: 10 Nov 1907
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Jul 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/115/120-121
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Letter from [WSC] to the Maharaja of Alwar [India] on: the imminent acceptance by the people in Mesopotamia [later Iraq] of Emir Feisal; the efforts to secure a better recognition of the status of Indians in the British colonies and the particular difficulties this poses in South Africa; the defeat of the miners in the coal strike and the improving economic prospects for Britain; the good qualities of the Viceroy of India [Lord Reading, earlier Sir Rufus Isaacs]. Typescript copy.

Dates: 16 Jul 1921
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), [1922]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/122/136
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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), 10 Apr 1922

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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