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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), 15 Aug 1908

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/35/14
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Letter from F Oswald Mouler (Woodview, Ipswich, [Suffolk]; notepaper of the Royal Mail Steamship Etruria) to [WSC] accusing him of being a traitor [to the British colonists in South Africa].

Dates: 15 Aug 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Aug 1908

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/35/15
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Cutting from the Daily Express: extracts from a letter from a British official in the Standard Bank in Cape Colony [later part of South Africa] complaining of the British Government's betrayal of the British colonists in South Africa and naming WSC in this connection. Probably sent with CHAR 2/35/14.

Dates: 14 Aug 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [Nov 1908]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/36/18a
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Cutting on the work of the Closer Union Society, which aims to bring about closer links between the South African states and within the Empire as a whole. Sent with CHAR 2/36/18.

Dates: [Nov 1908]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Dec 1908

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/36/52
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Letter from Lord Crewe (Crewe Hall, [Cheshire]) to WSC on safeguards for the native protectorates under any act of South African confederation. Thinks that the matter should be discussed with Lord Selborne, whom he describes as "a dangerous plenipotentiary" and "obstinate", and the native deputations.

Dates: 29 Dec 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Apr [1908]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/37/50
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Letter from Sir Richard Solomon, Agent General for the Transvaal [South Africa] (72 Victoria Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC regretting that he is to leave the Colonial Office but congratulating him on his entry into the Cabinet as President of the Board of Trade. Thinks WSC will be able to deal with any attacks from his opponent in North-West Manchester [William Joynson-Hicks] on Chinese labour in South Africa.

Dates: 14 Apr [1908]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Feb 1908

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/38/14
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Letter from Charles Lane Sansom (Volunteer Headquarters, Johannesburg, [South Africa]) to Lady Katharine Lyttelton reporting his dismissal from the local civil service and expressing the wish to obtain an inspectorship under the Local Government Board or an inspectorship of reformatories. Describes how English civil servants in South Africa are being replaced by Boers and how Lord Selborne is unable to prevent this. Sent with CHAR 2/38/13.

Dates: 24 Feb 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 May 1908

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/38/37
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Letter from Harry C Grimwade (14 Westhall Road, Bath, [Somerset]) to WSC enclosing a report of the speech of William Joynson-Hicks [later Lord Brentford] on Chinese labour in South Africa [see CHAR 2/38/37a] and offering to publish WSC's reply. Annotated by WSC, 20 Apr [1908: "Thanked - but hardly worth refutation"].

Dates: 16 May 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [May 1908]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/38/37a
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Cutting: part of a speech in Bath [Somerset] [by William Joynson-Hicks, later Lord Brentford] attacking Government policy on Chinese labour in South Africa. Sent with CHAR 2/38/37 2 papers.

Dates: [May 1908]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Jan 1909

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/39/1-3
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Letter from WSC (Board of Trade) to Lord Crewe criticising Lord Selborne's plan for a commission to protect native interests in South Africa but asserting that Selborne is nevertheless the best man to negotiate on the issue with the South African leaders. Gives advice on how a settlement of the native question can be got through Parliament. Typescript copy.

Dates: 03 Jan 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Oct 1910

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/62-69
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton (San Antonio Palace, Malta) to [Erskine] Childers commenting on Childers' book on the training and arming of the Cavalry [War and the Arme Blanche] and justifying his opinions by descriptions of actions in Afghanistan, 1879, the Boer War, 1900, and the Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria [part of China]. Signed and annotated typescript.

Dates: 30 Oct 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Jan 1912

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/60/33
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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), 16 Jul 1921

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), 27 Jun 1891

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/58-59
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Johannesburg, South Africa, to WSC, on his visit to South Africa. Predicting that "when you are my age you will see S Africa to be the most populous & wealthy of all our colonies. Stating that he had been examining, and investing money in gold mines "for I expect you and Jack will be a couple of expensive articles to keep as you grow older". Regretting that he would not be able to bring home a tame antelope.

Dates: 27 Jun 1891
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Apr 1925

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/141/63-64
Scope and Contents Letter from [Sir Abe] Bailey (P O Box 50, Johannesburg) marked "private" about WSC's budget which he is sorry he will not hear. He discusses South African affairs, commenting that they are passing through the "infantile ailments" found in new countries and that the "women are working over time against everything & everyone English"; discusses WSC's finances; and predicts exceptional times in Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe] for cotton; and ends by expressing sympathy on the death of CSC's...
Dates: 12 Apr 1925
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Apr 1925

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/141/102
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Cutting from the "Star" (Johannesburg, [South Africa]): report of speech by Sir Abe Bailey on the situation in South Africa. Sent with CHAR 2/141/63-64.

Dates: 08 Apr 1925
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), 15 Sep 1928

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/159/28
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Reprint from the "African World": interview on the political situation in South Africa given by Sir Abe Bailey. Sent with CHAR 2/159/27.

Dates: 15 Sep 1928
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), 31 Jan 1927

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/151/12
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Letter from [WSC] to Sir Abe Bailey praising the article on Anglo-American relations which Bailey sent him and expressing a keen interest in South African politics. Typescript copy.

Dates: 31 Jan 1927
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), 31 Dec 1926

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/151/13
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Letter from Sir Abe Bailey (Johannesburg, [South Africa]) to WSC on the improving relations between the British and Dutch communities in South Africa.

Dates: 31 Dec 1926
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), 11 Jun 1927

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/152/106
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Page from the "African World" including report of speech at the British Empire Service League conference by Sir Abe Bailey on the development and settlement of South Africa. Sent with CHAR 2/152/107.

Dates: 11 Jun 1927
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), [Jun] [1927]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/152/120
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Cutting: comment by the "Rand Daily Mail" on movement towards agreement over the design of the new flag of South Africa. Sent with CHAR 2/152/119.

Dates: [Jun] [1927]
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), 25 Dec 1927

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/153/148-150
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Letter from Sir Abe Bailey (Rust-en-Vrede, Muizenberg, Cape Town, [South Africa]) to WSC reporting that he nearly died from a heart attack, criticising Lady Simon for supporting the natives in South Africa and opposing the granting of votes to women.

Dates: 25 Dec 1927
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), 19 Dec 1906

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/27/72
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Letter from J Moore Bayley (47 Temple Row, Birmingham) approving the South African constitution and asserting that the stance of Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] on the fiscal question has shaken the confidence of ordinary voters, and that Joseph Chamberlain's political career is over. Reports the poor state of the local Conservative party.

Dates: 19 Dec 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Jan 1907

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/29/10
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Letter from Sir Felix Schuster (31 Collingham Road, South Kensington, [London]) to [Sir Francis] Hopwood [later, Lord Southborough] [Permanent Under-Secretary for Colonies] on the bad effects which would follow a reduction in the production of gold in South Africa. Congratulates Hopwood on his recent appointment.

Dates: 13 Jan 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Aug 1907

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/30/78
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Letter from 5th Lord Rosebery (38 Berkeley Square, [London]) to WSC on the government's South African policy.

Dates: 14 Aug 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Sep 1907

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/30/84
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Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood [later Lord Southborough] (Barbon Manor, Kirkby Lonsdale, [Yorkshire]) to WSC on the dispute with Sir Robert Bond [Prime Minister of Newfoundland, later part of Canada], the conduct of the governmnent of Natal [South Africa], and the agreement by King Edward VII to accept the Cullinan Diamond.

Dates: 27 Sep 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open