South Africa (nation)
Found in 3622 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 24 Mar 1900
Letter from Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, Government House, Natal, South Africa, to WSC, on South Africa, commenting that leniency towards the Boers might be the best course, but that they should be careful not to alienate loyal feeling.
(Untitled), 24 Mar 1900
Letter from Captain Percy Scott RN, Military Commandant, Durban, South Africa, to WSC, stating that WSC deserved an award for his bravery on the armoured train, and predicting that he would someday become Prime Minister.
(Untitled), 31 Mar 1900
Letter from J Cumming to WSC, on South Africa.
(Untitled), 11 Apr 1900
Letter from Colonel Neville Chamberlain, Private Secretary to Lord Roberts, Bloemfontein, South Africa, to WSC, giving Roberts permission to accompany his force as a correspondent "for your father's sake".
(Untitled), 06 Aug 1900
Certificate of WSC's Service as a Lieutenant in the South African Light Horse, 2 January - 23 March 1900, signed by Lt-Colonel Julian Byng, later Lord Byng.
(Untitled), 25 Dec 1900
Letter from H W B Robinson, Government House, Natal, to WSC, passing on message of congratulation from J Baynes, Member Natal House of Assembly.
(Untitled), Dec 1899 - Feb 1900
Cuttings from the Canterbury Weekly and Daily Press (New Zealand) on WSC's exploits in South Africa.
(Untitled), 01 Mar 1900
Souvenir Card for Ladysmith Day.
(Untitled), 11 Feb 1901
Letter from Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, Governor of Natal, to WSC, on South African affairs and the post-war settlement.
(Untitled), 12 Feb 1901
Letter from Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, Governor of Natal, South Africa, to WSC, enclosing printed lecture by Hely-Hutchinson on "Natal: Its Resources and Capabilities", to the London Chamber of Commerce, 6 June 1898.
(Untitled), 25 Feb 1901
Letter from Harry Laing to WSC, thanks for cheque, and account of life as a prisoner of the Boers.
(Untitled), 04 May 1901
Letter from Harry Laing to WSC, on life as a prisoner of the Boers.
(Untitled), 06 Feb 1901
Letter from Sir Alfred Milner to WSC, on South Africa.
(Untitled), [1901]
Letter from W L Rickard to WSC, enclosing 10s Mafeking Siege Note.
(Untitled), [c 1912]
Account by WSC of his escape from the Boers [typescript with ms amendments by WSC, on Admiralty notepaper, probably drafted in connection with a libel action against William Blackwood & Sons, heard on 20 May 1912].
(Untitled), Apr 1901
Leaflet advertising WSC's lecture, The [Boer] War as I Saw It, in the Assembly Rooms, Jarratt Street, Hull, on 24 April, containing biographical notes on WSC; a synopsis of the lecture; and extracts from reports in the national press on the lecture.
(Untitled), 02 Oct 1902
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".
(Untitled), 20 Jan 1902
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".
(Untitled), 23 Feb 1902
Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC, on South Africa.
(Untitled), 23 Mar 1902
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".
(Untitled), 30 Mar 1902
Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC, on South Africa,.
(Untitled), 05 Apr 1902
Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC, on South Africa, enclosing "advice to a young diplomat from an old soldier".
(Untitled), 18 Apr 1902
Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC on South Africa.
(Untitled), 20 May 1902
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.
(Untitled), 24 May 1902
Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, to WSC on South Africa.