Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] including: political news about [Charles] Parnell and the Irish from [Lord] Hartington [later 8th Duke of Devonshire]; her irritation that [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough] has asked her to take [Lady] Sarah [Churchill, later Sarah Wilson] to the theatre; and WSC's improvement at school.

Copy of the Government of Ireland Bill including sections on the following issues: legislative authority; executive authority, the constitution of the legislature and Irish representation in the House of Commons. Printed.

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.

Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India (Howth [County Dublin, Ireland] to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] in which he discusses the annexation of Burma [later Myanmar] and the likelihood of violence over the issue of Home Rule and says that he does not think that [Charles] Parnell will be successful.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Hotel Royal, Naples [Italy]) to [Louis] Jennings marked private in which he thanks him for his letters; discusses the political situation and the qualities required to be a successful politician; expresses regret about [Sir Michael Hicks] Beach [later Lord St Aldwyn]; says that he does not regard [Arthur] Balfour as sufficiently able for his position [as Chief Secretary for Ireland]; and discusses Jennings' correspondence with [Henry] Chaplin.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Tarbes [France]) to [Louis] Jennings in which he discusses political affairs including his opposition to the parliamentary bill of [Charles] Parnell and Irish affairs, the position of W H Smith and the army estimates and the potential damage to Joseph Chamberlain which could be caused by Parnell.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Hotel de Roches Noires, Trouville [France]) to [Louis] Jennings in which he asks about Jennings' plans for the parliamentary recess and discusses political affairs, the position of [Robert, 3rd Lord] Salisbury and the Parnell Commission.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill to [Louis] Jennings including [Arthur] Balfour's comments about the Education Bill, the possibility of a reconciliation between the Irish and the Government and [Robert, 3rd Lord] Salisbury's attitude towards him.

Letter from Shane Leslie (22 East 56th Street, New York [United States]) to Aunt Jane [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he comments on the unpopularity of "Kitty" [Katherine] Mott [due to an admiring telegram to Kaiser Wilhelm II, see CHAR 28/127/12] and reassures [Lady Randolph] that she will be forced to live in London. He also comments on his work with an Irish newspaper "Inland" which supports [John] Redmond's opinion on the position of Ireland in the war.

Letter from Shane Leslie (22 East Street, New York [United States]) to Aunt Jane [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: thanks her for a photograph; the American presidential elections; the likelihood that the United States will avoid involvement in the war; the lack of solidarity as a nation among the Americans; the position of the Irish and the opinions of [John] Redmond. Envelope present.

Letter from Hugh [Warrender] ([France]) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he expresses sympathy about an operation to her foot; says that he has heard that her house is very tastefully decorated; reports on mine attacks to the trenches by German forces; discusses Irish affairs and "criminal shilly shallying" [Herbert] Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith] and says that he believes that Roger Casement should be shot [for Republican tendencies]. Envelope present.

Letter from WSC to Cardinal Arthur Hinsley on lifting of the death sentence from six murderers in Belfast [Ulster, Northern Ireland].

Letter from WSC to John Andrews [Prime Minister of Northern Ireland] commending his decision to lift the death sentence.

Letter from WSC (Blenheim Palace) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his work [on the biography of Lord Randolph Churchill]; a conversation with "Joe" [Joseph Chamberlain] about [Lord Randolph]; assistance with the chapter on Home Rule provided by [John] Brodrick and George Hamilton and problems with a motor. Manuscript in the hand of Annette Anning signed by WSC.

Letter from WSC (Canford Manor, Wimborne [Dorset]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he is resting in preparation for "future labours", discusses [5th Lord] Rosebery's reckless speech and speculates that there will not be a Home Rule Bill in the next Parliament.

Letter from [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough] (Floors Castle [Roxburghshire, Scotland]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] in which she instructs him not to take risks at Newmarket and discusses affairs in Ireland, his silence, her distaste at "fulsome & exaggerated" praise for [Arthur] Balfour, society news, and her disapproval of a book by M MacKenzie.

Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on Sir William Beveridge drawing attention to the neglect of Ulster [Northern Ireland] in the war effort. [Copy; given running number 209A].