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Subjects include: the draft agreement between Britain and Northern Ireland; the Compensation Commission; the resignation of the Irish Free State [later Ireland] representative on the Boundary Commission; fixing the boundary; exchanges of Catholic and Protestant population.

Scope and Contents Includes: Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on compensation for those transferred to Northern Ireland; WSC on compensation; a Treasury note on compensation; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, on the obligation of the British Government to recognise the boundary; Francis Bourdillon, Secretary of the Irish Boundary Commission; James MacNeill, High Commissioner for the Irish Free State; Sir James Craig [Prime Minister of Northern Ireland,...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The papers in this class span the periods 1920-22 and 1924-29 and comprise papers acquired or produced by WSC in his capacity as a Cabinet Minister.Cabinet material and departmental Treasury material, however, have not been separated for WSC's period as Chancellor of the Exchequer (November 1924 to June 1929). This was due firstly to the fact that the Cabinet papers for this period were on the whole carefully preserved together, and it would have been undesirable to disturb this original...

Scope and Contents Includes papers from various individuals on the Irish Boundary Commission, including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs; Francis Bourdillon, Secretary of the Irish Boundary Commission; Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet; summaries of the conferences between the British and Irish Free State Governments; James MacNeill, High Commissioner for the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; Richard Feetham,...

Scope and Contents Includes minutes of statements made by WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, [4th] Lord Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne] Lord Privy Seal, Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education and Sir Douglas Hogg [later 1st Lord Hailsham] on compensation claims by Irish loyalists who had suffered through their loyalty to their British Government and the recommendations of the Dunedin Committee and the Wood-Renton Committee.Also includes: a statement by the Dominions Office; notes by [14th]...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: "F" [ Lord Chancellor, 1st Lord Birkenhead, earlier F E Smith]; [? Edwin Montagu, Secretary of State for India]; Wilfrid Scawen Blunt with suggestions for an Irish settlement; Thomas Hill; Sir John Anderson [Joint Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, later 1st Lord Waverley] on the Irish reception of the treaty.Also includes: a transcription of a speech made by the Lord Chancellor [1st Lord Birkenhead, earlier F E Smith] to a deputation on the Irish...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Shane Leslie on Irish fears of war if the treaty with Britain is rejected; 1st Lord Midleton [earlier St John Brodrick]; Clive Wigram [Assistant Private Secretary and Equerry to King George V] (3); Sir James Craig [Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, later 1st Lord Craigavon] on subjects including Northern Ireland's part in the negotiations, Catholic shipyard workers, and the IRA killing of Special Constabulary officers at Clones [County Monaghan, Northern Ireland]...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Hamar Greenwood [Chief Secretary for Ireland] on the disbandment of the Royal Irish Constabulary (2); Rupert Gwynne [Conservative MP for Eastbourne, Sussex]; Alfred Cope [Assistant Under-Secretary for Ireland and Clerk of the Privy Council for Ireland] on the progress of the negotiations; Sir Herbert Creedy [Secretary of the War Office] on the stores of arms and ammunition at Carrickfergus [County Antrim, Northern Ireland]; 10th Lord Cavan [Chief of the Imperial...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord Templewood] on the Irish Distress Committee; Michael Collins on discourtesy over the institution of the neutral area in Pettigo [County Donegal and County Fermanagh, Ulster, Northern Ireland] and Belleek [County Armagh, Ulster, Northern Ireland], and on the Local Government Bill for Northern Ireland (2); Sir James Craig [Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, later 1st Lord Craigavon] on the costs of the Special Constabulary (2); Alfred...

Scope and Contents "A report on the Intelligence Branch of the Chief of Police from May 1920 to July 1921". Includes observations about: the difficulties of obtaining and disseminating information about underground organisations in Ireland including the IRA, Sinn Fein and the Irish Republican Brotherhood; the differences between counter-espionage activities during wartime and the circumstances in Ireland; and difficulties for the police. Includes instances of the successful use of intelligence information in...

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Includes a booklet of printed extracts from House of Commons debates on the Home Rule Bill which includes speeches by Joseph Chamberlain, William Gladstone, Arthur Balfour and Lord Randolph Churchill (printed in 1911) and manuscript notes by "a lawyer" on the correct interpretation of individual statutes of the 1893 Bill covering all aspects of administration in Ireland.

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Includes: a transcript of a speech by [Robert, 3rd] Lord Salisbury on policy regarding Ireland (1885); a copy of the 1886 Government of Ireland Bill; copies of the 1893 Government of Ireland Bill incorporating various amendments; and the 1907 Irish Council Bill.

Scope and Contents Printed Cabinet papers on Irish Home Rule and related subjects including: revenue and expenditure in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1891 to 1908; the collection and expenditure of imperial revenue in Great Britain and Ireland; the division of powers between central and provincial authorities in federal Colonial constitutions in the British empire; papers by WSC on devolution; draft bills on the government of Ireland; a report by the Committee on Irish finance and minutes of evidence...

Scope and Contents Includes Cabinet papers on: Irish finance and the powers of the Irish Parliament; objections to the Home Rule Bill by Arthur Balfour and Reginald McKenna [First Lord of the Admiralty]; objections from Irish MPs to the Government of Ireland Bill and the establishment of an Irish Parliament; financial clauses of the bill and an Irish exchequer; a copy of the Government of Ireland bill; a pamphlet of speeches delivered in honour of John Redmond; 3 official reports of parliamentary debates in...

Scope and Contents Includes: manuscript notes by Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC] and WSC on land purchase in Ireland; copies of the 1903 Irish Land Act and the 1907 Evicted Tenants (Ireland) Act; notes for the framing of the 1908 Irish Land Bill including measures to relieve congested districts, financial arrangements for land purchase in Ireland, amendments to previous legislation and amendments proposed by the House of Lords; notes by James Bryce on the increase of offences involving fire-arms in...

Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on Irish Land Purchase, including: WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer (3); Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to WSC] (3); 3rd Lord Oranmore and Browne [1st Lord Mereworth, representative peer for Ireland] (4); notes of the deputation from the Irish Landowners' Convention's meeting with the Cabinet Committee on Ireland; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to WSC] (2); Geoffrey Whiskard, Dominions Office; Gilbert Upcott [Deputy Controller, Treasury];...

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Includes papers from various individuals on compensation to Loyalists, including: Lord Eustace Percy; Geoffrey Whiskard, Dominions Office; WSC; [?] 4th Lord Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne]; Gilbert Upcott, Deputy Controller, Treasury; 2nd Lord Selborne [earlier Lord Wolmer]; the conclusions of the meeting of the Irish Loyalists Committee.Also includes: House of Lords Official Reports of Parliamentary Debates, on claims for compensation in Ireland.

Scope and Contents Includes papers from various individuals on unemployment insurance in Northern Ireland, including: minutes and conclusions of the committee; Wilfrid Spender [Head of the Civil Service, Northern Ireland]; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour; the report of the sub-committee on the amalgamation of social services; a draft of the Unemployment Insurance (Northern Ireland Agreement) Bill; Sir James Craig [Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, later 1st Lord Craigavon], on unemployment...

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Includes: the conclusions of the committee; a draft of the Unemployment Insurance (Northern Ireland Agreement) Bill; a Treasury note on the estimated financial effect of the Unemployment Insurance Agreement.

Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: an extract from a speech by Lord Randolph Churchill on the power of urban landlords; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the supply of coastal defence vessels and submarine mines to the Soviet Union, and on the provisional programme of Board of Trade legislation; Sir Vincent Caillard, director of Vickers Limited, on the supply of arms to...

Scope and Contents Includes: a memorandum by Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame,later Lord Swinton] President of the Board of Trade, Ronald McNeill [later 1st Lord Cushendun, Financial Secretary to the Treasury] and First Lord of the Admiralty [William Bridgeman] on financing lighthouses in the Red Sea; Cunliffe-Lister on imports and exports of leather bags, trade outlook including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade, and the state of industry and company law;...

Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: [1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India, on the 'indianisation' of the Indian army and relations with Afghanistan; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on reaction to his taxation scheme, Irish loyalists and railways in Iraq; Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health, on the local authority emergency provisions act; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on relations between France and the...

Scope and Contents Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, on airship development; the Financial Secretary to the Treasury [Walter Guinness, later 1st Lord Moyne] on the Trade Facilities Bill and Sandwich [Kent] Port and Haven Bill; a draft of the Sandwich Port and Haven Bill; the report of the Safeguarding of Industries Committee; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on unemployment benefit and the electrical trades...

Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford] Home Secretary, on the Lead Paints Bill, the Coroners Bill, the Petroleum Bill, the Legitimacy Bill and the Wild Birds (Protection) Bill; drafts of the above bills; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill; the report of the Bankruptcy Committee; a draft of...

Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, and [Sir] John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on Irish immigration; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, on the Hilton Young commission on East Africa; William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, on Anglo-American arbitration treaties; Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple], Minister of Transport, on road transport;...