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 [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.

Letter from [Albert Edward, Prince of Wales](Marlborough Club, Pall Mall [London]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] in which he thanks her for giving him news from Dublin [Ireland] , discusses Arthur Balfour's difficulties with the Irish and comments on [Lord] Randolph [Churchill's] trip.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Le Grand Hotel, Monte Carlo [Monaco]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including a description of the weather conditions, a meeting with [Lord] Hartington [later 8th Duke of Devonshire], speculations on the position of shares in nitrates [on the stock market], and comments that [Arthur] Balfour is "overegging the pudding in Ireland" and that [Georges] Boulanger is not making the most of his victory.

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.

Letter from Eleanor Emery [Assistant Private Secretary to Secretary of State for the Dominions] (Dominions Office) to [John] Peck [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] enclosing a copy of a letter containing a message for the King [George VI] and WSC from the Bezaleel Masonic Lodge of Douglas, Cork [Ireland]. [signed].

Letter from C Norman McBurney, Junior (Bezaleel Masonic Lodge, Douglas, Cork [Ireland]) to Sir John Maffey [later 1st Lord Rugby, UK Representative to Eire] (Dublin) requesting Maffey conveys the "sincere good wishes" of the members of the Lodge to the King [George VI] and WSC. [Copy].

Letter from Captain Charles Craig (Old Brewery House, Malmesbury, Wiltshire) to WSC thanking him on behalf of "thousands upon thousands" of Ulstermen for comments WSC has made on Ulster's war contribution, recalling a visit by WSC to Belfast [Ulster, Ireland, in February 1912], commenting on his own war work, and on Irish politics. [signed manuscript; annotated by WSC's Private Office].

Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" expressing his concern over the political repercussions of an agreement on aviation between the United States and the Government of Eire, which he thought neither Roosevelt or Edward Stettinius [Secretary of State, United States] supported; and appealing for the annulment of the agreement. Photocopy.

Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC attaching a draft letter to the Chairman of the Production Executive on Ulster's [Northern Ireland] contribution in manpower and industry to the war effort. [Copy; given running number 215B].