Scope and Contents Copies of documents in various hands, and original letters. (1) 'Cahyer general des deputes de la religion et la response, 1625', docketed 'receaved Aug. 8. 1625'; includes 21 demands, with the responses to each; (2) 'Copie de la lettre de Mrs les ambrs du Roy de la Gra. Bret. a Mrs de la Rochelle du xie feburier. 1626; the letter was signed by 'Hollande' and 'Carleton' and dated 'De Paris'; (3) 15 original letters, 1626-27, to Sir Edward Barrett, late ambassador at Paris, relating chiefly...

Scope and Contents The volume consists principally of copies of instructions issued to persons undertaking diplomatic missions; the name of the compiler does not appear. Contains: (1) ‘A memorial of the matters to be intreated at the colloquie to be holden at Burges, betwixt the commissioners of her majestye, that is, the viscount Montague, Mr Doctor Wotten, one of her ma’t’s privye counsell, and Mr Haddon, master of requests, of the one part, and the commissioners of the kinge of Spayne on the other, made at...

Scope and Contents (1)-(5) ‘Prælectiones Mosis Amyraldi professoris, in diversos locos SS. habitæ’, all apparently copied in the same hand, which is similar to that in MS Dd.10.40, (1) ‘In c. 24 Evang. S. Matth’, (2) ‘Expositio cap. 12 Evang. S. Matth’, also ‘In Marc. c. 9, v. 48. prælectio’, (3) ‘Prælectio in Apocal. cap. 22. v. 1.’ and other passages, bearing the date Jan. 1661 (4) ‘Prælectiones in capp. i. ii. Ep. ad Romanos’, bearing the date 25 May 1660, (5) ‘Explicatio divv. locorum in primâ ad Corinth....

Scope and Contents (1) Debates in the house of commons, 1680, on the exclusion bill; (2) ‘M. T. Ciceronis synonyma’, ‘Ex Cod. Lat. MS. n.138. Arundel’ (lexicon), copied in a hand perhaps as late as the eighteenth century; (3) account of proceedings at the Council at Whitehall, 6 July 1616, concerning Commendams, with a list of those present; (4) ‘Expositio sequentiarum secundum usum Sarum’, fifteenth century; (5) law tract, ‘Comendum [sic] case, xxiiio Oct. 1616’, or ‘Notes of Baron Bromley’s arguments in the...

Scope and Contents (1) ‘Relatione di Fiandra, cioe di quelle provintie che restano sotto l’obidienza delli sermi arciduchi Alberto et donna Isabella infanta di Spagna, fatta dal cardl Bentivoglio in tempo della sua legatione approsso l’ medmo a[r]ciduchi, inviata a Roma all illmo card. Borghese Nipote d’ papa Pauolo Vo’; the text differs somewhat from that published in ‘Opere storiche del cardinal Bentivoglio’ (Milan, 1806), volume I, pp. 133-224; (2) ‘Lettere del illmo signr. card. Bentivogli scritte a...

Scope and Contents (1) 'Placita concilii in Farnamensi castello, 17 Augusti A. D. 1569. presentibus Duce Norfolchiæ, Comite Bedfordiæ, Comite Lecestriæ, Regii Cubiculi Præfecto, Domino Secretario'; (2) 'Responsio magno aceruo articulorum quos Burgosius quidam Hispani oratoris familiaris eius Leganti nomine, secretioria consillis Dominis obtulit. 1569; (3) (a) 'Articuli a D. Francisco Geraldi equite secritoris consilii dominis regis Lusitani nomini propositi anno dni 1571. Mensis Januarij'; (b) 'Responsio...

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Copies of: (1) ‘Secretissima instructio Gallo-Brittano-Batava Frederico V. palatino Rheni et electori data ex Gallico sermone conversa, et nunc bono publico in lucem evulgata ... A. D. 1620’; (2) ‘Altera secretissima instructio Gallo-Brittano-Batava Frederico V. data ex Belgica in Latinam linguam versa, et optimo publico evulgata. Hagæ Comitis, permissu senatus, A. D. 1626’.

Scope and Contents Diary covering Cadogan's final year as British representative to the League of Nations. Subjects covered include: the defence of the Great Wall in January [precursor of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937]; repercussions within the League of the Lytton Report and the Anglo-Persian Oil Agreement; the Geneva Disarmament Conference [1932-1934]; strong opinions on the position of the British cabinet and his colleagues; growing concern at the menace of Germany and treatment of Jewish citizens;...

Scope and Contents Diary covering Cadogan's move from London to Peking after his formal appointment to the Chinese legation in January 1934, and his first impressions of China. Subjects covered include: his knighting as KCMG at Sandringham; his journey to China on a ship; British and Chinese relations with Manchukuo [Manchuria, China] [seized by Japan in 1931 following the Mukden Incident] and with Japan generally; the Burma [later Myanmar]-Yunnan frontier and relations with Chiang-Kai Shek, as well as social...

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Diary of Cadogan's first year in China. Subjects covered include: the ongoing difficult relationship between Japan and China and the importance of balancing British interests in the region; his promotion to Ambassador in June 1935; Cadogan's relationship with the Foreign Office and the impact of Frederick Leith-Ross' mission; the Chinese financial crisis and difficulties with journalists as well social and family events.

Scope and Contents Diary of the final few months of Cadogan's time in China and his new role as Joint Deputy Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office in 1936. Subjects covered include: his relationship with important figures within the Foreign Office when in China, such as Frederick Leith-Ross and in London; the relationship between China and Japan and meetings with Chiang Kai-Shek; the death of King George V; a meeting with King Edward VIII; problems within the Foreign Office; his trip to the Montreaux...

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Diary. Subjects covered include: Cadogan's relationship with and his role within the Foreign Office; the atmosphere within the Foreign Office and his opinions on international relations with Germany, Italy, Japan and China; the status of the Abyssinian delegation to the League of Nations and the abdication of King Edward VIII as well as social and family events.

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Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships with Ernest Bevin and the Foreign Office; Cadogan's role in the first meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations Organisation, and his pessimistic account of the progress made at delegation meetings; and comments on books read while travelling, including disparaging remarks on Douglas Goldring's "The Nineteen Twenties".

Scope and Contents Diary. Subjects covered include: Cadogan's appointment as Permanent Representative of the UK Government to the United Nations; relationships with United Nations delegates and the Foreign Office; United Nations resolutions; Security Council negotiations on subjects including uses of the veto and withdrawal of troops from Syria, Lebanon, and Iran; discussions relating to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission and reaction to proposals of Bernard Baruch; and comments on leisure activities,...

Scope and Contents Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships with United Nations committees, the British Delegation, and the Foreign Office; notes on the development of United Nations procedures and elections; the admission of new member states Yemen and Pakistan; discussions relating to United Nations Security Council resolutions and the Partition Plan for Palestine; Cadogan's attendance at working committee meetings regarding atomic energy and the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission; comments on...

Scope and Contents Diary. Subjects covered include: relations with United Nations committees, the British Delegation, and the Foreign Office; notes on the development of United Nations procedures and the admission of new member states; discussions relating to United Nations Security council resolutions on Palestine and the India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir [region in China, India and Pakistan]; ongoing discussions surrounding Eastern Europe; the Berlin Blockade; the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission;...

Scope and Contents Diary. Subjects covered include: relations with United Nations committees, the British Delegation, especially with Barbara Castle, and the Foreign Office; Cadogan's inspection of building plans and models for the new United Nations Council Chamber; notes on progress with the United Nations Atomic Energy commission, the Commission for India and Pakistan, and the Commission for Conventional Armaments; discussions relating to United Nations Security Council resolutions on Indonesia, Palestine,...

Scope and Contents Diary. Subjects covered include: relations with members of United Nations committees; discussions surrounding China and Kashmir [region in China, India and Pakistan]; Cadogan's reflections on his diary-writing and personal archive, including scrapbooks; Cadogan's retirement from the United Nations; the family's relocation to London and notes on interior decoration, shopping, and household provisioning; Cadogan's appointment to the boards of the National Provincial Bank and the Phoenix...

Scope and Contents Diary. Subjects covered include: Cadogan's relationship with Anthony Eden; meetings of the London Regional Council of the United Nations Association, with discussions on the rearmament of Germany and NATO, and comments on attendees, including Barbara Castle; Chatham House meetings on Anglo-American relations; Suez Canal Company business; English Speaking Union meetings; National Provincial Bank business; Cadogan receiving the Order of Merit; and trips to Portugal and Switzerland. Also...

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The collection contains press cuttings and correspondence relating to Sir Geoffrey's kidnap, and 8-month captivity, by the Tupamaros while he was Ambassador to Uruguay in 1971. This experience is reflected in his subsequent writings, lectures, broadcasts and interests covered in the rest of the collection. There is relatively little material on Sir Geoffrey's earlier diplomatic career.

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'Genealogical tables of the kings of England from William I to Richard III.

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Commission from the Emperor Charles V to concert measures with King Henry VIII for carrying on the war against France; with the seal attached.

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Instructions for Sr Henrye Unton knight sent ambassadour unto the Frenche kinge to treat uppon ye severall points and matters therein contayned'. Above this endorsement are '25 Decembris 1595', 'M. of my instructiones for ffrance' and 'Abstracted the 25 att Dover'.

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‘Lettres and memoires de Mr. le cardinal de Mazarin a Mrs. Le Tellier et de Lionne contenans le secret de la negociation de la paix des Pyrenées dans les conferences tenues a St. Jean de Luiz entre le dit seigr cardinal et Dom Louis d’Haro ministre d’Espagne, en 1659’; ‘Il y a au commencement plusieurs lettres tres belles et curieuses du dit seigr cardinal ecrites au roy et a la reine pendant son voyage’.

Scope and Contents Upstream: Seventy Years on the Thames and the Plate Memoirs of Sir Eugen Millington-Drake Edited by Jill Quaife Volume 1: 1889-1915Comprising a memoir edited by Millington-Drake’s Personal Assistant Jill Quaife, using Millington-Drake’s diaries, articles published in the Macnaghten Old Boy Circulars [a publication for students who attended Eton when Hugh Vibart Macnaghten was a housemaster from 1898 to 1902], and other passages written by his sister, Jessy. The record was...