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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 1176 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 31 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/220/38
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he approves of WSC's telegram to General de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, on the conflict in Syria].

Dates: 31 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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(Untitled), 31 May 1945 - 01 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/220/41
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Telegram from British Minister to Syria [and Lebanon, Terence Shone] to the Foreign Office passing on a "personal" message from the President of Syria [Shukri Kouatly] to WSC appealing for British assistance in the conflict with France and reporting on the bombing of towns including Damascus. [Despatched on 1 June].

Dates: 31 May 1945 - 01 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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(Untitled), 22 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/221/89
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Telegram from British Ambassador to France, Alfred Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich], to WSC marked "personal" suggesting either the Minister of State, Middle East [Sir Edward Grigg, later 1st Lord Altrincham], or the Secretary of State for Air [Harold MacMillan, later 1st Lord Stockton] conducts the Levant [Syria and the Lebanon] negotiations.

Dates: 22 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/220/53
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Telegram from the President of Syria [Shukri Kouatly] to WSC expressing his gratitude at British intervention in the conflict with the French in his country.

Dates: 01 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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(Untitled), 02 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/220/54
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Telegram from WSC to Sir Hugh Stonehewer Bird [British Ambassador to Iraq] marked "Top Secret" and "Personal" indicating his displeasure over "a complacent attitude on the part of the Arab States and particularly of Iraq" [following British intervention against the French in Syria]; and requesting he emphasise Britain's will to intervene for reasons of "world peace and security" wherever it sees fit. [Copy].

Dates: 02 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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(Untitled), 03 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/220/60
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Telegram from WSC to Commander in Chief Middle East Force [General Sir Bernard Paget] marked "Guard" and "Personal" recommending he "show full consideration to the French" as soon as the situation [in Syria] is in control.

Dates: 03 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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(Untitled), 03 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/220/61
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Telegram from WSC to the President of Syria [Shukri Kouatly] informing him that British forces expect "moderation and helpfulness" from the Syrians in the aftermath of their dispute with the French. [Carbon copy].

Dates: 03 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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(Untitled), 04 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/220/77
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Telegram from Terence Shone, British Minister to Syria [and Lebanon] to WSC passing on a message from the Syrian President [Shukri Kouatly] assuring WSC of his support for him and British policy; and Shone informing WSC that he thinks the President appreciated "the delicacy of the present situation with France". [Copy].

Dates: 04 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/220/83
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Telegram from General Sir Bernard Paget [Commander in Chief Middle East Force] to WSC marked "Top Secret" and "Guard" stating that he is trying to show "as much consideration as possible to the French" concerning the situation in Syria and commenting on his dealings with General Beynet.

Dates: 04 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/220/92
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Telegram from General Sir Bernard Paget [Commander in Chief Middle East Force] to WSC marked "Guard" and "personal" on relations with the French in Syria and his dealings with General Beynet and Humblot.

Dates: 05 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/220/103
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Telegram from WSC to General Sir Bernard Paget [Commander in Chief Middle East Force] marked "Guard" and "personal" approving of "everything" he has done [concerning the conflict with the French in Syria].

Dates: 07 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Feb 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/48-49
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Letter from WSC (Monte Cristo Mountain, near Chieveley, Natal [South Africa]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he describes manoeuvres against the Boer forces which he hopes will relieve Ladysmith. He encloses a telegram [not present] and discusses the action which should be taken about it. Envelope present.

Dates: 18 Feb 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [26] [Feb] [1900]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/50-51
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Letter from WSC ([near Chieveley] South Africa) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he asks her to look into the list of people who should receive copies of ["Savrola"]; reports that they have captured "a great part of the Boer position" and that the continuation of fighting prevents her coming [with the hospital ship Maine] to the area; and asks her to send him copies of several newspapers. Envelope present.

Dates: [26] [Feb] [1900]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 01 May 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/54-58
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Bloemfontein [South Africa]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses the objections of Lord Roberts [formerly Sir Frederick Roberts] to WSC joining his army as correspondent because of WSC's criticism of Lord Kitchener [formerly Sir Herbert Kitchener] in "The River War"; his curiosity about public opinion of him; the possibility of giving a lecture tour; financial affairs; his intention to remain until the end of the Boer War; injuries to his friends; the...
Dates: 01 May 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 09 Jun 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/59-60
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Letter from WSC (Pretoria [South Africa]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he has been unable to write due to "almost ceaseless operations against the enemy" but that he intends to return home. He discusses the military action against the Boers; a future lecture tour in the United States and his hopes that ["London to Ladysmith via Pretoria"] has been well-received. Signed typescript with manuscript corrections.

Dates: 09 Jun 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 21 Dec 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/77-79
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Hotel Touraine, Boston [United States]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] about his lecture tour including: difficulties posed by lack of interest and pro-Boer feeling; details of his financial gain from each lecture; the success of the New York meeting which was presided over by Mark Twain; the hospitality of [William] Bourke Cockran; a meeting with the President [William McKinley]; his ill-health at the Washington meeting; his dislike of the "vulgar and offensive"...
Dates: 21 Dec 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 09 Jan 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/83-86
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Ottawa [Canada] on the notepaper of 105 Mount Street) to Mrs Cornwallis-West [formerly Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her to choose souvenirs which he intends to give to those who helped him escape from the Boers; anticipating trouble for the government; expressing his dislike of the lecture tour and sorrow at the death of "Bill" [Lord William] Beresford; disagreement with Sir John Brodrick's dismissal of Major General [Henry] Colville and his appreciation for letters from...
Dates: 09 Jan 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 23 Mar 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/98-100
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street [London]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he thanks her for a picture; reports that he has earnt o220 through delivering lectures, intends to play polo and that he has lost the names [of those who helped him to escape from the Boers] who are to receive watches; gives details of his future lectures; describes the dissatisfaction in the [Conservative] Party and "Joe's" [Joseph Chamberlain] concentration on relations with the Boers. Signed...
Dates: 23 Mar 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 19 Dec 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/27/8-9
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Savoy Hotel, Cairo [Egypt] on the notepaper of 105 Mount Street) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] thanking her for opening a bazaar on his behalf. He describes his visit, commenting on the hospitality of [Sir Ernest] Cassel and his plans for a 70 mile camel ride. He reports that he is getting on well with [Sir Michael Hicks] Beach [later Lord St Alwyn]; comments on the help provided by "Gorst pere" [John Gorst]; [Sir John] Brodrick's proposals and the opposition of "our...
Dates: 19 Dec 1902
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Visit to South Africa, 1968-11 - 1969-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/7/32
Scope and Contents Papers from JA's visit to South Africa, Jan-Feb 1969, including correspondence on arrangements, particularly relating to meetings of the Vaal Reefs Exploration and Mining Company Limited (of which JA was a director), with minutes of company meetings. Also includes: text of a speech by JA to a Conservative May Day rally on the threat to Britain's overseas trade from the Government's colonial policy; draft of an article on China, American power in the Far East and the British...
Dates: 1968-11 - 1969-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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War Office memoranda, 1917-01 - 1917-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/49
Scope and Contents Papers including: report of the Committee of Imperial Defence sub-committee on territorial changes (in Equatorial Africa); memorandum by LSA on Allied unity of control; notes by 1st Lord Curzon and [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India, on railways in Persia [later Iran]; telegrams and letter from General Sir [Francis] Reginald Wingate [High Commissioner, Egypt] on Allied territorial claims in North Africa and Abyssinia [later Ethiopia] (8); paper by Lieutenant-Colonel...
Dates: 1917-01 - 1917-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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War Office memoranda, 1917-06 - 1917-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/50
Scope and Contents Papers including: telegram from General Sir [Francis] Reginald Wingate [High Commissioner, Egypt] on Allied territorial claims in North Africa; note from General Sir William Robertson, Chief of Imperial General Staff, to 1st Lord Hardinge of Penshurst [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] on Italy's contribution to the war; memorandum by Lord Robert Cecil [Minister of Blockade, later 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood] on Italian claims in Asia Minor [Turkey]; summary of a...
Dates: 1917-06 - 1917-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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War Office memoranda, 1918-01 - 1918-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/51
Scope and Contents Notes and memoranda by LSA on subjects including: prospects for 1918; summarising arms supplies and battalion strengths; advances in Palestine and Syria; the future status of Egypt; the political aspects of campaigns in 1919; unity of operations in the East; the future of the Supreme War Council; Allied policy in Russia; the Irish Convention, Irish federalism, Irish passive resistance and the exclusion of Ulster from a Home Rule Bill; future military policy; the German spring offensive on...
Dates: 1918-01 - 1918-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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West Indian documents

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 263
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Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.

Dates: 1820 - 1832
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Westcott Papers

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8316
Scope and Contents Letters and papers of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, and also letters of his wife, Sarah Louisa Mary Westcott, and their son, Arthur Westcott. Comprises both personal and professional correspondence, as well as some letters evidently retained as part of a collecton of autographs. Correspondents include: 3rd Marquess of Bute; various landowners in County Durham, including 9th Lord Barnard, 6th Marquess of Londonderry and 2nd Earl of Ravensworth; Arthur Westcott, principally to Sarah...
Dates: 1880-1949
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).