Janus: The Papers of Viscount Esher (Reginald Brett)

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The Papers of Viscount Esher (Reginald Brett)

Title	Correspondence: political
Reference	ESHR 10
Covering Dates	1861-Dec 1919
Extent and Medium	54 volumes

Content and context

Includes: correspondence and memoranda on India, including letters from [3rd] Lord Durham, 5th Lord Rosebery, Lord Hartington [later 9th Duke of Devonshire] and Howard Sturgis; letters on army reform, including letters from the Royal Family, Arthur Balfour [Prime Minister], Sir George Clarke, Admiral Sir John Fisher [1st Sea Lord], Hugh Arnold-Forster, Secretary of State for War, Sir John French [later 1st Lord Ypres] and 1st Lord Knollys [Private Secretary to King Edward VII and George V].

Further information

For further Indian material see ESHR 13; for further material on army reform, see ESHR 15-16.

Index Terms

Armed Forces

India

Churchill/ESHR 10 contains:

1-10/18

India.
18 volumes.

1861–1907

19-10/28

Army Reform.
10 volumes.

1901–1919

29-10/30

Royal Family.
2 volumes.

1903–1907

Lord Morley.
1 volume.

30 May 1877–18 Dec 1912

Political Correspondence: The Prime Minister. Mostly comprising correspondence from John Sattersfield Sandars [Private secretary] and the Prime Minister, Arthur James Balfour. Topics include defence, war office reform and political appointments.
1 volume.

28 Oct 1903–01 Dec 1905

33-40

Sir George Clarke.
8 volumes.

1903–1907

41-42

Sir John Fisher.
2 volumes.

1903–1908

Lord Fisher.
1 volume.

1909–1912

Secretary of state for war. Letters from Hugh Oakeley Arnold Forster.
1 volume.

21 Oct 1903–14 Jul 1905

45-46