| Title |
Letters and memoranda |
| Reference |
ESHR 4 |
| Covering Dates |
Jan 1898-Dec 1919 |
| Extent and Medium |
11 volumes |
|
| Content and context |
This series contains a vast array of correspondents from both the Royal Household and political and military notables of the period. Some of the key correspondents have been noted here, with additional information about the topics discussed, which are mainly related to the war effort and to politics. Many of the volumes have a brief contents page at the back. Most of the volumes contain copies of outgoing correspondence, although several have original incoming letters, inparticular from Maurice Hankey [Later Lord Hankey] and from the Royal household. |
| Index Terms |
| Defence |
| First World War (1914-1918) |
| France |
| Monarchy |
| Churchill/ESHR 4 contains: |
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1
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Volume I. Mostly comprising copies of outgoing correspondence with members of the Royal household; Lord Knollys; RB Haldane, Admiral Lord Fisher; Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman [Prime Minister]; Lord Kitchener; Sir John French; Arthur James Balfour; Dr Miller Maguire; and HRH Duke of Connaught. Topics include Royal matters, the British press, and defence.
1 volume. |
27 Jan 1898–19 Oct 1906 |
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2
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Volume II. Mostly comprising copies of outgoing correspondence with Lord Knollys; HRH King Edward VII; Sir John Fisher; Lord Kitchener; Colonel Charles A'court Repington; Herbrand Russell [11th Duke of Bedford]; General Botha; Sir Wilfred Laurier; Randall Thomas Davidson [Archbishop of Canterbury]; and J Morley. Also including Committee of Imperial Defence, Sub-committee territorial army reports, 1906-1907. Topics largely pertaining to defence.
1 volume. |
7 Nov 1906–10 Apr 1910 |
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3
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Volume III. Mostly comprising copies of outgoing correspondence and memorandums with Lord Knollys; Mr Nash [Royal Trustee of British Museum]; Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman; RB Haldane; Sir Arthur Bigge [Later Lord Stamfordham]; HRH King George V; Maurice Hankey; and Winston Churchill. Also includes newspaper cuttings about the House of Lords; memorandum of a conference at Lambeth Palace, 1910; and a copy of 'Cambridge University Reporter', 1910. Topics include defence, House of Lords and the constitutional crisis, and other parliamentary issues.
1 volume. |
06 Dec 1909–13 Nov 1911 |
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4
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Volume IV. Mostly comprising copies of outgoing correspondence and memorandums with Winston Churchill; Mr Buckle [The Times]; Lord Richard Burdon Haldane; Lord Stamfordham; Maurice Hankey; Colonel Charles A'court Repington; Admiral John Fisher; Norman Angell; Sir Francis Trippell; Lionel Cust; 1st Lord Knollys [Private secretary to King Edward VII and King George V]; J Fortescue; AJ Balfour; Lord Curzon; and Lord Stamfordham. Also including Letter to the 'Nation', 1911; copy of 'The co-ordination of the naval and military services, 1912; and 'Notes of a conversation', 1913. Topics largely pertaining to Royal matters, including its archives.
1 volume. |
23 Dec 1911–04 Dec 1913 |
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5
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Volume V. Mostly comprising copies of outgoing correspondence with Maurice Hankey; Lord Knollys; Lord Stamfordham; Lord Morley; a memo of an interview with HRH King George V; Mrs Asquith; Arthur James Balfour; Sir Sidney Lee; Colonel Charles A'court Repington; Rev Montague Butler; Sir Ernest Cassel; Sir Alfred Keogh; Lord Kitchener; Sir John French; Herbert Asquith [Prime Minister]; HRH Prince of Wales Edward Albert; Winston Churchill; minutes of a meeting held in the British embassy, Paris, 1915; and Colonel Leroy Lewis. Topics include Ireland and home rule, the papers of HRH Queen Victoria and the life of HRH King Edward VII, the army, the Channel Tunnel, and the military situation in France.
1 volume. |
05 Aug 1913–10 Dec 1915 |
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6
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Volume VI. Mostly comprising copies of outgoing correspondence with Sir Douglas Haig; Arthur James Balfour; Lord Kitchener; Lord French; Arthur Bigge [Lord Stamfordham]; Colonel Fitzgerald; Sir Fritz Posonby; members of the royal household; Sir Philip Sassoon; Sir William Robertson; Lord Derby; various French officials; Maurice Hankey; Captain Doumayrou; and Sir William Roberts. Topics include the war, with particular references to France and also the death of Lord Kitchener in 1916.
1 volume. |
01 Jan 1916–16 Jul 1916 |
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7
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Volume VII. Mostly comprising copies of outgoing correspondence with Arthur John Bigge [Lord Stamfordham]; Douglas Haig [later Field Marshall and Lord Haig]; Sir William Robertson; Maurice Hankey; HRH Queen Mary; Lord Michelman; Mr Stanley; Mr Lloyd George; General Macdonagh; the uchess of Sutherland; Lord Murray of Elibank; Also including a map of German divisions engaged in Flanders. Topics largely relating to the war with some reference to the Battle of the Somme, political and naval appointments, propaganda and intelligence.
1 volume. |
16 Jul 1916–18 Dec 1917 |
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8
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Volume VIII. Mainly comprising copies of outgoing correspondence with Lord Alfred Milner; Sir William Robertson; Douglas Haig; Lord French; Maurice Hankey; Lord Derby; Arthur Bigge [Lord Stamfordham]; General Marshal Hubert Lyautey; General Charteris; and Lloyd George. Topics mainly relating to the war with particular reference to the situation in France, and the parliamentary situation in the UK.
1 volume. |
02 Jan 1917–29 Dec 1917 |
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9
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Volume IX. Mainly comprising copies of outgoing correspondence with Douglas Haig; Maurice Hankey; Arthur Bigge [Lord Stamfordham]; Lord Derby; Sir Bryan Godfrey Faussatt; Sir Reginald Brade; Mr Charles Johnson; Lord Duncannon; General Sidney Clive; Sir Henry Wilson; Mr Lloyd George; and Lord Milner. Topics include the operations moving towards peace [including the treaty of Versailles], the press, the situation in Ireland and Scotland, and the army.
1 volume. |
03 Jan 1918–09 Jun 1918 |
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10
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Volume X. Mainly comprising copies of outgoing correspondence with Lord Derby; Maurice Hankey; Douglas Haig; Philip Noel Baker; Agha Khan; General Sydney Clive; Arthur Bigge [Lord Stamfordham]; Sir Henry Wilson; Lord Duncannon; Boniface Marquis de Castellane; Lady Michelham [Aimée Geraldine]; and Lord Milner. Topics include the war, politics, the official military history of the war, Versailles and the reconstruction of post-war Europe, and the future of the army.
1 volume. |
12 Jun 1918–26 Dec 1918 |
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11
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Volume XI. Mainly comprising copies of outgoing correspondence with Douglas Haig; Maurice Hankey; the Archbishop of Canterbury; Mr Gourlay; Mr Smillie; Sir Thomas William Holderness; Sir Henry Wilson; and Sir George Mc Crae. Topics include demobilisation, parliament, MPs, the peace conference, the league of nations and the armed forces.
1 volume. |
16 Jan 1919–12 Dec 1919 |
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