Janus: The Papers of Lord Lloyd of Dolobran

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The Papers of Lord Lloyd of Dolobran

Title	India: India Group
Reference	GLLD 11
Covering Dates	1929–1939
Extent and Medium	2 boxes [5 files]

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India

Churchill/GLLD 11 contains:

Correspondence concerning India. Including letters to Lloyd from people in India, appraising him of aspects of the situation there. With correspondents including: Leo Amery; C. Thomas [Commissioner in Sindh]; Sir Stanley Reed; Sir Samuel Hoare; A. Montgomerie; General Sir Philip Chetwode, Commander in Chief of the Army in India [from 1933 Field-Marshal; later 1st Baron Chetwode]; M. F. O'Dwyer; F. C. Brasher, and the 4th Marquess of Salisbury [James Gascoyne-Cecil]. On subjects including: reform of governance of India, including discussion of White Paper on the subject; agriculture; the Lloyd Barrage and Canals Construction Scheme; Gandhi; comment on Lord Irwin [later 1st Earl of Halifax]'s governorship, and British schools in India. Also includes: letter to Leo Amery from Edward Mackie, editor of 'The Englishman' newspaper in Calcutta, reporting on the situation in India; copies of correspondence between Lord Inchcape and Prime Minister James Ramsay Macdonald; copies of letters from S. P. Mukherjee, and typed copies of letters to the press debating India.
1 file.

1929–1935

House of Lords India Group papers. Including: letters to Lloyd responding to his invitation to join group of peers considering the question of Indian Home Rule; papers concerning the Indian Defence League [from 1936 Empire and India Defence League]; letters concerning debate on the Government of India Bill, and lists of peers in various groups. Also includes: official report of House of Commons debate on Ireland [14 Dec 1921]; House of Lords' speech by Lloyd on Indian Constitutional Reform [18 Dec 1934]; Lord Sumner's notes for manifesto for Indian Defence League; paper by 4th Marquess of Salisbury [James Gascoyne-Cecil]: 'A Provisional Criticism of the White Paper with Some Suggestions', with detailed notes in response by Katharine, 8th Duchess of Atholl, and some press cuttings. Also includes correspondence between Lloyd and George Schuster in which Schuster accuses Lloyd of misrepresenting him in a House of Lords' speech. Correspondents include: 5th Earl of Limerick [Edmund Percy]; 1st Baron Islington [John Dickson-Poynder]; 2nd Baron Carnock [Frederick Nicolson]; Katharine, 8th Duchess of Atholl; Captain Orr Ewing; 8th Duke of Atholl [John Stewart-Murray]; 1st Baron Charnwood [Godfrey Benson]; 2nd Baron Ampthill [Arthur Russell]; 3rd Baron Deramore [Robert Bateson]; 5th Earl of Effingham [Gordon Howard]; 2nd Marquess of Zetland [Lawrence Dundas], and 4th Marquess of Salisbury [James Gascoyne-Cecil].
1 file.

1933–1936

Federation papers and correspondence. Including letters to Lloyd from India, with news of the situation there, from correspondents including D Madhava Rao [journalist on 'The Morning Post']. Other correspondents include: H. A. Gwynne ['Taff'], Edward Russell, Wario Ameer Ali [enclosing memorandum, 'Note on dangers of release of political and other prisoners in India'], Sir Michael O'Dwyer, and J. H. Morgan. Also includes: paper by the Maharaja of Dewas (Junior), 'My Views on Federation'; press cuttings; record of discussion of Informal Committee of Ministers in Bombay [12-14 Apr 1939] with Joint Opinion by Walter Monckton and John Brunyate on the Government of India memorandum on retrocession [4 Apr 1939], and memorandum by Gwynne on the situation in India.
1 file.

1936–1939

India Study Committee papers. Includes synopses of addresses given to the India Study Committee by General Sir John Shea, J. Craig Harvey, Sir Cecil Fforde, and Sir Michael O'Dwyer. Also includes paper on financial aspects of the India White Paper proposals by D. Dewar, and review of annual reports of provincial governments on local self-government for 1930-31.
1 file.

1933

Lloyd Barrage photographs and papers. Contains: photographs of the inauguration stone on the Lloyd Barrage; photograph of the Wilson Dam [1926], and correspondence between Lloyd and W. D. Croft [India Office, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] concerning wording to be used in the India Bill regarding the Lloyd Barrage [1935].
1 file.

1926–1935