Janus: The Papers of Lord Lloyd of Dolobran

Churchill/GLLD contains:
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4	Personal: Lady Lloyd and additional material
5	Personal: David Lloyd
6	Eastern affairs: Turkish telegrams
7	Eastern affairs: Constantinople
8	Eastern affairs: Cockerell correspondence
9	Eastern affairs: War
10	India: Bombay [Mumbai] Presidency
11	India: India Group
12	Egypt: Telegrams
13	Egypt and Sudan: Correspondence
14	Egypt: Papers
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The Papers of Lord Lloyd of Dolobran

Title	Eastern affairs: War
Reference	GLLD 9
Covering Dates	1914–1918
Extent and Medium	4 boxes [17 files, 1 volume and 1 item]

Content and context

Correspondence, reports and papers, particularly from the Dardanelles and Arabia, including a diary of a journey with T. E. Lawrence ['Lawrence of Arabia', later T. E. Shaw].

Index Terms

Dardanelles Campaign (1915-1916)

Egypt

First World War (1914-1918)

Russia

Turkey

Churchill/GLLD 9 contains:

Letters received and papers. Letters to Lloyd, both originals and typed copies, and papers including newscuttings and reports. Part 1 includes two sketches by Lloyd, including view from his dug-out, copy of letters from Samuel Pepys Cockerell (also in GLLD 8/9) and newscuttings and letter concerning his death, and letter to Blanche Lloyd from [Louis 'Turtle'] Hamilton on HMS Cumberland on the Cameroon River, describing the activities of her brother Frederick Lascelles. Letters in parts 2 and 3 from correspondents including T. E. Lawrence, C. W. Cobban in Bulgaria, Percy Loraine in Paris, A. B. McColl at Anzac Cove, Sir Valentine Chirol in Athens [Greece], Guy MacCaw at Russian Army headquarters, Austen Chamberlain, Leo Amery, and other correspondents in locations including Athens and British East Africa [now Kenya]. On subjects including the Dardanelles. Papers in part 2 include memorandum on the Turkish Campaign and copies of memoranda and reports on Turkish coal and oil supplies and the Zunguldak mines, including Lloyd's report to the Secretary of State for War on his mission to Russia regarding the interruption of Turkish coal supplies.
3 files.

Nov 1914-Dec 1915

Letters received and papers. From correspondents including C. F. Rydh, Colonel G. F. Clayton, Arthur Davidson, Percy Loraine, Philip Ashwood, Willoughby de Broke, Aubrey Herbert, A. B. McColl, Ewart Grogan, and Gertrude Bell. From locations including Cairo [Egypt], Khartoum [Sudan], Marlborough House, Ismailia [Egypt], Salhie [Egypt], Delhi [India], London [UK], and Russian army general headquarters. Papers include: satirical comment on the MEF [Middle East Force] in the form of the Quicunque Vult; copy of 'Statement of the measures adopted to intercept the sea-borne commerce of Germany'; letter from Sir Valentine Chirol to [?] Graham; newscuttings, and article by Ian D. Colvin, 'A National Policy'.
1 file.

Jan 1916-Dec 1916

Letters received and papers. From correspondents including G. F. Clayton, Sir Valentine Chirol, Sir Reginald Wingate, Anthony Marshall of the British Engineering Company of Russia and Siberia, W. A. Cockerell, Alwyn Parker, Austen Chamberlain, the Shrewsbury Conservative Association, Percy Loraine (including from Madrid, Apr 1917), W. Birdwood of the 1st Anzac Corps, Gertrude Bell, Aubrey [Herbert], and Leo Amery. On subjects including British commerce in the Middle East, events in India, Russia, Lloyd's career, domestic politics and the resignation of Austen Chamberlain. Also includes notes for speech at Chelsea Barracks [June 1918] and report on operations by 1st Anzac between 17 March and 13 May 1917.
1 file.

Jan 1917-July 1918

Gallipoli diary.
1 volume.

Mar 1915-Oct 1915

Pass to return to England on special duty. Found in GLLD 9/4.
1 item.

29 Sept 1915

Report on Balkan negotiations. Report by Lloyd containing: report, diary of negotiations, Sir Valentine Chirol's summary, and copies of telegrams sent by Sir Valentine Chirol during his mission to the Foreign Office.
1 file.

Aug 1915

Report on Mission to Russia. Report by Lloyd on mission to Russia regarding the interruption of Turkish coal supplies, and the negotiations he conducted there. 2 copies.
1 file.

23 Nov 1915

Correspondence and papers concerning Arabia. Correspondence includes copies of letters sent by Lloyd. With correspondents including General G. F. Clayton, Captain A. T. Wilson, Austen Chamberlain, Sir Percy Cox, Sir Henry MacMahon, and C. Wilson. Reports and memoranda by Lloyd on subjects including the Hejaz and the Arab revolt there, the visit of Shereef Hussein Ali to Jiddah, the Imperial Ottoman Bank, and enemy firms trading in Egypt. Also includes copies of communications between third parties, including letter from Sir Percy Cox in Basra [Iraq] to A. H. Grant with notes on economic situation in Gulf and Mesopotamian markets.
1 file.

Dec 1915-Dec 1916

Correspondence and papers concerning Arabia. Correspondence includes copies of letters sent by Lloyd. With correspondents including Sir Reginald Wingate, Lord Milner, and General C. F. Clayton. Includes letter to Lloyd from Abdel Melik El Khatib, with translation. Reports and memoranda on subjects including the Rabugh question, the Ottoman Bank at Jeddah and in the Hehaz, the Sherif of Mecca and 'The Arab Question', the future of Mesopotamia, and a report by Sir Mark Sykes on observations on Arabian policy following visits to Red Sea ports, the status of the Hejaz, 'the Jewish Palestinian question'. Also includes notes on a journey made by T. E. Lawrence from Wejh to El Shatt [May - July 1917], and copy of note by Lieutenant-Colonel Newcombe on a conversation with Sherif Faisal Fuad Bey Khatib. Also includes copies of communications between third parties, including telegrams to General Clayton and from the French Ambassador, M. Cambon, to Lord Robert Cecil.
1 file.

Jan 1917-July 1917

Correspondence and papers concerning Arabia.
1 file.

Aug 1917-Feb 1918

Diary of journey with T. E. Lawrence ['Lawrence of Arabia'] from Akaba [Aqaba] to El Jaffer. Diary of journey by camel, holding meetings with local leaders and carrying out some guerilla-style activities.
1 file.

24 Oct -31 Oct

Daily Intelligence Summaries.
1 file.

July 1917-Aug 1917

Letters from Lloyd on Eastern affairs, with some papers by him. Mostly on military and trade matters, especially relating to Turkey and Egypt, but also concerning Lloyds Bank expanding into Spain. Written from locations including Egypt. With correspondents including General Philip Howell, Leo Amery, Edward Chamberlayne, [Sir Valentine] Chirol, [Sir Richard] Vassar-Smith, 'Ewart' [Grogan], 'Sam' [Cockerell], [?] Dedes Bey, [C.] French, [General G. F.] Clayton, Sir George Fiddes, Walter Long, Sir Reginald Wingate, and the Prime Minister [David Lloyd-George, 21 Aug 1916]. Papers include 'Memorandum re the Turkish Campaign', and proposals to the Foreign Secretary [Arthur Balfour] regarding the organisation of trade in Egypt [30 Apr 1918]. Also includes some correspondence concerning domestic politics and the West Staffordshire constituency.
1 file.

1915–1918

Letters to Lloyd concerning his military career. Three letters concerning Lloyd's military career and concern to see action, and note of a telephone message that he has been selected for special service in Egypt.
1 file.

24 Sept 1914–16 Nov 1914

Account by E. G. T. Bullock of battle in Gallipoli campaign, and certificate that Lloyd came under shrapnel fire. Certificate in a Balkan language with translation, confirming that Lloyd came under German shrapnel fire at Semikovtse [24 ?Aug 1915], and three-page account by E. G. T. Bullock of the Dorset Regiment of battle during Gallipoli campaign, from their leaving Egypt to accounts of the dead and wounded [29 Aug 1915].
1 file.

1915

Letters to Lloyd. From correspondents including Ronald S[?, British Embassy, Cairo], Arthur Davidson, Stanley Reed [of the 'Times of India'], Mary McMahon [wife of the Ambassador to Egypt], Percy Loraine, General W. Birdwood, Sir Valentine Chirol, C. French, Sir Percy Cox, Austen Chamberlain, and Ewart Grogan [in Nairobi]. Also includes: letters to Blanche Lloyd from Sir Percy Loraine, General W. Birdwood, and [?L. J.] Maxie; press cuttings; small note by Lloyd of statistics; diploma conferring Russian award of Order of St Anne with Swords, and note fron Lloyd to Assistant Adjutant General, IEF [Indian Expeditionary Force], from Basra [Iraq] concerning his recent movements between Dardanelles, Russia, London, and Italy [30 May 1916].
1 file.

1916

List of persons in Constantinople [now Istanbul, Turkey] to be arrested or killed. With descriptions, and reasons why considered dangerous.
1 file.

c 1918