| Description | Printed, typescript and manuscript correspondence, notes and miscellanea; mainly arranged chronologically; may contain copy correspondence, extracts and drafts; relating to appointment of successor to Montegu and subsequent acceptance of office of Secretary of State for India by Peel , 1922
Correspondents: George Curzon [1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston; Leader of the House of Lords, 1916-1924; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1919-1924; various other political offices], Derby, Devonshire, Arthur John Bigge [1st Baron Stamfordham; Private Secretary to Queen Victoria, 1895-1901, and to Prince of Wales, 1901-1910], David Lloyd George [1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, 1916-1922], [William Robert Wellesley] Peel [1st Earl Peel; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1921-1922; Minister of Transport, 1921-1922; Secretary of State for India, 1922-1924 and 1928-1929], Austen Chamberlain [acting as Leader of the House and Lord Privy Seal] and others
Includes: /1 Typescript extract of statement made by Curzon [in House of Lords, relating to reply to Montegu's resignation]; /5-/6 Typescript letters from Derby to Chamberlain declining offer of office; /7-/9 Typescript and manuscript correspondence between Devonshire and Chamberlain relating to offer of office and subsequent rejection by Devonshire; /12-15 Typescript and transcript correspondence between LLoyd George and Austen Chamberlain relating to candidates for office; /16-/25 Manuscript and typescript correspondence of Peel, Chamberlain and others, relating to Peel's acceptance of appointment, reactions to appointment, and subsequent resignation by Peel of Chancellorship of Duchy and Lancaster |