| Description | Printed, typescript and manuscript correspondence, memoranda and miscellanea; arranged alphabetically by surname; may contain copy correspondence, extracts and dictation; relating to Finance and First World War, etc, 1914-1918
Correspondents: Balfour of Burleigh, Arthur T. Boulton, John Bradbury, Stanley Buckmaster, [Rt. Hon. Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer)] Churchill [First Lord of the Admty, 1911-1915; Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster, 1915; Minister of Munitions, 1917], A. C. Cole, Edward Grey [1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1905-1916], L. N. Guille[m]ard, [H. A.] Gwynne [editor of the 'Morning Post', 1911-1937], [Rt. Hon. Frederick] Leverton Harris [MP], Hopwood, W. Koch, Rt. Hon. Andrew Bonar Law [Leader of Opposition in House of Commons, 1911-1915; Leader of Unionist Party, 1911-1921 (resigned); Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1915-1916; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1916-1918; Leader of the House of Commons, 1916-1921 (resigned); Member of the War Cabinet, 1916-1919], David Lloyd George [1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1908-1915; Minister of Munitions, 1915-1916; Secretary of State for War, 1916; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, 1916-1922], Holden, Sir Bernard Mallet [Registrar-General, England, 1909-1920], Midleton, Montegu, Arthur [Raffalovich], Revelstoke, St. Aldwyn, Austen Chamberlain [acting as Secretary of State for India, 1915-1917] and others
Includes: /6 Newspaper cutting relating to Birmingham Jewellery Trade; /12-/13 Manuscript letter and typescript memorandum on economic precautions against Germany after War by Lord Gransville, 1915; /18-21 Typescript and manuscript correspondence and telegram from Leverton Harris to Chamberlain relating to confiscation of German property in British Empire by way of reprisal, 1915; /22-/23 Typewritten letter and notes relating to Sir Edward Holden's scheme in connection with American Exchange, 1915; /27-/28 Manuscript and typescript correspondence of Lloyd George and Holden relating to melting of sovereigns by Birmingham Jewellery Trade, 1914; /38-/46 Manuscript and typescript correspondence and memoranda of Earl St. Aldwyn relating to Cabinet Committee on War Finance, American Exchange currency, etc, 1914-1915; /47-/51 Printed and typescript miscellanea including memoranda on transfer of enemy vessels lying in neutral ports, loans to members of Stock Exchange, National Debt, etc, 1914-1915 |