| Description | Miscellaneous typescript and manuscript correspondence; including notes and miscellanea; mainly arranged alphabetically by surname; may contain copy correspondence, dictation and extracts; contains one letter in French; relating to House of Commons, Private Procedure Agreements, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, coal strike, Labour Party, Washington Conference, appointment to Office of Works, congratulations on becoming Leader of the House of Commons, Anglo-French relations, Anti-Dumping Bill, political situation in America, Trade Disputes and Secret Ballot, separation from Coalition, expense of airship display, Anti-Waste Resolution, selection of Chancellor of Exchequer to succeed Austen Chamberlain, appointment of Parl. Charity Commissioner, Air Minister, Ministry of Transport, incident on Joseph Chamberlain's [Rt. Hon. Joseph Austin; father of Austen Chamberlain] tour of S. Africa, Parliamentary Representation Central Control Board, appointment of Whips, Honours, Unemployment, etc; including newspaper cutting relating to control of government staffs by permanent supervision; 1921
Correspondents: Herbert Henry Asquith [1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, Prime Minister, 1908-1916, and various other political offices], Thomas Gilson Bowles, James Campbell, Robert Cecil, Sidney Colvin, Crawford and Balcarres Lord, 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, Eric Geddes, [Lt-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir] John Gilmour [Junior Lord of the Treasury, 1921-1922; Scottish Unionist Whip, 1919-1922 and 1924], John Gretton [1st Baron Gretton; MP], F. E. Guest, [Maurice Pascal Alers] Hankey [1st Baron of The Chart; Cabinet, 1919-1938, and Clerk of the Privy Council, 1923-1938], [Commander Oliver Stillingfleet] Locker-Lampson [Parliamentary Private Secretary to Leader of the House, and Lord Privy Seal, 1921], Lansdowne, Rt. Hon. Andrew Bonar Law [Leader of Unionist Party, 1911-1921 (resigned); Leader of the House of Commons, 1916-1921 (resigned); Lord Privy Seal, 1919-1921 (resigned)], David Lloyd George [1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, 1916-1922],Londonderry, Walter Hume Long [1st Viscount Long of Wraxal; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1919-1921], Herbert Nield, [William Robert Wellesley] Peel [1st Earl Peel; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1921-1922; Minister of Transport, 1921-1922], Pilditch, Reading, Comte du St. Aulaire, [Shortt], Samuel [John Gurney] Hoare [1st Viscount Templewood of Chelsea; MP; various political offices], Edmund Talbot, Leslie Wilson [Joint Parliamentary Secretary], Austen Chamberlain [acting as Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1919-1921, Leader of the House and Lord Privy Seal, 1921-1922] and others |