| Description | Correspondence between Joseph Chamberlain and his political colleagues, fellow Board of Trade and Colonial Office officials relating to requests for his assistance in a variety of matters including nominations for award of honours and official appointments
Including /3 Letter from Lord Beauchamp [William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp] relating to selection of County Aldermen, 1889; /5 Correspondence of Joseph Chamberlain relating to request for assistance by Rev. Arthur Mursell for his nephew who is involved in a fraud case, 1889; /14 Letter from Edward Stanhope [War Office] relating to award of C. B. to volunteers, 1892; /16 Letter from John Holder thanking Chamberlain for forwarding his name for award of baronetcy, 1897; /18 Letter from Lord Lansdowne [Henry Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne: Sec of State for War, 1895-1900] relating to appointment of Sir Francis Grenfell to Governorship of Malta, 1898 |