| Description | Correspondence, copy correspondence and typescript transcripts of correspondence between Joseph Chamberlain and the Duke of Devonshire [Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, 8th Duke of Devonshire: MP; Chief Sec for Ireland, 1870-74; Sec of State for India, 1880-1882; Sec of State for War, 1882-1885; President of the Privy Council, 1895-1903]; /1-109 comprises correspondence from Devonshire to Chamberlain, and /110-158 comprises correspondence from Chamberlain to Devonshire, the correspondence is arranged chronologically within these sequences; it relates to domestic political matters including the Liberal Party, William Gladstone's leadership and the crisis of 1886, the Liberal Unionist Alliance, Irish affairs [including Home Rule and related legislation], legislative reform [including the Parish Councils, Employers' Liability and Small Dwellings Bills, education, and the Colonial Office]; foreign affairs including Egypt and South Africa; and personal matters concerning common associates and family; with memoranda
Including /1 Letter from Hartington relating to meeting at Reform Club and possibility of Chamberlain and Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke [Under-Sec of State Foreign Affairs, 1880-1882; President Local Government Board, 1882-1885] resigning their posts in William Gladstone's Government, 1882; /3-20 Correspondence from Hartington relating to the Home Rule crisis of 1886 including the Second Reading of the Home Rule Bill, Land Purchase legislation and the activities of Charles S. Parnell [Irish politician] and Capt. William O'Shea [Irish politician], William Gladstone's intransigency, and the 1886 General Election, 1886; /21-22 Correspondence from Hartington relating to proposals for the Round Table Conference, 1887; /40 Letter from Hartington relating to arrangements for the funeral of John Bright MP, 1889; /49-51 Correspondence from Hartington relating to Land Purchase Bill, 1890; /55-57 Correspondence from Hartington relating to work of the Charity Commission and the 'Dauntsey Charity Scheme', 1891; /58-60 Correspondence from Hartington relating to the candidacy of Victor Cavendish [brother of Hartington] for Derby constituency, 1891; /64-65 Correspondence from Hartington relating to the death of his father [Victor Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire], and question of who should assume leadership of the Liberal Unionists, 1891; /73-74 Correspondence from the Duke of Devonshire relating to Employers' Liability Bill and current affairs, 1893; /76-78 Correspondence from the Duke of Devonshire relating to Parish Councils Bill, 1894; /82 Letter from the Duke of Devonshire relating to Evicted Tenants Bill, 1894; /89-90 Correspondence from the Duke of Devonshire relating to Leamington election, 1895; /95 Letter from the Duke of Devonshire relating to Hong Kong and Gibraltar, 1895; /100-101 Correspondence from the Duke of Devonshire relating to proposals for Colonial Conference, and general colonial relations, 1897; /102 Letter from the Duke of Devonshire relating to nomination of Prof. William Augustus Tilden for post of Provost at Mason College, Birmingham, 1897; /105 Letter from the Duke of Devonshire relating to implementation of Small Dwellings Bill, and the South African crisis, 1899; /144 Copy letter from Joseph Chamberlain relating to provision of higher education in Ireland, with typescript transcript, 1889; /152 Typescript transcript of letter from Joseph Chamberlain relating to candidacy of Hartington's nephew, 1891; /154-156 Memoranda by Joseph Chamberlain relating to Employers Liability and District Councils Bills, and related social reform, with copy letter from Joseph Chamberlain relating to the Liberal Unionist Alliance, 1894-1895 |