| Description | Correspondence, copy correspondence, transcripts and typescript transcripts of correspondence between Joseph Chamberlain and Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke [MP; Under-Sec of State for Foreign Affairs, 1880-1882; President of the Local Government Board, 1882-1885; Chairman of the Royal Commission on Working-Class Housing, 1884-1885]; /1-275 comprises correspondence from Dilke to Chamberlain, /276-565 comprises correspondence from Chamberlain to Dilke, the correspondence is arranged chronologically within these sequences; it relates to domestic politics including legislative reform [Eight Hours, Redistribution of Seats, and Artisans' Dwellings Bills], Irish Home Rule and related legislation, the Liberal Party and William Gladstone's leadership, Parliamentary campaigns and elections; foreign affairs including Egypt, West and South Africa; the development of their political careers; and personal matters, including Dilke's citation as co-respondent in a divorce suit; with press cuttings
Including /3 Letter from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke inviting Chamberlain to chair a conference on Parliamentary reform, 1872; /13-17 Correspondence from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to the formation of the new Cabinet following the General Election, 1880; /19 Letter from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to the value of his friendship with Chamberlain, 1881; /22-27 Correspondence from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to current foreign affairs, including the 'Borneo Charter', 1881; /30-31 Correspondence from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to complaint made by Queen Victoria concerning his conduct, 1882; /36 Letter from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to Egyptian and Turkish affairs, 1882; /39-47 Correspondence from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to hostility of Queen Victoria towards him, and her desires to frustrate his career prospects, 1882; /68-81 Correspondence from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to Redistribution of Seats Bill, with correspondence from Arthur Arnold to Dilke, and portion of letter from Henry Hartley Fowler [1st Viscount Wolverhampton: MP; Under Sec Home Department, 1884-1886] to John Morley [Viscount Morley of Blackburn: MP], 1884; /90-96 Correspondence from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to question of royal dowry for marriage of Princess Beatrice, 1885; /114-115 Correspondence from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to Khartoum, 1885; /129 Letter from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to his marriage to Emilia Pattison [nee Strong], and general matters, 1885; /148-159 Correspondence from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to the General Election, and the establishment of the Tory administration, 1885; /168-173 Correspondence from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to Dilke's anxieties concerning the strains his personal life have put on his friendship with Chamberlain, 1886; /175-180 Correspondence from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to Irish affairs and related legislation, 1886; /185 Letter from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to the progress of the Crawford divorce suit [proceedings in which Dilke was cited as co-respondent], 1886; /187-190 Correspondence from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to his anxiety and fatigue concerning the Crawford divorce suit and its development, 1886; /205-207 Correspondence from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to his possible candidacy at Fulham, 1888; /209-211 Letter from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke [whilst on vacation in Cairo] providing an account of his meeting with Sir Evelyn Baring [1st Earl of Cromer: Agent and Consul General in Egypt, 1883-1907] and the Khedive, and their discussion of Henry Morton Stanley [African explorer] and the rumour that he had joined the Mahdists, 1888; /240-241 Correspondence from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to foreign affairs, including Anglo-Egyptian affairs, 1891; /244-245 Correspondence from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to the 'Eight Hours question', 1892; /261-264 Correspondence from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to franchise reform [Redistribution of Seats Bill], 1894-1895; /267-273 Correspondence from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke relating to foreign affairs including South Africa, West African regions, the Niger Company, and Newfoundland, with letter from A. W. Harvey to Dilke, 1896-1898; /292-293 Typescript transcripts of correspondence from Joseph Chamberlain relating to the possibility of their appointment to William Gladstone's Cabinet, 1880; /355-356 Typescript transcripts of correspondence from Joseph Chamberlain relating to Artisans' Dwellings Act, 1883; /418-430 Typescript transcripts of correspondence from Joseph Chamberlain relating to the General Election, the Liberal Party, William Gladstone's leadership, Irish affairs, and a meeting between Chamberlain and Cardinal Henry Edward Manning to discuss Irish Home Rule, 1885; /493 Typescript transcript of letter from Joseph Chamberlain relating to the General Election, 1886; /494-501 Typescript transcripts of correspondence from Joseph Chamberlain relating to development of the Crawford divorce suit 1886; /514-517 Typescript transcripts of correspondence from Joseph Chamberlain relating to the Washington Fishery Conference, 1887; /524-526 Typescript transcripts of correspondence from Joseph Chamberlain relating to possibility of position for Dilke on the London County Council, 1888; /536-537 Typescript transcripts of correspondence from Joseph Chamberlain relating to considerations of the Royal Grants Committee, 1889 |