| Description | Correspondence, copy correspondence and typescript transcripts of correspondence between Joseph Chamberlain and Sir William Vernon Harcourt [Sec of State for Home Affairs, 1880-1885; Chancellor of the Exchequer, Feb-Aug 1886, 1892-1895]; /1-119 comprises correspondence from Harcourt to Chamberlain, /120-226 comprises correspondence from Chamberlain to Harcourt, the correspondence is arranged chronologically within these sequences; it relates to domestic political matters including Board of Trade affairs, legislative reform, the provision of free education, the Liberal Party and William Gladstone's leadership, Irish affairs and related legislation; foreign affairs including Egypt, the 'Venezuelan Boundary Question', and South Africa; their political careers, and those of common associates; with telegraphic communications
Including /3-5 Correspondence from William Vernon Harcourt relating to the General Election campaign, 1879; /10-11 Correspondence from William Vernon Harcourt relating to his exclusion from the list of those to serve on Merchant Shipping Select Committee, with copy telegram from Samuel Plimsoll [MP and merchant shipping reformer] to Harcourt, 1880; /14-16 Correspondence from William Vernon Harcourt relating to Dover harbour plans, 1881; /24-17 Correspondence from William Vernon Harcourt relating to William Gladstone's possible retirement, and Liberal Party affairs, 1882-1883; /28 Letter from William Vernon Harcourt relating to appointments in the Bankruptcy Department [Board of Trade], 18 84; /31-35 Correspondence from William Vernon Harcourt relating to Liberal Party politics, Hartington [Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, 8th Duke of Devonshire: MP; Sec of State for War, 1882-1885] and William Gladstone [Prime Minister, 1880-1885], 1884; /39-42 Correspondence from William Vernon Harcourt relating to William Gladstone, his relations with Chamberlain, and Irish Home Rule, 1885-1886; /46-48 Correspondence from William Vernon Harcourt relating to Chamberlain's resignation from the Cabinet, and his relations with William Gladstone, 1886; /56-89 Correspondence from William Vernon Harcourt relating to matters including the Round Table Conference, with correspondence from William Gladstone to Harcourt, and from Loulou Lewis Harcourt [1st Viscount Harcourt: son of Sir William Vernon Harcourt] to Austen Chamberlain [son of Joseph Chamberlain], 1886-1889; /102-117 Correspondence and typescript transcripts of correspondence from William Vernon Harcourt relating to the 'Venezuelan Boundary Question', and South Africa, including report of the South African Committee [inquiry into Jameson Raid] and its criticisms of Cecil Rhodes, 1886-1897; /138 Typescript transcript of letter from Joseph Chamberlain relating to Egypt, with typescript transcript of memorandum, 1882; /140-143 Typescript transcript of letter from Joseph Chamberlain relating to his proposal to resign Presidency of the Board of Trade to aid Charles Wentworth Dilke [MP; Under-Sec of State for Foreign Affairs, 1880-1882; President of the Local Government Board, 1882-1885], 1882; /147-152 Typescript transcripts of correspondence from Joseph Chamberlain relating to General Election campaign, and the Liberal Party manifesto, 1885; /153-155 Typescript transcripts of correspondence from Joseph Chamberlain relating to proposal to appoint Jesse Collings [MP and friend of Joseph Chamberlain] to Sec of Local Government Board on reduced salary, 1886; /156-162 Typescript transcripts of correspondence from Joseph Chamberlain relating to intransigency of William Gladstone on Irish Home Rule policy, the divisive effects on the Liberal Party, and the General Election, 1886; /167-193 Copy correspondence and typescript transcripts of correspondence from Joseph Chamberlain relating to the Round Table Conference, his relationship with Gladstone, and other Liberal politicians, 1886-1887; /195-195 Copy letter from Joseph Chamberlain relating to release of Charles S. Parnell [Irish politician] from Kilmainham Gaol, with memorandum by Chamberlain, 1888; /214 Typescript transcript of letter from Joseph Chamberlain relating to Harcourt's election defeat at Derby, 1895; /215 Copy letter from Joseph Chamberlain relating to the 'Venezuelan Boundary Question', with typescript transcript of letter, 1896; /216-226 Copy correspondence and typescript transcript of correspondence from Joseph Chamberlain relating to development of Transvaal Crisis, and the South African Committee, with typescript transcript of letter from P. W. J. Lloyd to Harcourt, 1896-1897 |