Miscellaneous letters and memoranda, 1909-1910
File
MS. Asquith 23
Held at the Weston Library
- (fol. 1) Papers concerning charges made by Admiral Lord Charles Beresford against the Admiralty, Oct. 1909, and open letters from him to Asquith about British naval defences, Sept. 1910
- (fol. 54) Memorandum by John Burns on the Housing and Town Planning Bill, Nov. 1909
- (fol. 58) Papers relating to the veto resolutions and the Parliament Bill, including dispatches to the King; memoranda by Sir Edward Grey and Winston Churchill (including the former's proffered resignation of Mar. 1910); drafts of statements in the House by Asquith; opinions on the feasibility of a referendum on the House of Lords question; letters about the Rosebery resolutions on House of Lords reform; papers concerning the Constitutional Conference (June-Nov. 1910), the dissolution of Nov. 1910, the proposals for the creation of peers, and the Bill itself in 1911, and other matters, Dec. 1909-[?Aug.] 1911
- (fol. 200) Telegrams concerning the date of the dissolution and first polling of the Jan. 1910 General Election, Dec. 1909
- (fol. 207) Papers relating to small land-holdings in Scotland sent by the Master of Elibank, Jan. 1910
- (fol. 258) Letters of Lords Morley and Wolverhampton about the latter's probable 'resignation', Feb.-Aug. 1910
- (fol. 266) A memorandum by Morley and another forwarded by Curzon arguing against the appointment of Lord Kitchener as Viceroy of India, June 1910
- (fol. 290) A memorandum by Sir Rufus Isaacs on the position of the Monarch with regard to taxation, June 1910
- (fol. 298) Two papers about the Osborne Judgment, one an account of a discussion on it by the Scottish Liberal Association conference, the other a letter by Pease enclosing a printed paper by Harold Storey about it, Oct. 1910
- (fol. 304) 'Memo. as to the advisability of receiving a Deputation on the Opium question from the Colonial point of view',? Oct. 1910
Dates
- 1909-1910
Extent
305 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Asquith 23
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk