Letters, memoranda, and other papers (in some cases copies) by Asquith, 1892-1927
File
MS. Asquith 46
Held at the Weston Library
(fols. 1-160) Letters, memoranda, and other papers. The more important items are:
- (fols.9, 36) two letters addressed to Rosebery, 1899 and 1909
- (fol. 14) one to Campbell-Bannerman regarding a resolution on South Africa, 1902
- (fol. 18A) an exchange of notes in Latin with Morley
- (fol. 25) a letter criticising the King's action in making the Czar an honorary Admiral of the Fleet without consulting the government, 1908
- (fol. 39) memoranda of two conversations with the King regarding a January (1910) dissolution, 1909
- (fol. 51) a letter to Balfour on the Parliament Bill, 1911
- (fol. 54) some notes on proportional representation, with printed materials, 1912
- (fol. 88) a paper headed 'Suggested agenda' (presumably for the Buckingham Palace Conference, 1914)
- (fol. 95) copy of telegram to Churchill at Antwerp, 1914
- (fol. 97) a letter to Lord Aberdeen suggesting his retirement from the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland, 1914, and a related letter to Lady Aberdeen
- (fol. 101) an undated memorandum stating that the Western Front is to be regarded as the dominant theatre of the war
- (fol. 102) two letters to Sir John French, Nov.1914, June 1915
- (fol. 109) a letter to Churchill about the latter's visit to the Dardanelles, July 1915
- (fol. 113) a letter to Kitchener about the General Staff, Sept. 1915
- (fol. 120) a memorandum on Mesopotamia, Oct. 1915
- (fols. 128-9) a forecast of the course of the war in 1916 by Kitchener (2 copies, both in Asquith's hand)
- (fols. 132-9) notes of a conversation with Lord Reading on the possibility of Asquith's joining the government, 1917
- (fol. 148) a series of typed copies of letters to W.M.R. Pringle, 1920-27, the most important of which deals with the political situation at the beginning of 1924
with (fols. 161-223) Typewritten copies of letters of Asquith to Lord Crewe (with copies of some of Crewe to Asquith and also of enclosures), Mar. 1906-Aug. 1918. Includes also copies of telegrams between Crewe and E.S. Montagu, Jan.-Feb. 1913. (All these copies are on numbered pages. There is no page 38.)
Dates
- 1892-1927
Extent
223 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Asquith 46
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk