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Letters to Chancellor, 1928-1941

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Comprises:

  1. (fols. 1-3) two letters from Sir James Currie about Lord Radnor's visit to Chancellor, 9 Jan, 21 Mar 1928
  2. (fols. 4-6) from Sir Samuel Wilson, about Chancellor's decision to go on leave and not return to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); about Grigg and plans for closer union in East Africa, and his own problems at the Colonial Office, 17 Jan 1928
  3. (fols. 7-11) two letters from Lord Allenby about visiting Chancellor, 27 Jan, 3 Feb 1928
  4. (fols. 12-16) from Lady Muriel Paget (mother-in-law of Chancellor's son Christopher), giving an account of her activities in New York, 8 Feb 1928
  5. (fols. 17-19) from Sir Edward Harding, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for the Dominions, about the value of Chancellor's quarterly reports, 13 Feb 1928
  6. (fols. 20-29) from Wilson, about Plumer's probable retirement from Palestine; the East African (Hilton Young) Commission, with references to Grigg; and the new Governors' Pensions Bill, with a copy of the Buxton Report attached, 26 Mar 1928
  7. (fols. 30-31) from Kerr, with references to the Commission and Grigg, 28 Mar 1928
  8. (fols. 32-35) from Grigg, about the Commission, giving his own views that white settlers should accept more responsibility for the welfare and progress of indigenous communities, 29 Mar 1928
  9. (fols. 36-43) from Birchenough, chiefly about railway matters. There are references to Colonel Robins, Manager of the British South Africa Company, Downie, Newton, Chaplin, Moffat, Bisset, Grigg, Malcolm, and Beit, 17 Apr 1928
  10. (fols. 44-64) letters about Chancellor's retirement from Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), expressing appreciation of his work as Governor, from John Martin, the Central Mining and Investment Corporation, Ltd.; James Dalton, a pioneer settler; H.M.G. Jackson, Chief Native Commissioner; Mrs E. Tawse Jollie, Member of the Legislative Assembly; Malcolm; and Major R. Gordon, 24 Apr-9 Jul 1928
  11. (fols. 65-66) from Moffat, Premier of Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), about Amery's choice of a successor to Chancellor, to be made after the publication of the Hilton Young Report, 20 Jul 1928
  12. (fols. 67-68) from Rev. M.I. Cohen, Minister of Bulawayo Hebrew Congregation, about Chancellor's appointment to Palestine, 24 Jul 1928
  13. (fols. 69-71) two letters from Lugard about Chancellor's views on Kenya, which coincided with his own, 5 Aug, 12 Sep 1928
  14. (fols. 72-74) from Birchenough about the appointment of Sir Cecil Rodwell to succeed Chancellor, 10 Aug 1928
  15. (fol. 75) from G.E.P. Broderick, Principal of Domboshawa School, Salisbury (Harare), thanking Chancellor for the challenge cup presented by him, 12 Aug 1928
  16. (fols. 76-78) from Moffat, about Rodwell's appointment, and about Rhodesian (Zimbabwean) tobacco, 14 Aug 1928
  17. (fols. 79-87) from Rev. Shogun Sakai, Tokyo, and H. de Beer, Bulawayo, about Chancellor's appointment to Palestine, 20 and 21 Aug 1928
  18. (fols. 88-89) from Birchenough about Moffat's 'pusillanimous' leadership, 31 Aug 1928
  19. (fols. 90-96) from Moffat and Downie, about changes in the House of Assembly, 6 and 19 Nov 1928
  20. (fols. 97-101) from F.C. Goodenough, Chairman of Barclays Bank, with a preliminary memorandum on the proposals for the establishment of a Hall of Residence in London for Dominion students, 22 Nov 1928
  21. (fols. 102-123) letters from various friends commenting on the new Governor, Rodwell, and criticising Moffat's weak handling of the railway strike. Correspondents include Major William Addison of the Rhodesia Herald, Birchenough Tony Combe, a farmer, J.G. McDonald (referring also to farming, tobacco, and copper developments in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia)), Newton, and C.E. Wells (referring also to a statue of Rhodes to be erected in Salisbury (Harare)), 25 Dec 1928-11 Aug 1929
  22. (fols. 124-125) from Major H.N. Jackson, D.C., Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), about the Native Land Bill, 10 Jul 1930
  23. (fols. 126-129) from Rev. Robert Grinham, Ruzawi School (see MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 284/7 (2), folder 5, fols. 100-110) about benefactions from the Beit Trust, and the reconstitution of the school with a Board of Governors, 19 Oct 1930
  24. (fols. 130-135) three letters from Norman Jamieson, asking for Chancellor's help in tracing his grandfather's birthplace, 27 Sep, 18 Oct 1932
  25. (fols. 136-139) from James Struthers about the Beit Trust, giving Birchenough's views on Sir Alfred Beit, 22 Oct 1939
  26. (fols. 140-142) from Grinham about naming a dormitory after Chancellor, and giving news of the school, 5 Dec 1940, 28 Mar 1941.

Dates

  • Creation: 1928-1941

Extent

142 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 284/8 (2), folder 4

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