Box 606754372
Container
Contains 105 Results:
Manuscript review of Statesman & Diplomatists: IV. Sir E. Grey, by A. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, about Grey's attitude to Germany's friendly overtures in 1906, 5 Apr 1910
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 1, fol. 5
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
5 Apr 1910
Unsigned letter and notes about the Foreign Office and Diplomatic Service, annotated, 26 Jan [?]
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 1, fols. 6-10
Extents: 5 Leaves
Dates:
26 Jan [?]
Two letters from David Lloyd George to Buxton about conditions in parishes in the south of England [Land Inquiry Committee], 14 Mar 1912
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 1, fols. 11-15
Extents: 5 Leaves
Dates:
14 Mar 1912
The Times leader pages about the outbreak of war and Sir Edward Grey's speech in the House on 3 Aug, 22-23 Sep 1912
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 1, fols. 16-17
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
22-23 Sep 1912
Three manuscript memoranda by Buxton, on events that led up to the War and its causes, 1-4 Aug 1914
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 1, fols. 18-26
Extents: 9 Leaves
Dates:
1-4 Aug 1914
Manuscript copy of MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 1, fols. 22-24 with note about circulating it, 5-21 Aug 1914
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 1, fols. 27-29
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates:
5-21 Aug 1914
Copy of letter from Buxton to Victoria de Bunsen about ways in which war could have been avoided and the private circulation of a letter about working for a fair settlement, and extract from one to his wife, 10 Aug 1914
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 1, fols. 30-31
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
10 Aug 1914
Cutting from the Morning Post about Sir M. de Bunsen's despatch to Sir Edward Grey, respecting the rupture of diplomatic relations with the Austro-Hungarian Government, 21 Aug-5 Oct 1914
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 1, fol. 32
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
21 Aug-5 Oct 1914
Copy of letter from Buxton in Bucharest, and of one from Lord Bryce to Noel Buxton, about the Balkan situation, 17 Sep 1914
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 1, fols. 33-36
Extents: 4 Leaves
Dates:
17 Sep 1914
Cutting from the Hackney Spectator on 'Mr Buxton's Patriotic Mission', 5 Oct 1914, n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 1, fol. 37
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
5 Oct 1914, n.d.
Letter to the Editor, Manchester Guardian, headed 'A Parallel from the Crimean War' and quoting from the autobiography of the Duke of Argyll, 11 Dec 1914
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 1, fols. 38-40
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates:
11 Dec 1914
Copy of letter from the Prime Minister, H.H. Asquith, to Buxton about 'valuable' notes he had sent him [Report on the Land Enquiry], 29 Jan 1915
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 2, fol. 1
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
29 Jan 1915
Correspondence, with note by Buxton attached: 'Letters re my 'Notes on the Present Situation' ... I sent to some members of the Government and to some swells to see if they wd sign it', 3 June 1915-16 Oct 1916
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 2, fols. 2-16
See MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 2, fols. 17-20 for 'Notes on the Present Situation'. Correspondents include:
Walter Runciman
R. McKenna
the Archbishop of York (Cosmo Lang)
the Bishop of Oxford
the Archbishop of Canterbury (R.T. Davidson)
Edward Winton
J. Estlin Carpenter
...
Extents: 15 Leaves
Dates:
3 June 1915-16 Oct 1916
'Notes on the Present Situation': printed memorandum by Buxton, on (I) The Object of the War, and (II) German 'Feelers' regarding Peace Terms, 21 Jun 1915
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 2, fols. 17-20
Extents: 4 Leaves
Dates:
21 Jun 1915
'The War and the Workers', by G. Lewes Dickinson, reprinted from the Daily Herald, n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 2, fol. 21
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
n.d.
Account by Noel Buxton of a dinner party to meet the Bulgarian representative, Mintoff, at which Lloyd George and other British political leaders were present, Jun 1915
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 2, fols. 22-24
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
Jun 1915
Letters from Robert Dell, in Paris, (1) to Mrs Buxton, and (2) to C.R. Buxton, about the military situation and internal condition of France, 19, 23 Jul 1915
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 2, fols. 25-35
Extents: 11 Leaves
Dates:
19, 23 Jul 1915
Draft of notes on peace terms, headed 'To accompany Notes on the Settlement of the War', Jul 1915
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 2, fols. 36-38
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates:
Jul 1915
Letters commenting on Notes by Buxton [on the settlement of the War] from Lord Courtney of Penwith, Lord Loreburn, Maurice de Bunsen, and R.D. Denman, 14 Sep-12 Oct 1915
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 2, fols. 39-47
Extents: 9 Leaves
Dates:
14 Sep-12 Oct 1915
Letter from C.K. Ogden, Editor, The Cambridge Magazine, about the printing and circulation of certain papers, n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 405/1, folder 2, fol. 48
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
n.d.