South and East Africa

Title

South and East Africa

Shelfmark

MS. Eng. c. 7353

Summary

Correspondence and papers relating to the Jameson Raid, 1897-1920, n.d. Includes letters from

(fol. 117) James Bryce, later Viscount Bryce, 1907

(fols. 1-2) Joseph Chamberlain, 1897

(fols. 3-4) William Jackson, later 1st Baron Allerton, 1897

(fol. 119) Lewis Harcourt, later 1st Viscount Harcourt, 1911

(fol. 122) Sir Leander Starr Jameson, Baronet, n.d

(fol. 118) Sir George Herbert Murray re a pension for Sir Graham Bower, 1910

(fol. 121) Charles Thomson Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie, n.d.

as well as papers including

(fols. 5-14) Rejected draft report on the Jameson raid by the Select Committee on British South Africa, 1897

(fols. 15-116) Narrative account of the Jameson raid by Sir Graham Bower, 1906

General correspondence and papers relating to South and East Africa, 1906-14, 1924, 1927, 1931, 1935, n.d. Includes letters from

(fols. 195-6) Herbert Henry Asquith, later 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, 1908

(fol. 327) Sir Herbert Baker, n.d.

(fol. 264) Thomas Brassey, later 1st Earl Brassey, 1910

(fols. 123-189 passim) Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, 1906-8

(fols. 126, 199-261 passim) Robert Crewe-Milnes, later Marquess of Crewe, 1906, 1908-10

(fols. 320-1) Geoffrey Dawson, editor of The Times, with (fols. 317-19) copy of a letter from Hopwood to Dawson, 1935

(fols. 192, 206) John Henry De Villiers, later 1st Baron de Villiers of Wynberg, 1908-9

(fol. 127) Sir George Herbert Farrar, Baronet, n.d.

(fols. 211-329 passim) Herbert John Gladstone, Viscount Gladstone, mainly concerning arrangements for his tenure as Governor-general of South Africa, 1909-11, 1914, n.d.

(fol. 209) Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, 1909

(fol. 311) Sir Henry Rider Haggard, 1924

(fols. 133-5, 140-1) Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson, 1906

(fols. 219-21, 236-7, 244, 262, 330-1) Francis Hopwood, later 1st Baron Southborough, 1910, n.d.

(fols. 323-5) Sir Leander Starr Jameson, n.d

(fol. 145) James Lyle Mackay, later 1st Earl of Inchcape, 1906

(fols. 215, 303-4) Sir George Herbert Murray, 1910-12

(fol. 263) Vaughan Nash, 1910

(fols. 129-267 passim) William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne, 1906-10

(fols. 148, 161-2) Sir Joseph West Ridgeway, 1906-7

(fols. 306-7) John Edward Seely, later 1st Baron Mottistone, 1913

(fols. 128, 136, 138, 147, 217, 231, 305, 328) Sir Richard Solomon, c.1906, 1910, 1913, n.d.

(fols. 312-13) Valangiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Sastri, 1927

(fols.314-16) George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon, 1931

(fol. 149) Robert George Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth, 1907

with (fol. 144) Satirical cartoon entitled 'The "National" Arms', Rand Daily Mail, 12 Oct. 1906.

Correspondence and papers relating to Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught's visit to South Africa, 1909-11. Includes letters from

(fol. 339) Robert Crewe-Milnes, later Marquess of Crewe, 1910

(fol. 358) Herbert John Gladstone, Viscount Gladstone, 1910

(fol. 336) Sir Richard Solomon, c.1909

(fols. 364-6) Edward D. Williams, of Freetown, letter seeking work, 1910

as well as papers including

(fols. 337-8) Specification of the royal train, c.1909

(fols. 341-3) List of honours to be given in association with royal tour, 1910

(fols. 340, 349-57) Speeches, including drafts, to be given by the Duke of Connaught, including (fols. 396-7) a parody, by Sir Cecil Hunter Rodwell of a speech written by Hopwood [n.d.], 1910

(fols. 347-8, 359-63) Itineraries, engagement lists, and menus for royal tour, 1910

(fol. 367) Lines from the poem 'The Silent Army' by Rudyard Kipling, sent to the Duke of Connaught during the tour, 1910

(fols. 368-81) Draft of 'The Balmoral Castle Gazette' (with photographs), including a mock examination paper on the royal tour written by Hopwood, 1910

(fols. 382-95) Pamphlet concerning fraudulent management of the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company, with a chapter on Francis Hopwood's involvement in the royal tour of South Africa, 1911

Date

1897-1935

Language

English

Physical extent

401 Leaves