The volume contains the following items:
G173/24/1, Table of examination results in Diplomatic Service including Viscount Cranley, 8 May 1900
G173/24/2, Letter to Cranley from George R. Clerk, British Agency, Addis Ababa, on personal matters, 7 Nov 1901
G173/24/3, Exam. in Public Law result: Cranley successful, 26 Nov 1903
G173/24/4, Personal letter to Cranley from Sir A. Nicolson, Tangier, 10 Jan 1904
G173/24/5, Notice of appointment of Cranley as 3rd Secretary in St. Petersburg [Russia], 15 Jan 1904
G173/24/6, Personal letter to Cranley from Oliver Howard, 20 Feb 1904
G173/24/7, Personal letter to Cranley from F.C. Bentinck, 15 April 1904
G173/24/8, Letter to Cranley from George R. Clerk, Addis Ababa, on foreign affairs, 21 May 1904
G173/24/9, Memorandum of conversation [by Cranley] with M. Komarff re Suez Canal proposals, 28 July 1904
G173/24/10, Letter to Cranley from St. John Brodrick re Tibet and personal matters, 8 Sep 1904
G173/24/11, Letter to Cranley from J.S. Harrington, Addis Ababa, re foreign affairs and personal, 8 Sep 1904
G173/24/12, Translation of petition to Your Majesty [Czar] from working men and inhabitants of St. Petersburg, [Russia], [22 Jan 1905], 6 pp., 1905
G173/24/13, Letter to Cranley from St. John Brodrick on Russo-Japanese War, etc., 22 Feb 1905
G173/24/14, Letter to Cranley from Sir Edmund Wyldbore-Smith, Tangier, on coming conference and other N. African affairs, 3 Aug 1905
G173/24/15, Letter to Cranley from Alfred Irwin on Tangier Conference and other diplomatic matters, 23 Aug 1905
G173/24/16, Letter to Cranley from St. John Brodrick on Russo-Japanese War, India, etc., 31 Aug 1905
G173/24/17, Letter to Cranley from T.H. Sanderson on appalling news from Russia [Russo-Japanese War], 27 Nov 1905
G173/24/18, Personal letter to Cranley from Oliver ? Howard, Zeim, with references to diplomatic matters, 11 Dec 1905
G173/24/19, Letter to Cranley from St. John Brodrick on Conservative general election defeat, 28 Jan 1906
G173/24/20, Covering letter from Guildford Corporation to gift to Cranley on his marriage, nd [1906]
G173/24/21, Letter to Cranley from Henry Cubitt, Dorking, suggesting Cranley's appointment as J.P., 9 May 1906
G173/24/22-3, Letters to Cranley from Bernard Pares, St. Petersburg on political developments in Russia, 1 June 1906, 9 June 1906 and 12 June 1906 and list [? by Bernard Pares for Cranley] of Russian politicians, 13 pp. and cadets, 3 pp., 1906
G173/24/24, Letter to Cranley from H.M. Grove, Moscow, on political affairs there, 22 June 1906
G173/24/25, Letter to Cranley from P. Stevens, Batoum, re missing Briton in Caucasus area, 25 June 1906
G173/24/26, Letter to Cranley from B. Pares, political matters, 3 July 1906
G173/24/27, Letter to Cranley from C.J. Cooke re political affairs in ? Finland, 11 July 1906
G173/24/28, Letter to Cranley from H.M. Grove, Moscow, political affairs, 11 July 1906
G173/24/29, Letter to Cranley from H.P. Smith, Kieff, on possible general uprising of peasantry, 13 July 1906
G173/24/30a, Letter to Cranley from V.H.C. Bosanquet, Nicolaiev, little information about political situation in S. Russia, 13 July 1906
G173/24/30b, Letter to Cranley from C.J. Cooke, Moscow, tense situation, 21 July 1906
G173/24/31, Letter to Cranley from C.J. Cooke, Moscow, political situation, 21-24 July 1906
G173/24/32, Letter to Cranley from V.H.C. Bosanquet, Vice-consulate, Nicolaiev, re possible pogrom and disturbances, 27 July 1906
G173/24/33, Letter to Cranley from C.J. Cooke reporting on situation in Moscow, 25 July 1906
G173/24/34, Personal letter to Cranley from Cecil Spring-Rice, Ullswater, with political comments, 25 July 1906
G173/24/35, Letter to Cranley from H.P. Smith reporting panic in Kieff [Kiev], 26 July 1906
G173/24/36, Letter of congratulation to Cranley from Frank C. Lascelles on Cranley's appointment to Berlin [Germany], 4 Aug 1906
G173/24/37, Letter to Cranley from H.M. Grove on situation in Moscow, 13 Sep 1906
G173/24/38, Letter to Cranley from H.P. Smith, Kieff, on Zemstvo elections, etc., 12 Sep 1906
G173/24/39, Letter to Cranley from H.M. Grove reporting executions, courts-martial and political developments in Moscow, 17 Sep 1906
G173/24/40, Letter to Cranley from H.M. Grove reporting meeting of Octobrists in Moscow, 19 Sep 1906
G173/24/41, Letter to Cranley from V.H.C. Bosanquet reporting political situation in Nicolaiev, 20 Sep 1906
G173/24/42, Letter to Cranley from British Consul-General, Odessa, on Zemstvo elections, etc., 17 Oct 1906
G173/24/43, Personal letter to Cranley from Florence Spring-Rice, British Legation, Tehran, [Iran], including references to domestic politics, 4 Jan 1907
G173/24/44, Letter to Cranley from Arnold Robertson, Peking, reporting situation there, 4 March 1907
G173/24/45, Letter to Cranley from [Cecil Spring-Rice], Tehran, [Iran], mainly personal, some political refs., 28 March 1907
G173/24/46, Personal letter to Cranley from S. Wardrop, Bucharest some diplomatic refs., 17 April 1907
G173/24/47, Personal letter to Cranley from Arnold Robertson, Peking, including news of situation in China, 1 July 1907
G173/24/48, Notice of Cranley's appointment as 2nd Secretary in Berlin [Germany], 1 Oct 1907
G173/24/49, Letter to Cranley from Sir Charles Hardinge, Foreign Office, re Russian Convention and personal matters, 11 Oct 1907
G173/24/50, Letter to Cranley from Sir Edmund Wyldbore-Smith, Crete, mainly personal and references to local situation, 17 Nov 1907
G173/24/51, Letter to Cranley from E. Crowe [Sir Eyre Crowe], Asst. Under Secretary at Foreign Office, on diplomatic and foreign affairs, 11 Feb 1908
G173/24/52-3, 2 personal letters to Cranley from Cecil Spring-Rice some political references, 4 & 24 March 1908
G173/24/54, Copy letter from Cranley, Berlin [Germany], to W. Tyrrell re German affairs, 9 April 1908
G173/24/55, Letter to Cranley from W. Tyrrell, Foreign Office, re German situation, 16 April 1908
G173/24/56, Letter to Cranley from [Sir] Rennell Rodd, British Legation, Stockholm, mainly personal, some diplomatic references, 19 May 1908
G173/24/57, Personal letter to Cranley from Cecil Spring-Rice, 27 June 1908
G173/24/58, Letter to Cranley from W. Tyrrell on German diplomatic matters, 7 July 1908
G173/24/59, Letter to Cranley on diplomatic affairs from Lord Errington, 8 July 1908
G173/24/60, Official thanks to Cranley from Foreign Secretary for Cranley's memorandum on Polish Question in Prussia, 31 July 1908
G173/24/61, Personal letter to Cranley from Arnold Robertson, San Sebastian, Spain, including comments on Cranley's memorandum re Polish Question, 12 Aug 1908
G173/24/62, Letter to Cranley from Gerald Hyde Villiers on Foreign Office query about despatch and National Debt, 8 Aug 1908
G173/24/63, Part of letter ? to Cranley from W. Garnett, Mongolia, on situation there, 11 Sep 1908
G173/24/64, Note to Cranley signed H. Norman, 14 Sep 1908
G173/24/65, Letter to Cranley from Sir William Ward, Hamburg, enclosing German newspaper cutting, 14 Sep 1908
G173/24/66, Letter to Cranley from A. Law, Foreign Office, re Cranley's possible candidature for secretaryship of council, 15 Sep 1908
G173/24/67, Letter to Cranley from Sir Eyre Crowe re diplomatic affairs, especially France and Germany and personal, 16 Sep 1908
G173/24/68, Letter of thanks to Cranley from A. Robertson, Germany, for Polish Question memorandum with comments by A. Robertson's mother on Prussian feeling, 20 Sep 1908
G173/24/69, Personal letter to Cranley from W. Tyrrell, 23 Nov 1908
G173/24/70, Personal letter to Cranley from Sir Edmund Wyldbore-Smith, ? Canea, mainly personal and diplomatic, 29 Nov 1908
G173/24/71, Copy letter to Cranley from [Sir Edward] Goschen, Berlin [Germany], mainly personal, 29 Nov 1908
G173/24/72-73, 2 letters to Cranley from W. Tyrrell ? re Cranley's resignation from Diplomatic Service; (Correction Not resignation; leave of absence for a year because of Lady Cranley's health), 11 & 18 Dec 1908
G173/24/74, Personal letter to Cranley from Cecil Spring-Rice, Stockholm, some diplomatic references, 12 July 1909
G173/24/75, Personal letter to Cranley from Count de Salis, British Embassy, Berlin [Germany], 2 July 1909
G173/24/76, Letter to Cranley from Cecil Spring-Rice, Stockholm, re strike [in Sweden], 10 August 1909
G173/24/77, Letter to Cranley from Edmund Wyldbore-Smith, Canea, mainly diplomatic and personal matters, 16 Aug 1909
G173/24/78, Letter to Cranley from Cecil Spring-Rice on diplomatic affairs, Stockholm, 8 July 1910
G173/24/79, Letter from 4th Earl of Onslow to his son Viscount Cranley: Desirability of watch being kept by British consuls at Black Sea ports during Russo-Japanese war; domestic politics including good reception of army reforms; news about Port Arthur, 10 Feb 1904
G173/24/80, Letter from 4th Earl to his son Viscount Cranley: Storm of disappointment over introduction of Chinese labour into Transvaal and Onslow's plan for employment in South Africa; election of Rupert [Guinness] to London County Council; negotiations with France re New Hebrides and Newfoundland, 9 March 1904
G173/24/81, Letter from 4th Earl to his son Viscount Cranley: Possible budget deficit; Times biassed in reporting of Russo-Japanese war; plans for Onslow's parliamentary bills re butter, fish and dogs, 23 March 1904
G173/24/82, Letter from 4th Earl of Onslow to his son Viscount Cranley: Personal; election of Cranley to Beefsteak Club, 22 April 1904
G173/24/83, Letter from 4th Earl of Onslow to his son Viscount Cranley: Parliamentary business; sample of new dog harness; Russian attitude to Tibet and Khedivial decree; re Curzon while in England we can shake him by the neck, which we cannot do by cable, 18 May 1904
G173/24/84, Letter from 4th Earl to his son Viscount Cranley: Personal re Cranley's career; possible settlement of Russo-Japanese war; delays in government parliamentary business; prospects for Onslow's bill; proposed conference on education in rural areas to discourage migration to towns, 1 June 1904
G173/24/85, Letter from 4th Earl of Onslow to his son Viscount Cranley: Morocco business; congestion of parliamentary business; progress of Russo-Japanese war, 15 June 1904
G173/24/86, Letter from 4th Earl to his son Viscount Cranley: Personal re Huia's (Onslow) illness; possibility of war between Great Britain and Russia; sinking of Knight Commander; activities of Russians on Afghan frontier, growing opposition to Conservative government, 27 July 1904
G173/24/87, Letter from 4th Earl of Onslow to his son Viscount Cranley: Pencil notes by 4th Earl of Onslow to Cranley: cabinet to call Suez Canal proposals Cranley's proposals, etc., [1904]
G173/24/88, Letter from 4th Earl to his son Viscount Cranley: Developments in Russia: A revolution in Russia would suit us down to the ground; maps re Onslow property to be sold; possible prices to be realised; financial arrangements with Cranley re death duties, 29 Nov [? 1904]
G173/24/89, Letter from 4th Earl of Onslow to his son Viscount Cranley: Thanks for gifts; news that Lord Selborne to go to South Africa as Governor; excitement over cabinet changes, result of which is to pack the government still further with peers and heirs to peerages, nd
G173/24/90, Letter from 4th Earl of Onslow to his son Viscount Cranley: Dinner at Buckingham Palace and discussion with Edward VII about St. Petersburg, [Russia], trip and agricultural business, 20 Feb [? 1905]
G173/24/91, Letter from 4th Earl to his son Viscount Cranley: Description of Onslow's new job as Chairman of Committees in House of Lords; effects of row in House of Lords; discussion with King and personal, nd
G173/24/92, Letter from 4th Earl of Onslow to his son Viscount Cranley: Unverified report of Paris Commission; possibility that Ailwyn Fellowes will become President of Board of Agriculture in succession to 4th Earl of Onslow; suitability of Lord Selborne and other candidates for Governorship of South Africa, 23 Feb 1905
G173/24/93, Letter from 4th Earl of Onslow to his son Viscount Cranley: Build-up and background to general election; clash between Arthur Balfour and Campbell Bannerman who has cut himself adrift from all moderate men of his party and must now rely for his majority on the Irish members; pleasure at appointment of Hardinge to Foreign Office, 27 Nov 1905
G173/24/94, Letter from 4th Earl of Onslow to his son Viscount Cranley: On new government; Carrington to Board of Agriculture although his views on land reform are known to be almost revolutionary; sketches of deficiences of members of new government in House of Lords; Campbell Bannerman's pronouncement in favour of Home Rule was concocted between him and Asquith in order to capture the Irish vote in a certain number of English boroughs; 4th Earl of Onslow's refusal of Lord Lieutenancy of Surrey, 11 Dec 1905
G173/24/95, Letter from 4th Earl of Onslow to his son Viscount Cranley: On government changes; outlook is a very black one .... I think we are out for 10 years; great popular hostility to late government, 21 Jan [1906]
G173/24/96, Letter from 4th Earl of Onslow to his son Viscount Cranley: 4th Earl of Onslow's comments on Cranley's proposed change from Diplomatic Service to Foreign Office, 29 March [? 1906]
G173/24/97-109, 12 letters to Cranley from Dougal Orme Malcolm, London, Rugby, Johannesburg and Ermelo on personal and diplomatic matters, 22 July 1904-5 Nov 1905