Private Papers Onslow, 1912

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 176 G173/20
  • Dates of Creation
      1912
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      1 volume

Scope and Content

The volume contains the following items:

G173/20/1, Letter to 5th Earl of Onslow from L. [Lewis] Harcourt, asking for his support at Anti-Female Suffrage meeting 'of the two parties' to be held at the Albert Hall: request that Onslow sit on the platform. , 6 Jan 1912

G173/20/2, Memorandum re Mr. Law's salary and suggested new appointment. [at Foreign Office] unsigned, 4 TS. pp., nd

G173/20/3, Translation of General Bethune's speech from original Russian, Papers removed after this document, 29 Jan 1912

G173/20/4, Letter to 5th Earl of Onslow from ? Cunningham Greene, Copenhagen, re transfer of two English diplomats from Denmark, 18 Jan 1912

G173/20/5, Copy letter to Ponsonby [? from 5th Earl of Onslow] re suitable honour for Infante Don Carlos, 30 Jan 1912

G173/20/6a, Copy letter to Sir Arthur Nicolson from 5th Earl of Onslow on royal visit to Holland with recipient's replies, 14 March 1912

G173/20/6b, News cutting re cancellation of foreign state visits because of coal strike, [1912]

G173/20/7, Letter to 5th Earl of Onslow from Herbert White, Tangier, on diplomatic affairs, 16 March 1912

G173/20/8, Letter to 5th Earl of Onslow from Herbert White, Tangier, on Casablanca affair, 23 March 1912

G173/20/9, Letter to 5th Earl of Onslow from Herbert White, Tangier, on Casablanca port works, etc., 17 March 1912

G173/20/10, Copy letter from 5th Earl of Onslow to [Herbert] White re appointment of Khalifa of Sultan at Tangier; Casablanca port works; British coal strike and lunatic, 25 March 1912, TS., 25 March 1912

G173/20/11, Letter to 5th Earl of Onslow from H. White, Tangier, on local affairs, 1 April 1912

G173/20/12, Covering letter from Board of Trade to telegram of sympathy from Russia re loss of Titanic, 17 April 1912

G173/20/13, Letter to 5th Earl of Onslow from Lord Hardinge, Viceroy of India, re various foreign matters, 17 June 1912

G173/20/14, Letter to 5th Earl of Onslow from Sir G. Buchanan, St. Petersburg, [Russia], re local affairs, 18 April 1912

G173/20/15a-b, Covering letter in French to Mon cher collegue with news cutting of article by Can on Rawnsley on Italy and the War, 2 July 1912

G173/20/16, Copy letter from 5th Earl of Onslow to ? Cheetham asking for identification of people in photo. with details of criminal records, if any, 11 July 1912

G173/20/17, Letter to 5th Earl of Onslow from Herbert White, San Sebastian on personal and diplomatic matters, 18 July 1912

G173/20/18, Copy letter from [? Cranley] to Paget giving text of treaty between Bulgaria and Serbia, 26 July 1912

G173/20/19/1-3, Letter to 5th Earl of Onslow from H.W. Kinnard, Tangier, 21 July 1912, enclosing 2 letters from British consul at Fez to Sir Reginald [Lister], 15-16 July 1912

G173/20/20, Letter to 5th Earl of Onslow from Ralph Paget, Belgrade, on Greece-Bulgaria pact, 11 Sep 1912

G173/20/21, Copy letter from 5th Earl of Onslow to My dear Count [? de Salis] giving account of Bulgarian, Serbian and Greek relations, 27 Sep 1912

G173/20/22, Manuscript draft letter from 5th Earl of Onslow to [Eric Drummond] re Canadian politics, etc., 30 Sep 1912

G173/20/23, Draft letter from 5th Earl of Onslow to Sir Charles [Fitz-patrick] re Canadian affairs, 4 Oct 1912

G173/20/24, Letter to 5th Earl of Onslow from [Cecil Spring-Rice] re visit to Rome by Duke of Norfolk and other aspects of French-Canadian affairs, 4 Oct 1912

G173/20/25, Memorandum to Sir Arthur Nicolson [from 5th Earl of Onslow]: report of conversation between 5th Earl of Onslow and Count Buissend about Belgian government's fears of war between France and Germany, 10 Oct. 1912, with [Grey's] comments in red ink, 1912

G173/20/26, Letter of thanks from [General] P.M.W. Macdonough, War Office, to 5th Earl of Onslow for above memorandum, 11 Oct 1912

G173/20/27, Draft letter from 5th Earl of Onslow to Sir Francis Villiers on Belgian interview (v.s.), 12 Oct 1912

G173/20/28, Copy letter from 5th Earl of Onslow to [Ralph] Paget on Bulgarian-Greek disagreement and prospects of war, 17 Oct 1912

G173/20/29, Letter to 5th Earl of Onslow from Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, Chief Justice's Chambers, Ottawa Supreme Court, on Canadian affairs, 27 Oct 1912

G173/20/30, Copy letter [from 5th Earl of Onslow] to Lister on affairs in Tangiers; Serbian-Bulgarian war prospects, etc., 31 Oct 1912

G173/20/31, Letter to 5th Earl of Onslow from Sir Francis Villiers, British Legation, on Belgian neutrality in conflict between France and Germany, 2 Nov 1912

G173/20/32, Letter [to ? 5th Earl of Onslow], 1st page missing, from JS. [Count de Salis] re developments in the Balkans, nd

G173/20/33, Letter to 5th Earl of Onslow from Cecil Spring-Rice, personal and diplomatic, nd [Winter 1912-1913]

G173/20/34, Note to 5th Earl re Onslow's enquiry about Regent [? of Morocco's] health, unsigned, [from Grey], nd

G173/20/35, Note [by 5th Earl of Onslow] on racial populations of Austria-Hungary, nd

G173/20/36, Copy letter from 5th Earl of Onslow to Eric re Duke of Norfolk's Rome visit, Canadian politics, etc., 5 Nov 1912

G173/20/37, Draft letter to Sir Charles Fitzpatrick from 5th Earl of Onslow re Canadian affairs, 10 Nov 1912

G173/20/38, Copy letter from Duke of Norfolk to Eric [? Barrington] re Catholic position [sc. in Canada], 8 Nov 1912

G173/20/39-40, 3 letters to 5th Earl of Onslow initialled E.D. [Eric Drummond], 10, Downing St., 11 & 14 Nov 1912

G173/20/41, Memorandum [by 5th Earl of Onslow] to Sir Arthur Nicolson on war in Balkans, 18 Nov 1912

G173/20/42, Letter to 5th Earl of Onslow signed A., British Legation, Darmstadt, re German and Foreign Office affairs, 3 Dec. 1912 [from 2nd Lord Acton], 3 Dec 1912

G173/20/43-44, Covering letter and police report on ex-President Castro of Venezuela to 5th Earl of Onslow from J.F. Moylan, Home Office, Papers removed after this document, 12 Dec 1912

G173/20/45/1, Copy letter from 5th Earl of Onslow to [Sir Walter] Townley, including reference to Eckford Murder, 18 Dec 1912

G173/20/45/2, Copy letter from 5th Earl of Onslow to Sir Edward [Goschen] on Sir A. Nicolson's illness and giving news of Balkan peace conference, 18 Dec. 1912, 18 Dec 1912

G173/20/45/3, Copy letter from 5th Earl of Onslow to Sir George [Buchanan] on subjects as above, 18 Dec. 1912, 18 Dec 1912

G173/20/46, Letter to 5th Earl of Onslow from Ameer Ali re £250 gift from Mussulmans of India to refugees in Salonica and ref. to cruel attitude of Serbian authorities, etc., annotated [by 5th Earl of Onslow] This is a silly letter, 22 Dec 1912

G173/20/47, Letter to 5th Earl of Onslow from Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, Ottawa, re Canadian affairs, 18 Dec 1912

G173/20/48, House of Commons debates on Naval forces of the Empire, etc., 5 Dec. 1912, printed, 1912

G173/20/49, House of Commons debates on Public Service Enquiry, etc., 18 Dec. 1912, printed, 18 Dec 1912