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Midleton, William St. John Fremantle Brodrick, Earl of, 1856-1942. Papers, 1890-1933.

Title: Papers, 1890-1933.

A volume of letters to Lord and Lady Midleton, probably compiled for their autograph value, but containing comment on military and political affairs, foreign relations, and colonial policy, with frequent mention of affairs in Egypt and India. Correspondents include Arthur William Patrick Albert, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn; Herbert Henry Asquith, First Earl of Oxford and Asquith; Arthur Balfour; Sir Redvers Henry Buller; Sir William Francis Butler; George, Duke of Cambridge; Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman; Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury; Joseph Chamberlain; Austen Chamberlain; Sir Evelyn Baring, Earl of Cromer; George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquis Curzon of Kedleston; Lord Grey of Fallodon; Horatio Herbert Kitchener, First Earl of Kitchener; Sir Frank Lascelles:; John Morley, Viscount Morley of Blackburn; Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of Rosebery; and Garnet Joseph Wolseley.

ArchivalResource: 2 item.

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GRANT, Gen Sir Charles John Cecil (1877-1950), 1805-1946

Title: GRANT, Gen Sir Charles John Cecil (1877-1950) 1805-1946

ArchivalResource: 1 box or 0.01 cubic metre

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Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916. Richard Harding Davis Letters concerning South Africa and the Boer War [manuscript], 1899-1900.

Title: Richard Harding Davis Letters concerning South Africa and the Boer War [manuscript], 1899-1900.

Letters and documents by Richard Harding Davis and his wife Cecil describe their voyages to and from South Africa, the cities of Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria, and his coverage of the Boer War from both the British and the Boer sides. There are references to Sir Alfred Beit, James Gordon Bennett, Jr., General Buller, Louis Botha, Winston Churchill, Lady Randolph Churchill, Piet Cronjé, Christiaan de Wet, Lord Alfred Harmsworth, John Hay, Rudyard Kipling, Herbert Kitchener, Paul Kruger, Otto von Lossberg, Paul Sanford Methuen, Sir Alfred Milner, Lord Frederick Roberts, Allen Sangree, George W. Steevens, President M. T. Steyn, Henry Somers Somerset, H. J. Whigham, Sir George Stuart White, Sir Evelyn Wood. Of great interest are letters describing the relief of Ladysmith, March 3-4, 1900, and adventures with the Boers, May 18, 1900. There are passing brief references to the Klondike Gold rush, the Democratic Convention of 1900, the Jameson Raid, gambling in Madeira, the Irish American Ambulance Corps of Chicago, and sights on the west coast of Africa. A photograph of Cecil Davis in a rickshaw in Durban is included as is a magazine of their return ship the R. P. D. König of the Deutsche Ost-Afrika-Linie.

ArchivalResource: circa 40 items.

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Barnett, John Joseph Patrick, b. 1877. Papers, 1895-1903.

Title: Papers, 1895-1903.

Chiefly a 60-page diary (1899-1902) titled, "Diary of the South African War with General Buller 1899-1902." A journal entry briefly recounts the voyage from Crete to South Africa where Barnett's battalion became part of Sir Redvers Buller's relief column. Other entries describe troop movements to Durban, Newcastle, Ladysmith, and Lydenburg, as well as the march into the Eastern Transvaal after Lord Kitchener's reorganization. Includes also Barnett's army record book, 1895-1903; poetry (some printed); and photographs, primarily relating to the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade.

ArchivalResource: 12 items.

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