SPENDER PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 264). Correspondence of J. A. Spender with various Prime Ministers, together with other papers, arranged as follows:- (1) Letters from Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, G.C.B.; 1900-1904. ff. 1-10. (2) Collections made, and ... 1886-1939

Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898

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William Ewart Gladstone, prime minister and author, was born in Liverpool, on Dec. 29, 1809; the fifth child and youngest son of Sir John Gladstone and Anne Mackenzie Gladstone. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, in preparation for a future in the British political world. He married Catherine Glynne, whom he met in Rome, in 1839, and together they had eight children. Gladstone was first elected to Parliament in January 1833, and over the next sixty years was involved i...

Masefield, John, 1878-1967

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The English poet, playwright and novelist John Masefield was born in 1878 in Ledbury. After running away to sea early (when he was thirteen) he settled in London from 1897 and devoted himself to writing. Later he moved to Oxford which was where he lived when most of the following collection was produced. Masefield became Poet Laureate in 1930 and was awarded the Order of Merit in 1935. Among his more notable works are some early reflections of his maritime experiences in Salt Water Ba...

Spender, Mary, active 1886-1944, wife of J A Spender

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Campbell-Bannerman, Henry

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Epithet: GCB, Prime Minister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000275 ...

Eden, Robert Anthony, 1st Earl of Avon, Prime Minister

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Law, Andrew Bonar

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Epithet: Prime Minister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x0003e3 Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F111-112 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x0001a9 ...

McDonnell, Schomberg Kerr, Private Secretary to Lord Salisbury; KCB 1902

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Epithet: Private Secretary to Lord Salisbury; KCB 1902 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000220.0x000164 ...

Parliament (active 0601-1988)

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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965

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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, on 30 November 1874. He was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before joining the Army in 1895 and serving in India and Sudan. After leaving the Army in 1899, he worked as a war correspondent for the Morning Post and the following year was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Oldham. In 1904, Churchill decided to join the Liberal Party, and in 1906, was elected Liberal MP f...

Nash, Vaughan

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Epithet: CB, sec to Sir H Campbell-Bannerman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x0001e6 ...

Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945

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David Lloyd George (b. January 17, 1863, Manchester, England–d. March 26, 1945, Wales) was a British statesman of the Liberal Party. As Chancellor of the Exchequer (1908–1915), Lloyd George was a key figure in the introduction of many reforms which laid the foundations of the modern welfare state. His most important role came as the highly energetic Prime Minister of the Wartime Coalition Government (1916–22), during and immediately after the First World War. He was a major player at the Paris P...

Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge

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Epithet: of Add MS 21529 Title: of Sweden British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000741.0x000308 Places: Cambridge Title: Duke of Cambridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x00005d Epithet: son of George III Title: Duke of Cambridge British ...

Butler, Nevile Mostyn, active 1886-1939, KCMG, 1947

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Epithet: KCMG, 1947 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001109.0x000130 ...

Cleverly, Osmund Somers, active 1886-1939, Private Secretary to S Baldwin; Knight 1951

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Epithet: Private Secretary to S Baldwin; Knight 1951 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000174.0x000183 ...

Fitzmaurice, Henry Charles Keith Petty-, 1845-1927, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne

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Politician; 1869 junior Whig whip; 1872 under-secretary for war; 1880 under-secretary for India; 1883-1888 Governor-general of Canada; 1888-1894 Viceroy of India; 1895-1900 war secretary; 1900-1905 foreign secretary. Title: 5th Marquess of Lansdowne British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000112 ...

Asquith, Margot, 1864-1945

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British author. From the guide to the Margot Asquith autograph and photograph, 1926, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) 1894 married Herbert Asquith. Epithet: née Tennant, political hostess and diarist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x00008d ...

Phillipps, Henry Vivian, active 1886-1944, Liberal Chief Whip

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Epithet: Liberal Chief Whip British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x00025a ...

Milnes, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-, 1858-1945, Marquess of Crewe, politician

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1883 assistant private secretary to the foreign secretary; 1885 entered House of Lords as Baron Houghton; 1886 lord-in-waiting to Queen Victoria; 1886-1887 Liberal whip; 1889 travelled to Egypt and published poetry; 1892-1895 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; 1895 created earl of Crewe; 1905-1908 and 1915-1916 Lord President of the Council; 1908-1910 colonial secretary; 1908-1911 and 1912-1915 Lord Privy Seal; 1908-1916 leader of the House of Lords; 1910-1915 secretary of state for India;...

Ponsonby, Henry Frederick, Sir, Major-General GCB, private sec to Qu Victoria

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Epithet: Major-General GCB, private sec to Qu Victoria British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001083.0x00024c ...

Smith, James Brown, active 1886-1939, Knight 1907

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Epithet: Knight 1907 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x0003de ...

Bigge, Arthur John, Lieutenant-Colonel Baron Stamfordham, private sec to Queen Victoria Edward VII and George V

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Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel Baron Stamfordham, private sec to Queen Victoria Edward VII and George V British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000698.0x000310 ...

King, William Lyon Mackenzie, Prime Minister of Canada

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Epithet: Prime Minister of Canada British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x00000d ...

Macdonald, James Ramsay, 1866-1937

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British Prime Minister. From the description of Letters (6) : London, to Harold Picton, 1931-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270972304 Epithet: Prime Minister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x0001c1 Margaret Macdonald (nee Gladstone), 1870-1911, was educated largely at home. As a young woman, she was involved in various branches of voluntary social work, including ...

Botha, Louis, South African statesman

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Epithet: South African statesman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000006 ...

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...

Asquith, H.H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928

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First Earl of Oxford and Asquith, Statesman, and Prime Minister. From the description of Letters, 1902-1919. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41417274 Earl of Oxford and Asquith. British M.P.; served as Home Secretary, 1892-1895; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1905-1908; Secretary of State for War, 1914; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, 1908-1916. From the description of Papers, 1912-1939. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19108896...

Clark, W. H. (William Henry), 1876-1952

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Epithet: GCMG British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x0001ce ...

Knollys, Francis, Sir, 1st Baronet

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Epithet: Secretary to Edward VII Title: Baron (1902) and (1911) Viscount Knollys British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000753.0x0000e0 Epithet: junior; MP for county Berkshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000753.0x0000f6 Epithet: statesman British Library Archives and...

Laurier, Wilfrid, Sir, GCMG, Canadian Prime Minister

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Baldwin, Stanley Baldwin, Earl, 1867-1947

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Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947) was born on 3 August 1867 in Lower Park, Bewdley, the son of industrialist Alfred Baldwin. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, before joining the family iron and steel business. He was elected a Conservative M.P. in 1906, and in December 1916 became Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Andrew Bonar Law. Thereafter, Baldwin served in David Lloyd George's government as Junior Lord of the Treasury, Financial Secretary ...

Redmond, John Edward, MP

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Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x000351 ...

Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928

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Edmund Gosse, a well known man of letters, librarian to the House of Lords (1904-1914), and author of the autobiography, Father and Son (1907), was a pioneering translator of Ibsen and author of numerous volumes of poetry, criticism and biography. Charles Edmund Merrill was an active member of the Grolier Club from 1910 until his death in 1942. From the description of Letters : to Charles E. Merrill, 1910-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577035 English poet and man of...

Bok, Willem Eduard, active 1886-1939, private Secretary to L Botha

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Epithet: private Secretary to L Botha British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000217.0x0002aa ...