Papers, 1870-1904.

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Papers, 1870-1904.

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Includes correspondence relating to Baring's direction of the Admiralty Office, 1880-1885, largely concerning personnel and administrative organization. Among the writers are William Gladstone; Stephen Edward Spring-Rice; William Codrington; Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset; and Thomas Brassey. Letters relating to British politics around 1900 include several from Sir Edward Grey giving opinions of leading politicians and one from Sayaji Rao Gaekwar III, Maharaja of Baroda. There are also extracts from letters, 1879-1880, of Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain, Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army, criticizing British policies that led to the Second Afghan War and commenting on finances in India. There is also correspondence relating to the Royal Geographical Society, 1879-1880.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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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...

Codrington, William.

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Spring-Rice, Stephen Edward.

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Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, Viscount, 1862-1933.

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British Liberal statesman, ambassador to U.S., 1919-1920. From the description of Grey of Fallodon letter to Will Orton Tewson [manuscript], 1920 April 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 690579425 ...

Brassey, Thomas Brassey, Earl, 1836-1918

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Chamberlain, Neville Bowles, Sir, 1820-1902.

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Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)

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Northbrook, Thomas George Baring, Earl of, 1826-1904

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British government official. From the description of Papers, 1870-1904. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19210872 ...

Somerset, Edward Adolphus Seymour, Duke of, 1804-1885

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Great Britain. Admiralty Office.

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Gaekwar, Sayaji Rao III, Maharaja of Baroda.

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