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Boer War and India: correspondence: St John Brodrick (Lord Midleton) and Lord Kitchener....
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/57/22
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This record is about the Boer War and India: correspondence: St John Brodrick (Lord Midleton) and Lord Kitchener.... dating from 1900-1904 in the series Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- PRO 30/57/22
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1900-1904
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Boer War and India: correspondence: St John Brodrick (Lord Midleton) and Lord Kitchener. (Described at item level.)
Unless otherwise noted, letters from St John Brodrick are on War Office paper with no address stated. Kitchener's letters are from Commander in Chief's Office, South Africa, mainly Pretoria
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Y
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Most of Lord Kitchener's letters to Lord Midleton were presented by Lady Midleton to the 3rd Earl Kitchener through Sir Philip Magnus. Thus, this correspondence includes Lord Kitchener's actual letters as well as the drafts already among the Kitchener papers
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PRO 30/57
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum: Papers
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