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Board of Trade: Sir Henry Reader Lack: Papers
Letters, newspaper cuttings, articles in periodicals and family papers relating to the life of Sir Henry Reader Lack, including his career at the Board of Trade and the Patent Office.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1831-1908
- Reference
- BT 191
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State Paper Office: Williamson Collection of Transcripts, etc
A collection formed by Sir Joseph Williamson, the Keeper of the State Paper Office, 1661-1702, consisting chiefly of transcripts from the Chancery records then preserved in the Tower of London, and miscellaneous notes, extracted from the records. The…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- John - Henry VIII
- Reference
- PRO 31/16
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War Office: Lieutenant General Henry George Hart: Correspondence and Copies of Hart's...
These are the papers of Lt Gen Henry George Hart, creator and editor, until his death in 1878, of Hart's Army List. They include the correspondence from officers used in its compilation and Hart's own copies with his manuscript emendations. There is …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1838-1884
- Reference
- WO 211
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Surveyors General of Land Revenues: Papers
Correspondence and papers (some removed from LR 5) of successive Surveyors General and their deputies.In addition to papers relating generally to land revenues also included many original petitions with draft reports and memoranda, particularly about…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1627-1814
- Reference
- LR 17
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Records of the Atomic Weapons Establishment, predecessors and successors
Records of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) and predecessors concerning research and development and testing of Britain's atomic weapons.For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division . Files relat…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1944-2004
- Reference
- ES
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War Office: General Miles Christopher Dempsey: Papers
The papers in this series largely comprise notes, intelligence summaries, correspondence and a personal diary for General Miles Christopher Dempsey's period in command of 2nd Army from the invasion of Normandy until the final victory in Europe.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1944-1969
- Reference
- WO 285
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War Office: Earl Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre:...
Official and semi-official correspondence of Earl Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre, 1944 to 1945. The records cover planning of, and operations during, the campaigns in North Africa, Sicily and Italy and several piec…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1941-1946
- Reference
- WO 214
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Records of the Meteorological Office
Records of the Meteorological Office relating to the provision of meteorological services.Contains the records of the Meteorological Office and predecessor and related bodies, records of the Kew Observatory and private papers of associated personnel.…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1818-2023
- Reference
- BJ
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Records created or inherited by the Legal Aid Board, the Legal Services Commission,...
Records created or inherited by the Legal Aid Board and the Legal Services Commission. Registered files of the Law Society are in FR 1, FR 2, FR 3 and FR 6. Unregistered papers of the Society are in FR 4, and handbooks in FR 5. Agenda and minutes of …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1945-2024
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- FR
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War Office: Lieutenant General Sir Harry G W Smith, Adjutant General in India and...
Papers of Lieutenant General Sir Harry G W Smith, who served on the Montevideo Expedition, 1806 to 1807, the Peninsula, 1808 to 1814, America, 1814 to 1815, at Waterloo, 1815, in Jamaica, 1826 to 1828, Cape Colony, 1828 to 1840 and again, as Governor…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1805-1851
- Reference
- WO 135
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German War Documents Project: The Italian Collection (Captured Italian records):...
Copies of Italian documents on foreign and internal affairs covering Benito Mussolini's time in power, which were filmed after falling into Allied hands at the end of the Second World War. The collection includes Mussolini's private papers which he t…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
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- c1920-1945
- Reference
- GFM 36
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Foreign Office and predecessors: Tunis, Tunisia, French North Africa (formerly Ottoman...
This series contains general correspondence of the British consulate at Tunis, Tunisia (formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then of French North Africa). For the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries this series consists for the most part of the c…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1669-1911
- Reference
- FO 335
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Records created or inherited by the Air Ministry, the Royal Air Force, and related...
Records of pre 1918 military aviation departments, the Air Boards, 1916-1917, the Air Ministry 1918-1964, aviation departments of the Ministry of Defence after 1964, the Royal Air Force, and related bodies. The records relate to the development of mi…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1862-1992
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- AIR
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Major General Sir John Charles Ardagh: Papers
These are papers of Major-General Sir John Charles Ardagh, which were bequeathed to the Public Record Office by his widow, Susan Hamilton, dowager Countess of Malmesbury.They consist partly of materials used by her in the preparation of his biography…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1862-1908
- Reference
- PRO 30/40
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Viscount Edward Cardwell: Papers
Viscount Cardwell's documents include semi-official letters and papers which accumulated while he was at the War Office.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1834-1911
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- PRO 30/48
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Cecil Anthony Francis Meekings: Papers
Papers of C A F Meekings relating to his activities as archives officer to the British Control Commission for Germany. They include his correspondence with German and United States archivists regarding the reconstruction of German archives after Worl…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1943-1961
- Reference
- PRO 30/90
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Brigadier-General Sir Henry Osborne Mance: Papers
Papers of Brigadier General Sir H Osborne Mance which relate to his career in the Army (1899 to 1918) and as an internationally recognised communications and transport expert.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1899-1924
- Reference
- PRO 30/66
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Lieut. General William C.E. Napier: Papers
These are mainly of a family and personal financial nature but including some concerning army and related affairs. The early papers contain a series of letters of 1838-1839 from Sir George Napier to his sister, Emily Lady Bunbury, and further letters…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1804-1903
- Reference
- PRO 30/86
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British Omnibus Companies Public Relations Committee Papers: Peter Yorke Collection
This series consists of records preserved by Peter Yorke consisting of correspondence, minutes and reports of various committees of Omnibus Passengers Protection Association (OPPA) and British Omnibus Companies Public Relations Committee (BOCPRC), fi…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1944-1957
- Reference
- PRO 30/84
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Sir Robert Blundell: Notebooks
A collection of the working notebooks and papers of Sir Robert Blundell (1901-1967), covering his work as a barrister on the South Eastern Circuit and Kingston assizes, 1938 to 1945, as deputy recorder at the Bath Quarter Sessions 1946-1947, as recor…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1917-1965
- Reference
- PRO 30/74