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Milner, Alfred, (1854-1925), 1st Viscount Milner, statesman

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Surname: Milner
Forenames: Alfred
Gender: Male
Date: 1854-1925
Title: 1st Viscount Milner
History: Statesman & public servant. High Commissioner for South Africa 1898-1905. Secretary of State for War 1918. Visited Egypt 1919-1920 to report on future Anglo-Egyptian relations.
Biography: ODNB link for Milner, Alfred (1854-1925) Viscount Milner, statesman
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P274957 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P130798 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Alfred Milner
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1915-1920: Viscount Alfred Milner: Papers
The National Archives, Kew
PRO 30/30
2
1919-1920: Records of the Milner Mission
The National Archives, Kew
3
1868-1925: corresp and papers
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Milner
NRA 14300

See HMC Papers of British politicians 1782-1900, 1989
4
corresp and papers
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Violet Milner
NRA 20659

See HMC Papers of British colonial governors 1782-1900, 1986
5
1900-20: letters (50) to Violet Milner and misc corresp
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Violet Milner
See Bodleian L record vol 13 no 4 (April 1990) p333
6
1915-20: corresp and papers
The National Archives
PRO 30/30
7
1919-20: papers rel to Egypt
The National Archives
FO848
See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
8
1891-1916: letters to Herbert Asquith
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Asquith
NRA 12685
9
1891-1906: letters to Margot Asquith
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS. Eng. d.3204, d.3272 passim
NRA 42917
10
1887-1908: letters (10) to Alfred Austin
Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections
DM668
NRA 33764
11
1922: corresp with GW Balfour
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD433
NRA 10026 Balfour

See NRA(S)0012
12
1905-22: corresp with Andrew Bonar Law
Parliamentary Archives
BL
NRA 19286
13
letters to John and Susan Buchan
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Acc.6975/13,22
14
1883-1917: corresp with Sir Henry Burdett
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Eng b 2068-69, c 5894-6032, d 2867-89
NRA 39820
15
corresp with Edward Carson
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
D1507
NRA 17985 Carson
16
1897-1902: corresp with Joseph Chamberlain
University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
JC/10,11
NRA 12604 Chamberlain
17
1906-21: corresp with Francis Chaplin
National Archives of Zimbabwe
CH8/2/2/13
See Guide to historical MSS in National Archives of Rhodesia
18
1909-18: corresp with LG Curtis
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Curtis; Eng hist b 224, c 776-877
NRA 21614
19
1904-23: corresp with Geoffrey Dawson
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Dawson
NRA 25619
20
corresp with Alfred Deakin
National Library of Australia
MS 1540
NRA 25702
21
c1895-1923: letters to Lady Desborough
Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
D/ERV
NRA 26768
22
1900-02: corresp with Emrys Evans
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 60329
23
1897: letters to FE Garrett
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 45929
24
1871-1925: corresp with Mr and Mrs PL Gell
Derbyshire Record Office
D3287, D3311
NRA 5438 Gell
25
1905-16: corresp with HA Gwynne
Imperial War Museum (IWM) Department of Documents
NRA 29866 Gwynne
26
1900-02: corresp with Lord Haldane
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS 5905
27
1892-1920: corresp with Sir William and Lewis Harcourt
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Harcourt
NRA 3679
28
letters to WAS Hewins
Sheffield University: Special Collections and Archives
See NRA S Yorks committee, report, 1968-69
29
1896-97: corresp with Sir Michael Hicks-Beach
Gloucestershire Archives
D2440
NRA 3526
30
1921-24: letters to Lord Howard of Penrith
Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle
DHW
NRA 23774 Howard
31
1887-89: letters to George Howell
Bishopsgate Institute
HOWELL
NRA 10204 Howell
32
1906-14: corresp with Richard Jebb
London University: Institute of Commonwealth Studies
JEBB
NRA 18529 Jebb
33
corresp with Sir Godfrey Lagden
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Afr s 142-214
NRA 17877 Lagden
34
1916-21: corresp with David Lloyd George
Parliamentary Archives
LG
NRA 15700
35
corresp with Lord Lugard
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Lugard; Brit Emp s 30-90
NRA 8555 Lugard
36
1894-1905: corresp with Alfred Lyttelton
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
CHAN
NRA 19700
37
1899-1912: letters to Violet Markham
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
MARKHAM
NRA 30246 Markham
38
1885-1914: corresp with Lord Midleton
The National Archives
PRO 30/67
39
c1914-20: corresp with Lord Novar
National Library of Australia
MS 696
NRA 22805 Munro-Ferguson
40
1907-10: letters to FS Oliver
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Acc 7676 7726 7750 7824 7841-43 7930 8346
NRA 29194 Rutherfurd
41
1896-1922: letters to Earl Roberts
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
7101/23, 8310/155-62
NRA 18656
42
1885-1919: corresp mainly with Lord Rosebery
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 10082-10175 Passim
43
corresp with WP Schreiner
University of Cape Town Libraries
See Handlist of MSS, part 1
44
1896-1921: corresp with Lord Selborne
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Selborne
NRA 17810
45
1920: letters to JA Spender
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 46393
46
1897-1902: letters to Sir John Sprigg
Cory Library for Historical Research
MSS 10,018-38
See List of Accessions, no 16, p23
47
1882-1910: letters (40) to WT Stead
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
STED
NRA 32593
48
1909-25: corresp with JSL Strachey
Parliamentary Archives
STR
NRA 19285
49
1888-1918: letters (37) to Spencer Wilkinson
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
9011-42
NRA 6700 Wilkinson
50
1917-22: corresp with Sir Henry Wilson
Imperial War Museum (IWM) Department of Documents
HHW
NRA 28567
51
1893-1910: corresp with Sir Reginald Wingate
Durham University Library and Collections
Wingate papers
NRA 40748 Wingate
52
1902-24: corresp with WB Worsfield
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Brit Emp s 402
NRA 18527
53
1914-19: corresp with Sir Francis Wylie
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
HMC
NRA 40388 Rhodes
54
1887-1923: corresp rel to Toynbee Hall
London Metropolitan Archives: City of London
A/TOY
NRA 11641 Toynbee Hall
55
1886-1918: letters (15)
Duke University: William R Perkins Library
See Guide, 1980, p379
56
19th - 20th cent: additional correspondence
Derbyshire Record Office
D3287/MIL, D3287/83/1
See Annual Return 2004
57
1901-1926: corresp with Leo Amery
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
AMEL
58
1884-1920: Correspondence, office papers, and printed items; and papers of Violet, Viscountess Milner and Marianne Malcolm
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS. Eng. hist. c. 686-709; d. 362; e. 305-307
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