Haig, Sir Douglas, (1861-1928), 1st Earl Haig of Bermersyde, Field Marshal

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Surname:	Haig
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Douglas
Gender:	Male
Date:	1861-1928
Title:	1st Earl Haig of Bermersyde
History:	Field Marshall. In Sudan Campaign 1898. Commander of the First Army Corps (1914-15) and the First Army (1915) & commander in chief of the British forces on the Western Front (1915-1919)
Biography:	ODNB link for Haig, Douglas (1861-1928) 1st Earl Haig, Field Marshal
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P274951 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P164502 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Douglas Haig

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1914-1918: War Office: Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief of British Forces, Western Front: Diaries	The National Archives, Kew	WO 256
2	1882-1928: corresp, diaries and papers	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.3155
3	1916-18: account of operations on Western Front	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 52460
4	letters to Herbert Asquith	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Asquith	NRA 12685
5	1915-22: letters to Sir Douglas Baird	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRA(S)1525	NRA 19459 NRA Scotland
6	1910-26: letters to Sir Harcourt Butler	British Library: Asian and African Studies	MSS Eur F 116	NRA 27526 Butler
7	letters (41) to James Curle	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections		See Annual Report 1987-88 p11
8	letters to De Pree family	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.12263	See Annual Return 2003
9	1916-18: corresp with Lord Derby	Liverpool Record Office	920 DER	NRA 20761
10	1918-26: letters (17) to GS Duncan	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.7706
11	1903-21: corresp with Sir John Ewart	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRA(S)0370/p15	NRA 11854
12	1917: corresp with WG Granet	Warwick University: Modern Records Centre	GRA	NRA 22556
13	1907-27: letters to Lord Haldane	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 5909-6079 passim
14	1919: corresp with Philip Kerr	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD40	NRA 10737 Kerr
15	1909-18: letters (57) to Sir Lancelot Kiggell	King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives	KCLMA Kiggell	NRA 11390 Kiggell
16	1915-1916: corresp with Lord Kitchener	The National Archives	WO 159
17	1915-16: corresp with Lord Kitchener	The National Archives	PRO 30/57
18	1924: letters from Lord Londonderry	The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)	D/Lo	NRA 11528 Vane-Tempest-Stewart
19	1917-18: corresp with Generals Nivelle and Petain	King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives	KCLMA Benson R L	NRA 11378 Benson
20	1915-19: corresp with John St Loe Strachey	Parliamentary Archives	STR	NRA 19285
21	1917-18: corresp with Sir Henry Wilson	Imperial War Museum (IWM) Department of Documents	HHW	NRA 28567