[1926 Dec] - 1927 Dec 30
Original letters home from Lucknow, covering the following subjects. Unless otherwise stated, the letters are to Lady Cromer and there is a copy for each in GRE/I/162:

1928 Jan 5 - Nov 14
Continuation of original letters home from Lucknow and from South Africa during his service as Secretary to the Indian Agent. Unless otherwise stated, the letters are to his mother and copies can be found in GRE/I/162 and GRE/I/163:

1932 Aug 4 - 1933 Feb 26
Letters home from E.B. in India to his mother concerning his service in Dera Ismail Khan in N.W. Frontier District. Lady Cromer died 4 Mar 1933

Series of memoirs of life in India from 1926-1929 and 1932-1933, entitled “The forgotten land” :

Memoirs of E.B.'s service as Secretary to the Agent of the Government of India in South Africa ( 1929-1932 ), entitled “The Transvaal Indians” . He traces the history of Indian settlement in the Transvaal; the contribution of Gandhi to the organisation of the Indian community; developments which led to the appointment of an Agent of the Government of India; E.B.'s role in discussions with the Transvaal Indian leaders and his tour of Indian shops in the company of Surendranath Bapoobhai Medh; and discussions between the South African Government and an Indian delegation in 1932 leading to the revision of the Cape Town Agreement

1937 Jul 8
Letters from Abdul Hamid Khan who served under E.B. when he was Joint Magistrate, Meerut, requesting that he return to visit them, and from B. Sharma, a friend from Lucknow, concerning the progress of his career and his family's fortunes

1942 Nov
Certificate of loyalty and congratulations to the new Governor of Southern Rhodesia from the Hindu community of Salisbury

1942-1944
Speeches by E.B.:

1944 Apr 17 - 24
Correspondence between Lieut. Col. L. Holbech, Private Secretary to the Governor and J. Meldrum of the Office of the High Commissioner for India in South Africa, concerning a proposed visit by the High Commissioner, Sir Shafa'at to Southern Rhodesia

1944 Aug 16 - Nov 16; 1964 Jul 25 - Aug 10
Semi-official / personal correspondence relating to Southern Rhodesia including Catherine Langham in praise of the Homecraft Village scheme (GRE/I/5/1) and Mrs. Agnes Wilson concerning her work on the sub-committee of the Coloured Community Service League, the need for a hostel for unattached women in industry and the provision of adequate housing for cheap native labour in the towns (GRE/I/5/2-5); letters between Mrs. T.W. Stephens and E.B. concerning recognition of the war contribution made by Mrs. Stephens' husband as dental surgeon to air stations in the Gwelo area (GRE/I/5/6-9)

[1944]
Cutting from a Rhodesian newspaper concerning E.B.'s tour of the Belgian Congo, his last official tour as Governor of Southern Rhodesia before taking up his post in South Africa

1944 Aug 9 - Nov 25
Letters of farewell from Southern Rhodesia and congratulations on E.B.'s appointment as High Commissioner for the U.K. in the Union of South Africa and High Commissioner for Basutoland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland, with some copy replies. The letters are from the diplomatic community, commercial interests, universities, various clubs and societies, government officials and private individuals

1944 Aug 9 - Oct 25
Cuttings from the Rhodesian Herald, The Bulawayo Chronicle, the Cape Times and New Rhodesia concerning E.B.'s appointment as High Commissioner in South Africa and on his departure from Southern Rhodesia

1944 Oct 17
Signed copies of farewell addresses to the Governor by the members of the Southern Rhodesia Bantu Farmers' Congress, the Bantu Congress, Southern Rhodesia Native Association, the Salisbury and District Native Welfare Society, Salisbury Football Association, the Salisbury African Cycling Association, the Women's Club, the Salisbury Waiters and Domestic Servants, Highfield Village Tenants and the Tennis Club

1944 Oct 19
Copies of farewell addresses to the Governor and Lady Mary Baring at a Salisbury garden party, by the Mayor, Cr. Charles Olley, J. Paterson for the Chamber of Commerce and A.W. Sturgess, Vice President of the Association of Chambers of Industries of Rhodesia and President of the Salisbury Chamber of Industries

1934 Nov 15
Notes of a deputation received by the Secretary of State for the Dominions respecting transfer of the South African Protectorates
[Wrongly dated 1935 on title page]

1944 Aug 9 - 1972 Jul 26
Correspondence concerning South Africa and the Territories received by E.B. both during his service there and in later years, and including letters of thanks for addresses to various clubs and societies and from fellow officials in the administration on leaving service, farewell letters to E.B. on his departure from South Africa, and more specifically from Walter Huggard re his pleasure at handing over to E.B. (GRE/I/9/1); J.P. Cope, Editor of The Forum, in appreciation of E.B.'s liberal outlook on the native problem (GRE/I/9/2); Lord Cranborne re the future of the Territories, lack of funding for colonial development, discussions with Smuts at the San Francisco conference and the result of the British election (GRE/I/9/3-5); ? in praise of Nicholls, the South African High Commissioner and concerning the swing to the left in the U.K. (GRE/I/9/7-9); Private Secretary to the King [signature cut off - possibly A. Lascelles] concerning the royal visit to S. Africa (GRE/I/9/20-21); Sir Eric Machtig, Commonwealth Secretary re the importance of E.B. remaining in S. Africa for the near future and repercussions of the new government in the Union (GRE/I/9/24-28); Patrick Gordon Walker, Commonwealth Secretary, re his visit to S. Africa and thanking E.B. for his services as High Commissioner (GRE/I/9/29); King Sobhuza, Paramount Chief of Swaziland wishing farewell to E.B. and summarising developments in Swaziland during his tenure of office (GRE/I/9/35-36,38); Roland Turnsay (?), Office of the U.K. High Commissioner, Pretoria and Ted (?), Protectorate House, Mafeking, re further developments in the Seretse Khama affair, the enquiry into Swaziland accounts and other news from the Territories (GRE/I/9/48-62,69-73); I.H. Pierce from Kubuta, Swaziland re progress there since E.B.'s departure, particularly in agriculture and irrigation, the visit of E.B.'s successor, Sir John le Rougetel, the problem of ritual murders and the need for railway investment (GRE/I/9/64-66); Patrick Duncan re his decision to leave the Basutoland service and to take an active part in S. African political life (GRE/I/9/67-68); G. Hunt re progress in securing the support of the C.D.C. for commercial exploitation of the Usutu Forests in Swaziland (GRE/I/9/74-80); Kenneth Kirkwood re favourable impressions of developments in Swaziland (GRE/I/9/81); John Phillips re the report of the Economic Survey Mission to the H.C. Territories (GRE/I/9/82-83)

1944 Nov 28
Transcript of a meeting between E.B. and the chiefs of Basutoland on the former's first visit to the country as High Commissioner, when he spoke of the British Government's continued support for the system of government through chiefs and the need for the establishment of a National Treasury and other like reforms

1944 Dec 21 - 1945 Apr 6
Letters between E.B. and Lord Cranborne, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs:

1944 Nov 21 - 1947 Nov 1
Series of letters from E.B. as U.K. High Commissioner in the Union, to Sir Eric Machtig, Permanent Secretary, Dominions Office concerning affairs in South Africa and the Territories:

1945 Apr 6 - 1946 Jan 16
Correspondence between E.B. and Lord Addison, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs:

1945 Sep 13
Text of a speech by E.B. at a Rotary Club luncheon in Pretoria, on Britain's position in the post war world

1946 Jul 30
Letter from A.T.M. Mehliss, field geologist, Geological Survey Department, Swaziland to E.B., outlining certain geological principles, with particular reference to southern Africa

1945 Jul 30
Notes by E.B. on an interview with General Smuts at the San Francisco conference, recording his views on the international politics of the future

1947 Oct 31 - 1951 Jul 27
Correspondence between E.B. and the Commonwealth Relations Office in London:

c. 1944-1951]
Notes by E.B. on the South African mining industry

c. 1944-1951]
Notes by E.B. on water storage in Bechuanaland

1949 Jan]
Speech by E.B. on the role of Britain in post-war recovery

1951 May 25 - Jul 31
Cuttings from the Natal Daily News, the Cape Argus, Financial Times, Transvaler and The Natal Mercury concerning E.B.'s retirement from office in South Africa

1951 Jun 27 - Jul 2
Telegram from the S/S for Commonwealth Relations (Patrick Gordon Walker) to E.B. thanking him for his work as U.K. High Commissioner in the Union, with copy reply

1951 Aug 20 - 1954 May 22
Papers relating to Peak Timbers Ltd., Swaziland:

[1951]
Text of speech by E.B. on his last visit to Basutoland as High Commissioner, summarising the constitutional, agricultural and economic changes of the previous seven years

[c. 1951]
Certificate expressing farewell and loyalty from the Indian community at Ramoutsa on the occasion of E.B.'s last visit to Bechuanaland as High Commissioner

1952 Feb 28
Text of speech by E.B. to the Royal Empire Society on recent economic development in the High Commission Territories, with covering letter from Frank Cox, Overseas Press Services, to E.B.

[post 1951]
Letter to the editor of a British newspaper calling for a co-ordinated plan for Swaziland

[c. 1959]
Government commissioned report on the Tati Concession, Bechuanaland, held in private hands since an Order in Council of 1911, but shortly to be offered for sale. The report summarises the history of the administration of the Concession and assesses the benefits of a government purchase

1944 Oct 12
Cutting from the East African Standard incorporating the text of the farewell speech of Sir Henry Moore, retiring Governor of Kenya

1951 Aug 10 - 1952 Sep 17
Correspondence relating to E.B.'s appointment as Governor of Kenya and issues facing him in the first months of his service, including Oliver Lyttelton, Colonial Secretary, informing E.B. of his impending appointment (GRE/I/16/5); W.E. Hiley re his “Report on the economic survey of forestry in Kenya”, enclosing copies of related letters to the Empire Forestry Review from Hiley and J.C. Rammell, chief instigator of the report (GRE/I/16/7-12); Henry Howard re the choice of personal staff for E.B., arrangements for his arrival and engagements during the first month in Kenya (GRE/I/16/13-17,25-31,41-42,56-57,76,79); Henry Potter, Government House Kenya, re engagements in the first few months after E.B.'s arrival and arrangements for the swearing-in ceremony (GRE/I/16/18-19,35-38); Henry Potter, enclosing a letter from Brian Figgis of the Kenya Cultural Centre regarding the opening of the National Theatre (GRE/I/16/20-24,37-38); Michael Blundell, member of the Legislative Council (LegCo), re transport and shipping difficulties (GRE/I/16/34); E.B. to Henry Howard concerning arrangements for uniform at official occasions and engagements during his first few weeks in Kenya (GRE/I/16/58); Philip Rogers, Colonial Office, re reports in the Beaverbrook press on E.B.'s appointment to Kenya (GRE/I/16/59); Michael Blundell enclosing a copy letter to Patrick Gordon Walker concerning the political crisis in Kenya arising from the Mau Mau movement and explaining the emergency measures taken by the government to deal with the situation (GRE/I/16/61-70); Richard Frost re inaccuracies in Peter Abrahams' broadcast for the BBC on Kenya, entitled "The old chief's prayer", with text of his talk from The Listener, 21 Aug 1952 (GRE/I/16/71-74); Lawrence Olivier, declining E.B.'s invitation to open the Kenya National Theatre (GRE/I/16/75); W.L. Gorell Barnes, Colonial Office, re the decision to set up a Royal Commission to investigate the emergency in Kenya (GRE/I/16/80)

1951 Oct 4
Confidential report for the Colonial Development Corporation on “Nyasaland - Nyika Plateau investigations”, by P. Lamartine Yates, Controller of Operations, incorporating the report of Dr. Ian Craib, Adviser to Usutu Forests, on “The afforestability of the Nyika Plateau”, 17 Sep 1951 and with covering letter to E.B.

1952 Mar 25
Letter from Sir Philip Mitchell, Governor Kenya, to E.B. concerning furnishings at Government House and arrangements for staff, and enclosing for E.B.'s information:

1952 Apr 10 - 13
Cuttings from the East African Standard and The Sunday Post concerning E.B.'s appointment as Governor of Kenya

1952 Jun 16
Letter from Sir Philip Mitchell prior to his departure from Kenya concerning discussions with Michael Blundell, the newly elected leader of LegCo, and enclosing:

[1952]
Text of E.B.'s first speech to the citizens of Nairobi as Governor of Kenya, on the themes of the tie between Britain and Kenya and the challenge of the twentieth century

1952-1959
Official papers relating to E.B.'s governorship of Kenya, marked "For E.B. to take to the U.K." and divided into the following categories:

Rough notes by E.B. on Michael Blundell, "Mau Mau timetable" and on the political future of Kenya

1953 Oct 29
Despatch from E.B. to Oliver Lyttelton, Colonial Secretary, setting out his views on proposed constitutional reform

1955 Apr 6
Despatch from E.B. to A. Lennox-Boyd, Colonial Secretary, covering such topics as the working of government, Blundell's success at Nakuru, detainees, absorption of surplus families in the Kikuyu Reserve, economic conditions and security

1957 Sep 23
Letter from E.B. to Sir John Macpherson, Colonial Office, re the forthcoming constitutional talks

1957 Jul 13
Tour of Nyanza Province

1958 Sep 4
Tours of Northern Province and the Kikuyu and Embu country

1959 Apr 30
Tour of Meru and Kitui districts

1957 Sep 13
Letter from E.B. to A. Lennox-Boyd concerning the land consolidation campaign

1958 Oct 22
Letter from E.B. to Eugene R. Black of the International Bank concerning agricultural projects for which the Bank might consider lending funds

1959
Sessional Paper No. 9 of 1958/59: "The Pyrethrum industry. Proposals to amend existing legislation"

1956 Feb 17
Despatch from E.B. to A. Lennox-Boyd concerning the Kenya Government's views on the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Land and Population in East Africa

1956 Apr 23
Extract from a letter from E.B. to the S/S concerning the success of the land consolidation policy

1958 Dec 19 - 1959 Aug 17
Letters from E.B. to A. Lennox-Boyd, the Earl of Perth and W. Gorell Barnes at the Colonial Office, with enclosures, concerning African land tenure

[1959]
Report on land in the Kenya "Highlands", in explanation of Sessional Paper below

1959
Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1958/59: “Land tenure and control outside the native lands”

1958 May 22
At a Rotary Club dinner concerning fears of a revival of Mau Mau

1958 Sep 13
At the annual session of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce at Mombasa concerning the economies of the East African Territories

1958 Nov 12
At the annual dinner of the Kenya National Farmers' Union concerning progress in Kenyan farming

1958 Dec 1
At the St. Andrew's Day dinner concerning the Kenyan economy

1952 Oct 9 - 1953 Dec 30
Telegrams and letters from E.B. to Oliver Lyttelton, S/S for the Colonies reporting on the spread of the Mau Mau movement and steps taken to control the emergency

1959 Jul 18
Memorandum by Terence Glancy, Private Secretary, on the movement of residents out of permanent villages in Central Province

1953
Series of co-ordinated memoranda prepared by members of the East African Agriculture and Forestry Research Organisation as written evidence for the Royal Commission, with covering letter from B.A. Keen, Director, to the Administrator, East African High Commission, Nairobi and page of comments:

1953 Dec 8
“A plan to intensify the development of African agriculture in Kenya”, by R.J.M. Swynnerton, Assistant Director of Agriculture, with related notes by E.B. The five-year plan is divided into the following sections:

1953-1958 and n.d.
Semi-official letters received by E.B. while Governor of Kenya, chiefly concerning affairs there, in particular political developments and the Emergency:

1953 Feb
"Unpack that pistol, Momma", poem by Hugh Fraser, P.P.S. to the Colonial Secretary, written during a visit to Kenya

1953 Mar 27
Memorandum by C.W. Salter of the Electors' Union on points for discussion with the Governor by Salter and Lord Portsmouth, covering rehabilitation and reconstruction of Kikuyu, the conduct of anti-terrorist operations, subversive activities, the Coronation party, delay in accepting recommendations of the European Elected Members, and currency. The memorandum is annotated by E.B. and is accompanied by a covering letter from Salter to Henry [? Howard] (Private Secretary to E.B.)

1953 Apr 3
Confidential aide-memoire from the European Elected Members' Organisation covering summary justice, special emergency punishment for Mau Mau crimes, forfeiture of land, reorganisation of emergency command at all levels, control of movement and composition of the inner cabinet, with annotations by E.B. and note that it was delivered by M. Blundell, W.B. Havelock and H. Slade

1953 May 19
Cutting from the Detroit Free Press concerning the problems facing E.B. in Kenya

1953 Nov 19
Memorandum on bush clearing of Tugen lands adjacent to the Ravine European farms

1953
Grid map of Kiambu District, Central Province, Kenya. Sheet South A-37 G-11-NW
Survey of Kenya, 2nd edition, 1953
scale:   1 to 50,000
Size: 65 x 88 cms

[n.d.]
Draft announcement of the issue of rifles to Home Guard leaders in the light of the massacre near Uplands

[n.d.]
Rough notes by E.B. on elections to LegCo and candidates for ministerial posts

[n.d.]
Memorandum for submission to E.B. by Kisii Farmers and Transport Co-operative Unions Ltd., on the occasion of the joint meeting of their managing committees, and requesting a visit to their region by Princess Margaret, extra funding for Kisii farm development, the abolition of export tax, improved communications and extra representation on the Kenya Coffee Marketing Board

1954 Jul 20
Minute No. 376 of the Fort Hall District Emergency Committee on the subject of priorities in tackling the Mau Mau crisis, with attached explanatory note for E.B.

1954 Aug 17
Note by the Secretary of the War Council on "Movement of detainees …", with statistics of casualties, losses and recoveries of firearms, and individual surrenders, and figures of hangings and commutations since the beginning of the Emergency, submitted to E.B. by G. Mallaby prior to his speech to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

1954 Nov 15
Text of speech by E.B. to the Muslim community of Takaungu in the Coast Province, thanking them for their loyalty and addressing matters which they have raised

[c. 1954]
Note of coffee averages (plantings) for Central Province districts 1952-1953 and 1953-1954 and terraces constructed

[1956]
Draft despatch by E.B. on the Mau Mau, the causes of the movement and lessons to be learned by government, with notes used in its preparation and Colonial Office circular despatches on "Lessons of the emergency in Malaya" ( 1949-1950 )

1957 Mar 24 - 1959 Mar 18
Letters of congratulations to E.B. on extensions to his service as Governor of Kenya, from both private citizens and representatives of official bodies such as Kenneth Bolton of the East African Standard (GRE/I/25/1); Sir Kenneth O'Connor, Chief Justice (GRE/I/25/2); P.R.E. Cassod, Advocate, Supreme Court (GRE/I/25/3,15); H. Massie-Blomfield, Representative in Kenya of the Oxford Society (GRE/I/25/4); Bishop of Mombasa (GRE/I/25/6); J.B. Ahamed of the Ismailia Provincial Council (GRE/I/25/7-8); Archbishop McCarthy of Nairobi (GRE/I/25/10); Sir Philip Mitchell, former Governor (GRE/I/25/11); O. Goetz, Swiss Consul (GRE/I/25/12); M. Cowie, Director of the Royal National Parks of Kenya (GRE/I/25/13); and the Central Sikh Association (GRE/I/25/14)

1957 Nov 5
Note from T. Mboya to E.B. concerning permission for visits to inmates of detention camps

[post 1958]
Historical survey of the origins and growth of Mau Mau, by F.D. Corfield, Government Commissioner (History of Mau Mau), with the assistance of F.D. Ryland, retired Kenya Administrative Service. The terms of reference were to produce a factual historical examination of what happened, rather than to hold an enquiry supported by recommendations. Divided into three volumes, the survey covers the following topics:

1959 Jul - Oct
File of official papers relating to affairs in Kenya, marked "For H.E. to discuss in London" and including:

1959 Aug 13
Précis by V.A. Maddison, Permanent Under-Secretary for Commerce and Industry, of “The Re-assessment of the Seven Forks Hydro-Electric Project”, with covering memorandum

[1959]
Notes by E.B. on suggested actions to be taken to bring the Emergency to an end

[n.d.]
Rough notes by E.B. on agriculture and paper production

1959 Jun 27 - Oct 14
Press cuttings concerning the departure of E.B. from Kenya and the achievements of his seven years of office, from the East African Standard, Kenya Weekly News and The Sunday Post

1959
Farewell speeches to E.B. before his departure from Kenya:

1958 Sep 22 - 1959 Sep 30
Letters of appreciation and farewell to E.B. on the announcement of his departure from Kenya, from private citizens, government officials, including those who worked with him at Government House, various sections of the Asian and African communities, representatives of groups, societies and local institutions amd members of the diplomatic community, with some copy replies. Notable among these are letters from George Adamson of the Game Department with news of the birth of "Elsa's" cubs (GRE/I/32/3); Sir Kenneth O'Connor, Court of Appeal (GRE/I/32/11); W. Gorell Barnes, Colonial Office (GRE/I/32/17-18); Sir Philip Mitchell, former Governor (GRE/I/32/24); Alan Lennox-Boyd, Colonial Secretary (GRE/I/32/27); Wilfrid Havelock, former Minister for Local Government, Health and Housing, concerning also the delay in announcing the appointment of the new Governor and the split in the A.E.M.O. (GRE/I/32/39); Sir Ernest Vasey, Finance Minister (GRE/I/32/42); F.D. Corfield, also concerning his “Historical survey of the origins and growth of Mau Mau” (GRE/I/32/66); A. Hope-Jones, Minister for Commerce and Industry (GRE/I/32/74); and Leslie Wink, former Commander City Police, Nairobi (GRE/I/32/76-77)

1959 Oct 1 - Nov 4
Continuation of letters of appreciation and farewell as above, with some copy replies. Notable correspondents include the Chiefs of Nairobi (GRE/I/33/1-3); Arthur Benson, Governor of N. Rhodesia (GRE/I/33/12); Sir Donald MacGillivray on behalf of the Council of State (GRE/I/33/13); the Bishop of Mombasa, enclosing as a gift a certificate of manumission issued to a freed slave by the Imperial East Africa Company in 1875 (GRE/I/33/19-21); Kenneth Bolton, editor of the East African Standard (GRE/I/33/45-48); Edward Windley, former Minister for African Affairs (GRE/I/33/66); Julian Amery, junior Minister in the Colonial Office (GRE/I/33/67-68); E.N. Griffith-Jones, Minister for Legal Affairs (GRE/I/33/69-70); Sir Christopher Cox, Educational Adviser to the S/S for the Colonies (GRE/I/33/75); Michael Blundell, Minister for Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Water Resources (GRE/I/33/77); Alan Lennox-Boyd, Colonial Secretary (GRE/I/33/78-79); Sir Frederick Crawford, Governor of Uganda (GRE/I/33/83)

1959 Sep 7 - 1960 Dec 27
Papers relating to the rescue of an Asian girl from the sea at Casuarina Point, Malindi by E.B. on 6 Sep 1959, shortly before his final departure from Kenya:

1959 Jul 16 - 1972 Jun 6
Correspondence relating to Kenya received by E.B. after his retirement as Governor, with some copy replies and including Rev. Henri-Ph. Junod re the great achievement of E.B.'s governorship in the reserves, particularly the development of Kikuyuland (GRE/I/40/1); W. Havelock, enlisting E.B.'s support for an application to the Wolfson Foundation for a grant to extend the Red Cross scheme in Nyanza and Coast provinces (GRE/I/40/2-3); Diarmaid Conroy, Ministry of Legal Affairs re the prosecution of Akumu for sedition (GRE/I/40/5-6); Denzil Klut (?) re staff changes in the Ministry of Forest Development, Game and Fisheries and prospects for an agreement with the Masai over the Mara and Kitengali areas (GRE/I/40/7); Eric Griffith-Jones, Minister for Legal Affairs, re negotiations in London on the replacement legislation and the amnesty (GRE/I/40/8-9); R.St. Barbe Baker re E.B.'s contribution to forestry developments in Kenya, with E.B.'s reply (GRE/I/40/10,17); Eric Griffith-Jones re reaction in Kenya to the Preservation of Public Security Bill and Security Settlement Bill and the choice of delegates to the Lancaster House Conference (GRE/I/40/13-15); Terence Glancy, Private Secretary to the Governor, Kenya re Sir Patrick Renison (GRE/I/40/16); E.B. to Sir Michael Blundell, Granville Roberts, Sir Patrick Renison, Hon. Bruce McKenzie, Viscount Lambton and Sir Frederick Crawford re Lord Lambton's proposed visit to Kenya (GRE/I/40/21-25,27); Brig. J.B. Bellingham re reaction in Kenya to the Lancaster House Conference, with reply (GRE/I/40/28-30); A. Hope-Jones, Kenneth Bolton of the East African Standard and J. Leslie Melville re the political situation in Kenya after the Lancaster House Conference (GRE/I/40/31-35,39-41), with E.B.'s replies (GRE/I/40/36-38,42); E.B. to Mervyn Hill of The Kenya Weekly News and to F.S. Joelson of East Africa and Rhodesia, with his views on British policy towards Kenya since the general election and the best tactics for Europeans in Kenya (GRE/I/40/43-45,51-52), with Hill's reply (GRE/I/40/50); E.B. to Lord Lambton re the purpose of his articles in The Times urging better terms for Civil Servants who agree to stay on in Kenya and support for Blundell's New Kenya Party (GRE/I/40/48); H.D. Haggie, soliciting E.B.'s support for a new constitution for Kenya (as laid out in attached memorandum), based on the 1797 Settlers' Constitution for N. America (GRE/I/40/57-61), with E.B.'s reply (GRE/I/40/63); Sir Michael Blundell and J. Leslie Melville re the political situation in Kenya (GRE/I/40/64-68); Lord Portsmouth re his worries about Kenya's financial situation and growing unemployment and the need for financial assistance from the U.K. (GRE/I/40/69-71), with E.B.'s reply (GRE/I/40/73); Michael Blundell re his lack of success in the primaries but increasing support from Africans in Kenya (GRE/I/40/72); J. Leslie Melville re the outcome of the elections and the Governor's mishandling of the Kenyatta issue (GRE/I/40/74-76), with E.B.'s reply (GRE/I/40/77); John Reiss, Chairman Portland House, requesting advice on the security of increased investment in Kenya (GRE/I/40/78-79), with E.B.'s reply (GRE/I/40/80-81); R. Macdonald-Buchanan re his sympathy for the settlers in Kenya (GRE/I/40/82), with E.B.'s reply (GRE/I/40/84); Sir Michael Blundell re his future plans (GRE/I/40/85,90), with replies (GRE/I/40/86,91) and re his planned autobiography (GRE/I/40/92-93), with reply (GRE/I/40/94)

1959 Oct 5
Minute by J.H. Butler on "Comparison of cost of Exchequer loan with normal public issue", with note by E.B. of estimated expenditure for 1959-1960 and 1960-1961

1960 Feb 1
Copy of the speech by Rt. Hon. Iain Macleod, S/S for the Colonies at the Kenya Constitutional Conference, Lancaster House, London

1960 Apr 20 - Nov 3
Draft article by E.B. for the Christian Action Newsletter assessing British colonial rule, with related correspondence between E.B. and Canon L. John Collins of Christian Action, and B.D. Nicholls of the C.M.S.

1960 May 26 - Aug 29
Draft articles (with proofs) by E.B. for The Times on the “Future of Kenya - I Land of dangers and hopes” and “II Security for the Civil Servant”, with related correspondence between E.B. and Oliver Woods of The Times and reaction to the second article by Brig. Sir George Walton

1960 Aug 4 - 1963 Mar 9
Papers relating to the Progress Foundation, a non-political body formed to promote economic development in Kenya and to raise standards of living there, consisting mainly of correspondence between E.B. and others including Mrs. Eugenie D. Hughes, Member of the Kenyan Legislative Council and A.C. Davies, agent for Michael Blundell. The letters discuss the aims of the Foundation, means of raising funds, arrangements for meetings and discussions, and work undertaken in Kenya on the Foundation's behalf. Donations to the Foundation were channelled through Auxiliary Services Ltd. There is also some correspondence with H. St.L. Grenfell re his efforts to collect funds to support moderate African candidates in opposition to candidates financed by Tom Mboya. Enclosures include:

1960 Jun 2
Copy letter from Iain Macleod, Colonial Secretary, to Lord Lambton, commenting on the latter's views on Kenya as expressed in notes on a tour of the country, with covering letter from Lambton to E.B.

1960 Sep 15 - 1962 Aug 24
Press cuttings relating to Kenya:

1960
Draft article by E.B. for Optima on developments in African farming in Kenya, with related correspondence between E.B., Public Relations Officer, Kenya and Philip Brownrig

1960
Early and final drafts of a lecture delivered by E.B. at the School of Oriental and African Studies on "African agriculture in Africa", with related correspondence between E.B. and M. Gatehouse, Organiser of Special Courses

1961
Reports by Lord Lambton of an interview with Kenyatta prior to his release and of his impressions of life in Kenya, gathered during a tour of Northern and Central Provinces and to Michael Blundell's farm in the White Highlands, with covering letter from Eileen Brady to E.B.

1962 May 8 - Aug 21
Draft article by E.B. for The Times on nature conservancy in Kenya, with related correspondence between E.B., A.P. Ryan of The Times and M. Nicholson of the Nature Conservancy

1963 Aug 19 - Oct 27
Statement by E.B. for the Kenya Weekly News with related correspondence with Mervyn Hill

[n.d.]
Circular letter recommending the Monthly Digest and The Weekly Review as sources of intelligence on events in Africa

[n.d.]
Table of classes of nouns and adjectival and pronominal concords, unknown African language

[1952]
Review by Sir Philip Mitchell of the work of the East Africa Central Legislative Assembly during its first term (ended 31 Dec 1951). In Sep 1952 E.B. took over the chairmanship of the E.A.C.L.A.

1960 Feb 24
Report by W.K. Slater of the Agricultural Research Council concerning the future of interterritorial agricultural research in the countries of the East Africa High Commission in the face of African majority government and declining grants from the Colonial Development and Welfare Funds

[1960]
Notes by [E.B.] on the importance of High Commission research into agriculture and the need to offer a U.K. based Technical Service to newly independent colonies

1969 Mar 31 - 1972 Oct 12
Correspondence between E.B. and staff of the Oxford Colonial Records Project (Dame Marjery Perham and John J. Tawnay, Director) concerning arrangements for interviews conducted in 1969 and 1971, recordings and transcripts of which are housed at Rhodes House Library, and concerning restrictions on access to recorded material. Enclosed is an aide-memoire and notes by E.B. to assist with the 1971 interview

1969
Paper by E.B. forwarded to the Oxford Colonial Records Project after an interview with Dame Marjery Perham on 19 Nov 1969, setting out E.B.'s views on Michael Blundell, with a critical assessment of Blundell's autobiography ( So rough a wind, Wiedenfeld and Nicholson, London 1964), in particular Blundell's failure to address the key issues of economic development and Provincial Administration. It also contains a timetable of events during the Mau Mau emergency

1971 Nov 24
Transcript of a recording of an interview with E.B. for the Oxford Colonial Records Project. The interview, which followed on from an earlier discussion of 1969, was conducted in two parts. The first interviewer, Dame Marjery Perham, discussed with E.B. as Chairman of the Commonwealth Development Corporation, the role of the C.D.C. in various African countries, impressions of economic and agricultural developments in those countries, in the light of his experience in Kenya and his early career as a colonial administrator. The second interviewer M.D. McWilliam concentrated on certain aspects of development during E.B.'s governorship of Kenya:

1959 Aug 27 - 1971 Nov 25
Papers relating to the work of the Colonial (later Commonwealth) Development Corporation, particularly during the years of E.B.'s chairmanship, consisting mainly of correspondence with copy replies and enclosures. Letters include E.B. to Lord Perth seeking permission to join the board of Forest Industries Veneers (formerly Peak Timbers), a company involved in forest enterprises in Swaziland (GRE/I/50/3); D. McW. Millar, clerk to Sub-Committee D of the Select Committee on Estimates re the future relationships of the Colonial Office and the Commonwealth Relations Office with newly independent countries, with related correspondence (GRE/I/50/4,7-9); Michael Blundell re reaction in Kenya to the Lancaster House proposals, with reply (GRE/I/50/5,10); Lord Hastings and Lord Perth inviting E.B. to speak to the House of Lords' debate on the Kenya Constitutional Conference, with replies (GRE/I/50/6,11-12,14-16); E.B. to Lord Perth setting out his views on the C.D.C. (GRE/I/50/18-20); letter of appointment as Deputy Chairman (GRE/I/50/21); E.B. to W. Gorell Barnes re financial negotiations on funding of the C.D.C. (GRE/I/50/74-79); letters re the terms of appointment of E.B. as chairman of the C.D.C. (GRE/I/50/80-85,95-99); letters re the appointment of John Prideaux as Deputy Chairman (GRE/I/50/88-90,92-94); E.B. to A. Gaitskell re the future of European farmers in Tanganyika and Kenya (GRE/I/50/101); E.B. to Lord Perth re security arrangements for Southern Cameroons in order to safeguard C.D.C. operations (GRE/I/50/119-121); E.B. to G.W. Totman re discussions on future areas of operations for the C.D.C. (GRE/I/50/124); E.B. to Sir Hilton Poynton re a request from the Malayan Government for the C.D.C. to manage a number of their small-holder settlements (GRE/I/50/125); E.B. to Sir William Rendell re British exports of machinery to Nigeria (GRE/I/50/131). Enclosures:

1960 Jun 19 - 25
Correspondence between E.B. as Chairman of the C.D.C. and Dick Wilson concerning terms to be offered to members of the Colonial Service, both administrative and technical and from Sir Patrick Renison, Governor of Kenya concerning the security of land tenure in Kenya

1960 Nov 30 - 1972 Sep 19
Correspondence received by E.B. as Chairman of the Colonial Development Corporation, later (from 1963) the Commonwealth Development Corporation, mainly letters of congratulations on his appointment and appreciation of his efforts. Enclosure:

1960 Nov
Memorandum to the S/S for the Colonies in respect of European land-owning within the Nandi Salient, Kenya, a copy of which was sent to E.B. as Chairman of the C.D.C. by H.D. Haggie requesting his support in raising funds to compensate European farmers for land given back to the Nandi

1971 Jul 8 - Nov 12
Notes by Sir Geoffry Wilson on the present policies of the World Bank Group, written in response to a memorandum on the future of the W.B.G., with further note of proposals for the international aid effort and related correspondence between Wilson and Professor P.P. Streeten

1960 Feb 16 - 1963 Dec 17
Papers relating to E.B.'s association with the Universities' Mission to Central Africa, consisting mainly of correspondence between A.H. Pike, Financial Secretary and E.B. concerning investments of the U.M.C.A., with a list of those investments (GRE/I/53/10-12,14-17); Rev. G.W. Broomfield, General Secretary re the formal inauguration of the new Province of East Africa by the Archbishop of Canterbury (GRE/I/53/18), with reply (GRE/I/53/19); A.H. Pike and the Archbishop of Central Africa concerning the retirement of Rt. Rev. Frank Thorne, Bishop of Nyasaland (GRE/I/53/26-27); A.H. Pike re the appointment of Rt. Rev. Trevor Huddleston as Bishop of Masasi (GRE/I/53/28-29); Bishop Huddleston re the future of the Theological College at Namasakata, with related letters from E.B. to A.H. Pike (GRE/I/53/33-35); Rev. G.W. Broomfield re the choice of a new General Secretary, with reply (GRE/I/53/37-39); Bishop Huddleston re funds for the Mkomaindo Training Hospital, with reply (GRE/I/53/45-47) and re financial problems, with reply (GRE/I/53/48-49). Enclosures:

1961 Dec 15 - 1962 Oct 4
Letters to E.B. from Trevor Huddleston, Bishop of Masasi, Tanganyika concerning his fund raising tour of the U.S.A. for the U.M.C.A. (with enclosed report) and E.B.'s visit to Masasi Diocese

1961 Nov 9 - 1968 Nov 18
Papers relating to the commission appointed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York on crown appointments to ecclesiastical offices 1962-1964 of which E.B. was chairman. The commission's report, Crown appointments and the church was published in 1964. Correspondence includes the Archbishop of Canterbury requesting E.B.'s consent to become chairman (GRE/I/55/1-4), with initial letter of refusal (GRE/I/55/5-6); E.B. to Bishop Huddleston seeking advice on his role (GRE/I/55/7) and letters relating to the membership and terms of reference of the Commission and witnesses to be called. Enclosures:

1961 Feb 17 - 1972 Nov 13
Papers relating to Nature Conservancy consisting mainly of correspondence concerning its work under E.B.'s chairmanship, arrangements for meetings and appointments, including letters of appointment as a member (GRE/I/56/15) and later chairman (GRE/I/56/29); Grace Hickling to E.B. Worthington re the issue of seal culling at the Farne Islands (GRE/I/17-19); G.R. Hardstaff to E.B. re the use of pyrethrum as a non-toxic pesticide, with reply (GRE/I/56/25-26); Iain Grant to Maj. J.G. Morrison and Morrison to E.B. re the need for a public relations officer for Nature Conservancy (GRE/I/56/27-28,32); E.B. to Lord Ogmore re possibilities for improving land on hill farms in the Pynlimmon Hills in Wales(GRE/I/56/39-41); correspondence re the proposed Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve (GRE/I/56/46-51); E.B. to E.M. Nicholson re the wording of the annual report (GRE/I/56/75-76) and re steps taken on his land to restrict the damage from pesticides (GRE/I/56/96-97); T. Tynan to E.B. re potential sites in Northumberland for nature reserves (GRE/I/56/102-103); Peter Orde of the National Trust re criticism by the Northumberland and Durham Naturalists' Trust of the National Trust's management of the Farne Islands (GRE/I/56/119-120); R. Elfyn Hughes, Director Nature Conservancy in Wales, to Lord Jellicoe urging that E.B. be retained as chairman of the new Nature Conservancy Council (GRE/I/56/128-129). Enclosures:

1962 and n.d.
Press cuttings concerning the work of Nature Conservancy:

1972 Jun - Sep
Papers relating to the National Association for Environmental Education including copy of the constitution, newsletter for Jul 1972, agenda for Council meetings, General Secretary's report for 1972 and standing orders for the conduct of the business of the Association at general meetings

Map of Lindisfarne, Northumberland showing ownership of land and the area of the proposed National Nature Reserve
Based on parts of O.S. 1" sheets 64 and 71 (7th series)
scale:   1in to 1 mile
Size: 13.5 x 17.5 ins

1942 Jan 31 - Feb 7
Papers relating to Ardgowan Estates Ltd. including memorandum on the company by E.A. Wedderburn, annual report and accounts up to 10 May 1941 and printed copy of the memorandum and articles of association of the company

1952-1960
Papers relating to the Howick Estates in Northumberland including notes of timber sold and fencing material converted and used on the estate; memoranda by E.B. on the future of the Red Stead and Little Mill farms, major works required on farm buildings, cottages and gardens; accounts for Little Mill farm 1958

1960 Nov 11 - 1972 Nov 20
Correspondence concerning estate management, consisting of a letter from D.S. Brook, Deputy County Advisory Officer, to E.B., reporting on three possible systems of farming for estate lands with follow-up correspondence on results of livestock and crops for the years 1961 - 1972. Enclosures:

1951-1971
Diaries and notebooks containing notes on a whole range of issues relating to the Howick Estates, including livestock, feeding, milking, grass drying, silage, ploughing, harvesting, sales of livestock, fertilizers, crops, trees, fencing, drains and water supplies

1962-1972
Notebook containing record of livestock sales from Howick Estates

[c. 1966 - 1969]
Rough notes on estate matters. Content similar to notebooks above

1960/61 - 1968/69
Cropping programmes for estate farms

Ministry of Agriculture advisory leaflets:
Cereal take-all No. 304.
Eyespot of wheat and barley No. 321

1967 Jan 11 - 1969 Dec 16
Papers relating to the Swan Hunter Group, many of them agenda papers, including:

1959 May 24
Letter from Sir Alfred Beit at Blessington, Co Wicklow, inviting him to become a trustee of the Beit Trust on his return from Kenya, and outlining the duties thereby.
Paper, 1f

1952-1970
Papers relating to banking and investments including correspondence concerning Canadian investment (GRE/I/82/3-6); and investment in equities (GRE/I/82/7-19); and statement of investment portfolio as at 30 Oct 1970 (GRE/I/82/20-22)

[c. 1934 - 1937]
Notebook containing notes on international trade: trade in commodities such as fish, fur, coffee, cotton seed, rubber, sugar, wheat, maize, cotton, tin, pepper, tea, chocolate and sweets, whiskey and petrol; notes on trade balances with Argentina, India, China and Japan; U.S.A. banks; gold reserves; fixed trusts; S. American bills; German exchange 1935 ; forward exchange transactions; and foreign exchange

1941
Egypt: notes on 1938 cotton quota, Sudan debt to Egypt 1939, budget figures 1939/40, financial assistance to Egypt, Alexandria fortifications expenditure , Egypt's treaty obligations, RAF costs, role of the M.E.I.C., Egyptian Army, economic war legislation, U.K./Egypt trade, Egyptian Cotton Commission 1941, Suez Canal
Sudan: notes on education, cotton for neutral countries, contraband control, defence finance 1940, cotton seed, U.K. cotton figures, RAF and Admiralty priorities, food imports into the U.K.
Abyssinia: population statistics
Libya: population statistics, notes on demographic colonisation, Senussi, Cyrenaica
Enclosures:

[c. 1941]
Notes on U.S. trade agreements, Anglo-American trade, particularly in wheat, and U.S. agriculture

[c. 1941 - 1942, 1953]
Egypt and Sudan: notes on Anglo-Egyptian defence cooperation, war-time economic measures, defence in Africa, propaganda, Sudan Plantations Syndicate, agriculture including tobacco and cotton, Egyptian and Sudanese officials, Egyptian finances, education
Vocabulary (Swahili?)
Birds spotted at Naivasha, Kenya, 1953

1942
Notebook containing notes on international trade and finance including food policy - Brazil and Uruguay; S. American exchanges; agricultural prices; Anglo-Peru payments agreement 1942; Canadian financial agreement; Italian agreement; U.K. exports to the U.S.A.; Polish statistics on population, industry and land; Egyptian cotton stocks 1942; export taxes; post-war food production; civil aviation; Argentinian exports; Portuguese colonies; rice production; East African supplies to the Middle East 1942; civil requirements; Brazil problem 1942; Congo trade; tobacco; jute; post-war finance; blockade; trade agreement talks
Southern Rhodesia: cattle; flogging; bridges; tobacco; ports; railways; post-war balance
Sudan: capital position mid 1941; town councils
Secondary industries; S. African politics; shipping; Japan

[c. 1942]
Notes on a number of war-time and post-war issues including colonial trade, reparations, the I.L.O., U.S. scheme for relief, disarmament, Russian collective farms, Yugo-Slav trade 1936-1939; and post-war Balkans

[c. 1944-1951]
Basutoland: notes on flowers and shrubs seen (particularly Mokhotlong), agricultural production, mountain hospitals, soil conservation, tribal courts
Orange Free State: notes on schools, agriculture and mining

[c. 1954]
Kenya: notes on government officials, detention camps, police, administrative progress, area penalties and notes for speech

[c. 1954]
Kenya: notes on the Royal Commission, labour, land rights, Legislative Council and Ministers, forestry, education and the Forfeiture Bill

[n.d. 1950s]
Kenya: notes on birds spotted, with some game, trees and insects; notes on agriculture and detainees

[n.d. 1950s]
Notes on Europe and the German question; the administrative systems of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanganyika, Kenya, Transkei and Nyasaland, with special reference to native administration

[c. 1951 - 1959]
Kenya: notes of flowers and shrubs spotted at Mount Kulal

[c. 1955 - 1968]
Theological jottings
Notes on agriculture and forestry
Birds spotted in Kenya 1955-1961, Uganda 1959 and 1967, and Tanzania 1968

[c. 1958 - 1959]
Kenya: Swahili vocabulary; notes on taxation, land consolidation, livestock, investigation into the death of a prisoner in custody, the K.K.M., Legislative Council, Somalia, finance, Mara National Reserve, land, Hola Camp, RAF needs, detainees, settlements, tobacco, administration and various individuals, both European and African

1959
Kenya: notes on Nyeri, agriculture, industry, hospitals, Hola Camp, finance, security, the London conference

Notes compiled by E.B. on biblical texts
(3 notebooks and 1 file of loose papers)

Notes by E.B. on the physical make-up, reproduction, respiratory systems and cell structure of plants, amphibians, dogfish, amoeba, etc

1903 Dec 9 - 1930 Feb 16
Miscellaneous personal letters to E.B. from relatives and friends, mostly concerning social engagements, but including a petition to the infant E.B. from the children of the native cigarettes workmen in Cairo, 1903 (GRE/I/150/1) and from his friend Ben concerning life in Kashmir (GRE/I/150/25-26)

[1904] May 16
Letter from Alice Tree, E.B.'s nanny, to Lady Cromer, reporting on her charge's progress

Horoscope for E.B.

[c.1904 - 1906]
Colour postcards to E.B. as an infant from his mother, Lady Cromer, taking the waters on the continent

1904 - 1906
Letters from E.B.'s nanny, Alice Tree, to Lady Cromer, concerning the baby's progress

[c.1905 - 1906]
Lock of E.B.'s hair

1906 Apr 22 - 1916 Aug 17
Brief personal letters from Lord Cromer to his son. The letter of 15 Jan 1913 discusses the prospects for war (GRE/I/152/28) and from 27 Apr 1915 he includes comments on the progress of the war

[c.1906]
Letters to E.B. from his mother, Lady Cromer, mostly from Cairo. She refers to the heat, gives news of E.B.'s young friends and expresses her longing to see him again

c.1906-1913 Dec 21]
Letters from E.B. to his parents, Lord and Lady Cromer. The early ones, which are mostly undated and sent from Ardgowan or Eastbourne, are written in an adult hand, probably his nanny or aunt. From 1913, he wote to his mother from school, reporting on academic progress and sporting achievements, particularly at cricket and football

1908, 1912
Postcard to E.B. from his aunt and letter from 'Mary'

1909- 1921
Papers relating to E.B.'s education at Kindergarten, the Wick, Hove and Winchester College, including examples of his work, printed copies of school lists, 1912-1913 (GRE/I/156/40-41), programmes for dramatic performances (GRE/I/156/42-45), letters to Lady Cromer from E.B.'s housemaster concerning his early days at the Wick (GRE/I/156/46-49) and from his housemasters at Winchester College concerning his progress (GRE/I/156/50-52), school reports (GRE/I/156/53-77) and correspondence between Lord Cromer, J. St Loe Strachey and L.T. Thring re the possibility of publishing one of E.B.'s examination scripts (GRE/I/156/78-83)

1914 Jan 25 - 1915 Dec 19
Continuation of letters from E.B. at school to his parents. Content as in GRE/I/154 above, but also including comments on the progress of the war

[c. 1915]
Silhouette of E.B. aged about twelve, mounted on a postcard which he addressed to "The ghost of Jack Johnson"

1916 Jan 23 - 1917 Dec 15
Continuation of letters from E.B. at school to his parents. Contents as above. His father, Lord Cromer, died in Jan 1917, so from that date all letters are to his mother. In Sep 1917 he moved to Winchester

[1917 - c.1925]
Letters to E.B. at school and university from his mother, Lady Cromer, containing personal and family news, including accounts of life in war-time London ( GRE/I/153/10- 11)

1918 Jan 27 - 1920 Sep 26
Continuation of letters from E.B. at Winchester to his mother with general news of academic and sporting achievements. Letter of 30 Jul 1919 describes an O.T.C. camp on Salisbury Plain

1921 Jan 25 - 1924 May 6
Continuation of letters from E.B. at Winchester and, from Oct 1921, from New College, Oxford. Content as above but including also a description of a camp at New Romney organised by the Duke of York to bring public school boys and poor youths together (GRE/I/160/9); his first impressions of New College (GRE/I/160/10-12) and of an Oxford University O.T.C. camp at Seaford (GRE/I/160/21); account of a summer vacation spent living with a French family at La Rochelle (GRE/I/160/22- 25)

1924 Nov 1 - 1925 Apr 20
Letters home from E.B. during his travels in Europe and the Middle East, including from Venice re his journey through Switzerland and Italy and impressions of Venice (GRE/I/161/1- 2); from the steamer Cornard re the journey to Greece including a stop at Bari (GRE/I/161/3-4); from Athens, describing Corfu and the Parthenon in Athens (GRE/I/161/5-7); re his travels in Greece (GRE/I/161/8-14) and Turkey (GRE/I/161/17-22); from Cairo re his visit to Smyrna (GRE/I/161/23-33); from Luxor re his experiences in Cairo, criticisms of Allenby, the High Commissioner and news of friends and acquaintances (GRE/I/161/34-40); from Cairo re his trip to Upper Egypt (GRE/I/161/42-49); from Damascus re his travels in Palestine (GRE/I/161/51-59); and from Cairo re his travels in Syria (GRE/I/161/60-65). For copies of all these letters in Lady Cromer's hand, see GRE/I/162/1-80 below

1928 Aug 30
Copies of E.B.'s letters home, chiefly to his mother, from his travels in Europe and the Middle East (1924-1925) and from India (1927-1928), written up in his mother's hand, in a red leather address book. Included in the volume are some copies for which originals no longer exist. For a description of the contents, see GRE/I/161/1-65 above for letters concerning his travels in Europe and the Middle East, and GRE/I/147/1-81 in section 1 for letters from India

1928 Sep 20 - 1929 Nov 14; 1932 Aug 4 - 1933 Jan 31
Copies of E.B.'s letters home, chiefly to his mother from India (1928-1929), South Africa and India again (1932-1933), written up in his mother's hand in a vellum bound notebook, with Katharine Cromer bookplate and blue cloth cover. Included in the volume are some copies, particluarly of letters to other family members and friends, for which no originals exist. For a description of the contents, see GRE/I/148/1-98 and GRE/I/149/1-20 in section 1 above

1944 Nov 1 - 1960 Jan 13 and n.d.
Personal correspondence from friends including A. Lascelles re E.B.'s appointment as High Commissioner in South Africa, his admiration for Smuts and the death of William Temple (GRE/I/104/6-7) and re E.B.'s tour of the Congo and events in Greece (GRE/I/104/8-10); Paul ? re the outcome of the general election (GRE/I/104/11-12); H.J. Huddleston re his role as Governor-General of the Sudan (GRE/I/104/13-19); his half first cousin Rowley 3rd Earl of Cromer re a bequest from the earl's father 19 August 1953 (GRE/I/104/30).

1952 May 8 - 1970 Nov 5
Miscellaneous correspondence, chiefly invitations to attend meetings and dinners and requests for speeches and articles

1967-1971
Letters from E.B. to a distant cousin, Ann Cecilia Baring concerning his work with the C.D.C. and a recent visit to Jomo Kenyatta in Kenya. Photocopies of the letters contain annotations by Miss Baring

1970 Mar 10 - 1972 Jun 6
Family letters including E.B. from Nairobi to his wife re a close encounter with a herd of elephant in Tanzania (GRE/I/106/10-11), an account of a trip to Lesotho and Swaziland describing in particular the progress of agricultural developments (GRE/I/106/12-13) and an account of a trip to Kenya, examining prospects for C.D.C. investment and particularly concerning his delight at the success of the tea plantations (GRE/I/106/14-16); Lady Mary to E.B. re a trip to Vienna (GRE/I/106/17)

1973 Jun
Notes on E.B.'s schooling at Winchester, supplied by Dr. Charles Bosanquet

1952 Jul 1
Commission appointing E.B. to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Kenya

1954 Jan 3 - 1960 Feb 8
Letters of congratulations to E.B. on the award of a G.C.M.G. in the New Year's Honours List of 1955 and a Barony in the 1960 New Year's Honours

1955 Jan 1 - Feb 8
Grant of the dignity of a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, with warrant dispensing with the investiture

1959 Oct 13
Certificate of the Queen's Order for Brave Conduct

1968 Dec 18
Certificate of the degree of Doctor of Civil Law conferred on E.B. by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, with text of speeches delivered by the Public Orator when presenting candidates for honorary degrees

1972 Mar 23
Letter from Michael Adeane to E.B. informing him of the Queen's wish to appoint him a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter

1914
Aged eleven, with Lord Cromer, (framed)

c.1942-1944
As Governor of Southern Rhodesia, wearing lounge suit, taken by E.M. Kennedy

c. 1942-1944
As Governor of Southern Rhodesia, wearing dress uniform, taken by E.M. Kennedy

Lady Cromer, taken by J. Thomson

Carved ivory profile of Lady Cromer (?) (framed)

[n.d.]
Unidentified family photographs

Seated at trek table

Standing by carcass of elephant

Photographing elephant

Viewing cattle

Bird watching

Rock climbing

E.B. taking the salute

1972 Jun 6
E.B. with Jomo Kenyatta in the garden of State House, Nairobi, (autographed by Kenyatta)

Talking to Europeans and Africans at garden party

Emerging from car to take the salute

Addressing a crowd of Africans from the steps of a public building

Awarding medals at the same ceremony, with recipients

Inspecting guard of honour

With Lady Mary on runway

Informal photogaphs of Lady Mary Baring

Warthogs

Giraffe

Lioness and cub

Antelope

Elephant

On top of Inyangani Mountain, Inyanga District, the highest point of Southern Rhodesia

Sailing boat on Mazoe Dam near Salisbury

The Allied Circle JournalJul-Aug 1961, including a summary of a lecture by Lord Howick on “East Africa in the future” (pp 9-12)

Baring, Sir Evelyn: “Problems of the High Commission Territories”, repr. from International Affairs v 28, no 2, Apr 1952

Central African Federation: Facts about Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland Bulletin no 2, 1952

Christian Action News Letter Autumn 1960, including “Colonial Government in Africa” by Lord Howick

East Africa and Rhodesia v 36 no 1826, including “E.B. as Governor of Kenya”8 Oct 1959

Hickling, Grace: “Fisheries and the Farne Islands grey seals”, repr. from Oryx v 7 no 4, Apr 1964

Hoey, W., Test papers in Urdu grammar

International Affairs v 28 no 2, Apr 1952, including “Problems of the High Commission Territories”, by E.B. (pp 184-189)

The Labour Front v 1 no 9 (Salisbury, Nov 1944 ) including short note on E.B.'s sympathy for the African population

Miller, O.B.: “Native names in use in Swaziland for trees, shrubs and other plants”, from Journal of the South African Forestry Association (pp 89-97)

O'Dwyer, M.F., Mother India - swaraj and social reform

Overseas Development Act, 1959 7 & 8 Eliz. ch 23

Parliamentary debates (Hansard) House of Commons v 626 no 41, 7 Jul 1960, including report of a debate on the Colonial Development Corporation (H.M.S.O.)

Parliamentary debates (Hansard) House of Lords v 222 no 60, 28 Mar 1960, motion - Kenya (H.M.S.O.)

Parliamentary debates (Hansard) House of Lords including report of the debate on the Nature Conservancy, v 237 no 42, 28 Feb 1962 (H.M.S.O.)

Parliamentary debates (Hansard) House of Lords v 225 no 107, 20 Jul 1960, including a report of a debate on the Colonial Development Corporation (H.M.S.O.)

Pereira, H.C.: “Tea gardens or tall forests?”, repr. from Corona v 11 no 6, Jun 1959

A plan for the mechanised production of groundnuts in East and Central Africa Presented by the Minister of Food to Parliament, Feb 1947 ( H.M.S.O. ) Cmd 7030

Pole-Evans, Dr. I.B.: Report on a visit to Kenya Nairobi 1939

Quarterly Journal of Forestry no 1 v 42, Jan 1948, including “Craib's thinning prescriptions for conifers in South Africa” by W.E. Hiley, pp 5-19

The round table: a quarterly review of British Commonwealth Affairs no 158, Mar 1950, including “Race relations in East Africa”, pp 140-145

The round table: a quarterly review of British Commonwealth Affairs no 166, Mar 1952, including “The High Commission Territories”, pp 141-151

Sherry, S.P.: The Silviculture of Black Wattle (Acacia Mollissima Willd.) Dept. of Forestry, Bulletin no 31, Pretoria, 1947

Statutory Instruments 1948 no 292: Overseas Resources Development. The Colonial Development Corporation Regulations, 1948

Sykes, Frederick, “Reduction of armaments, economy and imperial defence”, The Army Quarterly (Apr 1926)

Transvaal Section Mountain Club of South Africa: Circular No. 3, 1971

Wellington, John H.: “Zambezi-Okovango development projects”, repr. from The Geographical Review v 39 no 4, 1949, pp 552-567

Roll of Winchester College (Oct 1917, Jan, May, Oct 1918, Jan 1919)

The Wick, 4,6-8,10 (1912-1915)

The Wykehamist, 571-572 (2, 23 Mar 1918)

1925-1933
Miscellaneous printed items, including an invitation to a Wykehamist dinner, memorandum on the Indian Civil Service and examination paper for the Indian Civil Service Commission

Yes. The C.M.S. Members' Bulletin no 32, Oct 1960 including a short article on the inauguration of the Province of East Africa at Dar-es-Salaam

[c. 1960]
Constitution of the Ralegh Club

1972-1973
Northumberland Rugby Union honorary member's pass

Extract from speech by Edmund Burke on conciliation with America, 1775, in praise of the colonies