B30740

Shelfmark

MS 549

Title

Collection of letters relative to General Sir John Steven Cowans, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Quarter Master General of the forces, member of the Army Council, 1912-1919. Addressed to Major Desmond Chapman-Huston in reply to his enquiries prior to writing his book "General Sir John Cowans, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. The Quarter-Master General of the Great War" and presented by him to Mr. E. Millington-Drake for his collection of war books and document destined for the School Library at Eton., August 1914 to October 1918 /, T. H. Barnes, Lt. Col. T.D.

Publication, distribution, etc.

Brussels?,, 1927.

Physical description

[35] leaves ;, 32 cm.

Note

Typed transcrition of original letters.

Note

Date and place of production assumed from ms. inscription.

Note

Original letters bound together and also gifted to Eton College.

Note

Loose ms. letter to Provost James from Eugen Millington-Drake explaining the transcription of the letters and gifiting it to Eton College School Library.

Summary, etc.

Scope and content: Letters from: Arthur Balfour, Marquess of Lansdowne, Curzon of Kedleston, Lord French, Earl of Selborne, Viscount Long of Wraxall, Viscount Haldane, Viscount Devonport, Lord Methuen, Lord Plumer, Lord Allenby, Sir Neville Lyttelton, Sir Charles Monro, Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, Sir William Sefton Brancker, prefaced by biographical notes.

Subject

Cowans, John Steven

Subject

World War, 1914-1918, Biography.

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Balfour, Arthur James Balfour

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Lansdowne, Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice

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Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon

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French, John Denton Pinkstone

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Selborne, William Waldegrave Palmer

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Long, Walter Hume Long

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Haldane, R. B. Haldane

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Devonport, Hudson Ewbanke Kearley

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Methuen, Paul Sanford Methuen

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Plumer of Messines, Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer

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Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby

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Lyttelton, Neville Gerald

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Monro, Charles Carmichael

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Rawlinson, Henry Seymour Rawlinson

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Smith-Dorrien, Horace

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Brancker, William Sefton

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Chapman-Huston, Desmond

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Millington-Drake, Eugen, donor.

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James, M.R, correspondent.

Added entry--place

Belgium, Brussels.

001B30740

003LIBRARY CODE

096##$aMS 549

24510$aCollection of letters relative to General Sir John Steven Cowans, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Quarter Master General of the forces, member of the Army Council, 1912-1919. Addressed to Major Desmond Chapman-Huston in reply to his enquiries prior to writing his book "General Sir John Cowans, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. The Quarter-Master General of the Great War" and presented by him to Mr. E. Millington-Drake for his collection of war books and document destined for the School Library at Eton.$bAugust 1914 to October 1918 /$cT. H. Barnes, Lt. Col. T.D.

260##$aBrussels?,$c1927.

300##$a[35] leaves ;$c32 cm.

500##$aTyped transcrition of original letters.

500##$aDate and place of production assumed from ms. inscription.

500##$aOriginal letters bound together and also gifted to Eton College.

500##$aLoose ms. letter to Provost James from Eugen Millington-Drake explaining the transcription of the letters and gifiting it to Eton College School Library.

5202#$aLetters from: Arthur Balfour, Marquess of Lansdowne, Curzon of Kedleston, Lord French, Earl of Selborne, Viscount Long of Wraxall, Viscount Haldane, Viscount Devonport, Lord Methuen, Lord Plumer, Lord Allenby, Sir Neville Lyttelton, Sir Charles Monro, Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, Sir William Sefton Brancker, prefaced by biographical notes.

60014$aCowans, John Steven

650#0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xBiography.

7001#$aBalfour, Arthur James Balfour

7001#$aLansdowne, Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice

7001#$aCurzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon

7001#$aFrench, John Denton Pinkstone

7001#$aSelborne, William Waldegrave Palmer

7001#$aLong, Walter Hume Long

7001#$aHaldane, R. B. Haldane

7001#$aDevonport, Hudson Ewbanke Kearley

7001#$aMethuen, Paul Sanford Methuen

7001#$aPlumer of Messines, Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer

7001#$aAllenby, Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby

7001#$aLyttelton, Neville Gerald

7001#$aMonro, Charles Carmichael

7001#$aRawlinson, Henry Seymour Rawlinson

7001#$aSmith-Dorrien, Horace

7001#$aBrancker, William Sefton

7001#$aChapman-Huston, Desmond

7001#$aMillington-Drake, Eugen$edonor.

7001#$aJames, M.R$ecorrespondent.

752##$aBelgium$cBrussels.