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LYTTELTON, Gen Sir Neville (Gerald) (1845-1931)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Lyttelton

Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

Title: LYTTELTON, Gen Sir Neville (Gerald) (1845-1931)

Date(s): Created [1899]-1916

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 box or 0.01 cubic metres

Name of creator(s):

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1845; educated at Eton College; entered Rifle Brigade, 1865; helped to suppress Fenian rising,Canada, 1866; Secretary, Oregon Boundary Dispute Commission, Canada, 1867; ADC to Viceroy of Ireland, 1868-1873; served in Jowaki Expedition, India, 1877, and in Egyptian Campaign, 1882; Military Secretary to Governor of Gibraltar, 1883-1885, and to Governor of Bombay, 1885-1890; 2nd in Command, 3 Bn, Rifle Bde, Jullundar, India, 1890-1893; Lt Col, 1892; commanded 2 Bn, Rifle Bde, Dublin, Ireland, 1893-1895; appointed Assistant Adjutant General War Office, 1895; Assistant Military Secretary, War Office, 1897-1898; commanded brigade during Nile Expedition, Sudan, 1898; commanded 2 Infantry Bde, Aldershot, 1899; commanded 4 Infantry Bde, 2 and4 Divs, South Africa, 1899-1900; served in Natal, 1901-1902; Commander-in-Chief, South Africa, 1902-1904; Chief of General Staff and First Military Member of Army Council, 1904-1908; Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, 1908-1912; published Eighty years: soldiering, politics, games (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1927); died in 1931.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letters relating to the South African War received by Gen Hon Reginald Arthur James Talbot and other members of the Talbot family, [1899]-1901, including letters from Lyttelton and Maj Gen Edward Stuart Wortley, dated [1899]-1901, describing operations in Natal, 1899-1900, and Transvaal, 1900-1901, and operations against Gen Christian Rudolf De Wet. Copies ofletters from Lyttelton to his wife and family, 1899-1916, notably covering his service in South Africa, 1899-1904, his work as Chief of General Staff and First Military Member of the Army Council, 1904-1908, and as Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, 1908-1912. Copies of seven letters from Talbot to Katherine Lyttelton, 1900-1906, mainly concerning his command of the army of occupation, Egypt,1900-1903, and Lyttelton's military career, 1900-1906.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in sections in order of accession.

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Summary guide on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, anddetailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1972. Copies of additional papers were acquired bypurchase in 1974 and 1990.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

The originals of the letters that the Centre holds copies of are at Queen Mary and Westfield College Library.

Existence and location of copies:

Queen Mary and Westfield College Library has photocopies of some of the original papers held by the Centre.

Related material:

Queen Mary and Westfield College Library holds a substantial collection of his papers, 1883-1930. The Department of Western Manusripts, Bodleian Library, Oxford University holds diaries, 1874-1929 (Ref: MS Eng hist e 379, f 35-82). Hereford and Worcester Record Office holds miscellaneous correspondence and papers, 1878-1880 (Ref: 705:658).

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 1997


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Colonial administration | Colonial countries | Political systems
Colonial conflicts | Colonial countries | Political systems
Colonialism | Imperialism | Political doctrines
Second Boer War, 1899-1902 | Wars (events)
War | International conflicts

Personal names
Lyttelton | Katherine | fl 1883-1906 | ne้ Stuart-Wortley | wife of Sir Neville Lyttelton x Wortley | Katherine | Stuart- x Stuart-Wortley | Katherine
Talbot | Sir | Reginald Arthur James | 1841-1929 | Knight | Major General
Wet | Christian Rudolf | De | 1854-1922 | South African General and politician x De Wet | Christian Rudolf
Wortley | Edward James Montagu | Stuart- | 1857-1934 | Major General x Stuart-Wortley | Edward James Montagu

Corporate names

Places
Egypt | North Africa
Province of Kwazulu-Natal | South Africa | Southern Africa