Catalogue description THE POLITICAL PAPERS OF WALTER HUME LONG, 1st VISCOUNT LONG OF WRAXALL, 1854-1924

SECTION 1; Member of Parliament for the Northern and Eastern Divisions of Wiltshire, 1880-1892, and the West Derby Division of Liverpool, 1893-1900

SECTION 2: Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board, 1886-1892

SECTION 3: President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1895-1900

SECTION 4: President of the Local Government Board, 1900-1905

SECTIONS 5-7: Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1905

Section 5: Papers catalogued alphabetically by correspondent

Section 6: Papers catalogued by subject

Section 7: Miscellaneous papers

SECTION 8: Irish papers, 1906-1913

Sections 9-10: Irish papers, 1914-1924

Section 9: Papers catalogued alphabetically by correspondent

Section 10: Papers catalogued chronologically

SECTION 11: Home affairs, 1906-1914

SECTIONS 12-13: Imperial affairs, 1908-1916

Section 12: Papers catalogued alphabetically by correspondent

Section 13: Miscellaneous papers catalogued chronologically

SECTION 14: President of the Local Government Board, 1915-1916

SECTIONS 15-23: Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1916-1919

Section 15: Colonial Office - general

Section 16: Papers catalogued alphabetically by correspondent

Section 17: Correspondence between Long and the Governors-General and Governors of the Dominions and other British dependencies

Section 18: The 1917 Imperial War Cabinet and Imperial War Conference

Section 19: The 1918 Imperial War Cabinet and Imperial War Conference

Section 20: Papers catalogued by subject, other than those relating to colonial affairs

Section 21: The Representation of the People Bill, 1918

Section 22: The 1918 General Election

Section 23: Miscellaneous papers

SECTIONS 24-27: First Lord of the Admiralty, 1919-1921

Section 24: Papers relating to naval affairs catalogued alphabetically by correspondent

Section 25: Papers relating to naval affairs catalogued chronologically

Section 26: Papers other than those relating to naval affairs catalogued alphabetically by correspondent

Section 27: Miscellaneous printed government reports

SECTION 28: Honours

SECTIONS 29-32: The period 1921-1924

Section 29: General political and other papers catalogued alphabetically by correspondent

Section 30: General political and other papers catalogued chronologically

Section 31: The Anglican Church

Section 32: Societies, organisations and clubs (political and non-political)

1. With the exception of the Irish Papers, the collection has been catalogued chronologically in sections to correspond with Long's political career between 1881 and 1924.

2. The Irish Papers have been catalogued separately en bloc and cover the years 1905 - 1924.

3. Where possible the papers have been catalogued alphabetically by correspondent; and where this was not possible then either by subject or chronologically, or both.

4. The papers resulting from Long's term of office as Secretary of State for the Colonies between December 1916 and January 1919 form a considerable part of the total bulk of the collection. Most of these papers were filed by Long's secretariat at the Colonial Office usually according to correspondent, but sometimes by subject, and include a typescript precis of the contents of each file.

In some cases files were added to for a few months after Long had taken up his new appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty in January 1919.

No attempt has been made to split-up or to rearrange the internal order of these files.

Refer also to the following:-

BRITISH LIBRARY: Twelve bound volumes of political and personal papers, circa 1880-1924. Reference Add, MSS 62403-62443.

IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM: Over 100 letters from Long's elder son 'Toby' to his father, 1914-1915.

DURHAM RECORD OFFICE: 316 letters from Long to Theresa, Marchioness of Londonderry, relating to the difficulties of the Conservative Party and the problem of leadership 1911; comments on politicians - including Balfour, Bonar Law, Lloyd George and Austen Chamberlain; the Marconi Affair 1913; the Irish Question; comments on the war. 1905-1919. Reference D.LO/C666.

Long, Walter Hume, 1854-1924, 1st Viscount Long of Wraxall, Wiltshire, politician

There are no restrictions on access to the fonds.

• Politics
• Government policy
• Government departments
• Imperialism

Born 13th July 1854. Eldest son of Richard Penruddocke Long of Rood Ashton, Wiltshire, and Charlotte Anna, only daughter of the Rt. Hon. William Wentworth Fitzwilliam Dick, of Humewood, co. Wicklow.

Educated: privately; Harrow; Christ Church College, Oxford.

Married Dorothy Blanche Boyle, fourth daughter of the ninth Earl of Cork and Orrery, in 1878.

Sworn of the Privy Council in 1895.

Created first Viscount Long of Wraxall in June 1921.

Died 26th September 1924.

Conservative Member of Parliament for the following constituencies:-

Northern Division of Wiltshire April 1880 - November 1885

Eastern (Devizes) Division of Wiltshire November 1885 - July 1892

West Derby Division of Liverpool January 1893 - 1900

South Bristol 1900 - January 1906

South County Dublin January 1906 - January 1910

Strand Division of Middlesex January 1910 - December 1918

St. George's Division of Westminster December 1918 - June 1921

Held government office as follows:-

Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board 1886 - 1892

President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries July 1895 - November 1900

President of the Local Government Board November 1900 - March 1905

Chief Secretary for Ireland March - December 1905

President of the Local Government Board May 1915 - December 1916

Secretary of State for the Colonies December 1916 - January 1919

First Lord of the Admiralty January 1919 - February 1921