| Catalogue ref. |
Date |
Description |
| Below is a list of documents at The National Archives which were cited by Philip Ziegler for his Official Biography of Edward VIII. |
| Cabinet Office Files |
| CAB 23/16 |
June 1918 - April 1918 |
War Cabinet and Cabinet minutes (37) |
| CAB 23/86 |
Oct 1936 - Dec 1936* |
Cabinet minutes |
| CAB 65/172 (7)(40)4 |
May 1940 - June 1940 |
Cabinet minutes |
| CAB 70 |
June 1940 - Dec 1940 |
Defence Committee (Supply) minutes (36) |
| CAB 127/155 |
|
Private Collections of Ministers and Officials Papers: Meeting of Ministers and Telegrams to the Dominion Governments on the Abdication of Edward VIII* |
| CAB 127/157 |
Nov 1936 - Dec 1936* |
Notes on the Events Leading up to the Abdication of Edward VIII |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office Files |
| CO 23/712 |
1940 |
Development of Welfare programmes |
| CO 23/714 |
July 1943 - Jan 1944 |
Murder of Sir Harry Oakes: Deportation of Son-in-Law and Friend |
| CO 23/731 |
June 1942 - Aug 1944 |
Riots for Higher Wages by Unskilled Workers and Commission of Enquiry |
| CO 23/734 |
Mar 1943 - Jan 1944 |
Report of Select Committee Concerning Riots, Comments and recommendations |
| CO 23/736 |
June 1943 - Aug 1944 |
Appearance of Government Officials before House of Assembly Select Committee |
| DO 127/21 |
1936 |
Constitutional Crisis |
| FO 371 /20734 |
1937 |
Germany |
| FO 371 /24407 |
1940 |
Mr Sumner Welle's Mission to Europe, Peace Moves By Various Persons, German Peace Terms |
| FO 371/24491 |
1940 |
Anglo-Portuguese Relations |
| FO 371/24249 |
1940 |
Appointment of Duke of Windsor as Governor of the Bahamas |
| FO 371/26191 |
1941 |
Movement and Activities of Duke of Windsor |
| FO 837/858 |
1941 - 1942 |
Contraband Control: Axel Wennergren |
| FO 837/875 |
April 1942 |
Contraband Control: Black lists |
| FO 954/33 |
|
Private Papers of Sir Anthony Eden |
| Privy Council Files |
| PC 12/163 |
1937+ |
Privy Council, Membership of Duke of Windsor |
| National Archives Files |
| PRO 30/69/1753 |
|
Private Papers of Ramsey MacDonald |
| Treasury Solictors' Files |
| TS 22/1 |
1936* |
King Proctor's Papers, Simpson vs Simpson |
| War Office Files |
| WO 106/1678 |
Oct 1939 - May 1940 |
Reports by Liaison Officers at French Formations: Duke of Windsor's Visit to France |
| + Previously closed for 75 years |
| * Previously closed for 100 years |
