...explain Lewis' appointment as sub Librarian in the Foreign Office in 1801, aged just 13. By 1810 he had been promoted to Librarian and Keeper of the Papers. In 1822...
...Polish Signals Bureau sent a coded message to his French counterpart on 30 June that ‘there is a new development’. This was not a cryptologic breakthrough, but a willingness to...
...and the United States meant that the newly formed countries could benefit from trade and commerce. What also resulted from the independence was the outlawing of the trade in slavery...
...photographs of some of the men listed within. These photographs have been digitised and are on view in the exhibition. George Kittle - © Surrey Comet and Kingston Museum and...
...Post Master at Dobra reported Cookes use of two carriages; the second being for a Mr Knight, gentleman. He commented: 'what business has a messenger with two carriages?' followed by...
...authorities stating that she should not be allowed to return to Britain. A few months later they issued a further circular, stating that if she returned she should be arrested....
...change...the list goes on and on. It is almost breathtaking in its scope – the longest ‘to do’ list ever? James Callaghan's notes on policy initiatives for the term ahead,...
...War - at that time established staff needed permission to join up, but when conscription was introduced in the following year the problem became even more acute. The challenges were...
...managing Cabinets full of big and difficult personalities. It is also no coincidence that both presided over the end of lengthy wars and the sensitive negotiations that followed. Consumed by...
...forced ships already embarked to turn back; that night the Supreme Allied Commander, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, was told that if the invasion did not start next day, the weather...