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Typescript copy of letter from Col Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain to Henry Charles Keith Petty Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Landsdowne, Secretary of State for War, enclosing typescript notes by FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford, Commander in Chief South Africa on the respective capabilities of senior officers serving in South Africa, including Maj Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall; Lt Gen Paul Sandford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen; Lt Gen Sir Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle; Lt Gen Thomas Kelly-Kenny; Maj Gen Sir Herbert Charles Chermside; Lt Gen Sir Archibald Hunter; Lt Gen Sir Charles Tucker; Maj Gen Reginald Pole-Carew; Hamilton; Lt Gen Sir John Denton Pinkstone French and Maj Gen Edward Thomas Henry Hutton. 8pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, on the progress of peace negotiations with the Boers and the threat to a settlement posed by the political ambitions of Alfred Milner, 1st Baron Milner of St James's and Cape Town, Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies, to exert control over the colonies. 5pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including Kitchener's reluctance to relinquish military control of the railways; the inadequacies of the instruction provided by the Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, and Hamilton's proposals for a new curriculum; Hamilton's opinion of (Joseph) Rudyard Kipling's attitude towards the amnesty granted to Cape rebels. 14pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including on the formation of a new column to be commanded by Lt Col Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 2nd Bt, to pursue Boer Gen Christiaan Rudolph De Wet; on the command of 6 Bn Mounted Infantry by Lt Col Henry De Beauvoir De Lisle, and on his dining with Alfed Milner, 1st Baron Milner of St James's and Cape Town, Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies. 6pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, on the signing of peace terms at Vereeniging. 3pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, on the workings and responsibilities of officers on Kitchener's staff; on the likely transfer of the railways from military to civil control; his proposals for raising battalions using Boer prisoners. 7pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, advocating an armistice of one month in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, and further musketry practice for British forces in South Africa, and hoping to initiate decentralization of military command in Kitchener's office and in the districts. 4pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, with his opinion on The Times history of the war in South Africa, volume 2, edited by Leopold Stennett Amery (Sampson Low, Marston and Co, London, 1902); his suggestions for a temporary South African department in the War Office to deal with his operational archives; his preferences for future magistrates and governors in South Africa. 4pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, on the daily routine of Kitchener's staff, on Kitchener's increasing decentralization of command, and Hamilton's opinion of the leadership capabilities of Maj Gen Geoffry Barton, Lt Gen Sir Charles Tucker, Maj Gen Laurence James Oliphant and Lt Gen Sir John Denton Pinkstone French. 6pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including his observations of the drive by the mounted column of Lt Col Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 2nd Bt, against Boer Gen Christiaan Rudolph De Wet at Zuikerbosch Rand, Eastern Transvaal, and on his request for more infantry to be dispatched to South Africa for blockhouse duties. 11pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, with the evaluations of Lt Gen Sir John Denton Pinkstone French of French's column commanders, and enclosing draft typescript copy of letter from Hamilton to Rt Hon (William) St John (Fremantle) Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, on the dangers of forcing the Boers to an unconditional surrender, and proposing that Kitchener be allowed to negotiate peace terms with Boer leaders. 10pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, on his participation in the battle of Rooiwal, Western Transvaal, 11 Apr. 8pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including his view on the suggestion of the British Cabinet to try column commanders in South Africa by Courts Martial for failures in the field. 9pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including his discussions with Lt Col Michael Frederic Rimington, commanding Mounted Column, on engaging Boer forces in Orange River Colony, on the likely advance of Boer Gen Christiaan Rudolph De Wet into the Cape Colony, and on the activities of Boer Gen Christiaan F Beyers at Petrusburg, Orange River Colony. 5pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including his intention to confiscate Boer food crops near Klerksdorp during his drive in Western Transvaal; his attitude towards Gen Sir Redvers Henry Buller, and the military capability of Lt Col Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 2nd Bt. 4pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including his suspicion that highland regiments would lose the kilt as fighting dress and his urging that Boer leaders be given honourable peace terms to avert further conflict. 5pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, on his attempts to have columns and horses rested; Kitchener's views on a proposed new 18 pounder field gun; on the differences in opinion between Alfed Milner, 1st Baron Milner of St James's and Cape Town, Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies, and Kitchener on a settlement with the Boers; the failure of Lt Gen Sir Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle to resist the Boer attack on the column of Lt Col Robert Bertram Firman at Tweefontein, Orange River Colony. 6pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including the failings of the Ordnance Committee and its president Lt Gen John Fletcher Owen; Hamilton's proposal of Capt Arthur Alexander Wolfe Murray for Inspector General of Garrison Artillery and his suggestion that Lt Gen Sir John Denton Pinkstone French be transferred from the Cape Colony to tackle Boer forces in Orange River Colony. 7pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including his presidency of a committee to recommend a new medal for service in South Africa (the King's South Africa Medal); on the military capabilities of artillery officers, including Lt Col Frederick Drummond Vincent, Col Alexander Nelson Rochfort and Maj Stanley Brenton Von Donop; his dining with Boer Generals Jacobus Hercules De La Rey, Jan Christiaan Smuts and Louis Botha. 6pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, suggesting Kitchener perceived himself unappreciated by the British press and public, and on Hamilton's discussions with Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson, Governor of Cape Colony, and Maj Gen Arthur Singleton Wynne, General Officer Commanding Administration, Cape Colony, on the difficulty of clearing rebels from the Cape Colony, and the welcome arrival of Indian battalions to South Africa. 3pp