Bryce, James (1838-1922) Lord + Lady Bryce - quests old at farm First World War.com - Who's Who - Lord Bryce Page 1 of 2 FIRST WORLD WAR COM FILL WAR TO ED ALD HARS THE SOMME PASSCHEMBALLE VERBUR ROISON GAS POETRY TRENCH WARFARE CHRISIMAS TRUCE POSTERS MACHINE SUNS COMM PRIMARY who Front Page Who's Who: Lord Bryce How It Began Updated - Sunday, 9 June, 2002 View The Battles View Viscount James Bryce (1838-1922) was Who's Who responsible for producing the influential Bryce Comn Summary Timeline Report into alleged German atrocities in Politici Encydopaedia occupied Belgium during 1914. Royalt On This Day Air Ao Following an education at Glasgow University Propaganda Posters Prose and then at Oxford, Bryce practised law in Vintage Audio London before taking up a professorship of civil law at Oxford. It Miscel Photos and Footage was during this period that Bryce established a reputation as a Weapons of War notable historian, his works including History of the Holy Roman Prose and Poetry Empire, published in 1864. Memoirs and Diaries Entering British politics Bryce established himself as a leading Primary Documents Liberal, serving as President of the Board of Trade and Chief Feature Artides Secretary to Ireland. His private travels through Russia to Arafat Battlefield Tours resulted in the publication of Transcaucasia and Ararat in 1878. War on the Web Ten years later he published The American Commonwealth, in which he expressed his views on sociology and philosophy. Forums Sill INFORMATION From 1907-13 Bryce served as Britain's highly respected About This Site Ambassador to the U.S., a popularity born out of his deep Privacy Policy knowledge of and fondness for the United States. What's New Thus Bryce's appointment towards the close of 1914 by British This Site on CD Prime Minister Herbert Asquith to investigate reports of alleged Search This Website German barbarity towards civilians in occupied Belgium was widely welcomed. His report, published the following May (Report of the Committee on Alleged German Outrages), was clear in its condemnation of the German Army's conduct in Belgium. In spite of the report's tendency to highlight the more extreme examples of German rule in Belgium - and to cite unreliable evidence, which led to the report's being largely discredited in the immediate post-war years - it was viewed as credible in the United States, with consequent damage to German interests in Washington. Publishing Modern Democracies in 1921, James Bryce died in 1922. http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/bryce.htm 2/11/2003 First World War.com - Who's Who - Lord Bryce Page 2 of 2 "Conk" was a word used to describe an aircraft engine when it failed (e.g. 'conked out'). Original Material © Michael Duffy 2000-03, SafeSurf Rated http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/bryce.htm 2/11/2003 Page 1 of 320 Catalogue of the papers of James, Viscount Bryce, 1826-1958 University of Oxford, Bodleian Library Elizabeth Turner Dorrie, ©1993 kizier Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts Bodleian Library Broad Street Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1865 277046 Fax: +44 (0) 1865 277182 E-mail: modern.papers@bodley.ox.ac.uk http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/ Conversion to EAD supported by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Papers of James, Viscount Bryce, 1826-1958 Abstract: Papers of James, Viscount Bryce, and Bryce family papers, 1826-1958. The bulk of the papers cover Bryce's political and literary career, 1857-1922. Shelfmarks: MSS. Bryce 1-528, Bryce U.S.A. 1-33 Extent: 561 shelfmarks Biographical History James Bryce, Viscount Bryce of Dechmont (1838-1922) was educated in Glasgow and at Trinity College, Oxford, where he obtained first class honours. He was elected to a fellowship at Oriel College, Oxford, in 1862 and in 1863 won the Arnold Historical Essay Prize with The Holy Roman Empire, which was published in 1864, securing his European reputation. He became assistant commissioner of the Schools Enquiry in 1866 and in 1867 was called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn) where he practised until 1882, also lecturing on law at Owens College, Manchester. In 1870 he became Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford and held the post until 1893. Meanwhile he stood unsuccessfully as the Liberal candidate for Wick in 1874, and successfully for Tower Hamlets, 1880-5, and South Aberdeen, 1885-1906. He established himself as an authority on Eastern matters, especially Armenia, and was the founder and first president of the Anglo-Armenian Society. http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/1500-1900/bryce/bryce000.html 11/2/2004 Page 2 of 320 He married Marion Ashton in 1889 and in 1898 moved to Hindleap, Forest Row, Sussex. Running parallel with his parliamentary career was his growing reputation as an author and traveller. His work The American Commonwealth (1888) is still relevant in many ways today. After holding posts as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1892-4, President of the Board of Trade, 1894, chairman of the Royal Commission on Secondary Education, 1894-5, Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1905-6, he was made British Ambassador to Washington in 1907 and remained there until 1913. On his return, he was created Viscount in 1914, and in the same year presided over the committee on alleged German outrages. In 1917 he was chairman of the Second Chamber conference. His death, while on holiday in Sidmouth, Devon, in January 1922, is described by Lady Bryce in a letter to Sir Courtenay Ilbert (MS. Bryce 470, fols. 73-4). Bryce was a man of many talents and enthusiasms, jurist, historian and statesman. He contributed much in all these spheres, and played an important part in the development of legal studies at Oxford while Regius Professor. His literary works were prolific and his links with the United States and his hopes for the future of humanity were well known. This catalogue incorporates a brief description of the manuscripts included in the two calendars of the 1946 acquisition of Bryce papers prepared by S.Porter in 1959 and 1960. The correspondents in the 'Calendar of letters to and from English correspondents' (MSS. Bryce 1-20) and 'Calendar of papers relating to the United States of America' (MSS. Bryce U.S.A. 1-33) are included in the index to this catalogue. Arrangement The main part of the papers is arranged partly alphabetically (Special and General Corespondence), partly chronologically in 'subject' sections (Armenia, Ireland, etc.). Many of the 'subjects' also appear in the letters in the alphabetical sequences of correspondence. These sections are followed by Literary papers (including manuscripts of some of Bryce's works, with related papers), Printed papers and news-cuttings, and Personal papers (including some diaries). Items from the Personal papers, two ivory carriage passes for Constitution Hill Gate and The Horse Guards, with a wooden pen holder made of wood from Abraham Lincoln's house in Springfield Illinois, are now Library Objects 721-2. There is a large section of Family papers, including much family correspondence and many family photographs, and a final section of miscellaneous papers. Acquisition The papers were given to the Library, 1946-90. In 1974 and 1985 the Bodleian purchased a quantity of papers from Peter Eaton, and Bertrand Rota, booksellers, deriving from the same source as the gift. Restrictions on Use For conservation reasons, microfilms, on open access in the Modern Papers and John Johnson Reading Room, are to be consulted in place of the original papers. This catalogue includes a conspectus of shelfmarks and microfilm reel numbers. A Correspondence and papers http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/1500-1900/bryce/bryce000.html 11/2/2004 James Bryce Page 1 of 2 Brainy: Atlas Dictionary Geography History Humor Quotes Time Translation Weather Zip Encyclopedia Home Google BrainyEncyclopedia Quote of the Day Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote Search against. W. C. Fields Web more Famous Quotes brainyencyclopedia.com Who Said? Medical malpractice reform will pass over [his] dead body. Find Out Why < Natural Sciences Applied Arts Social Sciences Culture Fine Arts BrainyEncyclopedia James Bryce James Bryce (1838-1922), was a British jurist, historian and politician, He was the son of James Bryce (LL.D. of Glasgow, who had a school in Belfast for many years), and was born at Belfast on May 10 1838. After going through the high school and university courses at Glasgow, he went to Trinity College, Oxford, and in 1862 was elected a fellow of Oriel. He went to the bar and practised in London for a few years, but he was soon called back to Oxford as regius professor of civil law (1870-1893). His reputation as a historian had been made as early as 1864 by his work on the Holy Roman Empire. He was an ardent Liberal in politics, and in 1880 he was elected to parliament for the Tower Hamlets constituency. of London; in 1885 he was returned for South Aberdeen, where he was re-elected on succeeding occasions. His intellectual distinction and political industry made him a valuable member of the Liberal party. In 1886 he was made under secretary for foreign affairs; in 1892 he joined the cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; in 1894 he was President of the Board of Trade, and acted as chairman of the royal commission on secondary education; and in Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet in 1905 he was made chief secretary for Ireland; but in February 1907 he was appointed British ambassador at Washington, D.C (until 1913) and took leave of party politics, his last political act being a speech outlining what was then the government scheme for university reform in Dublin-a scheme which was promptly http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/j/ja/jamesb 11/2/2004 James Bryce Page 2 of 2 72% discarded by his successor Augustine Birrell. of Americans As an author, Bryce was already well known in America. His work The American Support Commonwealth (1888) was the first in which the institutions of the United States had been Medical thoroughly discussed from the point of view of a historian and a constitutional lawyer, and it at once became a classic. His Studies in History and Jurisprudence (1901) and Studies in Malpractice Contemporary Biography (1903) were republications of essays, and in 1897, after a visit to Reform South Africa, he published a volume of Impressions of that country, which had considerable weight in Liberal circles when the Boer War was being discussed. Meanwhile his academic honours from home and foreign universities multiplied, and he became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1894. In earlier life he was a notable mountain- climber, ascending Mount Ararat in 1876, and publishing a volume on Transcaucasia and Ararat in 1877; in 1899-1901 he was president of the Alpine Club. He was ennobled in 1914, becoming 1st Viscount Bryce. Following the outbreak of the First World War, Lord Bryce was appointed by Herbert Asquith to report on alleged German atrocities in Belgium. The report was published in 1915, and was damning of German behaviour; Lord Bryce's reputation in America was important in influencing American opinion toward Germany before their entry into the war. External links Why Doesn't Text of the Bryce report on German atrocities http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/brycereport.htm John Updated from The Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 Edwards? 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The pictures ivcre taken on Thursday at the fall meet of the United Hunts Racing Association at Belmont Park Terminal, o-pposite Belmont Park, hi spite of the early date for the event, when the majority are still at their summer hommes, there was a fairly representative gathering of the fashionable world. The Long Island set was much in evidence. Bryces, at Bar Harbor, Center of Social Whirl Viscount and Viscountess, at Mount Desert Island, Find Themselves in Round of Receptions and Dinners; Mrs. Montague Gives Big Affair Special Dispatch to The Tribune BAR HARBOR, Me., Sept. 3)? The visit of Viscount and Viscountess Bryce to Mount Desert Island, following the close of the Institute of Poli? https://www.gastearsivi.com/gazete/new_york_tribune/1921-09-04/31 2/22 New TOIK moune 4 1921 sayia 51 I Gaste Argivi tics at WilliamstoAvn, has been the occasion for an unusual amount of mtertaining in their honor. Arriving by steamer on Sunday, they were ruests of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Montague, of New York, at Beaulieu, Seal Harbor, until Wednesday. Since then they have been guests of Dr. William W. Keen, of Philadelphia, at the Seaside Inn, Seal Harbor, and to-day Viscount and Viscountess Bryce are at Northeast Harbor visiting Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Eliot. In spite of the continued round of enter? CWE tainment in their honor, Viscount Bryce finds time to drive and motor about the island, with which he is thoroughly familiar, having in former pears spent his vacations from Washington here. Mr. and Mrs. Montagne Give Biggest Reception of Year The reception given by Mr. and Mrs. Montague Monday afternoon was tho largest and most important function of the year.; There were more than 125 guests. They included Mrs. W. B. Bcek man, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schelling, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Rowell, Miss Miles Carpenter, Courtlandt Palmer, Miss Mary Suydam Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Lea Mel. Luquer, Mr. and Mrs. Warner M. Leeds, George B. Dorr, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Fearey, the Right Rev. and Mrs. William Lawrence, Judge George L. Ingraham, Miss C. B. Spence, Mr. and Mrs. Harrington Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Train, Mrs. R. Hall McCormick, Dr. and Mrs. Fremont Smith, Mrs. A. Saunderson, Miss C. S. Baker, Mrs. Gadwalader Jones, Mrs. C. B. Barclay, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas De Witt Cuyler, Mrs. Ethel Cave-Cole, Mrs. A. Howard Hinkle, Mr. and Mrs. Ernesto G. Fabbri, Mr. and Mrs. Her? bert L. Satterlee, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, Dr. and Mrs. Reese Alsop, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. James Byrne, Miss Sheila Byrne, Miss Beatrice Byrne, Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Drury, Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Dunham, Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Eliot, Mrs. George W. Greer, Mr. and Mrs. Gerrish H. Milliken. https://www.gastearsivi.com/gazete/new_york_tribune/1921-09-04/31 3/22