ɐpˈɔɪntᵻd baɪ ðə bɹˈɪɾɪʃ ɡˈʌvɚnmənt tʊ ˈɛdɪt ðə kˈæləndɚɹ ʌv stˈeɪt pˈeɪpɚz ɹᵻlˈeɪɾᵻd tə nᵻɡˌoʊʃɪˈeɪʃənz bᵻtwˌiːn ˈɪŋɡlənd ænd spˈeɪn ɪnðə tˈaɪm ʌv tʃˈɑːɹlz vˈiː, hˈoʊli ɹˈoʊmən ˈɛmpɚɹɚ, hiː pˈʌblɪʃt ðə fˈɜːst ʌvðə fˈaɪv vˈɑːljuːmz ʌv ðiːz pˈeɪpɚz ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːtiːn; ðə lˈæst, kəmplˈiːɾᵻd dʒˈʌst bᵻfˌoːɹ hɪz dˈɛθ, ɐpˈɪɹd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti fˈoːɹ.
Appointed by the British government to edit the Calendar of State Papers related to negotiations between England and Spain in the time of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, he published the first of the five volumes of these papers in 1913; the last, completed just before his death, appeared in 1954.