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"Every Dog His Day", 05 Oct 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/9/136-199
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (5 October 1946, Conservative Party conference, Blackpool) entitled "Every Dog His Day" on subjects including: criticism of the Labour government; the need for a concerted opposition to Communism; foreign policy; the deterioration of relations with the Soviet Union; post war reconstruction; the electoral system; taxation; housing; the coal industry; agriculture; nationalisation; foreign policy and Indian independence; and the need for increased Conservative...
Dates:
05 Oct 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Emergency Business Committee: papers 1 to 20 plus index., 27 Apr 1929 - 10 May 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/240
Scope and Contents
Includes an election address by Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister on government policy (on colonial development, inter-imperial relations, economic affairs, agriculture and education) and a statement by WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on co-operative societies and income tax. Also includes suggested replies to questions put to Conservative candidates on a variety of issues including the merchandise marks act, prosecution of spiritualist mediums (in response to a question by Sir Arthur Conan...
Dates:
27 Apr 1929 - 10 May 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Emergency Business Committee: papers 21 - 40., 10 May 1929 - 13 May 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/241
Scope and Contents
Includes suggested replies to questions put to Conservative candidates on a variety of issues including: employment conditions; importation of dyestuffs; agriculture; taxation of motor vehicles; war pensions; migration; sea defence works; the rent restriction act; education policy regarding women teachers; and old age pensions.
Dates:
10 May 1929 - 13 May 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence D-G., Jan 1935 - Dec 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/17A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (3); Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] on WSC writing the forward of a book on Income Tax by one of his constituents; Sir Harry Goschen [Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association] (4) on subjects including constituency opinion on WSC's stance, particularly over India (2).Other subjects include: a statement by WSC on the behaviour of "Socialists"...
Dates:
Jan 1935 - Dec 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex], 1943 - 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3
Scope and Contents
This class of papers covers WSC's time as Conservative MP for Woodford, where he served from 26 July 1945 to 15 October 1964. His earlier years as MP for Epping [Essex] are covered in the pre-1945 Chartwell Papers at CHAR 7.The vast majority of the papers consists of correspondence handled by WSC's office and local officials, particularly representatives of Woodford Division Conservative Association, including the Honorary Secretaries and Agents Frederick Mummery, and later W Hubert...
Dates:
1943 - 1965
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From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: papers and correspondence for the general election., Apr 1955 - Jun 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/22A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, WSC's election agent (18); John Harvey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association (9); Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office, on a hoax letter from the "Conservative Propaganda Centre"; George Christ [Parliamentary Liaison Officer, Conservative Party, and Editor Weekly News Letter] (2); Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (2), (1) also from Clarissa Eden [earlier Clarissa...
Dates:
Apr 1955 - Jun 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Conservative Party answers to election questionnaires., 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/124
Scope and Contents
Contains questions and answers prepared by Conservative and Unionist Central Office on a variety of election issues including: agricultural matters; animal welfare; various aspects of foreign affairs including China, Germany, Japan, Persia [Iran], South Africa, and Mexico; civil servants; education; housing matters; the health service; women; transport particularly by road; pensions; economic affairs including taxation; the constitutional position of Scotland and Wales.
Dates:
1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence A-C., Jun 1950 - Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/113A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Richard Acland on the "Churchill Arch" in the House of Commons; Commander Peter Agnew withdrawing his candidacy at Ormskirk [Lancashire]; Patrick Kinna (Foreign Office); representatives of the Conservative Research Department including [Richard] Michael Fraser [later Lord Fraser of Kilmorack] (4); Garry Allighan on his expulsion from the House of Commons; Cuthbert Alport; Leo Amery on Persian [Iranian] oil; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman,...
Dates:
Jun 1950 - Oct 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence A-G., Jul 1945 - Dec 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/1A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: 1st Lord Swinton [earlier Philip Lloyd Greame and Philip Cunliffe Lister] (3); Richard Poland [Private Secretary to Minister of Civil Aviation]; E Colston Shepherd, Secretary-General of the Air League of the British Empire; Sir George Harvie Watt (4); John Winant [United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom]; Randolph Churchill; Leo Amery on imperial preference and European unity (2); Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe, Chairman of the Conservative Party]...
Dates:
Jul 1945 - Dec 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence D-G., Nov 1950 - Nov 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/114A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: various representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office including George Christ and Press Officer Gillian Mackay (8); James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (5); Somerset de Chair on subjects including his career, Abadan [Iran, earlier Persia], and the atomic bomb (2); Patrick Donner (3); William Douglas-Home on his political career (2); James Stuart on Douglas-Home; Michael Astor; David Eccles (2); 1st...
Dates:
Nov 1950 - Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence from members of the general public (mainly messages of support for WSC) and pressure groups at the time of the 1951 general election., Oct 1951 - Nov 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/125
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Thelma Cazalet-Kier, Chairman of the Equal Pay Campaign Committee; Gertrude Turquand; [Frederick] Potter, Mayor of Deal [Kent] on receiving signed photographs of WSC; Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi; Richard Baker, founder of the Men of the Trees, on their New Earth Charter. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries including Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford].Other subjects include: equal pay for women; foreign affairs including Egypt and...
Dates:
Oct 1951 - Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence H-M., Mar 1950 - Nov 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/115A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Samuel Hammersley; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (8); Roy Harrod (3); Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] (5); [Arthur] Vere Harvey [later Lord Harvey of Prestbury] on the supply of aircraft and equipment to Egypt; Sir George Harvie Watt and his wife Bettie; James Henderson-Stewart; Michael Higgs on his daughter; Captain Alan Hillgarth [earlier Alan Evans] on Spain; "Bill",...
Dates:
Mar 1950 - Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 334-6 which have been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about a living individual until 1 January 2027.
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence N-R (most material dates from 1951)., Oct 1946 - Nov 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/116
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Norman Hulbert on the National Defence Public Interest Committee; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (2); 1st Lord Layton on WSC writing an article for the News Chronicle on the Cold War; Arthur Waters, Editor, News of the World (3); Harmar Harmar-Nicholls; Allan Noble on a painting of Ernest Bevin; Sir George Paish on co-operation with the Liberals (2); John Lockhart, Secretary of United Kingdom Branch of...
Dates:
Oct 1946 - Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence O-R., Jun 1949 - Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/100
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: various representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office, including George Christ (9); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (5); David Astor, [Editor] of the Observer; David Waddington, President of Oxford University Conservative Society, on inviting WSC to Oxford; Sir Waldron Smithers; Harry Mackeson, Deputy Chief Conservative Whip, on the recall of Parliament; Firoz Khan Noon, Governor of East...
Dates:
Jun 1949 - Dec 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence R-S., Dec 1948 - Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/85A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Count Edward Raczynski, former Polish Ambassador to United Kingdom; George Zdziechowski, former Polish Finance Minister, on the international economic situation and the Marshall Plan; Prime Minister Clement Attlee; representatives of the Conservative Research Department including R A Butler (4); Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Craddock; Antony Head; Juliet, Lady Rhys Williams (3) including 2 on her social security scheme; representatives of Conservative and Unionist...
Dates:
Dec 1948 - Dec 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political; Correspondence S., Jan 1950 - Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/101A-B
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Correspondents include: Walter Matthews, Dean of St Paul's, on a pre-election service; "Bobbety", 5th Lord Salisbury [earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil and Lord Cranborne] on Conservative policy towards the Soviet Union; Sir Arthur Salter; Duncan Sandys; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] (2); Prime Minister Clement Attlee; Harold MacMillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] (3); Oliver Lyttelton [later 1st Lord Chandos]; 1st Lord Swinton [earlier Philip Lloyd Greame...
Dates:
Jan 1950 - Dec 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: drafts for the Conservative Party manifesto for the October 1951 election., Sep 1951 - Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/122
Scope and Contents
Includes: annotations and notes by WSC on draft pages of the manifesto, and the policy statement, "Britain: Strong and Free"; October 1950 National Bank of New York [United States] monthly letter; Conservative Research Department paper; correspondence from R A Butler.Subjects covered include: economic affairs including taxation; the constitution; nationalised industries; the rearmament programme including the introduction of an excess profits tax; Commonwealth and foreign relations including...
Dates:
Sep 1951 - Oct 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 18 Feb 1950 - 26 May 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/34A-D
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Speech notes and typescript for WSC's speech (24 April, House of Commons) entitled "The Budget" on subjects including: the Government's overspending, inflation and its effects on wage- earners; Government borrowing and payment of war debts; poor future prospects for the economy; the rise in the petrol ration and the house-building programme; Government taxation on high incomes, petrol and on transport vehicles; WSC's recommendations for cuts in expenditure on defence, the National Health...
Dates:
18 Feb 1950 - 26 May 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 11 Feb 1950 - 24 Feb 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/32A-C
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Press Association transcript and press cutting from the Sevenoaks News reporting WSC's election address (11 February, Sevenoaks [Kent] Constitutional Club) on the Labour threat to the economy and the Empire. Also includes transcript of comments by Ness Edwards [Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service] on WSC's responsibility for sending in troops during the miners' strike at [Tonypandy, Glamorgan, Wales, 1910]. Part published: Complete Speeches VIII pp 7935 -...
Dates:
11 Feb 1950 - 24 Feb 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 14 Oct 1951 - 23 Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/44A-B
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Speech notes and typescript for WSC's election address (15 October, Huddersfield Town Hall [Yorkshire]) on subjects including: the decision by the Colne Valley [Yorkshire] Conservatives to support a Liberal candidate to stop Labour from winning the seat; the duty of all Conservatives and Liberals to combine against Labour; a tribute to Lady Violet Bonham-Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet Lady Bonham- Carter, later Violet, Lady Asquith of Yarnbury], Liberal candidate for Colne Valley;...
Dates:
14 Oct 1951 - 23 Oct 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: speech notes., 28 Sep 1949 - 27 Oct 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/27A-E
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Speech notes and Hansard report of WSC's speech (28 September, House of Commons) on the devaluation of the pound including: economic affairs; the forthcoming General Election; atomic weapons; the Labour government's policy on taxation; statements by Sir Stafford Cripps [Chancellor of the Exchequer]; the return to the Gold Standard; and nationalisation. Source material includes: notes of statements made by Aneurin Bevan [Minister of Health] and Herbert Morrison [Deputy Prime Minister]; notes...
Dates:
28 Sep 1949 - 27 Oct 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: speech notes., 04 Feb 1950 - 09 Feb 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/31A-D
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's election address (4 February, Town Hall, Leeds [Yorkshire]) including: criticism of the Labour government's economic policy and manifesto; party politics and the numbers of candidates fielded by the Liberal Party; quotes by [Clement] Attlee [Prime Minister] on socialism; the rejection of socialism in Canada, Australia and New Zealand; nationalisation and its effect on the coal industry; the planned nationalisation of the steel industry; the continuation of rationing;...
Dates:
04 Feb 1950 - 09 Feb 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 06 Jun 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/64/3-13
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter from WSC to Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, marked "secret and personal" on the need to "dominate events lest we be submerged by them", reflecting on achievements of the government but predicting bleak prospects for the next year as the government has not been successful, his own efforts to reduce expenditure have failed, the Factory and Poor Law Bills and Franchise will not support them, and advising that a constructive measure is needed. He seeks Baldwin's support for...
Dates:
06 Jun 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 8 Apr 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/101/42-43
Scope and Contents
Letter from Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] (Chester Square [London]) to [WSC] on WSC's budget which he describes as "an absolutely first-class fighting Budget" and making observations on policies which will support the Conservative election campaign, specifically relief for "publicans and the Bookies", and the removal of tea duty, modernisation and support for industry and the development of markets in the Empire.Signed manuscript.
Dates:
8 Apr 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open