Conservative Party
Found in 923 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 16 Dec 1924
Letter from Edward Spears (Little College Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC reporting that he has had a satisfactory interview with F Stanley Jackson, who has advised him about when to make his declaration in favour of the Conservatives, and thanking WSC for his help in clearing up the misunderstanding.
(Untitled), 31 Dec 1924
(Untitled), 04 Nov 1924
Letter from [5th Lord Rosebery] (Dalmeny House, Edinburgh, [Scotland]) to WSC congratulating him on his electoral victory [in the Epping Division of Essex], hoping that the Conservatives will not be led by their large majority into committing follies, referring to the defeat of the "anarchist" Emmanuel Shinwell [later Lord Shinwell] in Linlithgowshire, and asking whether WSC knows why the "Times" gave a bad report of WSC's speech in Edinburgh.
(Untitled), 09 Nov 1924
Letter from Sir James Barrie (Adelphi Terrace House, Strand, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on his appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer and acknowledging that, although they do not agree about the Labour Party, it was right for WSC to join with the Conservatives.
(Untitled), 07 Nov 1924
(Untitled), 31 Jan 1925
Letter from Charles Watney (Courtfield House, Courtfield Road, [London]) to WSC enclosing and commenting on CHAR 2/141/36 and CHAR 2/141/37 and arguing that Conservative Central Office should take special steps to answer the weekly notes for speakers issued by the Independent Labour Party.
(Untitled), 07 Mar 1925
Letter from J A Beamont, (245 Battersea Park Road, [London]) to Stanley Baldwin [later Lord Baldwin] approving the abandonment of the Trade Union Bill because its passage would have led to much strife and urging the Conservatives to win the confidence of the people by making good use of their power. Copy sent with CHAR 2/141/53.
(Untitled), [1925]
Illustrated programme of the Primrose League Grand Habitation Demonstration, featuring a photograph of WSC.
(Untitled), 24 Feb 1926
Letter from [WSC] to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Leslie Wilson apologising for not replying to his letter of April 1924 [see CHAR 2/147/44], recalling the break-up of the Coalition and "the melancholy election of 1923", noting that the Conservative party has regained its dominant position, remembering his friendship with Wilson's brother [Sir Edward Wilson] and expressing pride at having placed Sir Leslie Wilson at the head of a battalion of the Naval Division. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 10 Apr 1926
Letter from Harold Macmillan (Red House, Norton Green, Stockton-on-Tees, [County Durham]) to WSC thanking him for hosting Macmillan and others to dinner and for being so tolerant to "a group of young men whom, I have no doubt, the House and party will soon regard as more and more intolerable." Refers to his efforts in Stockton "to defend even the more indefensible of your government's actions" and to the relative forbearance of the workers there despite bad economic conditions.
(Untitled), 01 Oct 1926
Letter from John Atkins (The "Spectator", 13 York Street, Covent Garden, London) to WSC reporting that he is giving up the editorship of the "Spectator" because of disagreements with the new proprietor, asking to see WSC to discuss an idea for his (Atkins') future, congratulating him on his efforts to bring about a settlement of the coal dispute and stressing the need for the Conservatives to concentrate on industrial peace.
(Untitled), 14 Nov 1926
Letter from J L Garvin (Gregories, Beaconsfield, [Buckinghamshire]) to WSC commenting on [? the latest volume of "The World Crisis"] and the involvement of the United States in the war, and warning that the current Conservative majority is "the fluke of temporary electoral arrangements" and could be swept away.
(Untitled), 16 Nov 1926
Resolution passed by the executive committee of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations calling on the Government to introduce legislation to make trade unions "purely industrial organisations." Sent with CHAR 2/147/174.
(Untitled), 16 Nov 1926
Resolutions passed by Conservative constituency associations calling on as many ministers as possible to attend the annual conference of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, and urging the Government to introduce legislation to reform trade unions and the House of Lords. Sent with CHAR 2/147/174.
(Untitled), 31 Mar 1927
Letter from WSC (Treasury Chambers) to Sir Archibald Salvidge describing Stanley Baldwin's appreciation of Salvidge's work for the Conservatives in Liverpool and his (Balwin's) attitude to the attempt by Sir Leslie Scott to break Salvidge's dominance of Liverpool politics, and urging Salvidge to meet Baldwin so that relations between them can be as good as those between WSC and Baldwin. Copy in the hand of Edward Marsh.
(Untitled), 31 Mar 1927
Letter from Sir Archibald Salvidge (Constitutional Club, Northumberland Avenue, [London]) to WSC on Sir Leslie Scott's "intrigue" against him as leader of the Conservatives in Liverpool.
(Untitled), 02 Apr 1927
Letter from Sir Archibald Salvidge (Constitutional Association, 2 Sir Thomas Street, Liverpool) to WSC on his response to Sir Leslie Scott's attempts to undermine his political position in Liverpool.
(Untitled), 12 Apr 1927
Letter from ? (36 St James's Street, London) to WSC congratulating him on the Budget and referring to the political difficulties being experienced by himself and Sir Archibald Salvidge in Liverpool.
(Untitled), 12 Jun 1927
Letter from Captain J Pitchford (117 Hartington Road, Brighton, [Sussex]) to WSC asking him to confirm that he did not break his parole when he escaped from Pretoria [South Africa] during the Boer War so that Pitchford can refute assertions to the contrary being made in Brighton, and regretting that Conservative speakers do not come to the town to answer Communist and Independent Labour Party speakers.
(Untitled), 22 Jun 1927
(Untitled), 24 Oct 1927
Letter from 7th Lord Londonderry (Londonderry House, Park Lane, [London]) to WSC admitting that his speech [at Cardiff, Wales] was bad tactics and stating his belief in the importance of capturing the National Union [of Conservative and Unionist Associations] to ensure that it supports the Conservative Party.
(Untitled), 22 Oct 1927
Letter from [7th Lord Londonderry [(Londonderry House, Park Lane, (London)] to WSC apologising for what he sees as his tactical mistake in making a speech in Cardiff [Wales] and explaining the his intention was to avert a split in the Conservative party.
(Untitled), 27 Jul 1927
Printed circular on arrangements for the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations annual conference.
(Untitled), 1927
Programme of the Primrose League Grand Habitation Demonstration.
(Untitled), 25 Jul 1928
Letter from 17th Lord Derby (Derby House, Stratford Place, [London]) to WSC pledging his support against "the Amery Page Croft gang" [the Protectionist faction of the Conservative Party led by Leo Amery and Sir Henry Page Croft] but advising WSC not to make an all-out attack yet.