Conservative Party
Found in 923 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 02 Jun 1945
Letter from WSC to Major Sir James Edmondson [Conservative MP for Banbury] asking him to sit as a member of the Emergency Business Committee set up to determine questions submitted by candidates to the Party Organization and to prepare replies to questionnaires submitted by Societies regarding the General Election [carbon].
(Untitled), 02 Jun 1945
Letter from WSC to Lord Margesson asking him to serve as a member of the Emergency Business Committee during the General Election [carbon].
(Untitled), 14 Jun 1945
Letter from WSC to Sir Ronald Cross [Conservative MP for Rossendale] commenting on the fine job he has done for the Empire in Australia and on the sacrifice made by his constituency of Rossendale [Lancashire], but expressing confidence that he will "carry the banner of the Conservative Party and the National Government to Victory on Polling Day" [carbon] [Front of CHAR 20/194B/127 repeats CHAR 20/194B/126 and has been crossed through, but there is an additional paragraph on the reverse].
(Untitled), 13 Jun 1945
(Untitled), 13 Jun 1945
(Untitled), 01 Jun 1945
(Untitled), 02 Jun 1945
(Untitled), 23 Apr 1945
(Untitled), 23 Apr 1945
(Untitled), 28 Apr 1945
(Untitled), 30 Jun 1945
Typescript note from John Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to WSC giving background information about the nephew of 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell, Major John d'Henin Hamilton [later 3rd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell], commenting on Major Hamilton's letter to his uncle, and stating that he is submitting a draft reply from WSC to 2nd Lord Hamilton [see CHAR 20/197B/169]. Initialled.
(Untitled), 07 Jul 1945
Letter from WSC to 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell apologising for the delay in answering his letter of 28 Apr, with its enclosure from his nephew [John d'Henin Hamilton, later 3rd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell]. He notes that the nephew is standing as Conservative candidate in Motherwell and expresses hope that he will soon have the pleasure of meeting him in the House of Commons. Carbon.
(Untitled), 22 May 1945
(Untitled), 03 Jul 1943
Letter from WSC to Lady Hester Bourne (Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party) accepting her resignation and thanking her for her services to the party Signed.
(Untitled), 14 Jun 1940
Note from Desmond Morton [Personal Assistant to WSC] to WSC on Ernest Bevin taking Harry Nathan's seat at Wandsworth [London] and that the Hartlepools [County Durham] would probably not accept Bevin because of [William] Howard Gritten [MP for the Hartlepools]'s unpopularity in his constituency.
(Untitled), 06 Jun 1940
(Untitled), 08 Jan 1941
Letter from Frederick Montague [Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Transport, later 1st Lord Amwell] to WSC enclosing a letter [copy] from Lord Randolph Churchill to a Mr Hancock advising him to stick to the name of "Tory" rather than adopting "Radical"; includes letter of thanks by Kathleen Hill [Secretary to WSC].
(Untitled), 13 Feb 1942
Letter from WSC to Sir Douglas Hacking accepting his resignation as Chairman of the Conservative Party.
(Untitled), 26 Oct 1942
Letter from WSC to A J Barber-Fleming, Scottish Unionist Party, wishing the Party a successful annual conference.
(Untitled), 12 Sep 1914
Letter from WSC to Sir Austen Chamberlain, on the Irish policy of the Conservative Party, criticising the Conservative policy as risking alienating Irish Nationalism all over the world and squandering forces vital to national safety. WSC also points out the differences in Liberal policy on Ireland and urges the importance of the Opposition supporting the Government in time of war. [3 typescript copies].
(Untitled), 12 Sep 1914
Letter from Sir Austen Chamberlain, (9 Egerton Place [London]) to WSC, on the Irish policy of the Conservative Party, opposing the Home Rule Bill. Chamberlain regrets that he could not appear on a public platform with WSC or any other member of the Government, and that he had sent a telegram to the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, regretting that he was unable to attend a meeting to stimulate recruiting in the city.
(Untitled), 13 Sep 1914
(Untitled), 13 Sep 1914
Letter from WSC to Sir Austen Chamberlain, stating that it would be madness for either party to start a quarrel with Irish nationalism in Britain, the Colonies and above all in the United States. [Hand-written copy].
(Untitled), 14 Sep 1914
(Untitled), 14 Sep 1914
Letter from WSC to Sir Austen Chamberlain, on Irish Home Rule, stating that compared to winning the war he did not care about Home Rule, but that he regarded it as a wise and hopeful policy: WSC also regrets that they could not understand each other's views on the subject. [Hand-written copy].