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(Untitled), 02 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/91
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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].

Dates: 02 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194B/102
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Letter from WSC to Lord Margesson asking him to serve as a member of the Emergency Business Committee during the General Election [carbon].

Dates: 02 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194B/126-127
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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].

Dates: 14 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/54-55
Scope and Contents Letter from Sir Edward Cadogan [Conservative MP for Bolton] (Carlton Club) to WSC expressing his gratitude to WSC on the eve of the dissolution of the House of Commons: states how proud he has been to serve under WSC's leadership "in the most memorable Parliament of all time"; comments on the decision of the Socialists to terminate the Coalition and states that the "issues at present are too grave to become the sport of party politics"; expresses the hope that WSC will long be spared "not...
Dates: 13 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: 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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(Untitled), 13 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/56
Scope and Contents Letter from Sir Edward Cadogan [Conservative MP for Bolton] (Carlton Club) to WSC expressing his gratitude to WSC on the eve of the dissolution of the House of Commons: states how proud he has been to serve under WSC's leadership "in the most memorable Parliament of all time"; comments on the decision of the Socialists to terminate the Coalition and states that the "issues at present are too grave to become the sport of party politics"; expresses the hope that WSC will long be spared "not...
Dates: 13 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: 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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(Untitled), 01 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/61
Scope and Contents Letter from Violet, Lady Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter, later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury] (40 Gloucester Square, W2 [London]) to WSC regretting that they will be fighting the election "under different flags": states that she could never go into action "side by side with Sir Herbert Williams & Co." and argues that WSC should have remained a "National Leader - above the battle"; criticizes the timing of the election and argues that the coalition should...
Dates: 01 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: 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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(Untitled), 02 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/126-129
Scope and Contents Letter by Sir Edward Grigg [later Lord Altrincham] (Minister Resident in the Middle East, Cairo [Egypt]) to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] marked "private and personal" commenting on the British intervention in Syria, his concern about the effects of the subdivision of his constituency [Altrincham, Cheshire], the likely difficulty of tripartite conversations involving the French and the "utterly stupid callousness" of the recent French behaviour towards the Syrians and...
Dates: 02 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/160-163
Scope and Contents Typescript copy of letter from Major John d'Henin Hamilton [later 3rd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell] (5 Battalion Coldstream Guards, B.L.A.) to "Uncle Gavin" [2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell] thanking him for books, commenting on the continuing fighting and explaining his reluctance to come home "until things get a bit quieter". He states that he has written to Mr Cranna (the Conservative Secretary in Glasgow) and expresses hope that the Motherwell Association can wait a little longer. He refers to...
Dates: 23 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/164
Scope and Contents Letter from Major John d'Henin Hamilton [later 3rd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell] (5 Battalion Coldstream Guards, B.L.A.) to "uncle Gavin" [2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell] thanking him for books, commenting on the continuing fighting and explaining his reluctance to come home "until things get a bit quieter". He states that he has written to Mr Cranna (the Conservative Secretary in Glasgow) and expresses hope that the Motherwell Association can wait a little longer. He refers to exasperation of...
Dates: 23 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/165
Scope and Contents Letter from 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell (Dalzell, Motherwell, Scotland) to WSC informing him that he is enclosing a letter from his nephew "Jack" [John d'Henin Hamilton, later 3rd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell], who is commanding a company in the 5th Battalion Coldstream Guards [see CHAR 20/197B/161-164]. He explains that he is sending it because of the statement in the letter about the harm that would be done to army morale by premature victory celebrations. He further explains that his nephew...
Dates: 28 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/168
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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.

Dates: 30 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/169
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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.

Dates: 07 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/198A/57
Scope and Contents Letter from Geoffrey Lloyd [Parliamentary Under-secretary in the Ministry of Fuel and Power] to WSC marked "confidential" informing him that Captain Philip Dunn (Chairman of the News of the World) "one of my oldest and most intimate friends" has just returned from America, stating that he wants to draw him into "our affairs", and asking if WSC would consider having him to lunch or seeing him one day. Lloyd ends by stating that the circulation of the News of the World is now 5,800,000....
Dates: 22 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open, with the exception of folios 63 and 202 which have been closed on the instructions of the Cabinet Office under S23 of the Freedom of Information Act but are available in 'sanitised' form. Review 2021.
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(Untitled), 03 Jul 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94A/2
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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.

Dates: 03 Jul 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/5/41
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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.

Dates: 14 Jun 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Jun 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/11/90-93
Scope and Contents Letter from Neville Chamberlain [Lord President of the Council] (Privy Council Office) to WSC agreeing to withdraw his objection to [David] Lloyd George being included in the War Cabinet, on two conditions: 1) Lloyd George's personal assurance that "he will drop his personal feud and prejudice against me and will work with me for the national interest" and; 2) that the anti-Conservative campaign being carried out in the Daily Herald, in the News Chronicle and by some members of Parliament...
Dates: 06 Jun 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Jan 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/27/113-116
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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].

Dates: 08 Jan 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Feb 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53A/49-50
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Letter from WSC to Sir Douglas Hacking accepting his resignation as Chairman of the Conservative Party.

Dates: 13 Feb 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/169-170
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Letter from WSC to A J Barber-Fleming, Scottish Unionist Party, wishing the Party a successful annual conference.

Dates: 26 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Sep 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/44/5-16
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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].

Dates: 12 Sep 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Sep 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/44/17-18
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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.

Dates: 12 Sep 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Sep 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/44/19-20
Scope and Contents Letter from Sir Austen Chamberlain (9, Egerton Place [London]) to WSC on the Irish policy of the Conservative Party in opposing the Home Rule Bill. He notes that the Conservative Party had proposed that discussion of the issue should be postponed until the end of the war, but have been forced to accept a proposal by the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith]. Chamberlain welcomes the news that force is not to be used against the Ulstermen and notes that the...
Dates: 13 Sep 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Sep 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/44/21
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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].

Dates: 13 Sep 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Sep 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/44/22-23
Scope and Contents Letter from Sir Austen Chamberlain (9, Egerton Place [London]) to WSC (marked private) on Conservative opposition to the Irish Home Rule Bill. Chamberlain informs WSC that he has not sent WSC's letters to the press for publication and will not do so unless "obliged by events". He expresses strong disagreement with WSC's policy, saying that the United States would have approved postponing discussion of the issue for the duration of the war, but that now the Ulstermen are being sacrificed...
Dates: 14 Sep 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Sep 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/44/24
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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].

Dates: 14 Sep 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open