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Speeches: speech notes and source material., 02 Mar 1935 - 12 Nov 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/115A-B
Scope and Contents Notes for WSC's speech (21 March, Albert Hall, London, India Defence League Demonstration) entitled "Dead as Mutton" on the Government of India bill and his misgivings about the National Government. Part published: Complete Speeches V pp 5557-8.Notes for WSC's speech (26 September, City Carlton Club Luncheon, London) on German rearmament, Italian designs in Abyssinia [Ethiopia], and the League of Nations. Also includes: letter of support from Sir Austen Chamberlain. Published: Complete...
Dates: 02 Mar 1935 - 12 Nov 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Nov 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/11-12
Scope and Contents Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India, to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] in which he apologises for not being able to attend a Council meeting which is to discuss Duff's proposal for a botanical department for Madras; explains that the need for economy has affected the proposed salary for [Charles] Lawson; discusses his interest in Hyderabad affairs; comments on the speed of the dispatch of the Burma expedition from Madras;...
Dates: 17 Nov 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Dec 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/13
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Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India, to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] in which he attributes the success of the Burma [later Myanmar] expedition to the swift dispatch of the expedition from Madras and says that he is sure that the Conservative party will not be successful in the future General Election.

Dates: 04 Dec 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jan 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/24-25
Scope and Contents Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] in which he comments on the arrival of the new State prisoner in Madras, discusses the annexation of Burma [later Myanmar] and the likelihood that a Lhama will be appointed, makes observations on political affairs and the "democratic element" in the House of Commons and the imminent end of the Conservative government. In a postscript he discusses the...
Dates: 14 Jan 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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