Conservative Party
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Found in 134 Collections and/or Records:
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence, L-M., May 1929 - Sep 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/575A-B
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Correspondents include: Oliver Locker Lampson on subjects including an invitation to give a lecture (2); Sir John Lavery on the Artists' General Benevolent Institution; Nathan Laski requesting an invitation with the Home Secretary; Shane Leslie on WSC's "Marlborough: His life and times" and on family news (3); Commander Augustus Agar on a possible lecture by WSC; Leonie Leslie [earlier Leonie Jerome]; Frederick Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell] on subjects including the Conservative Party,...
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May 1929 - Sep 1934
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, R-S, many congratulating WSC on becoming Prime Minister and praising his leadership and speeches, Apr 1908 - Dec 1940. [Please note that almost the whole file dates from 1940].
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/398
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Correspondents include: Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay on his knighthood; Sir Eugene Ramsden on Conservative support for WSC; Whitelaw Reid [London correspondent] of the New York Herald Tribune [United States]; [Sir] Robert Renwick sending on memoranda on French banks (by "Birch"), demolition in London, and Albania (by Renwick) (4); [David] Waley [Principal Assistant Secretary] (Treasury) and Philip Allen (Ministry of Home Security) on Renwick's memoranda; Paul Reynaud, French Minister of...
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Apr 1908 - Dec 1940. [Please note that almost the whole file dates from 1940].
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Blackpool [Lancashire], October 1946 (mainly letters of congratulation from the general public following WSC's speech)., May 1946 - Nov 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/9
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Other correspondents include: Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe], Chairman of the Conservative Party [until July 1946] (2); James Stuart [Chief Opposition Whip]; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis], Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office [from July 1946]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], and Honorary Secretary [Edmund]...
Dates:
May 1946 - Nov 1946
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Blackpool [Lancashire], October 1950., Aug 1950 - Nov 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/103
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (3); representatives of the Hotel Majestic, St Annes on the Sea [Lancashire], on WSC's stay there (5); George Christ of Conservative and Unionist Central Office; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip]; H V Armstrong, Secretary of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations (9); representatives of British Railways (4). Also...
Dates:
Aug 1950 - Nov 1950
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Brighton [Sussex], October 1947., Jun 1947 - Feb 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/59
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Correspondents include: Reginald Maudling and 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] on WSC's speech being televised; James Stuart [Chief Opposition Whip]; David Clarke [Joint Director] of the Conservative Research Department; H V Armstrong, Secretary of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations (5); William Teeling on Brighton. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Elizabeth Gilliatt,...
Dates:
Jun 1947 - Feb 1948
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Llandudno [Carnarvonshire, Wales], October 1948., Jan 1948 - Jun 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/73
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Correspondents include: David Price-White, MP for Llandudno, on WSC attending a ball (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], and Elizabeth Gilliatt; CSC.Other subjects include: travel details; matters discussed at the Conference on Conservative policy for defence, agriculture, the House of Lords, taxation, transport, Wales,...
Dates:
Jan 1948 - Jun 1949
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party North-Western Area Meeting at King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, December 1947., Feb 1947 - Feb 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/60
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Correspondents include: James Stuart [Chief Opposition Whip] (2); representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office (7); George Drayson; H Haygarth Jackson, Executive Member of the Cotton Board; Eric Errington, Chairman [North-West Area of Conservative Associations] (2); Reginald Maudling (3); John Wyndham [later 1st Lord Egremont]; Charles Nowell, City Librarian, Manchester, on a visit by WSC; Etienne Cottet of the Midland Hotel on WSC's stay there (5). Also includes notes and...
Dates:
Feb 1947 - Feb 1948
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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
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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
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Public and Political: General: Political: Conservative Party literature for the 1951 election., 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/123
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Includes copies of: the Conservative election manifesto; leaflets and pamphlets issued by Conservative and Unionist Central Office and others; editions of the Sunday Dispatch and the Northern Echo; leaflets on voting.Subjects covered include: international affairs, including the Empire, the Commonwealth and Europe; national output, nationalisation and other industrial matters; housing matters; food supplies; old-age pensions; families; farming; rail transport.
Dates:
1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: Conservative Party manifesto [for the 1950 election]: correspondence, proofs and drafts., Dec 1949 - Jan 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/89
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Correspondents include: R A Butler and Richard Law [later 1st Lord Coleraine]. Also includes note from WSC's secretary Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow].Includes: summary of Conservative and Unionist proposals; details of election dates 1929-45; galley proofs and drafts of the manifesto (entitled "This is the road") and WSC's introduction.Subjects covered include: the economy, British industry and agriculture, social services, Britain's position in the world, national and constitutional...
Dates:
Dec 1949 - Jan 1950
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence A-B., May 1948 - Feb 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/80
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Correspondents include: Abdullah [ibn Hussein], King of Jordan [earlier Transjordan], (2) and Edward Tomkins (Foreign Office) on a visit to the United Kingdom by Abdullah; Dean Acheson [Secretary of State, United States] on WSC's visit to the United States; Sir Richard Acland and Donald Bruce [later Lord Bruce of Donnington, Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister of Health] forewarning WSC of criticism in the House of Commons; Konrad Adenauer [Federal Chancellor of Germany] on WSC's...
Dates:
May 1948 - Feb 1950
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Public and Political: General: Political; Correspondence A-B., Dec 1949 - Nov 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/94
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Correspondents include: Vyvyan Adams; 1st Lord Altrincham [earlier Sir Edward Grigg]; Waris Ameer Ali on Indo-Pakistani affairs; Leo Amery (4); Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley] (3) including 2 on his personal plans; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin], Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party, on Lady Megan Lloyd George; Nigel Colman, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations; James Harden on being re-elected...
Dates:
Dec 1949 - Nov 1950
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence A-C., Jun 1947 - Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/67A-B
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Correspondents include: Vyvyan Adams (4); Reginald Maudling; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (3); Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe] (3); James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (7); Garry Allighan; Leo Amery (6); John Andrews; Michael Astor; Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head of Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat and Joint Director, Conservative Research...
Dates:
Jun 1947 - Dec 1949
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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
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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
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence A-C., Oct 1951 - Jul 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/127A-B
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Correspondents include: William Reid, Lord Provost of Aberdeen [Scotland] on WSC's visit there in 1952; David Pitblado [Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden] (3); Frank Glaves-Smith [Principal Private Secretary to President of the Board of Trade]; Konrad Adenauer [Federal Chancellor of Germany]; Sir Frederick Hoyer Millar [later 1st Lord Inchrya, British Ambassador to West Germany, later part of Germany]; John Perrin, [Principal] Private Secretary to Minister of...
Dates:
Oct 1951 - Jul 1962
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence A-C (almost all material dates from 1946)., Jun 1945 - Dec 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/5A-B
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Correspondents include: Sir Douglas Thomson on WSC visiting Aberdeen [Scotland] (2); "Scribe", 1st Lord Altrincham [earlier Sir Edward Grigg] (2); Waris Ameer Ali on the activities of the Congress Party in India; Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley] on scientists at Harwell [Berkshire]; Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe], Chairman of the Conservative Party (8); 1st Lord Davidson; James Stuart [Chief Opposition Whip] (7); Pierson Dixon [Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign...
Dates:
Jun 1945 - Dec 1946
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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
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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
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and material on steel nationalisation., Nov 1948 - Feb 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/79A-B
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Correspondents include: Reginald Maudling; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip]; Sir David Maxwell Fyfe [later 1st Lord Kilmuir]; Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (2); Sir Andrew Duncan [Chairman of Executive Committee of British Iron and Steel Federation] (6); John Wilson [Private Secretary to Minister of Supply]; George Christ. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from WSC's secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt.Subjects covered by the file include:...
Dates:
Nov 1948 - Feb 1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on Conservative Party policy., Jul 1950 - Feb 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/105
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Correspondents include: R A Butler (4); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office].Subjects include: producing a statement of "General Principles" on domestic and international affairs and discussion of the effect of the rearmament policy on pledges concerning housing, economic affairs, and trade.Also includes: extract from Conservative manifesto "This is the road".
Dates:
Jul 1950 - Feb 1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence and papers on the devaluation of the pound and Britain's economic and trade position., Aug 1949 - Nov 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/91
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Correspondents include: Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe] (2); Leo Amery; Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley]; Sir Arthur Salter; Cuthbert Alport; Cedric Drewe [Deputy Chief Conservative Whip]; Stanley Walker, editor of the City Press. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow] and Elizabeth Gilliatt; Christopher Soames; Duncan Sandys; and from WSC to some of those mentioned above and to Sir James Hawkey.Also...
Dates:
Aug 1949 - Nov 1949
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on the movement towards a United Europe, D-G., Sep 1946 - Nov 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/20A-B
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Correspondents include: Duncan Sandys (12); Alfred Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich, British Ambassador to France]; William Stewart; Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (2) including (1) on him serving on the Council of the United Europe movement; Freda Smith [Sandys' secretary] (11); Colonel Oliver Stanley; Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head] of Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat [and Joint Director, Conservative Research Department]; Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi on the...
Dates:
Sep 1946 - Nov 1948
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence C., Dec 1946 - Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/53
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Correspondents include: [George] Peter Thorneycroft; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (8); Colonel Patrick Blair, Political Secretary [to Chairman of Unionist Party in Scotland] (2); Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] (2); Sir Arthur Young, Scottish Unionist Whip (2); 11th Lord Scarbrough [earlier Sir Lawrence Lumley]; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin], Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party, on...
Dates:
Dec 1946 - Dec 1947
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence C-D., Dec 1948 - Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/81A-B
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Correspondents include: Harley Usill of the Naldrett Press Limited (5); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (2); George Rainbird; John Leigh-Pemberton (3); Sir Oswald Birley; Beresford Craddock; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (13); Sir Arnold Gridley [Chairman 1922 Committee]; Sir David Maxwell Fyfe [later 1st Lord Kilmuir]; R A Butler (5); Thelma Cazalet-Kier (2);...
Dates:
Dec 1948 - Dec 1949
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence C-D., Aug 1949 - Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/95A-B
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Correspondents include: 5th Lord Munster [earlier Geoffrey FitzClarence], George [Hubback], Metropolitan of India and Bishop of Calcutta (3), and Desmond Crawley (High Commission, Calcutta), on Anglo-Indians educating their children in the UK; 1st Lord Sandford [earlier Albert Edmondson, Chairman] of the Carlton Club (2); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (5); Clifford Hood, President, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation; Robert...
Dates:
Aug 1949 - Dec 1950
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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
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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
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