Conservative Party
Organization
Found in 111 Collections and/or Records:
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Speeches: speech notes., 14 Jun 1945 - 31 Mar 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/11A-E
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Speech notes and Hansard report of WSC's speech (10 February 1947, House of Commons) on the coal crisis including: criticism of the policies of Emanuel Shinwell, Minister of Fuel and Power; the need to plan for winter and the inefficiencies of cutting the coal supply. Source material includes: notes from "N S" ["Jo" Sturdee, later Lady Onslow, Secretary to WSC]; notes on the increased numbers of civil servants; press cuttings on subjects including the challenge by Gwilym Lloyd George [later...
Dates:
14 Jun 1945 - 31 Mar 1947
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Speeches: speech notes., 03 Jun 1947 - 16 Aug 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/13A-E
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (3 June, House of Commons) on India and the transfer of power including: the need for agreement of all parties and the likelihood of unrest. Source material includes: a paper on government policy regarding Indian independence and partition. Published: Complete Speeches VII, pp 7499-500.Speech notes for WSC's speech (4 August, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire) at the West Country Conservative Rally entitled "A Doctor's Mandate" including: criticism of the...
Dates:
03 Jun 1947 - 16 Aug 1947
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Speeches: speech notes., 10 Sept 1947 - 28 Oct 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/14A-F
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (10 September, International Congress of Physicians, Guildhall, London) on the medical profession and scientific advances in which he reflects on previous speeches made by Sir Edward Grey and 1st Lord Morley of Blackburn. Also includes a report from the Lancet on WSC's speech and the reply to it made by 1st Lord Moran and papers about the meeting. Published: Complete Speeches VII, pp 7521-3.Speech notes for WSC's speech (27 September, Royal Wanstead Schools,...
Dates:
10 Sept 1947 - 28 Oct 1947
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Speeches: speech notes., 01 Apr 1949 - 28 May 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/25A-E
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (United Europe Economic Conference, Church House, Westminster [London]) entitled "The three circles (foreign policy)" including: the importance of the European movement in foreign policy; the resources of Europe; the "three circles" of significance in world affairs being the British empire and commonwealth, the English-speaking world, and United Europe. Source material includes: background notes from Duncan Sandys [Chairman of the International Executive of the...
Dates:
01 Apr 1949 - 28 May 1949
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Speeches: speech notes and source material., 28 Feb 1933 - 03 Jul 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/105
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Notes for WSC's speech (12 May, Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire and India Trade Preservation Society Demonstration) on his opposition to the National Government's policy on Indian constitutional reform (the White Paper) and its effect on trade with Lancashire. Source material includes a cutting from the Daily Dispatch on the Lancashire cotton trade, Japan, and the Indian market. Part published: Complete Speeches V pp 5270-1.Very brief notes for WSC's speech (?15 May, Putney, London,...
Dates:
28 Feb 1933 - 03 Jul 1933
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Speeches: speech notes and source material., 24 Jun 1933 - 17 Nov 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/106
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Notes for WSC's speech (12 July, Clarke Hall Fellowship address) on Sir William Hall and penal reform.Rough notes for WSC's speech (7 July, Epping [Essex]) on the India White Paper. Source material includes notes for WSC's speech (24 June, Gloucester) on subjects including the National Government and the economy. Part published: Complete Speeches V pp 5279-80.Notes for WSC's speech (12 August, Theydon Bois [Essex]) entitled "Europe's hour of danger" on subjects including the National...
Dates:
24 Jun 1933 - 17 Nov 1933
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Speeches: speech notes and source material., 16 Jan 1934 - Apr 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/109
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Notes for WSC's speech (16 January, BBC broadcast) entitled "Whither Britain?" on world affairs, Britain's role and the British Empire. Also includes cutting from the Listener containing the text of WSC's speech. Part published: Complete Speeches V pp 5319-20.Notes for WSC's speech (9 February, Caxton House, National Unionist Meeting) on Conservative policy and India.Notes for WSC's speech (15 February, Portsmouth [Hampshire]) in support of Sir Roger Keyes at the Portsmouth by-election, on...
Dates:
16 Jan 1934 - Apr 1934
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Speeches: speech notes and source material., 01 Nov 1934 - 04 Dec 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/111
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Notes and draft press statement for WSC's speech (1 November, Woodford Bridge [Essex], Constituency meeting) on subjects including the need for Conservatives to be ready for the next general election, the National government, India and air defence against Germany. Part published: Complete Speeches V pp 5389-90.Notes and drafts for WSC's speech (16 November, BBC broadcast) entitled "The Causes of War" on German domestic policy, and the German threat to Europe and Britain. Also includes galley...
Dates:
01 Nov 1934 - 04 Dec 1934
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Speeches: speech notes and source material., 02 Jan 1935 - 22 Feb 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/114
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Draft press statement by WSC (2 January) responding to a broadcast by Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord Templewood, Secretary of State for India] on Indian constitutional reform.Notes for WSC's speech (?25 January, Bristol, India Defence League meeting) on the government of India debate and Randolph Churchill's campaign at Liverpool [Wavertree by-election]. Part published: Complete Speeches V pp 5465-6.Notes for WSC's speech (30 January, BBC broadcast) entitled "India: the Betrayal", arguing...
Dates:
02 Jan 1935 - 22 Feb 1935
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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
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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
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR, CHUR and CHAQ
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The papers consist of original documents accumulated by Sir Winston Churchill throughout his life (1874-1965). They have been divided into three sections: the Chartwell Papers (CHAR) and the Churchill Papers (CHUR), with some additional material (CHAQ). Together, the three sets of papers cover the following major areas:
Personal (CHAR 1, CHUR 1 and CHAQ 1/1 and 2/1), 1884-1965
The papers of Churchill as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his...
Dates:
The majority of files date from the 1870s to 1965.
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Churchill Archives Centre
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(Untitled), 17 Nov 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/11-12
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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 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
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Found in:
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
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Acquired Papers
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Acquired Papers. Typescript copies of correspondence dating to 1885 between Lord Randolph Churchill, then Secretary of State for India, and Grant Duff, Governor of Madras [India]. Includes correspondence relating to the deposit of the transcripts in WSC's archive.
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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
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Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
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Acquired Papers
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Acquired Papers. Typescript copies of correspondence dating to 1885 between Lord Randolph Churchill, then Secretary of State for India, and Grant Duff, Governor of Madras [India]. Includes correspondence relating to the deposit of the transcripts in WSC's archive.
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(Untitled), 10 Dec 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/14-15
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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] including: thanks for his memorandum demonstrating the harmonious relations between the government authorities in India; the triumph of the Burma [later Myanmar] expedition; the success of placing Liberals in positions in India which has eliminated party politics from Indian affairs; discussion of political affairs and his opinion that the Conservative...
Dates:
10 Dec 1885
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Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
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Acquired Papers
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Acquired Papers. Typescript copies of correspondence dating to 1885 between Lord Randolph Churchill, then Secretary of State for India, and Grant Duff, Governor of Madras [India]. Includes correspondence relating to the deposit of the transcripts in WSC's archive.
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(Untitled), 27 Dec 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/16
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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 thanks Duff for his memorandum on the subject of the native army in India, reports that his conversation with Mr Webster was a success and discusses the Conservative government's decision to move a vote of no confidence and then retire "with honour & joy" and William Gladstone's stance on Home Rule.
Dates:
27 Dec 1885
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Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
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Acquired Papers
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Acquired Papers. Typescript copies of correspondence dating to 1885 between Lord Randolph Churchill, then Secretary of State for India, and Grant Duff, Governor of Madras [India]. Includes correspondence relating to the deposit of the transcripts in WSC's archive.
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(Untitled), 14 Jan 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/24-25
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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 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
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Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
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Acquired Papers
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Acquired Papers. Typescript copies of correspondence dating to 1885 between Lord Randolph Churchill, then Secretary of State for India, and Grant Duff, Governor of Madras [India]. Includes correspondence relating to the deposit of the transcripts in WSC's archive.
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(Untitled), 03 Feb 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/180A/61-65
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Letter from [WSC] to [1st Lord Rothermere, owner of the Daily Mail, earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] on: the interest in Indian affairs in Lancashire; the need for a Conservative Party meeting on the issue; the need for full reporting in Rothermere's newspapers of WSC's speeches on the issue; the good performance of Esmond Harmsworth [later 2nd Lord Rothermere] at the meeting in Manchester; the defeat of P E Springman, the candidate backed by 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken], in...
Dates:
03 Feb 1931
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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), 04 Feb 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/181/5
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Cutting from the "Gloucester Citizen": report on the growing influence of WSC's views on India in the Conservative Indian Committee and in India itself.
Dates:
04 Feb 1931
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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 Feb 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/181/7
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Cutting from the "Gloucestershire Echo" (Cheltenham): article on WSC's speeches on the Trade Disputes Bill and on India, his split with the Conservative leadership and the large measure of support for him.
Dates:
02 Feb 1931
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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), 04 Feb 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/181/8
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Cutting from the "Gloucestershire Echo" (Cheltenham): same as CHAR 2/181/5.
Dates:
04 Feb 1931
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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), 04 Feb 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/181/10
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Cutting from the "South Wales Daily Post" (Swansea): same as CHAR 2/181/8.
Dates:
04 Feb 1931
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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 Jan 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/192/1
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Letter from 1st Lord Sydenham [earlier Sir George Clarke] (101 Onslow Square, [London]) to WSC deploring the statement in the House of Commons by [the Secretary of State for India, Sir Samuel Hoare, later Lord Templewood] about the fixing of a date for the introduction of the India Bill.
Dates:
02 Jan 1933
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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), 07 Jan 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/192/2
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Letter from [WSC] to 1st Lord Sydenham, earlier Sir George Clarke] thanking him for sending a copy of the "extraordinary and discreditable" statement in the House of Commons by the Secretary of State for India ,[Sir Samuel Hoare, later Lord Templewood, about fixing a date for the introduction of the India Bill], deploring the fact that Conservative Party will now vote for any bad measure about India and predicting a battle on the issue in the coming year. Carbon typescript copy.
Dates:
07 Jan 1933
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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), 24 Feb 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/192/29
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Letter from Sir Alfred Knox (13 South Street, [London]) to WSC asking to discuss tactics on the motions on India at the Conservative Council.
Dates:
24 Feb 1933
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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), 25 Jul 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/189/99
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Letter from Sir Louis Stuart, secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC enclosing and summarising CHAR 2/189/100 and asking him on behalf of 1st Lord Sydenham [earlier Sir George Clarke] how best to meet this "attempt to dragoon the Conservative Party" over India.
Dates:
25 Jul 1932
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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.