Conservative Party
Organization
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
File
Public and Political: General: Political: Conservative Party answers to election questionnaires., 1951
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/124
Scope and Contents
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
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence A-B., May 1948 - Feb 1950
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/80
Scope and Contents
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
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence from members of the general public (mainly messages of support for WSC) and pressure groups at the time of the 1951 general election., Oct 1951 - Nov 1951
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/125
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Thelma Cazalet-Kier, Chairman of the Equal Pay Campaign Committee; Gertrude Turquand; [Frederick] Potter, Mayor of Deal [Kent] on receiving signed photographs of WSC; Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi; Richard Baker, founder of the Men of the Trees, on their New Earth Charter. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries including Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford].Other subjects include: equal pay for women; foreign affairs including Egypt and...
Dates:
Oct 1951 - Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Transcript of CS's interviews with Martin Meredith, 1985 - 1985-04
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 10/19
Scope and Contents
Almost complete copy. Subjects include: the Conservatives in the 1960s; becoming British Ambassador to France; CS's relationship with Margaret Thatcher; the Conservatives in the 1950s; the Civil Service strike, 1981; early negotiations for entry into Europe, 1960-64; CS's view of Sir Winston Churchill and [Maurice] Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton]; CS's visit to the Soviet Union,1964; becoming British Ambassador to France; the Soames Affair, 1969; negotiations on entry into...
Dates:
1985 - 1985-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Item
(Untitled), 02 Mar 1897
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/23/22-23
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses: his election to the Turf Club and her offer to pay his entrance subscription; arrangements for his return to England during his leave and for the sale of an Arab horse which he is sending to her; changes proposed by the War Office to the Foot Guards; and the policies and position of the Conservative government.
Dates:
02 Mar 1897
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Acquired Papers
/
Acquired Papers: Letters from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill and also John S Churchill and Reginald Barnes. The file contains letters written by WSC about his time in Bangalore with the 4th Hussars; his posting to the Malakand Field Force with Sir Bindon Blood and about his first literary endeavours ("Savrola", "The Scaffolding of Rhetoric" and "The Story of the Malakand Field Force"). The file also contains two letters from Sir Bindon Blood. All items are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
Item
(Untitled), 01 Feb 1944 - 29 Feb 1944
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/152/2
Scope and Contents
Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, February 1944. Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; the Chiefs of Staff; Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Thomas Dugdale [later 1st Lord Crathorne, Chairman of the Conservative Party];...
Dates:
01 Feb 1944 - 29 Feb 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Item
(Untitled), 23 Nov 1891 - 24 Nov 1891
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/11/45-46
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Mafeking [South Africa]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] expressing his disappointment at not receiving any letters from her, describing his journey, and commenting on the poor reception of his letters to the Daily Graphic and Sherwood's management of his racing stable. He observes on Arthur Balfour becoming Leader [of the House of Commons] that "Tory Democracy, the genuine article, [is] at an end... I have waited with great patience for the tide to turn but...
Dates:
23 Nov 1891 - 24 Nov 1891
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Acquired Papers
/
Acquired Papers: Letters and telegrams from Lord Randolph Churchill to Lady Randolph Churchill mainly relating to his visit to South Africa in search of gold (see also material contained in CHAR 28/54). All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.