Conservative Party
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence S., Apr 1946 - Dec 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/71A-B
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Correspondents include: "Bobbety", 5th Lord Salisbury [earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil and Lord Cranborne] (3); R A Butler (2); Arthur Bryant; Douglas Savory; Aubrey Halford [later Aubrey Halford-MacLeod, Principal Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] on the use of excerpts from WSC's memoirs in a war crimes trial; Sir Arthur Young [Scottish Unionist Whip] on Scottish Unionist resolutions; Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head of Conservative...
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Apr 1946 - Dec 1948
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Public and Political: General: Political; Correspondence S., Jan 1950 - Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/101A-B
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Correspondents include: Walter Matthews, Dean of St Paul's, on a pre-election service; "Bobbety", 5th Lord Salisbury [earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil and Lord Cranborne] on Conservative policy towards the Soviet Union; Sir Arthur Salter; Duncan Sandys; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] (2); Prime Minister Clement Attlee; Harold MacMillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] (3); Oliver Lyttelton [later 1st Lord Chandos]; 1st Lord Swinton [earlier Philip Lloyd Greame...
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Jan 1950 - Dec 1950
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence S-Z., Oct 1950 - Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/117A-B
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Correspondents include: "Bobbety" [5th Lord Salisbury, earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil and Lord Cranborne] and Leo Amery on Cabinet positions in the event of a Conservative election victory; Sir Arthur Salter; Duncan Sandys on his visit to Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia] and Marshal Tito; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (10); Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare,...
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Oct 1950 - Oct 1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence T-Z., Nov 1946 - Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/58A-B
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Correspondents include: [George] Peter Thorneycroft (3); Ivor Bulmer-Thomas [Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies] on the Gold Coast [later Ghana]; James Stuart [Chief Opposition Whip] (5); ?2nd Lord Brocket [earlier Sir Arthur Nall-Cain]; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (6); Robert McAlpine [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary] (2); Patrick Kinna (Foreign Office); James Thomas [later 1st...
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Nov 1946 - Dec 1947
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence T-Z., Nov 1947 - Dec 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/72A-B
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Correspondents include: Iain MacLeod, Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat, on the position of graduate teachers (2); Emanuel Shinwell, Secretary of State for War, (2) and Arthur Henderson [later Lord Rowley], Secretary of State for Air, (2) on recruitment for service auxiliaries and reserves; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice- Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (2); Colin Thornton-Kemsley (2); Reginald Maudling; 6th Lord De L'Isle and Dudley [earlier William Sidney,...
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Nov 1947 - Dec 1948
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence T-Z., Jan 1949 - Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/86A-B
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Correspondents include: Ernest Taylor; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] on Ivor Thomas [later Ivor Bulmer-Thomas]; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (4); Sir Herbert Thompson on the Indian civil service and police; R Robinson, Lord Mayor of Cardiff, on matters including the Tonypandy riots [Glamorgan, Wales] and naming a road after WSC (7); representatives of the Conservative Research Department...
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Jan 1949 - Dec 1949
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence T-Z., Jan 1950 - Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/102A-B
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Correspondents include: Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] (3); James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (6); various representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office including George Christ (14); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (11); Sir [James] Clifford Tozer on Plymouth [Devon] Fair; Moss Turner-Samuels; Julius Holmes [Minister,...
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Jan 1950 - Dec 1950
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence T - Z., 15 Jan 1951 - 12 Feb 1961
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/131
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Correspondents include: Geoffrey Drewe [Assistant to Honorary Treasurers, Conservative and Unionist Party] on WSC's expenses; Kenneth Thompson; John Hare, Vice-Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office, on subjects including the local election at High Wycombe [Buckinghamshire] (2); Sir Edward Bridges, [Permanent Secretary], Treasury, on WSC's salary and Prime Minister's pension (2); Sir Edward Beddington-Behrens [Vice-Chairman, European Movement] on WSC's speech at a European...
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15 Jan 1951 - 12 Feb 1961
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence with Lady Violet Bonham-Carter [earlier Violet Asquith, and Violet, Lady Bonham-Carter, later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury]., Jan 1950 - Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/111
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Other correspondents include: Sir Maurice Bonham-Carter; Colonel James Whitehead (2); Colonel Sir Gilbert Tanner, President, Colne Valley [Yorkshire] Conservative Association; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (3); Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (2); Brendan Bracken. Also includes notes and...
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Jan 1950 - Oct 1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence with Oliver Lyttelton [later 1st Lord Chandos]., Oct 1946 - Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/51
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Other correspondents include: Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to Clement Attlee, Prime Minister]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow] and Chips Gemmell; and from WSC to some of those mentioned above and to Chairman of the Conservative [and Unionist] Party [1st Lord Woolton, earlier Frederick Marquis].Subjects...
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Oct 1946 - Oct 1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence with the Conservative Research Department concerning the RAF., Feb 1950 - Feb 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/33
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Correspondents include: Harold MacMillan [later 1st Lord Stockton]; Air Vice-Marshal Henry Thornton; [Arthur] Vere Harvey [later Lord Harvey of Prestbury]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Chips Gemmell, and Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel].Subjects include: aircraft carriers; anti-submarine warfare, including details of the Lockheed Neptune "sub-killer"; amphibious landings.Also includes: details of carriers...
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Feb 1950 - Feb 1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: Council of Europe correspondence and papers., Nov 1948 - Jul 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/75A-B
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Correspondents include: Laurence Pumphrey (2), and Paul Osmond [Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister]; Prime Minister Clement Attlee (7); Duncan Sandys (3); John Maclay [later 1st Lord Muirshiel]; Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head of Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat and Joint Director, Conservative Research Department]; Herbert Morrison, Lord President of the Council (9); Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] (2); William Whiteley...
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Nov 1948 - Jul 1950
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Public and Political: General: Political: Council of Europe correspondence and papers., May 1950 - Feb 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/76A-B
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Correspondents include: Prime Minister Clement Attlee (8); Duncan Sandys (2); Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] (7); Priscilla, Lady Tweedsmuir [earlier Lady Grant]; Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi; Erich Ollenhauer, German Socialist; Robert Boothby; Paul-Henri Spaak, President of the Council of Europe. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, Chips Gemmell, and Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of...
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May 1950 - Feb 1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: Council of Europe correspondence and papers., Mar 1951 - Aug 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/77
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Correspondents include: Prime Minister Clement Attlee (2); Duncan Sandys; Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] (11); Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of New Zealand Sidney Holland, William Stevens [Official Secretary to High Commissioner for New Zealand], and Prime Minister of Canada Louis St Laurent (2) on Dominion representatives attending the Council of Europe. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Lettice Marston [later Lettice...
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Mar 1951 - Aug 1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: Defence - correspondence with Prime Minister Clement Attlee., Mar 1946 - Aug 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/29A-B
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Other correspondents include: Oliver Lyttelton [later 1st Lord Chandos]; Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (2); A V Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Hillsborough] on Czechoslovak railways; Francis Graham-Harrison, Laurence Pumphrey (2), and Paul Osmond, Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister; Laurence Helsby [Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister]; Antony Head (2); 1st Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann]; Clement Davies [Leader of the Liberal Party]. Also includes notes...
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Mar 1946 - Aug 1950
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Public and Political: General: Political: drafts for the Conservative Party manifesto for the October 1951 election., Sep 1951 - Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/122
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Includes: annotations and notes by WSC on draft pages of the manifesto, and the policy statement, "Britain: Strong and Free"; October 1950 National Bank of New York [United States] monthly letter; Conservative Research Department paper; correspondence from R A Butler.Subjects covered include: economic affairs including taxation; the constitution; nationalised industries; the rearmament programme including the introduction of an excess profits tax; Commonwealth and foreign relations including...
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Sep 1951 - Oct 1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: formation of possible governments., c 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/87
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Includes WSC's notes for ministerial appointments in the event of a Conservative election victory, giving details of ex-ministers, members of parliamentary committees, etc.Also includes minutes by James Stuart (2) and a note by [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] Peter Oates.
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c 1950
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Public and Political: General: Political: General election: lists of candidates and results., 26 May 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/136
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Press Association list of General election candidates, annotated with details of the election results.Also includes: list of key Labour and Conservative marginal seats; a letter from Sir Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office, on the lists and on the election forecast.
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26 May 1955
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Public and Political: General: Political: General Election literature and notes., 15 Apr 1955 - 26 May 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/135A-B
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Correspondents on the General Election include: George Murray [Chief Leader Writer], Daily Mail; Robert Armstrong, [later Lord Armstrong of Ilminster] Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on production statistics; Sir Leonard Ropner, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Films Association, on recording speeches; Sir Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office.Election material includes: taxation and production statistics; an election pamphlet...
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15 Apr 1955 - 26 May 1955
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Public and Political: General: Political: General election: Various Correspondence., 04 May 1955 - 17 Jul 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/137
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Correspondents on the election, on subjects including letters of congratulation and thanks and requests for WSC's support, include: "Max" [1st Lord Beaverbrook, earlier Sir Max Aitken]; Edward Martell; Henry Luce; John Harvey, MP for East Walthamstow [London]; Herbert Haseltine; Hubert Jessop, President, Law Society; Peter Emery, candidate for Lincoln; Alan Lennox-Boyd, [later 1st Lord Boyd of Merton] MP for Mid-Bedfordshire; James Pitman, candidate for Bath; Sir Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord...
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04 May 1955 - 17 Jul 1955
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Public and Political: General: Political: papers and correspondence concerning changes in Conservative Party organisation., Apr 1946 - Jun 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/12
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Correspondents include: Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe], Chairman of the Conservative Party [until July 1946]; Duncan Sandys; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis], Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office [from July 1946]; Hugh Molson; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] on the situation at constituency level; James Stuart [Chief Opposition Whip until 1948]; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes,...
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Apr 1946 - Jun 1949
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Public and Political: General: Political: papers and correspondence concerning Conservative and Unionist Central Office., Feb 1946 - Feb 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/11
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Correspondents include: Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe], Chairman of the Conservative Party [until July 1946] on the Heywood and Radcliffe [Lancashire] by-election and party morale; George Christ [Parliamentary Liaison Officer, Conservative Party, and Editor Weekly News Letter] (2); Stephen Pierssene, Central Office General Director; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis], Chairman of the Conservative Party [from July 1946] (3). Also includes notes and copies of...
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Feb 1946 - Feb 1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: papers and correspondence concerning the Executive Committee of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations., Oct 1946 - Feb 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/10
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Correspondents include: Nigel Colman, Chairman of the Executive Committee, (7) and H V Armstrong, Secretary, (6) of the National Union; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis], Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office (2); Henry Lumby. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Elizabeth Gilliatt, Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], and Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford].Subjects include:...
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Oct 1946 - Feb 1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: parliamentary luncheons., Oct 1947 - Jan 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/63
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Includes acceptances and refusals for a series of 29 luncheons hosted by WSC between November 1947 and November 1949 from the following Conservative and Unionist MPs and Lords: Reginald Manningham-Buller [later 1st Lord Dilhorne] (2); Christopher Hollis (2); Derick Heathcote-Amory; James Reid (2); Robert Thorp; Nigel Birch [later Lord Rhyl]; Sir Joseph Braithwaite; Sir Thomas Dugdale [later 1st Lord Crathorne]; Sir Anthony Nutting; Oliver Poole; Tufton Beamish [later Lord Chelwood]; Osbert...
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Oct 1947 - Jan 1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: statement of Conservative Party policy: correspondence, proofs, and pamphlets., May 1949 - Jul 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/88
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Correspondents include: Sir David Maxwell Fyfe [later 1st Lord Kilmuir]; Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton]; R A Butler (3); Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe]; Sir Hubert Henderson (2). Also includes note and copy of correspondence from secretaries Chips Gemmell and Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel].Includes: galley proofs with annotations of the draft statement of policy with sections on economic affairs, management and labour, nationalisation, the countryside,...
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May 1949 - Jul 1949
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