Conservative Party
Found in 923 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 06 Jun 1940
(Untitled), 28 Sep 1941
Letter from WSC to Sir Douglas Hacking [Chairman, Conservative Party Organization] thanking him for his letter on the difficulties with articles and speeches by supporters of the Labour Party and the need for unity in time of National Government.
(Untitled), 18 Jun 1941
Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Windlesham [earlier George Hennessy] asking him to resign as Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party Organization as he wishes the post to be filled by Thomas Dugdale [Deputy Chief Whip, later 1st Lord Crathorne] in order to effect a closer liaison between Central Office and the House of Commons.
(Untitled), 13 Feb 1942
Letter from WSC to Sir Douglas Hacking accepting his resignation as Chairman of the Conservative Party.
(Untitled), 26 Oct 1942
Letter from WSC to A J Barber-Fleming, Scottish Unionist Party, wishing the Party a successful annual conference.
(Untitled), 06 Jun 1927
(Untitled), 8 Apr 1929
Letter from Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] (Chester Square [London]) to [WSC] on WSC's budget which he describes as "an absolutely first-class fighting Budget" and making observations on policies which will support the Conservative election campaign, specifically relief for "publicans and the Bookies", and the removal of tea duty, modernisation and support for industry and the development of markets in the Empire.Signed manuscript.
(Untitled), 14 Jun 1940
Note from Desmond Morton [Personal Assistant to WSC] to WSC on Ernest Bevin taking Harry Nathan's seat at Wandsworth [London] and that the Hartlepools [County Durham] would probably not accept Bevin because of [William] Howard Gritten [MP for the Hartlepools]'s unpopularity in his constituency.
(Untitled), [Oct] [1933]
Motion proposed by the North Battersea Constitutional Association [London] asserting that honest criticism by Conservative Party members of party policy should be welcomed rather than condemned and regretting the inclusion of a motion to the contrary on the agenda of the recent annual conference. Sent with CHAR 2/197/125.
(Untitled), 16 Oct 1933
Letter from [WSC] to Patrick Donner criticising [? CHAR 2/197/126] and arguing that [the India Defence League] should bring up its National Union resolution suitably amended. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 19 Oct 1933
Letter from Patrick Donner (22 Prince's Gardens, [London]) to WSC on the resolution to be moved by the North Battersea Constitutional Association [see CHAR 2/197/126] and his intention to write of the "rebirth of Conservatism" in an article on the major political events of the year.
(Untitled), [Oct] [1933]
Statement by Patrick Donner that he has arranged with Commander Arthur Marsden [Conservative MP for North Battersea, London] that he should raise the question of the suppression of free speech within the Conservative Party at the Council of the National Union (Metropolitan Area).
(Untitled), 20 Oct 1933
Report by Patrick Donner of the deletion from the agenda by the council of the National Union of the Metropolitan Area of a resolution upholding the right of Conservative Party members to criticise party policy [see CHAR 2/197/126] and of his steps to publicise "this scandal".
(Untitled), 21 Nov 1933
Letter from John S Boyd (Duncliffe, Dunoon, Argyll, [Scotland]) describing how criticism of the Government's Indian policy was suppressed at the Scottish Unionist Conference. Copy sent with CHAR 2/197/147.
(Untitled), 01 Mar 1933
(Untitled), 04 Mar 1933
Letter from Elizabeth Nash, secretary to the Director-General of the BBC [Sir John Reith, later Lord Reith] (Broadcasting House, London) to Violet Pearman stating that the BBC will broadcast three factual statements about the White Paper on India and a series of talks in the autumn giving different points of view, about which WSC will be contacted.
(Untitled), Mar 1934
Circular from the North Camberwell Unionist Association (530 Old Kent Road, [London]) to the shopkeepers of North Camberwell promoting the candidacy for the London County Council of Arthur Bateman and Grace Bateman.
(Untitled), 26 Oct 1934
Letter from WSC to Sir John Simon, Foreign Office, on the "misleading information" broadcast by British wireless stations "emanating from the Foreign Office", particularly account of resolution on Indian policy passed at Conservative conference in Bristol [carbon].
(Untitled), 01 Nov 1934
Letter from Sir John Simon, Foreign Office to WSC, on report on the British Official Wireless Service dealing with the debate on India at the Conservative Conference in Bristol. Also commenting generally on the service and WSC's claim that the contents were misleading or trivial, enclosing list of the items covered in the week beginning 1 Oct 1934.
(Untitled), 20 Jul 1913
Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on Conservative Party views on the shipbuilding programme [Carbon copy].
(Untitled), 21 Apr [1908] - 25 Apr 1908
Cutting: letter from E P Stevenson to the editor of the Westminster Gazette asserting WSC's claims to the support of Free Trade Unionists in the North-West Manchester election and criticising his opponents' campaigning on the Licensing Bill and other issues; also includes covering note for letter [not present] from [?] Bertram Straus [MP for Mile End, London] offering to give up his seat to WSC.
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1908
Letter from Jesse Herbert (41 Parliament Street, London) to Edward Marsh on the Conservatives' losses and gains of seats since the General Election. A typescript copy of this letter at CHAR 2/35/35.
(Untitled), 06 Jan 1912
Cutting from the Aberdeen Free Press on the Belfast meeting as the start of a campaign to promote a Home Rule bill; the advocacy by Lord Randolph Churchill in 1889 of local government and land purchase for Ireland; the decline in opposition to Home Rule within the Conservative party.
(Untitled), 11 Jun 1912
Letter from J L Garvin (Pall Mall Gazette, Newton Street, High Holborn, [London]) to WSC protesting about a pamphlet issued by the Home Rule Council misrepresenting his attitude to Home Rule and his role in the supposed "'Tory plot at the Veto Conference'".
(Untitled), 14 Sep 1912
Letter from [WSC] to J Bait stating his belief that Protestants in Ulster will not be persecuted for their religion under a system of Home Rule but that extreme Protestants will mistreat Catholics as a result of the encouragement given to bigotry and lawlessness given by the leaders of the Conservative Party.