Conservative Party
Organization
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(Untitled), 01 Jul 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/172
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Letter from Lord Wolmer [Chairman, Executive Committee, India Defence League, later 3rd Lord Selborne] (Terminal House, Grosvenor Gardens [London]), on a letter from C S Blackmore, on opposition to the Government of India Bill, asking whether he should vote Labour; wishing that Blackmore and those like him would become active in local Conservative associations and propose the adoption of another candidate for the General Election, commenting that the people of Basingstoke [Hampshire] had...
Dates:
01 Jul 1935
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(Untitled), 07 Jun 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/173-174
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Letter from C S Blackmore, ("The Bunglalow", S. Lawrence [London]) to WSC, on opposition to the Government of India Bill; asking if he should vote Labour instead of Conservative at the next General Election.
Dates:
07 Jun 1935
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(Untitled), 28 Nov 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/238/73-84
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Draft letter from WSC to "The Times", commenting on leading article on "Right Wing Conservatives", which "belittled" the part that they played in the election victory, and stated that Stanley Baldwin would be able to treat right wing Conservatives with the same indifference "or even aversion" as the Socialist Opposition [Not sent], with cuttings from "The Times, 18 and 28 Nov 1935.
Dates:
28 Nov 1935
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(Untitled), 03 Dec 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/238/99-101
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes, (Lowndes Street, London SW1) to WSC, reporting conversation with H A Gwynne [according to Gilbert Sir Ralph Glyn], who had discussed "Times" leaders on the position of right wing Conservatives with Stanley Baldwin. Stating that Baldwin had no sympathy with the "Times" article, that he appreciated the value of right wing Conservatives, and that he intended to bring a fair representation of them into the Government. Also commenting on the naval...
Dates:
03 Dec 1935
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(Untitled), 19 Mar 1945 - 19 Mar 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/139-140
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Letter from WSC to Sir Robert Tasker [ Conservative MP for Holborn] explaining his actions in writing to Group Captain Max Aitken regarding his prospective candidacy in Holborn and stating that "I hope that you will not suppose that I have given anyone cause to suggest that you have been either negligent or incompetent" [carbon].
Dates:
19 Mar 1945 - 19 Mar 1945
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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), 08 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/183
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Letter from WSC to Commander Stephen King-Hall [Independent MP for Ormskirk] thanking him for his kind message and commenting on the intention of the Conservative Association to adopt another candidate at Ormskirk [Lancs]: "You will realize I am sure that my support must be given to the candidate nominated by the Party of which I am the Leader." [carbon].
Dates:
08 Apr 1945
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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), 14 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/187-188
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Letter from WSC to Major-General Robert Laycock suggesting that he should not decline the Conservative Party candidacy at Bassetlaw [Notts] on the grounds that he would not be able to obtain the necessary leave to fight the constituency, and setting out the procedures for enabling serving officers to stand [carbon].
Dates:
14 Apr 1945
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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 Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/89
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Letter from WSC to Lord Swinton [earlier Philip Cunliffe-Lister, earlier Philip Lloyd-Greame, Minister for Civil Aviation] asking him to chair the Emergency Business Committee set up to determine questions submitted by candidates to the Party Organisation and to prepare replies submitted by Societies relating to the General Election: Encloses text of minute which he proposes to circulate to Ministers and the Whips office [see CHAR 20/194A/90] [carbon].
Dates:
02 Jun 1945
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(Untitled), 02 Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/90
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Copy of text of minute prepared by WSC relating to the appointment of an Emergency Business Committee for the General Election [carbon].
Dates:
02 Jun 1945
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(Untitled), 02 Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/91
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Letter from WSC to Major Sir James Edmondson [Conservative MP for Banbury] asking him to sit as a member of the Emergency Business Committee set up to determine questions submitted by candidates to the Party Organization and to prepare replies to questionnaires submitted by Societies regarding the General Election [carbon].
Dates:
02 Jun 1945
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(Untitled), 02 Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194B/102
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Letter from WSC to Lord Margesson asking him to serve as a member of the Emergency Business Committee during the General Election [carbon].
Dates:
02 Jun 1945
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194B/126-127
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Letter from WSC to Sir Ronald Cross [Conservative MP for Rossendale] commenting on the fine job he has done for the Empire in Australia and on the sacrifice made by his constituency of Rossendale [Lancashire], but expressing confidence that he will "carry the banner of the Conservative Party and the National Government to Victory on Polling Day" [carbon] [Front of CHAR 20/194B/127 repeats CHAR 20/194B/126 and has been crossed through, but there is an additional paragraph on the reverse].
Dates:
14 Jun 1945
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(Untitled), 13 Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/54-55
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Letter from Sir Edward Cadogan [Conservative MP for Bolton] (Carlton Club) to WSC expressing his gratitude to WSC on the eve of the dissolution of the House of Commons: states how proud he has been to serve under WSC's leadership "in the most memorable Parliament of all time"; comments on the decision of the Socialists to terminate the Coalition and states that the "issues at present are too grave to become the sport of party politics"; expresses the hope that WSC will long be spared "not...
Dates:
13 Jun 1945
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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), 13 Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/56
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Letter from Sir Edward Cadogan [Conservative MP for Bolton] (Carlton Club) to WSC expressing his gratitude to WSC on the eve of the dissolution of the House of Commons: states how proud he has been to serve under WSC's leadership "in the most memorable Parliament of all time"; comments on the decision of the Socialists to terminate the Coalition and states that the "issues at present are too grave to become the sport of party politics"; expresses the hope that WSC will long be spared "not...
Dates:
13 Jun 1945
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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), 01 Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/61
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Letter from Violet, Lady Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter, later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury] (40 Gloucester Square, W2 [London]) to WSC regretting that they will be fighting the election "under different flags": states that she could never go into action "side by side with Sir Herbert Williams & Co." and argues that WSC should have remained a "National Leader - above the battle"; criticizes the timing of the election and argues that the coalition should...
Dates:
01 Jun 1945
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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 Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/126-129
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Letter by Sir Edward Grigg [later Lord Altrincham] (Minister Resident in the Middle East, Cairo [Egypt]) to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] marked "private and personal" commenting on the British intervention in Syria, his concern about the effects of the subdivision of his constituency [Altrincham, Cheshire], the likely difficulty of tripartite conversations involving the French and the "utterly stupid callousness" of the recent French behaviour towards the Syrians and...
Dates:
02 Jun 1945
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(Untitled), 23 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/160-163
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Typescript copy of letter from Major John d'Henin Hamilton [later 3rd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell] (5 Battalion Coldstream Guards, B.L.A.) to "Uncle Gavin" [2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell] thanking him for books, commenting on the continuing fighting and explaining his reluctance to come home "until things get a bit quieter". He states that he has written to Mr Cranna (the Conservative Secretary in Glasgow) and expresses hope that the Motherwell Association can wait a little longer. He refers to...
Dates:
23 Apr 1945
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(Untitled), 23 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/164
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Letter from Major John d'Henin Hamilton [later 3rd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell] (5 Battalion Coldstream Guards, B.L.A.) to "uncle Gavin" [2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell] thanking him for books, commenting on the continuing fighting and explaining his reluctance to come home "until things get a bit quieter". He states that he has written to Mr Cranna (the Conservative Secretary in Glasgow) and expresses hope that the Motherwell Association can wait a little longer. He refers to exasperation of...
Dates:
23 Apr 1945
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(Untitled), 28 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/165
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Letter from 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell (Dalzell, Motherwell, Scotland) to WSC informing him that he is enclosing a letter from his nephew "Jack" [John d'Henin Hamilton, later 3rd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell], who is commanding a company in the 5th Battalion Coldstream Guards [see CHAR 20/197B/161-164]. He explains that he is sending it because of the statement in the letter about the harm that would be done to army morale by premature victory celebrations. He further explains that his nephew...
Dates:
28 Apr 1945
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(Untitled), 30 Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/168
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Typescript note from John Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to WSC giving background information about the nephew of 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell, Major John d'Henin Hamilton [later 3rd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell], commenting on Major Hamilton's letter to his uncle, and stating that he is submitting a draft reply from WSC to 2nd Lord Hamilton [see CHAR 20/197B/169]. Initialled.
Dates:
30 Jun 1945
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(Untitled), 07 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/169
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Letter from WSC to 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell apologising for the delay in answering his letter of 28 Apr, with its enclosure from his nephew [John d'Henin Hamilton, later 3rd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell]. He notes that the nephew is standing as Conservative candidate in Motherwell and expresses hope that he will soon have the pleasure of meeting him in the House of Commons. Carbon.
Dates:
07 Jul 1945
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(Untitled), 02 Oct 1883
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/115/3
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Transcript of part of a speech delivered by Lord Randolph Churchill at the Conference of the National Union in which he discusses the condition and state of the Conservative Party. Manuscript.
Dates:
02 Oct 1883
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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
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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. Acquired Papers. Archival material (mainly letters from Lord Randolph Churchill) donated to WSC and correspondence relating to the donations. Includes a several letters from Lord Randolph and WSC to J Moore Bayley.
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(Untitled), 11 Nov 1883 - 12 Mar 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/115/4-7
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Copy of a letter from Frederick Montague [later 1st Lord Amwell](Ministry of Transport, Metropole Buildings, Nothumberland Avenue [London]) to WSC enclosing a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill. Includes a transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to an unidentified correspondent in which he declines an invitation to speak at the New Southgate Conservative Association and advocates the use of the term "Tory" as it emphasises the differences between the...
Dates:
11 Nov 1883 - 12 Mar 1948
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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. Acquired Papers. Archival material (mainly letters from Lord Randolph Churchill) donated to WSC and correspondence relating to the donations. Includes a several letters from Lord Randolph and WSC to J Moore Bayley.
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(Untitled), 17 Aug 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/115/19
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Great Forsters, Egham [Surrey]) to J Moore Bayley marked private in which he thanks him for his letter, discusses a speech by "Joe" [Joseph Chamberlain] as an "impudent perversion" of his comments about Birmingham and its effects on the Conservative Party in Birmingham. Signed manuscript. See CHAR 28/115/17-18.
Dates:
17 Aug 1889
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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. Acquired Papers. Archival material (mainly letters from Lord Randolph Churchill) donated to WSC and correspondence relating to the donations. Includes a several letters from Lord Randolph and WSC to J Moore Bayley.
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(Untitled), 22 Feb 1894
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/115/24-25
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (50 Grosvenor Square [London]) to J Moore Bayley marked confidential in which he discusses the decline of the Midland Club without Joseph Rowlands; the bitterness of [Joseph] Chamberlain towards the Liberals and their "Newcastle programme"; future alliances in the Conservative Party ; the possibility that Bayley will be given the Central Division [Birmingham] parliamentary seat and invites Bayley to attend a meeting in St George's Hall, Bradford...
Dates:
22 Feb 1894
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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. Acquired Papers. Archival material (mainly letters from Lord Randolph Churchill) donated to WSC and correspondence relating to the donations. Includes a several letters from Lord Randolph and WSC to J Moore Bayley.