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"Perils abroad and at home", 09 Oct 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/21A/1-68
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (Annual Conservative Party Conference, Llandudno, Wales) entitled "Perils abroad and at home" on subjects including: the recovery of the Conservative Party since 1945; the part played by Wales in British affairs; relations with the Soviet Union and the likelihood of a third world war; the degeneration of the United Nations; the importance of nuclear weapons belonging to the United States in countering the threat posed by the Soviet Union; the importance of...
Dates:
09 Oct 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal correspondence, 1964-12-31 - 1971-09-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/17
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Anthony Barber, Chairman of the Conservative Party, on the distribution of JEP's speech [16 November 1968, on immigration] at Eastbourne [Sussex]; Edward Heath [Leader of the Conservative Party (2); 7th Lord Warwick [earlier Lord Brooke]; Sir Stanley Bell; Maurice Cowling, Fellow of Peterhouse College, Cambridge (2); Sir Tufton Beamish; Lord Chelmer [earlier Eric Edwards], Chairman of the Political Committee, Carlton Club; John Junor, Editor of the Sunday Express;...
Dates:
1964-12-31 - 1971-09-17
Conditions Governing Access:
Folios 27-28 closed until 2024 as they contain sensitive personal information about living individuals.
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Personal correspondence, 1970-01-05 - 1970-12-23
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/18
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Edgar Kingston-McLoughry (2); [William] Marcus Worsley, circulating the membership list of One Nation; Francis Pym [Government Chief Whip]; Sir John Russell, President of the Shakespeare Authorship Society, on JEP's election as Vice-President; Victor Goodhew (2); Andrew Freeth; David Holland, Librarian of the House of Commons; Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone, Lord Chancellor [earlier Quintin Hogg], on subjects including the Home Affairs Committee (2); Ian Harvey on...
Dates:
1970-01-05 - 1970-12-23
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Personal correspondence, 1966-05-19 - 1973-02-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/21
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Jonathan Guinness [later 3rd Lord Moyne] on Conservative Central Office's cancellation of JEP's visit to speak at his by-election for Lincoln [Lincolnshire]; Patrick Wall (2); [James] Colin Welch [Deputy Editor, Daily Telegraph]; Francis Pym [Government Chief Whip] on JEP's differences from the party line (6); Sir Anthony Wagner, Garter Principal King of Arms (4); Reginald Prentice; Richard Dring, Editor of Hansard; Robert Jenkins (4); Richard Body; Henry Croly; 6th...
Dates:
1966-05-19 - 1973-02-25
Conditions Governing Access:
POLL 1/1/21/27 closed until 2054 as it contains sensitive information on a living individual.
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Personal correspondence, 1961-10-19 - 1976-09-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/14
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: John Toulmin, Chairman, Cambridge University Conservative Association; [Thomas] Malcolm Muggeridge on his television interview with JEP; Sir Alexander Johnston; Peter Green, Consultant Editor, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, suggesting that JEP might write on Nietzsche or write an autobiography (4); Dame Sybil Thorndike (2); Henry Koeppler; Sir William Urton, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office; [?] Lord Boothby; [George] Peter Thorneycroft,...
Dates:
1961-10-19 - 1976-09-22
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Personal correspondence, 1932-08-15 - 1956-11-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/11
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Winston Churchill, on subjects including the presence of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in Parliament (2); R A Butler, on subjects including his thanks to JEP for his work in the Conservative Research Department (8); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis], Chairman of Conservative Central Office (2); Iain Macleod, Minister of Health, reproaching JEP for his attitude and asking for his help; Leo Amery on the position taken up by JEP and Julian Amery on the Suez...
Dates:
1932-08-15 - 1956-11-28
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Personal correspondence, 1967-05-20 - 1969-12-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/19
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Kenneth Boardman (2); Horace Maybray-King, Speaker of the House of Commons (2); William Whitelaw [Chief Opposition Whip] (4); Gerald Williams on subjects including JEP's interview with [Ernest] Trevor Huddleston [Bishop Suffragan of Stepney, London]; Edgar Kingston-McLoughry; Michael Strachan (6); Andrew Freeth on a portrait of JEP by [Augustus] Ruskin Spear; Nicholas Ridley, congratulating JEP on the Parliament (No. 2) Bill [on reform of the House of Lords]; [Henry]...
Dates:
1967-05-20 - 1969-12-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Personal correspondence, 1971-02-18 - 1976-07-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/20
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Arthur Askey; Sir Ian Horobin on JEP's review of his poetry, and economic policy (2); Humphrey Atkins [Government Chief Whip] on JEP's voting position on incomes policy; Reginald Paget, on taking JEP hunting (2); Milton Friedman [Professor of Economics, University of Chicago] on price control and the oil crisis (2); William Deedes on One Nation; Gerald Kaufman; Hugh Jenkins; Robert Jenkins, congratulating JEP on various speeches and articles, and commenting on Edward...
Dates:
1971-02-18 - 1976-07-17
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Personal: Family etc.: correspondence., 03 Jan 1948 - 11 Mar 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/46
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: "Mule" [Sarah Oliver, earlier Sarah Churchill, later Sarah Beauchamp, then Sarah, Lady Audley] on subjects including her visit to Canada and her wedding to Antony Beauchamp (16); "Alex", 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis [Governor-General of Canada]; Bernard Baruch; CSC on subjects including WSC's leadership of the Conservative Party, Chartwell [Kent] and Sarah (12); Antony Beauchamp; Hugh [? Frewen]; Oswald Frewen (2); Amy Guest (4); Raymond Guest; Sir Shane Leslie (3);...
Dates:
03 Jan 1948 - 11 Mar 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Family etc.: correspondence A - Churchill, Lady C (CSC)., 26 Oct 1951 - Apr 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/50A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Consuelo Balsan [earlier Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough] on her memoirs, "The Glitter and the Gold", including her criticism of Henry Asquith [1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] and Margot Asquith [Margot, Lady Oxford and Asquith] (9); Cass Canfield, Chairman of Harper and Brothers, Publishers (2); Sarah Beauchamp, "Mule" [earlier Sarah Churchill, then Sarah Oliver, later Sarah, Lady Audley], on subjects including Oscar Nemon's sculpture of WSC, the death of Queen Mary...
Dates:
26 Oct 1951 - Apr 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Family etc.: Correspondence Churchill J - S., 18 Jun 1955 - 18 Oct 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/56
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: John G Churchill (7); Sarah [Crewe], earlier Sarah Churchill; Randolph Churchill on subjects including WSC's attitude to his writing (7); Sarah Beauchamp [earlier Sarah Churchill, then Sarah Oliver, later Sarah, Lady Audley] on subjects including her acting and CSC's health (11); Winston Churchill (8); Pamela, Lady Lytton [earlier Pamela Plowden] (2); Diana Sandys [earlier Diana Churchill, later Diana Bailey] on WSC meeting Duncan Sandys; Edwina Sandys [later Edwina...
Dates:
18 Jun 1955 - 18 Oct 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Policy Secretariat, 1924-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/72
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence on the future of the Unionist Party Policy Secretariat, with correspondents including: Lancelot Storr [Secretary to the Shadow Cabinet of the Unionist Party and to the secretariat], on plans to close the secretariat, detailing existing staff and the functions of a political bureau (2); [Francis] Stanley Jackson [Chairman of the Unionist Party] on the costs of the secretariat and finding new places for staff; Pembroke Wicks, Principal Assistant Secretary to the...
Dates:
1924-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Political: Constituency: Epping [Essex], 1924 - 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7
Scope and Contents
This class of papers covers that part of WSC's time as Conservative MP for Epping contained in the Chartwell papers (up to 26 July 1945). The remainder of his time as MP (for Woodford) can be found in the post-1945 Churchill papers at CHUR 3.The papers contain correspondence between WSC's office and local officials, particularly the Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association, Sir James Hawkey, discussing standard constituency business (such as WSC's support for various local...
Dates:
1924 - 1945
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.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]., 26 Oct 1938 - 16 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/52
Scope and Contents
Includes a press cutting on Colin Thornton-Kemsley's criticism of WSC entitled "Mr Churchill's Insurrection: should he remain a Conservative?" and two copies of an unused statement by WSC on foreign affairs and the prospect of war with Germany.
Dates:
26 Oct 1938 - 16 Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence., 05 Aug 1924 - 06 Nov 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/1
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Harry Goschen [Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association] (8); F Stanley Jackson [Chairman of the Conservative and Unionist Party]; Sir Raymond Greene; James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (2); Sir George Lloyd; Richard Colvin; Lord Balfour [earlier Arthur Balfour]; Lord Carson [earlier Sir Edward Carson]; Esmond Harmsworth [later 2nd Lord Rothermere]; Lord Rochdale [earlier George Kemp]; Sir Ian Hamilton; Ralph Bury;...
Dates:
05 Aug 1924 - 06 Nov 1924
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence., 20 Dec 1924 - 05 Nov 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/2
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Harry Goschen [Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association] (6).Subjects include: pension queries from WSC's constituents; the League of Nations; press criticism of WSC; constituency business.
Dates:
20 Dec 1924 - 05 Nov 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence., 13 Feb 1926 -28 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/3
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Harry Goschen [Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association]; Richard Colvin (2).Subjects include: education expenditure; a pension query from one of WSC's constituents; appointing land tax commissioners; Colvin recommending an associate for a knighthood; press coverage of divorce cases; moneylending; constituency business.
Dates:
13 Feb 1926 -28 Dec 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence., 31 Aug 1926 - 20 Dec 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/4
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (7); Sir Harry Goschen [Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association].Subjects include: parish councils; trade unions; pension queries from WSC's constituents; lowering the voting age for women; importing silk goods; constituency business.Also includes: Souvenir in Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of Waltham Abbey Permanent Building Society with a foreword by WSC; a record of...
Dates:
31 Aug 1926 - 20 Dec 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence., 31 Jan 1928 - 06 Dec 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/5
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (11); George Tryon [Minister of Pensions] (2).Subjects include: the Drug Protection Bill; WSC's illness; a pension query from one of WSC's constituents; traffic noise; receiving honours from Poland; work permits; greyhound racing; constituency business.
Dates:
31 Jan 1928 - 06 Dec 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence., 05 Apr 1930 - 30 Jul 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/7
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association.Subjects include: rates; constituency business.Also includes: agenda for West Essex Unionist Association AGM 1931.
Dates:
05 Apr 1930 - 30 Jul 1931
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence., 02 Jan 1932 - 19 Dec 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/9
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: retaining two RAF corporals in service; duty on imported silk goods; India, the League [of Nations] and disarmament; an anti-car theft device.
Dates:
02 Jan 1932 - 19 Dec 1933
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence., Feb 1938 - Mar 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/51
Scope and Contents
Includes various constituents supporting WSC's stance on foreign affairs, regretting the resignation of Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon] as Foreign Secretary, and supporting the Spanish Government and the League of Nations.Also includes: correspondence from Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (2) and material on the Cadman Committee on Civil Aviation.
Dates:
Feb 1938 - Mar 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence A-B., Mar 1934 - Dec 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/10
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Vyvyan Adams [MP for West Leeds] on speaking in WSC's constituency (3); George Tryon [later Lord Tryon, Minister of Pensions] on the liability for private treatment of a war injury; Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association, on retaining two RAF corporals in service; Sir John Gilmour [Home Secretary] on a driving offence by one of WSC's constituents; Ralph Bury.Other subjects include: arranging visits to the Houses of Parliament;...
Dates:
Mar 1934 - Dec 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence A-B., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/25
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (8); Vyvyan Adams [MP for West Leeds, Yorkshire] on speaking in WSC's constituency; Katharine, Duchess of Atholl, on Indian and German affairs; E R Broadridge on medical treatment for her daughter (5); Sir Kingsley Wood [Minister of Health] on the Broadridge case.Other subjects include: the abdication crisis; pacifism; local housing and environmental matters; pension and employment queries...
Dates:
Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence A-B., Jan 1937 - Dec 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/35
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association, on local sports facilities.Other subjects include: employment, immigration and pension queries from constituents; the rising cost of living; the Architects' Registration Bill; local transport matters; the Midwives Bill; motor insurance; tax policy; ophthalmic benefit; the Marriage Bill; recognition for the Guild of Insurance Officials; general constituency business.
Dates:
Jan 1937 - Dec 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.