Royal Navy
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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: Cabinet: Conclusions 48 - 58., 29 Oct 1928 - 19 Dec 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/213
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes of Cabinet meetings recording decisions on various subjects including: the illness of King George V and speeches by the King; reparations and Allied debts; foreign affairs including China, the Persian Gulf, the Soviet Union, Iraq and Germany; measures to combat unemployment including emigration; rating reforms; Indian contributions to the home effective charges of the British army; issues in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; relations with the United States; the naval...
Dates:
29 Oct 1928 - 19 Dec 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 140 - 179., 29 Jan 1925 - 26 Mar 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/32
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on subjects including the loan for the completion of the Benguela [Angola] Railway and the objections of the Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe and Zambia] railway companies, the handling of Dominion affairs by the Colonial Office, moving the Imperial Institute to London University, granting oil concessions in Iraq to the Turkish Petroleum Company and the proposed Washington [United...
Dates:
29 Jan 1925 - 26 Mar 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Colonial Office: Cabinet, Foreign and War Office: printed papers., Dec 1905 - Dec 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 10/6
Scope and Contents
Includes copies and drafts of official papers prepared by WSC, 9th Lord Elgin and Kincardine, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and officials of the Colonial Office. These papers also include the texts of correspondence from 2nd Lord Selborne, Governor of the Transvaal and High Commissioner for South Africa, General Sir Henry Hildyard, Acting Governor of the Transvaal, officials of the India Office and the Foreign Office, and Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan, Governor of Natal [South...
Dates:
Dec 1905 - Dec 1907
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes, typescript and press cuttings., 19 Feb 1930 - 25 Dec 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/91A-B
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (19 February, 1900 Club) on the failure of the Labour Government, a 3 party General Election, the Labour and Liberal alliance, Conservative proposals for protective food taxation and agriculture.Typescript for WSC's speech (26 March, Harlow, Essex), entitled "The Economic Situation" on Conservative proposals for protective food taxation, the Labour and Liberal alliance, the next Labour Budget and agricultural policy. Also includes a note (1934) from Violet...
Dates:
19 Feb 1930 - 25 Dec 1930
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: speech notes and source material., 02 Mar 1935 - 12 Nov 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/115A-B
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Notes for WSC's speech (21 March, Albert Hall, London, India Defence League Demonstration) entitled "Dead as Mutton" on the Government of India bill and his misgivings about the National Government. Part published: Complete Speeches V pp 5557-8.Notes for WSC's speech (26 September, City Carlton Club Luncheon, London) on German rearmament, Italian designs in Abyssinia [Ethiopia], and the League of Nations. Also includes: letter of support from Sir Austen Chamberlain. Published: Complete...
Dates:
02 Mar 1935 - 12 Nov 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: speech notes and source material., 18 Feb 1937 - 25 May 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/125
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Notes for WSC's speech (18 February, [Grosvenor House, London] British Iron and Steel Federation Annual Dinner) on the state of the iron and steel industry and defence spending. Part published: Complete Speeches VI pp 5827-8.Notes for WSC's speech (22 February, [Porchester Hall] Paddington [London]) supporting the Municipal Reform Party in the London County Council election, criticising local Labour policy and Herbert Morrison [Leader of the LCC]. Source material includes election notes,...
Dates:
18 Feb 1937 - 25 May 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
Open