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Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes and typescript., 30 Apr 1932 - 05 Oct 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/102
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (30 April, Royal Academy Banquet, Burlington House, London), entitled "Political Painters" on artistic parallels with the politics of the Prime Minister [Ramsay MacDonald], the Lord President of the Council [Stanley Baldwin], the Secretary of State for the Dominions [J H Thomas] and WSC himself. Published: Complete Speeches V pp 5153 - 5154.Typescript for WSC's broadcast to the United States (8 May, London), entitled "International Monetary Policy" on worldwide...
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30 Apr 1932 - 05 Oct 1932
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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
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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...
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19 Feb 1930 - 25 Dec 1930
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Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes, typescript, press cuttings and source material., 21 Jan 1929 - 14 Dec 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/88A-B
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Typescript for WSC's speech (21 January, Chamber of Commerce Dinner, Midland Hotel, Manchester), entitled "Trade" on 20th century economic conditions, currency stability, rating reform, economic development, taxation and the cotton trade. Also includes a press cutting from the Manchester Guardian reporting the speech. Published: Complete Speeches V pp 4541 - 4546.Speech notes for WSC's speech (6 February, Town Hall, Battersea, London), entitled "Battersea By-Election" on the Government's...
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21 Jan 1929 - 14 Dec 1929
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Speeches: speech notes and other material., 09 Jan 1941 - 27 Apr 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/150A-B
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Notes for WSC's speech (9 January, Pilgrim's Society Luncheon, Savoy Hotel, London) entitled "United States co-operation" proposing a toast to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] on his appointment as British Ambassador to the United States and on the death of [11th] Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr]. Also includes cutting from the Times reporting WSC's speech. Published: Complete Speeches VI, pp 6327-9. Various cuttings reporting WSC's speech (17 January, Glasgow [Scotland])...
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09 Jan 1941 - 27 Apr 1941
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Speeches: speech notes and other material [dated 1939 unless otherwise indicated]., [Nov] [1938] - Apr 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/136
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Notes for WSC's speech (23 May, House of Commons) on his objections to the White Paper on Palestine, and the legacy of the Balfour declaration [supporting a Jewish national home in Palestine]. Published: Complete Speeches VI pp 6128-37 [further notes in CHAR 9/135].Typed report of WSC's speech (1 February, Buckhurst Hill [Essex]) on Germany, the international situation, and civil defence. Part published: Complete Speeches VI pp 6063-4.Typed report of WSC's speech (10 March, Chigwell [Essex])...
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[Nov] [1938] - Apr 1939
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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,...
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18 Feb 1937 - 25 May 1937
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Speeches: speech notes and source material., 31 May 1937 - 20 Nov 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/126
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Notes for WSC's speech (31 May, Caxton Hall [Westminster, Conservative Party meeting]), moving the motion for Neville Chamberlain's [Prime Minister] election to the Conservative Party leadership and praising his achievements as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Published: Complete Speeches VI pp 5856-7.Notes for WSC's speech (11 June, [London] Australia Club Dinner) proposing a toast to the Prime Minister of Australia, Joseph Lyons, and commenting on naval security in the Far East and Singapore....
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31 May 1937 - 20 Nov 1937
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Speeches: speech notes and source material., Feb 1933 - 24 Apr 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/104
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Notes for WSC's speech (February, Chingford [Essex]) on subjects including the National Government, economic affairs, unemployment, and India.Notes for WSC's speech (17 February, Queen's Hall, London, Anti-socialist and anti-communist union) on socialism and communism, the Soviet Union, Japan, India, and the Oxford Union motion against fighting for King and country. Also includes printed guide containing the text of WSC's speech. Part published: Complete Speeches V pp 5219-20.Notes for WSC's...
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Feb 1933 - 24 Apr 1933
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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...
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02 Mar 1935 - 12 Nov 1935
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(Untitled), 01 Jul 1940 - 31 Jul 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/13/4
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, July 1940.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; F A Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell] and Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's Personal Assistants]; Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces [General Alan Brooke,...
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01 Jul 1940 - 31 Jul 1940
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(Untitled), 01 Aug 1940 - 01 Sep 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/13/5
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, August 1940. Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff, General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence], and other senior military figures; F A Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant]; a press statement by WSC; and a minute...
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01 Aug 1940 - 01 Sep 1940
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(Untitled), 01 Jul 1943 - 31 Jul 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/104/1
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, July 1943.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; "C" [Major General Sir Stewart Menzies, Head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service].Subjects covered by the minutes...
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01 Jul 1943 - 31 Jul 1943
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(Untitled), 02 Oct 1942 - 31 Oct 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/67/8
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, October 1942.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet].Subjects covered by the minutes include:...
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02 Oct 1942 - 31 Oct 1942
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(Untitled), 11 Jan 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/33/4
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Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood [later Lord Southborough] (Colonial Office) on: impending changes in the Cabinet; British Indian subjects in Africa; Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's health; the unsatisfactory progress Richard Haldane's [later Lord Haldane] scheme of army reform; the army and naval estimates; the illness of the Attorney-General [Sir John Walton]; the petitioning by the government of New South Wales [Australia] to keep Admiral Sir Harry Rawson as Governor; the ending of the...
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11 Jan 1908
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(Untitled), 18 Jan 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/137/55-56
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Letter from A Grosvenor Deeny (Madresfield, 95 Wentworth Road, Harborne, Birmingham) to WSC urging him to form a new constitutionalist and anti-Socialist party and to remember the stress by Australian Prime Minister Stanley Bruce [later Lord Bruce] on the importance of trade within the Empire and the construction of a naval base in Singapore.
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18 Jan 1924
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(Untitled), 27 Nov 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/53/65-70
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Speech by in the House of Commons by Joseph Compton-Rickett on the need to maintain Britain's naval supremacy against a possible German threat and the "civilising" effects of a French presence in Tunis, Algeria and Morocco. Annotated typescipt.
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27 Nov 1911
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(Untitled), [1913]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/6B/353-355
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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to [? Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada], on the shipbuilding programme and the provision of Canadian ships to help in the defence of the Empire. [Carbon].
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[1913]
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(Untitled), 29 Nov 1911 - 30 Nov 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/1/37-39
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Report by Reuters on WSC's speech in the House of Commons on the resignation of three Sea Lords, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Wilson [1st Sea Lord], Admiral Sir George Egerton [2nd Sea Lord] and Rear Admiral Charles Madden [4th Sea Lord]; includes covering letter from [? Alexander Murray, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, later 1st Lord Murray of Elibank] (12 Downing Street) to WSC, on the advantages of transmitting such speeches to the Colonies. [Duplicated typescript].
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29 Nov 1911 - 30 Nov 1911
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(Untitled), 07 Mar 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/26/57-61
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mediterranean, to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on naval aviation in the Mediterranean, supporting WSC's proposal to establish air stations at Malta and Gibraltar. Hamilton comments on the possibility of the Navy assuming full responsibility for the defence of places like Malta and Gibraltar, and also mentions his current visit to Australia, reporting a discussion with Senator Millen, the Defence Minister, on...
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07 Mar 1914
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(Untitled), 08 Feb 1912 - 12 Feb 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/33/34-52
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Diary of a visit by 1st Lord Haldane [Secretary of State for War] to Berlin [Germany], 8-9 Feb 1912. Includes accounts of Haldane's conversations with: the Chancellor of Germany [Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg], on the balance of power in Europe, the increase in the British and German fleets and territorial questions in Africa; the Emperor [Kaiser Wilhelm II] and Grand-Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz [Head of the German Admiralty] on German naval increases; and with J Cambon [? French Ambassador...
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08 Feb 1912 - 12 Feb 1912
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(Untitled), 13 Sep 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/13/52-57
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2 copies of minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to the Secretary, Board of Admiralty [Sir (William) Graham Greene], asking him to bring the memorandum [on Imperial defence for the Canadian Government] before the Board of Admiralty. WSC gives the text of a minute to be read to the Board if no agreement is reached on the memorandum, and gives details of appendices to the memorandum. [Carbon].
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13 Sep 1912
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(Untitled), 13 Sep 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/13/58-60
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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the secret Canadian Memorandum [on Imperial Defence], stating that he found it difficult to understand why he received little support from his two principal naval colleagues [1st Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman, and 2nd Sea Lord, Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and the Chief of Staff [? Rear-Admiral Ernest Troubridge]. [Carbon, annotated "not sent"].
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13 Sep 1912
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(Untitled), 13 Sep 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/13/61-63
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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith], on alterations to the Canadian naval memorandum, and its dispatch to Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] via Lewis Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies. [Carbon].
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13 Sep 1912
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(Untitled), 13 Sep 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/13/64-66
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Letter from WSC [(Admiralty)] to [?] Lewis Harcourt [Secretary of State for the Colonies] [or to Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary] on sending the memorandum on Canadian emergency contribution to the Royal Navy of 3 Dreadnoughts to Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada]. [Carbon, with hand-written annotations].
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13 Sep 1912
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(Untitled), 17 Sep 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/13/73-74
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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada], enclosing memoranda [not present, on Canada's emergency contribution of 3 Dreadnoughts to the Royal Navy]. [Carbon].
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17 Sep 1912
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