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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Accounts:., 01 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/23
Scope and Contents

Accounts for WSC's constituency expenses.

Dates: 01 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1920
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee By-Election: Letters of congratulation on WSC's victory., 10 May 1908 - 20 May 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/2
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include Cornelia, Lady Wimborne; Sir Algernon West; Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson; Lord Tweedmouth; J A Spender; Charles Guthrie; Frederic Macarness MP; Sir Francis Hopwood [later Lord Southborough]; Lewis Harcourt; William Joynson Hicks [later Lord Brentford]Ian Hogg; Edward Hemmerde MP; Lord James of Hereford; Anthony Hope Hawkins; Sir Francis Channing; Lord George Hamilton; Alexander Shaw [later 2nd Lord Craigmyle]; Lady Lyell and James Welldon.

Dates: 10 May 1908 - 20 May 1908
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee By-Election: Letters of congratulation on WSC's victory., 10 May 1915 - 12 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/3
Scope and Contents

Mainly from Liberal Associations and supporters.

Dates: 10 May 1915 - 12 May 1915
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: Dundee By-Election: : Letters of congratulation on WSC's victory., 29 Apr 1908 - 14 May 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/4
Scope and Contents

Mainly from Liberal Associations and individual supporters Also includes pre-election letter from the Master of Elibank [later 1st Viscount Elibank] on WSC's candidacy.

Dates: 29 Apr 1908 - 14 May 1908
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee By-Election: notes and correspondence:., 30 Apr 1908 - 12 May 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence on WSC's candidacy in the Dundee By Election.Correspondents include Thomas Gibson Bowles [who stood down as Liberal Candidate to make room for WSC]; Havelock Wilson MP; The Master of Elibank [later 1st Viscount Elibank] and R Macaulay Smith.Also includes signed letter from WSC to the Electors of Dundee and postcard of ?WSC as "Cock of the North" in Highland Dress.

Dates: 30 Apr 1908 - 12 May 1908
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Constituency: Accounts:., 01 Jan 1922 - 31 Dec 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/30
Scope and Contents

Accounts for WSC's constituency expenses.

Dates: 01 Jan 1922 - 31 Dec 1922
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Correpondence:., 12 May 1908 - 31 Dec 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/5
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include John Sinclair [later Lord Pentland], Sec of State for Scotland; Prof Patrick Geddes; Constituency Chairman George Ritchie and Agent P F Husband Subjects include the Education (Scotland) Bill; The British Medical Association; The Town Planning Bill; a possible "Pageant of Dundee" in 1909; the Canadian Cattle Trade; dissatisfaction with Sheriff Campbell Smith; and Socialist and Labour movements in Scotland.

Dates: 12 May 1908 - 31 Dec 1908
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Correspondence., 01 Jan 1912 - 31 Dec 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/14
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Correspondents include Sir George Ritchie (Consituency Chairman); The Women's Freedom League (Dundee Branch); Herbert Samuel (Postmaster General).Subjects include the possibility of giving Admiralty work to Dundee shipbuilders; Female suffrage; Irish Home Rule; Post Office Telephones and Telegraphs.

Dates: 01 Jan 1912 - 31 Dec 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Correspondence., 01 Jan 1913 - 31 Dec 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/15
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Correspondents include Herbert Samuel, Postmaster General (3); Dundee Women's Suffrage Society; Dundee Liberal Association; The Independent Labour Party (Dundee Branch).Subjects include Female suffrage; telegraph links with Dundee; the strike of Leven textile workers; the claims of Dundee over Aberdeen for the site of new wireless station; the Scottish Temperance Bill.

Dates: 01 Jan 1913 - 31 Dec 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Correspondence., 01 Jan 1914 - 31 Dec 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/16
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Correspondents include Herbert Samuel, Postmaster-General (and others) on Post Office staff wage claim (6); P F Husband, Liberal Agent, on Party organisation and expenses in the constituency (4).Other subjects include duties of Sub-Postmasters; Labour Exchanges; the need for a second Liberal Candidate in the constituency; arrangements for presbyterian chaplaincies at Dundee and Ardrossan submarine bases.

Dates: 01 Jan 1914 - 31 Dec 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Correspondence:., 01 Jan 1919 - 31 Dec 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/21
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Sir George Ritchie (5) on Liberal Party and constituency affairs; Frederick Guest (2), on speaking engagement in Dundee.

Dates: 01 Jan 1919 - 31 Dec 1919
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Correspondence:., 01 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/22
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Correspondents include: Sir George Ritchie (5) on Liberal Party, constituency affairs, honours and patronage; Dundee City Council (2) and the Ministry of Labour on unemployment among ex-serviceman in the city, including paper of Cabinet Committee on unemployment.

Dates: 01 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1920
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Correspondence:., 01 Jan 1921 - 31 Dec 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/24
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Sir George Ritchie (9), on Liberal Party, constituency affairs and unemployment in Dundee; The City of Dundee Territorial Force Association and the War Office on the amalgamation of the 4th and 5th Black Watch.

Dates: 01 Jan 1921 - 31 Dec 1921
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Correspondence., 01 Jan 1909 - 31 Dec 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/6
Scope and Contents

Subjects include allegations that WSC was "not at home" to Dundee delegations.

Dates: 01 Jan 1909 - 31 Dec 1909
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Correspondence:., 02 Jan 1911 - 07 Oct 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/12
Scope and Contents Correspondents include P F Husband (Consituency Agent); Sir George Ritchie; (Constituency Chairman) Dundee Town Council and The Dundee Lunacy Board.Subjects include, the drop in his majority in the General Election of Dec 1910; complaints that he had not spent enough time in the constituency; Sunday drinking on pleasure steamers operating on the River Tay; The Spirits Act, 1906 passed by the Commonwealth of Australia and its effect on sales of Scotch Whisky; The Dundee Harbour and Tay...
Dates: 02 Jan 1911 - 07 Oct 1911
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: General Election., 03 Oct 1922 - 14 Nov 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/28A-B
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Correspondence with J C Robertson (President, Dundee Liberal Association, see CHAR 5/28A/20-30); James Allison (Liberal Agent); D J MacDonald (fellow Liberal candidate); Sir Alfred Mond (later Lord Melchett) (2) and others on the General Election campaign. Subjects include Ireland; the Government's Eastern policy; taxation; unemployment and Temperance.

Dates: 03 Oct 1922 - 14 Nov 1922
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: General Election December 1910., 01 Nov 1910 - 31 Dec 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/11
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Election correspondence and literature, including signed copy of Election Address, and letter to Sir George Ritchie on the constitutional crisis.

Dates: 01 Nov 1910 - 31 Dec 1910
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: General Elections., Jan 1910 - Dec 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/10
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Election literature including Liberal Party Campaign Notes and WSC's Election Address (mainly on reform of the House of Lords), daily canvass returns, and Election expenses.Mainly relating to Election of Jan 1910, but also containing his letter of thanks to electors following victory in Dec 1910.

Dates: Jan 1910 - Dec 1910
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Costituency: Dundee: Correspondence:., 01 Jan 1922 - 30 May 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/26
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Correspondents include: Joseph Philip (8), President, Dundee Liberal Association, on constituency affairs; Dundee Unionist Association (3) on the continuation of the Coalition between the Unionists and the National Liberals; Other subjects include the forthcoming General Election campaign and the presence of Independent Liberal and "Wee Free" candidates.

Dates: 01 Jan 1922 - 30 May 1922
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence D-L., Nov 1945 - Dec 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/6
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Terence Garvey (Foreign Office) on the case of George Dace; Percy Cudlipp, editor, Daily Herald, and Patrick Donner (2) requesting WSC to write for them; Sir Orme Sargent [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] on Kenneth de Courcy; Sir Paul Booth on the "Dog and Duck" circle; Eric Gandar Dower on his constituency position (2); Robert Jenkins; Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head of Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat and Joint Director,...
Dates: Nov 1945 - Dec 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence E-F (almost all material dates from 1950)., Nov 1946 - Dec 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/96A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] (3); David Eccles (4); Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office; various representatives of the Conservative Research Department, including Peter Goldman (5); Walter Elliot on visiting Chaim Weizmann [President of Israel] and Scottish matters (2); James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (4); Sir Malcolm Trustram...
Dates: Nov 1946 - Dec 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open, except for folios 268 and 273-4 which have been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about a living individual until 1 January 2026.
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence H-M., Mar 1950 - Nov 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/115A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Samuel Hammersley; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (8); Roy Harrod (3); Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] (5); [Arthur] Vere Harvey [later Lord Harvey of Prestbury] on the supply of aircraft and equipment to Egypt; Sir George Harvie Watt and his wife Bettie; James Henderson-Stewart; Michael Higgs on his daughter; Captain Alan Hillgarth [earlier Alan Evans] on Spain; "Bill",...
Dates: Mar 1950 - Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access: Open, except for folios 334-6 which have been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about a living individual until 1 January 2027.
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence O-R., Jun 1949 - Dec 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/100
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: various representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office, including George Christ (9); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (5); David Astor, [Editor] of the Observer; David Waddington, President of Oxford University Conservative Society, on inviting WSC to Oxford; Sir Waldron Smithers; Harry Mackeson, Deputy Chief Conservative Whip, on the recall of Parliament; Firoz Khan Noon, Governor of East...
Dates: Jun 1949 - Dec 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence R-Z., Dec 1945 - Dec 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/8A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir David Robertson on industrial affairs; Randolph Churchill and John Dugdale on Soviet attitudes; 1st Lord Rankeillour [earlier James Hope] and Francis Turnbull [Principal Private Secretary to Secretary of State for India] on Indian affairs; Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office (4); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis], Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office [from July 1946] (4); James Stuart [Chief...
Dates: Dec 1945 - Dec 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Proofs., 05 Apr 1906 - 23 May 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/21
Scope and Contents Proof copy (2nd revise) of volume of speeches by WSC on "The Record of the Government" and "Social Organisation", with extensive manuscript annotations by WSC, containing:.Speech by WSC (5 April 1906, House of Commons) entitled "The Conciliation of South Africa". Published: Complete Speeches I, pp 607 - 14.Speech by WSC (31 July 1906, House of Commons), entitled "The Transvaal [South Africa] Consitution". Published: Complete Speeches I, pp 647 - 62.Speech by WSC (17 December, House of...
Dates: 05 Apr 1906 - 23 May 1909
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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