Liberal Party
Found in 458 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 24 Nov 1904
Letter from Herbert Gladstone [later Lord Gladstone] (Liberal Central Association, 41 Parliament Street, London) to WSC denying that Herbert Vivian has specifically asked the Association for help in Deptford [London].
(Untitled), 27 Nov 1904
Letter from Herbert Vivian (The Pleasaunce, Woking, [Surrey]) to WSC complaining of the support of the London Liberal Federation for the Labour candidate in Deptford [London].
(Untitled), 30 Nov 1904
Letter from John Penny (Netherthong, Huddersfield, [Yorkshire]) to WSC rejecting WSC's views on the different approaches of French and German socialists and his contention that the British Labour Party should ally itself with the Liberals. Cites illustrations of the Liberals' lack of a unifying principle and examples of their political incapacity. Signed typescript.
(Untitled), [Apr 1904]
Letter from the Honorable Arthur Elliot (House of Commoms) to WSC advising him not to join the Liberals.
(Untitled), [1904]
Typescript list of Unionist Free Food League MPs and the Liberal candidates standing in their constituencies, annotated to indicate the MPs' future voting behaviour.
(Untitled), 03 Mar [1905]
Letter from E G Hemmerde, Liberal candidate for Shrewsbury [Shropshire] (1 Hare Court, Temple, [London]), to WSC inviting him to address a meeting in Shrewsbury. Describes the fall in the number of Liberal seats in Shropshire, Worcestershire, Hereford[shire], Warwick[shire] and Staffordshire since 1885. Annotated: "no".
(Untitled), 27 Jul 1905
Letter from Edwin Montagu (59 Bridge Street, Cambridge) to WSC on: general disgust at the "latest unspeakableness" of Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour]; the need for the Liberals to espouse reform; the grievances of the postal workers; the disappointment of Bron Herbert. Signed typescript.
(Untitled), 05 Nov 1905
Letter from J Moore Bayley (Peterscourt, Barnt Green, Worcestershire) to WSC giving his view of what the Liberal position on Irish Home Rule should be.
(Untitled), 20 Nov 1905
Letter from Cornelia, Lady Wimborne (Canford Manor, Wimborne, [Dorset]) to WSC giving her views on what Liberal policy towards the Church of England should be.
(Untitled), 14 Jul 1917
Letter from David Davis (House of Commons) to WSC enclosing notes on war policy in the Balkans to be discussed by the Liberal War Committee [see CHAR 2/90/12-24]. Signed typescript.
(Untitled), [Jul] [1917]
Notes [to be discussed by the Liberal War Committee] on the measures necessary for the assumption by the Allies of the offensive on the Salonica front in the Balkans. Sent with CHAR 2/90/11.
(Untitled), [Jul] [1917]
Notes [to be discussed by the Liberal War Committee] arguing that since Britain has the strongest interests among the Allies in supporting Serbia a British or a Serbian general should be placed in overall command on the Salonica front, and considering the disastrous increase in German power in the east which would result from the surrender of Serbia. Sent with CHAR 2/90/11.
(Untitled), 16 Jun 1917
"Reasons for the appointment of a British general in command of the Salonika expedition." Written by D[avid] D[avis] for discussion by the Liberal War Committee. Sent with CHAR 2/90/11.
(Untitled), 30 Mar 1917
Notes [by David Davis for discussion by the Liberal War Committee] arguing for the appointment of the Serbian Field Marshall Misitch to the command of the Allied forces on the Salonica front and for the overhaul of the British means of obtaining intelligence from there. Sent with CHAR 2/90/11.
(Untitled), 08 Aug 1924
Letter from [WSC] (Chartwell) to Sir James Calder offering to discuss with him the position in the Linlithgow constituency [West Lothian, Scotland] and stressing the importance of Liberals and Conservatives cooperating against Socialism. Carbon copy.
(Untitled), 26 Aug 1924
(Untitled), 10 Sep 1924
(Untitled), 22 Sep 1924
(Untitled), 28 Sep [1924]
Letter from RearAdmiral Arthur Smith-Dorrien to WSC congratulating him on his speech in Edinburgh [Scotland], arguing that WSC has a great political opportunity before him provided he can overcome the memories in people's minds of his past instability, and arguing that both Liberal and Conservative anti-Socialists can readily adopt the name "Constitutionalist".
(Untitled), 27 Sep 1924
Letter from Sir James Calder (Leith, [Scotland]) to 2nd Lord Linlithgow (Hopetoun House, South Queensferry [West Lothian, Scotland]) explaining that he has withdrawn as Liberal candidate for Linlithgowshire because he believes that there are too many extremists to enable his ideas of Liberal-Conservative cooperation to be carried out successfully. Copy sent with CHAR 2/134/152.
(Untitled), 02 Oct 1924
Letter from [WSC] (Chartwell) to F Stanley Jackson on: the distribution of an effective electioneering card; the prospect of the Government being dismissed on the Campbell Prosecution; the need for the Liberals to stand firm; WSC's good prospects in the Epping Division of Essex; the likelihood of Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] being friendly to a new government if he is not opposed in his Caithness constituency [Scotland]. Carbon copy.
(Untitled), 02 Oct 1924
(Untitled), 03 Oct 1924
(Untitled), 06 Oct 1924
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1924
Letter from Katherine, Duchess of Atholl (84 Eaton Place, [London]) to WSC reporting that Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] seemed to give a negative response to the 8th Duke of Atholl's suggestion of Liberal-Conservative co-operation in his constituency [Caithness, Scotland] but promising that the matter will be carefully considered in the light of WSC's advice that Sinclair should not be opposed.