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(Untitled), 21 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/206/39
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Letter from Gwilym Lloyd-George [later Lord Tenby, Minister of Fuel and Power] (7 Millbank) to WSC marked "Personal" offering to serve in a new National Government formed by WSC; stating that such an administration would be in the best interests of the country; that if it is formed, he will be happy to continue in his existing post; and that he soon hopes to put before the Cabinet proposals on the future structure of the coal industry. Carbon copy.

Dates: 21 Mar 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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(Untitled), 28 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/207/4-5
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Letter from Sir Archibald Sinclair [later Lord Thurso] (Air Ministry, Whitehall) to WSC marked "Private" stating that the Liberal Party is leaving the National Government in response to "a public demand for an organ of Liberal expression" rather than "motives of faction"; that though he does not expect WSC to approve their course, he hopes that he will credit them for acting honestly; and thanking WSC for entrusting him with the Air Ministry during the war period. Signed.

Dates: 28 May 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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(Untitled), 26 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/207/6-7
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Letter from WSC to Sir Archibald Sinclair [later Lord Thurso] regretting his and the Liberal Party's decision to leave the Government; stating that he thinks the Liberal Party is making a mistake by allying itself with the Labour Party; that the country will show its confidence in WSC's administration; but that these disputes will make no difference to their friendship. Carbon copy. Annotated.

Dates: 26 May 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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(Untitled), 13 Oct 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/237/114
Scope and Contents Letter from "Archie" [Sir Archibald Sinclair, later 1st Lord Thurso, Leader, Liberal Parliamentary Party] (Dalnawillan, Altnabreac, Caithness [Scotland]), to WSC, regretting that he is unable to accept WSC's dinner invitation. He comments on his admiration for WSC's speeches, and his delight at seeing WSC's "stock soaring!", but thinks that "a November election would be a rotten trick to play", particularly unfair on the Labour Party and also the Liberals, as they have been supporting the...
Dates: 13 Oct 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Aug 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/5/30-32
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to David Lloyd George [Chancellor of the Exchequer], on Ireland and the Land Question, also on the survival of the Government, stating that a breakdown would be fatal as Home Rule, the Welsh Church, the Franchise, the Insurance Act and the Parliament Act would all founder together. WSC states his feeling that the Government would survive if they could avoid quarrelling among themselves, they did not "play the fool" over women's suffrage, and did not come to bloodshed over...
Dates: 21 Aug 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1935]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/246/134
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Liberal Party Leaflet "A Few Reasons Why You Should Support the Liberal Party".

Dates: [1935]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Feb 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/246/135
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Election address of Artro Morris, Liberal Candidate in the Wavertree by-election.

Dates: Feb 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 03 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/3
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Letter from WSC to Sir Archibald Sinclair [later Lord Thurso, Secretary of State for Air] noting the views expressed in his minute of 1 May and suggesting a preliminary talk between the four party leaders [carbon].

Dates: 03 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/26-28
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Letter from WSC to Archibald Sinclair [later Lord Thurso, Secretary of State for Air and Leader of the Liberal Party] proposing a continuation of the coalition until a decisive victory has been gained over Japan [carbon].

Dates: 18 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/29-31
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Letter from WSC to Ernest Brown [Leader of the Liberal National Group] proposing a continuation of the coalition until a decisive victory has been gained over Japan [carbon].

Dates: 18 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 26 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/47-48
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Letter from WSC to Sir Archibald Sinclair [later Lord Thurso, Secretary of State for Air and Leader of the Liberal Party] marked "private" commenting on the Liberal separation from the Government With additional sentence added in pencil: "I am happy to think that you have conducted the mighty air power through all the course of this 5 years hard war." [carbon].

Dates: 26 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 26 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/49
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Letter from WSC to Sir Archibald Sinclair [later Lord Thurso, Secretary of State for Air and Leader of the Liberal Party] marked "private" commenting on the Liberal separation from the Government [typescript copy].

Dates: 26 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/54-55
Scope and Contents Letter from Sir Edward Cadogan [Conservative MP for Bolton] (Carlton Club) to WSC expressing his gratitude to WSC on the eve of the dissolution of the House of Commons: states how proud he has been to serve under WSC's leadership "in the most memorable Parliament of all time"; comments on the decision of the Socialists to terminate the Coalition and states that the "issues at present are too grave to become the sport of party politics"; expresses the hope that WSC will long be spared "not...
Dates: 13 Jun 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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(Untitled), 13 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/56
Scope and Contents Letter from Sir Edward Cadogan [Conservative MP for Bolton] (Carlton Club) to WSC expressing his gratitude to WSC on the eve of the dissolution of the House of Commons: states how proud he has been to serve under WSC's leadership "in the most memorable Parliament of all time"; comments on the decision of the Socialists to terminate the Coalition and states that the "issues at present are too grave to become the sport of party politics"; expresses the hope that WSC will long be spared "not...
Dates: 13 Jun 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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(Untitled), 01 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/61
Scope and Contents Letter from Violet, Lady Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter, later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury] (40 Gloucester Square, W2 [London]) to WSC regretting that they will be fighting the election "under different flags": states that she could never go into action "side by side with Sir Herbert Williams & Co." and argues that WSC should have remained a "National Leader - above the battle"; criticizes the timing of the election and argues that the coalition should...
Dates: 01 Jun 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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(Untitled), 03 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/62
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Letter from WSC to Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter, later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury] stating that he feels "too strongly about the conduct of the Liberal Party at this Election to allow its discussion to smirch our correspondence" and so is not replying to her letter [typescript copy].

Dates: 03 Jun 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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(Untitled), 06 Feb [1885]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/99/12-14
Scope and Contents Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](London) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] including: the effect of bad news about the Nile Expedition on the position of the Government; a dinner at which the guests included [Lord] Curzon [later 4th Lord Howe], [William] Fellowes [later 2nd Lord De Ramsey]; an invitation from Mrs [Henry] Bischoffsheim; the possibility that [George, 8th Duke of Marlborough, earlier Lord] Blandford might marry; discussion of the money which [Edith, Lady] Aylesford has...
Dates: 06 Feb [1885]
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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(Untitled), 05 Nov 1893

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/115/23
Scope and Contents Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill to J Moore Bayley in which he thanks him for sending news of Birmingham and discusses his speaking engagements at Bradford [Yorkshire] and Dundee [Angus, Scotland]; the likelihood of a dissolution of parliament as [William] Gladstone is unable to satisfy both the Liberal Party and the Irish; suggests that Arthur Balfour might be a suitable candidate as MP for Birmingham and discusses the Parish Councils Bill which will alter poor law administration. Signed...
Dates: 05 Nov 1893
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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(Untitled), 17 Oct 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/115/37-38
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street) to J Moore Bayley including: the consistency of his politics; [Arthur] Balfour's stance on Protection; political affairs including his isolation; his intention to send the section of his biography of Lord Randolph Churchill to Bayley for comments; a "very pleasant night" at Highbury [London] where he had a long discussion with "the great Joe" [Joseph Chamberlain]; his opinion that the Liberal Party will win the election and then "break into fragments" and a...
Dates: 17 Oct 1904
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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(Untitled), 13 Jun [1899]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/115/39
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Letter from WSC (35A Great Cumberland Place [London]) to J Moore Bayley in which he says that he believes that [Joseph] Chamberlain does not approve of his proposed visit to Birmingham and discusses South African affairs and the importance of patience. Signed manuscript in the hand of WSC. See CHAR 28/115/17-18.

Dates: 13 Jun [1899]
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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(Untitled), 31 Dec 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/116/1-14
Scope and Contents Statement of events surrounding the resignation of Lord Randolph Churchill [by Sir Henry Drummond Wolff]. Includes details of the occasions on which he met Lord Randolph, including the 22 December, when he is described as "very gay and cheery..no one would have said that any great event had occurred". He relates a conversation with Lord Randolph about W H Smith, [Secretary of State for War] about the army estimates; the acceptance of Lord Randolph's resignation by [Robert, 3rd] Lord...
Dates: 31 Dec 1886
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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(Untitled), 04 Jan 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/116/15-19
Scope and Contents Statement of events surrounding the resignation of Lord Randolph Churchill [by Sir Henry Drummond Wolff]. Includes a conversation with [Robert, 3rd] Lord Salisbury about the possibility of forming a coalition government with Lord Hartington [later 8th Duke of Devonshire] as Prime Minister; [George] Goschen's approval for a coalition; Lord Hartington's opinion that it would create resentment among Liberal Unionists and that he would be unlikely to join Lord Salisbury's Cabinet; Sir Henry...
Dates: 04 Jan 1887
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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(Untitled), 27 Dec 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/16
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Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India, to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] in which he thanks Duff for his memorandum on the subject of the native army in India, reports that his conversation with Mr Webster was a success and discusses the Conservative government's decision to move a vote of no confidence and then retire "with honour & joy" and William Gladstone's stance on Home Rule.

Dates: 27 Dec 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Feb 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/26
Scope and Contents Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] in which he bids him an official farewell and thanks him for his assistance, discusses the political situation and [William] Gladstone's position [as Prime Minister], comments on the appointment of Sir [Herbert] Macpherson as Commander in Chief in Madras, the annexation of Burma [later Myanmar] and his disgust with the conduct of General [Sir Harry]...
Dates: 28 Feb 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Feb [1886]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/100/8-9
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Letter from Lady Randolph Churchill (2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] including: thanks for his letter; rumours in the press of the resignation of [4th Lord] Dunraven [as Under Secretary of State for the Colonies]; discussion of the political situation and the "beastly funk" of the Liberals; and a suggestion that she should attend a party with Conservative figures although she is irritated by the "ingratitude" of the [Conservative] Party.

Dates: 08 Feb [1886]
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.