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Found in 458 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/34/65
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Letter from Lady Dorothy Howard (Pudsey, [Yorkshire]) to WSC disassociating herself from the "rowdyism" of the Women's Freedom League and describing the gloomy prospects for the Liberals in the Pudsey by-election. Refers to a sermon by a High Church parson on the need to carry the Athanasian creed to the blacks of central Africa.

Dates: 14 Jun 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Jul 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/35/9
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Letter from Rosalind Carlisle (1 Palace Green, Kensington, [London]) stating that she cannot see WSC at the suggested time as she is involved with a meeting with the Liberal Women's Suffrage Committee of MPs.

Dates: 28 Jul 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Jan [1909]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/39/10-11
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Letter from Henry Massingham (The Nation, 14 Henrietta Street, Convent Garden, London) to WSC explaining his criticism of WSC's speech in Birmingham [on 13 Jan 1909] on Liberal policy and the House of Lords. Makes particular reference to Welsh Disestablishment and social reform.

Dates: 27 Jan [1909]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Aug 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/39/76
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Letter from Frank Barled, assistant secretary of the National Liberal Federation (42 Parliament Street, London), to Edward Marsh enclosing particulars of General Election results in constituencies in Northumberland, County Durham and part of the North Riding of Yorkshire [see CHAR 2/39/77]. Signed typescript.

Dates: 06 Aug 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [Aug 1909]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/39/76a-77
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Particulars of General Election results in 1892, 1900 and 1906 in constituencies in Northumberland, County Durham and part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, being the area of the Northern Liberal Federation. Sent with CHAR 2/39/76.

Dates: [Aug 1909]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Nov 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/36/24
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Letter from Cornelia, Lady Wimborne (Canford Manor, Wimborne, [Dorset]) to WSC asking him to give an interview to Merton Russell Cotes with a view to getting him on the side of the Liberals, who are lacking the support of such wealthy men. Signed typescript.

Dates: 25 Nov 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Nov 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/36/25
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Letter from Canon John Richardson (St Augustine's, York Street, C-on-M, Manchester) to WSC warning that the Education Bill will alienate Roman Catholic opinion from the Liberals.

Dates: 25 Nov 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Dec 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/36/42
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Letter from Captain The Honorable H S Stanhope RN, treasurer of the Home Counties Liberal Federation (42 Parliament Street, London) to WSC inviting him to address the Federation's next annual meeting, possibly in the Saffron Walden Division of Essex, and giving the number of seats won by the Liberals in general elections since 1885 Annotated by WSC that he will be too busy to accept.

Dates: 23 Dec 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Jan 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/43/11-13
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Letter from Joseph Pease (Myddylton House, Saffron Walden, [Essex]) to WSC on Pease's campaign [in the Saffron Walden Division of Essex] and the efforts to persuade David Mason to withdraw as a candidate for the Tradeston Division of Glasgow [Scotland] in favour of Archibald Corbett. Signed and annotated typescript.

Dates: 10 Jan 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Dec 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/43/14
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Letter from Joseph Pease (Headlam Hall, Gainford, [County Durham]) to WSC on: WSC's involvement in the production and distribution of election campaign posters; David Lloyd George's promises of honours in return for money [contributions to Liberal Party funds]; the offer of money to help the cause of Free Trade from James Caird [a jute manufacturer of Dundee, Angus, Scotland]; the prospects for the general election.

Dates: 23 Dec 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1909]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/43/16-17
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Notes by "A O M" [?Alexander Murray, Master of Elibank, later Lord Murray of Elibank] on the current position as to the nomination of Liberal candidates for various constituencies. Annotated typescript.

Dates: [1909]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1909]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/43/18-19
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List of constituencies with Liberal candidates. Annotated typescript. The third and fourth pages of this document are at CHAR 2/43/21-22.

Dates: [1909]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1909]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/43/21-22
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List of constituencies with Liberal candidates. Annotated typescript. The first and second pages of this document are at CHAR 2/43/18-19.

Dates: [1909]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1909]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/43/23
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Statement of the representation and candidates of constituencies within the area of the Western Counties Liberal Federation. Annotated typescript.

Dates: [1909]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1909]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/43/24-26
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List of the Liberal and other candidates standing for constituencies within the area of the Lancashire and Cheshire Liberal Federation, with coloured crosses to indicate actual or predicted election results. Annotated typescript.

Dates: [1909]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Aug 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/39/84
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Letter from Joseph Pease (12 Downing Street) to WSC on the adverse reaction among Liberals to the appointment of a former honorary secretary of the Belfast Conservative Association as the Sanitary Surveyor and Medical Inspector in Belfast [Ulster, Ireland].

Dates: 31 Aug 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Nov 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/39/110
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Letter from WSC (Board of Trade) to Joseph Pease justifying the financing of the Budget League from the Liberal Party's central funds. Copy.

Dates: 26 Nov 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Jun 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/42/13-18
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Address by the chairman and agenda of the meeting of Liberal MPs held to appoint a committee to conduct a campaign in support of the Budget. Typescript annotated by WSC: "Budget League. These are the notes of the Chief Whip & shd be kept among our general papers".

Dates: 23 Jun 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Nov 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/42/25
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Letter from Joseph Pease (12 Downing Street) to WSC urging that the money advanced from Liberal Party central funds to the Budget League should be repaid. Signed typescript.

Dates: 25 Nov 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1910]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/42/29-31
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Report of the answers given by Liberal back-benchers to questions put by the editor of the Daily Chronicle about whether they would support measures for the payment of MPs and of official election expenses, for the reversal of the Osborne Judgement as advocated by the Trades Union Congress, and for the restoration to Trade Unions of most of the powers they exercised before the Osborne Judgement.

Dates: [1910]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Feb [1910]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/42/35
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Memorandum from WSC (Board of Trade) to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later Lord Oxford and Asquith] on the unnecessary difference between the Government and its supporters over whether the passing of the Budget or the ending of the House of Lords' veto should be tackled first. Draft in WSC's hand.

Dates: 18 Feb [1910]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1910]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/42/52-63
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Extracts from various speeches made by WSC in 1909 and 1910 on the intention of the Liberals to end the veto of the House of Lords if returned at the general election. Annotated typescript.

Dates: [1910]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Feb 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/45/20
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Letter from Margot Asquith [later Lady Oxford and Asquith] (10 Downing Street) to WSC asserting that she has never divulged any details about the composition of the Cabinet and blaming "want of moderation and self control" for the reduction of the Liberal majority.

Dates: 12 Feb 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Feb 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/45/27
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Letter from Margot Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith] (10 Downing Street) to WSC expressing confidence in the Liberals' political position despite the mistake of Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith].

Dates: 21 Feb 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Feb 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/45/29
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Letter from Alfred Bellis (R Hayworth & Co, sanitary engineers, 39 Mosley Street, Manchester) to the chairman of [the executive committee] of the Manchester Liberal Federation [William Royle] demanding a meeting of the Federation to insist that the Government pursue a policy of "redress before supply". Sent with CHAR 2/45/30.

Dates: 23 Feb 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open

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