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(Untitled), 15 Sep 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/18/19
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Letter from 5th Lord Rosebery (Dalmeny House, Edinburgh, [Scotland]) to WSC reporting his failure to persuade the Glasgow Liberals to combine the meeting chaired by Rosebery with WSC's meeting.

Dates: 15 Sep 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Sep 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/18/12
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Letter from 5th Lord Rosebery (Rosebery, Gorebridge, Midlothian, [Scotland]) to WSC on forthcoming Liberal meetings in Glasgow and Dalkeith [Midlothian].

Dates: 06 Sep 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Jul 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/23
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Letter from [Alexander Murray, Master of Elibank, later Lord Murray of Elibank] (12 Downing Street) to WSC agreeing [that WSC cannot accept the invitation to become the candidate for the Dartford Division of Kent] and apologising for having pursued the matter. Murray will have to think of another way of boosting the Liberal campaing in London and the Home Counties.

Dates: 11 Jul 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Nov 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/94-95
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Letter from Cornelia, Lady Wimborne (Canford Manor, Wimborne, [Dorset]) to WSC asserting that "Freddie" [Frederick Guest] should stand for East Dorset rather than a seat in Cardiff [Wales] and that an early general election will be to the Liberals' advantage. Signed typescript.

Dates: 11 Nov 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Dec 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/125
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Letter from Arthur Ponsonby (Shulbrede Priory, Lynchmere, Haslemere, [Hampshire]) to WSC expressing enthusiasm about the Liberals' success in the general election but reporting that this feeling is not shared by two members of the Cabinet, who still doubt that the Government will have a strong enough mandate. Believes most Liberals in the country wish the Government to lose no time in pursuing its policies.

Dates: 16 Dec 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Aug 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/142
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Extract from a letter from WSC to 8th the Duke [of Devonshire] on the desire of many Liberal Unionists in 1886 to fight the Conservatives and the wish of Devonshire's current supporters to see the Liberals beaten on all issues except Free Trade. Typescript copy, c.1910.

Dates: 25 Aug 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [Apr 1910]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/47/6-8
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Note addressed to Liberals by the Conciliation Commitee for Woman Suffrage recommending the introduction of a Private Member's Bill for the extension of the women's municipal register to parliamentary elections as a first step to the general enfranchisement of women. Typesript annotated and signed by Henry Brailsford, honorary secretary of the Committee. Sent with CHAR 2/47/1.

Dates: [Apr 1910]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Jan 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/56/13-15
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Letter from Sir George Kemp (Beechwood, Rochdale, [Lancashire]) to the Master of Elibank [Alexander Murray, later Lord Murray of Elibank] complaining that some Liberals in North-West Manchester are persistently urging him not to give up the seat despite his opposition to Home Rule. Typescript copy.

Dates: 26 Jan 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Mar 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/56/69
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Letter from R C Hawkin (Eighty Club, 3 Hare Court, Temple, [London]) to Edward Marsh enclosing copies of letters on the Eighty Club and single-issue campaigning organisations set up by Liberal headquarters [see CHAR 2/56/70-72].

Dates: 20 Mar 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Mar 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/56/70-71
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Letter from Sir John Simon (57 Kensington Court, [London]) to the Master of Elibank [Alexander Murray, later Lord Murray of Elibank] (Treasury) reporting the dissatisfaction among members of the Eighty Club about the relationship between their club and single-issue campaigning organisations, such as the Liberal Insurance Commitee and the Home Rule Council, set up by Liberal headquarters. Typescript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/56/69.

Dates: 04 Mar 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Mar 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/56/72-73
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Letter from R H Davies (12 Downing Street) to Mr Bramall conveying the best wishes of the Master of Elibank [Alexander Murray, later Lord Murray of Elibank] to the Liberal Association of the Wilton Division of Wiltshire and conveying Elibank's view that the activities of the Eighty Club can exist alongside those of single-issue campaigning organisations set up by Liberal headquarters. Typescript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/56/69.

Dates: 06 Mar 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Mar 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/51/75
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Letter from Lord Morley [earlier John Morley] (Flowermead, Wimbledon Park, [London]) to WSC thanking him for a note and asserting that the [Liberal] party will not agree to a referendum [on women's suffrage].

Dates: 28 Mar 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Aug 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/57/30-32
Scope and Contents Letter from [WSC] to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] reporting the view of Lord Northcliffe [earlier Sir Alfred Harmsworth] that Liberal journalists have not been as well rewarded with honours as their Conservative counterparts and agreeing with Northcliffe that men like J A Spender, Henry Massingham, C P Scott, Robert Donald and Drysdale (of the Yorkshire Daily Observer) should be rewarded. Reports that Northcliffe believes Spender is danger of being...
Dates: 12 Aug 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Aug 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/57/33
Scope and Contents Letter from Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] (The Wharf, Abingdon, [Oxfordshire]) to WSC rejecting the assertions of Lord Northcliffe [earlier Sir Alfred Harmsworth] that J A Spender is in danger of being turned out of the Westminster Gazette and that Liberal journalists should be given more honours. Reports that Sir Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] is a little less confident in his ability to do what he wishes and congratulates WSC on the "trouncing" he gave to...
Dates: 16 Aug 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Sep 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/57/42-44
Scope and Contents Letter from [WSC] to Percy Illingworth [Liberal Chief Whip] explaining that the possibility of his visiting Canada and his work at the Admiralty mean that he cannot commit himself to speaking engagements. Recommends Lionel Yexley, editor of the "Fleet", to be the candidate for Portsmouth [Hampshire] and stresses the importance to the Government of the forthcoming parliamentary session. Suggests reviving the system of dinners introduced during the Budget of 1909 to enable ministers to keep in...
Dates: 01 Sep 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Oct 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/57/50-52
Scope and Contents Letter from [the 9th Duke of Marlborough] (Blenheim Palace) to WSC: praises his work at the Admiralty; refers to F E Smith [later 1st Lord Birkenhead] and "politicians who clothe the results of calculation in the language of enthusiasm"; cites the religious wars in sixteenth-century France as a warning against provoking religious passion in Ulster [Ireland]; complains about having to assess the site value of his land; describes his efforts to re-house his labourers through a co-operative and...
Dates: 01 Oct 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [Apr 1912]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/57/82
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Letter from "Sunny" [the 9th Duke of Marlborough] (Blenheim Palace) to WSC on the disunity between Liberal leaders and some of their followers and the need to for the leaders to take up a clear position. Thinks WSC would be wrong to go to Canada and comments on a recent article on WSC.

Dates: [Apr 1912]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jan 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/60/1
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Cutting from the Times on: the secession of some members of the Ulster Liberal Association over the Government's policy on Home Rule; the speech by the Unionist MP James Campbell [later Lord Glenavy] at Coleraine [County Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland].

Dates: 01 Jan 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Jan 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/60/6
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Cutting from the Bradford Daily Telegraph [Yorkshire] on the unity of the Liberal party in support of Home Rule and the widening consensus in favour of the measure.

Dates: 05 Jan 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Dec 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/53/85
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Letter from William Royle (Elmwood, Rusholme, [Manchester]) to WSC reporting dissatisfaction among Liberal ranks with the Government's hostile attitude towards Germany and its subservient policy towards Russia with regard to Persia [Iran].

Dates: 18 Dec 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Jan 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/60/16
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Cutting from the Cork Constitution on the declining support for Home Rule among Liberals in England and Wales due to the hypocrisy of the Nationalist leaders, the determination of the Ulster Unionists to defend the Union, and the danger of disorder at the Home Rule meeting to be addressed by WSC and John Redmond in Belfast [Ulster, Ireland].

Dates: 06 Jan 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Jan 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/60/40
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Cutting from the Westminster Gazette on the challenge of F E Smith [later 1st Lord Birkenhead] to WSC to define the difference between the positions of Lord Randolph Churchill and Sir Edward Carson, and to say whether he still believes that the motives of a Liberal government which is introducing a Home Rule bill because it is dependent on Irish Nationalists' support should be viewed with suspicion.

Dates: 10 Jan 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Apr 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/3/102-106
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Letter from Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord Quickswood] to WSC, on Army Reform; the growth of the Labour movement, contrasting the attitudes of the Conservative and Liberal Parties, and on the situation in Macedonia [later North Macedonia].

Dates: 06 Apr 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Jan 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53A/25
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Letter from WSC to Sir Archibald Sinclair [Secretary of State for Air and Leader of the Liberal Parliamentary Party, later 1st Lord Thurso] on Liberal voting in the House of Commons and lack of support for the Government.

Dates: 31 Jan 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Feb 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/15/5-7
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Letter from WSC (House of Commons) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: the speeches of [George] Barnes, F E Smith [later Lord Birkenhead], [William] O'Brien, [William] Moore, WSC and Walter Ling on proposals for Parliamentary reform.

Dates: 22 Feb 1910
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