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(Untitled), 02 Jun 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/152/88-90
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Letter from Edward Spears (8 Little College Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC attributing his defeat [in the Bosworth Division of Leicestershire] to Liberal claims that a vote for them was the only means of keeping the Socialist out, noting the increasing extremism of Labour supporters in the constituency and thanking WSC for his letter of support.

Dates: 02 Jun 1927
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), 22 Jun 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/152/108-110
Scope and Contents Letter from Frederick Guest (7 Aldford Street, Park Lane, [London]) to WSC attacking David Lloyd George's intention of using his followers to hold the balance of power between the Conservatives and Labour after the next election, announcing that he has persuaded ten other members to pledge themselves to support the forming of a Conservative government after the election, stressing the need to keep this secret to avoid Liberal opposition, and asking WSC to inform Conservative Central Office...
Dates: 22 Jun 1927
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), [1927]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/153/156-157
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Letter from [WSC] to Frederick Guest arguing that David Lloyd George's campaign fund is being used to split the anti-Socialist vote and arguing that the fund should be placed in the hands of trustees "representing a definite political party on a broad and public basis".

Dates: [1927]
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), 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), 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), 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), 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), 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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