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Found in 451 Collections and/or Records:

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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), 20 Jul 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/27/5-6
Scope and Contents Letter from "Alick" [Alexander Murray, the Master of Elibank, later Lord Murray of Elibank] (Brooks's, St James's Street, [London]), to WSC inviting him to a meeting at the House of Commons to be attended by [Richard] Haldane [later Lord Haldane], [Thomas] Buchanan, [Alexander] Wolfe-Murray, [Lord] Chesham, [William] Brocklehurst and [John] Seely [later Lord Mottistone]. Suggests WSC time his visit to Glasgow [Scotland] to coincide with the Annual Meeting and Conference of the Scottish...
Dates: 20 Jul 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Aug 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/27/25
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Letter from D J Shackleton (51 London Terrace, Darwen, [Lancashire]) to WSC on the by-election in the Cockermouth Division of Cumberland, and its implications for contests between Liberal and Labour candidates.

Dates: 21 Aug 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Aug [1906]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/27/26-27
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Letter from Edward Hemmerde (1 Hare Court, Temple, [London]) to WSC asserting that Labour men can only be kept in the Liberal ranks if candidates are selected for their ability rather than their wealth. Advocates the establishment of a democratic fighting-fund.

Dates: 21 Aug [1906]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Dec 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/27/63
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Letter from W H Wainwright (Gore Lodge, Gorton, [Manchester]) to WSC discussing the result of the election in Huddersfield [Yorkshire] and reporting that Canon Tynan, secretary of the Roman Catholic Education Association, believed that Catholics would work against Liberal and Labour candidates. Also reports the widespread belief that WSC's speech swayed many voters to the Liberal side.

Dates: 02 Dec 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Dec 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/27/64
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Letter from WSC (Colonial Office) to W H Wainwright asserting that the result of the election in Huddersfield [Yorkshire] has shown the strength of the Liberal fighting organisation and should dampen recent Tory hopes. Copy in the hand of Annette Anning.

Dates: 03 Dec 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Dec 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/30/92-95
Scope and Contents Letter from Walter Runciman [later Lord Runciman] (West Denton Hall, Scotswood-on-Tyne, [Northumberland]) to WSC on: disruption by suffragettes of speeches by cabinet ministers; the Tories' split over Tariff Reform; the industrious campaigning of Richard Haldane [later Lord Haldane]; reaction to Haldane's army estimates and 2nd Lord Tweedmouth's naval estimates; the introduction of old age pensions and Labour Party criticism of them; the prospect of the miners' group adhering to the Labour...
Dates: 13 Dec 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/31/3
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Leaflets issued by the Liberal Publication Department, covering the budget of 1907, land reform and small holdings, registration of voters and Conservative proposals for Tariff Reform and the abolition of income tax. 6 items.

Dates: 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Mar 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/32/31
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Letter from Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] (Kilverstone Hall, Thetford, [Norfolk]) to WSC thanking him for his letter, urging the Government to take the opportunity for reconciliation with the Irish Nationalists and urging the Liberal majority to stay united.

Dates: 07 Mar 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Oct 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/25/122
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Letter from Arthur Sykes, secretary of the Huddersfield Junior Liberal Association (59 Birkby Crescent, Huddersfield, [Yorkshire]), to WSC inviting him to address a meeting in Huddersfield and describing the Association's activities. Annotated in shorthand.

Dates: 15 Oct 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1905]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/25/127
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Rules of the Gateshead Junior Liberal Association [County Durham] Printed with WSC's name added in MS as a member. Annotated: "no".

Dates: [1905]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Nov 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/25/142-143
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Letter from Ernest Lamb, prospective Liberal candidate for Rochester [Kent] (37 King William Street, London Bridge, [London]), to WSC inviting him to address a meeting in Rochester to answer a forthcoming speech there by Joseph Chamberlain. Describes the Liberals' success in the municipal elections in Rochester. Signed typescript. Annotated in shorthand.

Dates: 02 Nov 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Nov 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/25/154
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Letter from Henry Holloway, vice president and chairman of the Borough of Wandsworth Liberal and Radical Council (Burntwood Grange, Upper Tooting, [London]), to [WSC] inviting him to address a meeting in Streatham and describing the Liberals' electoral efforts in the borough.

Dates: 10 Nov 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Nov 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/25/156
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Letter from Joseph Pease (74 High Street, Saffron Walden, [Essex]) to WSC inviting him to address a meeting in Saffron Walden in support of Pease's Liberal candidature there. Describes the difficulties faced in his campaign.

Dates: 12 Nov 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Jan 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/26/9
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Letter from F Bryant (9 Owen Street, Wellington, Somerset) to WSC asking him to write a letter for publication on the Chinese labour question and describing the local Liberals' contest against Sir Alexander Acland-Hood [later Lord St Audries]. Annotated in shorthand.

Dates: 11 Jan 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Mar [1905]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/25/41
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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".

Dates: 03 Mar [1905]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Jan 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/22/6
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Letter from Richard Haldane [later Lord Haldane] (3 Whitehall Court, [London]) to WSC expressing the view that the success of the Liberal party depends on its being mainly controlled by its younger men.

Dates: 13 Jan 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 May 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/22/87
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Letter from Moberly Bell (22 Park Crescent, Portland Place, [London]) to WSC on the number of seats needed by the Liberals to gain a majority after the next General Election. Denies that any proposal can ruin the British Empire or British trade and prophesies the electoral and political future up to 1912. 2 papers.

Dates: 14 May 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 May 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/22/90
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Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street) to Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman enclosing a memorandum by Austin Taylor on how Liberalism might be affected if Lord Portsmouth were to withdraw from his prominent position in Protestant organisation with regard to Church discipline. Typescript copy signed by WSC See CHAR 2/22/91.

Dates: 15 May 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), May 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/22/91
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Memorandum by Austin Taylor on how Liberalism might be effected if Lord Portsmouth were to withdraw from his prominent position in Protestant organisation with regard to Church discipline. Originally enclosed with CHAR 2/22/90.

Dates: May 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Jul 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/23/18-19
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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.

Dates: 27 Jul 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Nov 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/23/38
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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.

Dates: 05 Nov 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Nov 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/23/39-40
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Letter from Ivor Guest [later Lord Ashby St Ledgers and Lord Wimborne (2nd baron, 1st viscount)] (Ashby St Ledgers, Rugby, [Warwickshire]) on the need for Liberalism to offer a definite alternative to government policies and increasingly influential socialist ideas. Advocates leasehold enfranchisement, land reform and reduction in military spending.

Dates: 13 Nov 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Nov 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/23/42-44
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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.

Dates: 20 Nov 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open

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