Liberal Party
Found in 458 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 27 Oct 1924
Circular letter from Robert Solomon, the Liberal candidate for the Mile End Division [London] (198 Mile End Road, [London]) claiming that the Socialists are the puppets of those who wish to make a revolution and that only a vote for him, rather than for the Conservative candidate [Lieutenant-Colonel John Dodge], will defeat them. Sent with CHAR 2/136/19-20. Annotated by Dodge denying the statement that he (Dodge) had admitted that he had no chance.
(Untitled), 21 Nov 1924
Letter from [Clarice Fisher] to the secretary of the National Liberal Club informing him that as WSC has accepted office in a Conservative government he feels it his duty to resign from the Club. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 31 Oct 1924
(Untitled), 06 Nov 1924
Letter from George Lambert [later Lord Lambert] (34 Grosvenor Road, Westminster, [London]) to WSC congratulating him and the country on his appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer and arguing that had he been appointed to that office by David Lloyd George, Lloyd George "would not now have been niggling with the remnant of a party that [Herbert] Asquith and he have destroyed.".
(Untitled), 07 Nov 1924
(Untitled), 10 Nov 1924
Letter from Frederick Kellaway (16 Eliot Park, Lewisham, [London]) to WSC recalling their time working together at the Ministry of Munitions, congratulating him on his appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer, asserting that the Liberals deserved their "punishment" at the polls for putting Labour into office, mentioning that for the first time in his life he worked and voted for a Conservative candidate, and hoping that the country is free from experiments in nationalisation.
(Untitled), 18 Jan 1924
(Untitled), 22 Jan 1924
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Robinson (The Homestead, Neeld Crescent, Hendon [Middlesex]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/137/6-8, arguing that WSC's warning about the Liberals supporting a Socialist government was a few days too late, declaring himself a Liberal Unionist and predicting that the country may wish for Protection in four years time.
(Untitled), 03 Jan 1924
(Untitled), 18 Jan 1924
Telegram from "Lomax, Blair, Atholl, Bolton" (Oldham, [Lancashire]) to WSC: "your courageous and wise letter will be welcomed by many thousands of Liberals today.".
(Untitled), 21 Jan 1924
Telegram from George Gillespie, director of Gillespie Ltd Glasgow, [Scotland]) to WSC congratulating him [on his letter published in the "Times" of 18 Jan] and urging him to "save the nation from disaster and Liberalism from its betrayers" by forming and leading "a progressive, moderate and constitutional party".
(Untitled), 21 Jan 1924
Letter from G M Okley (Lanark, Halliford Road, Sunbury-on-Thames, [Middlesex]) urging him to leave the Liberals and join the Conservatives.
(Untitled), 19 Jan 1924
Letter from A C Kean (Lavant, Friern Barnet Road, London) to WSC accusing him, along with the rest of his class, of lacking real political vision and denying WSC's claim that the installation of a Labour government will be disastrous. Argues that the Labour Party would not have emerged had the Conservatives not diluted the Liberals' reforming measures and predicts that the Conservative party will soon disappear. Pleads for equality of opportunity.
(Untitled), 19 Jan 1924
Letter from A J Pope (171 Great Britain Street, Dublin, [Ireland]) to WSC hoping that he will be able to advise some of the Liberals "to think of our King, our Country and Empire, before they vote for the "Reds" and "wait and see".".
(Untitled), 20 Jan 1924
Letter from Edith Dar??st-Smith (62 Rutland Gate, [London]) to WSC urging him to form a party consisting of Conservatives and moderate Liberals who differ from the former only on "the now unimportant issue of Protection", the existence of which would make James Ramsay Macdonald's position as Prime Minister untenable.
(Untitled), 19 Jan 1924
Letter from Daniel Noel (Noel Brothers, enamelled ware and general hardware merchants, 51 High Street, Kingsland, [London]) to WSC expressing support, as a lifelong Liberal, for his anti-Socialist movement and asserting that most rank and file Liberals do not support the stance adopted by [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith, and David Lloyd George].
(Untitled), [18] [Jan] [1924]
Letter from H T Pearson to [WSC] congratulating him on his published letter [advocating the passage of an anti-Socialist address to the Crown], criticising the Liberals for placing the Socialists in power, having gained the votes of the "poor struggling business man" and regretting that WSC was not returned for West Leicester.
(Untitled), 24 Jul 1926
Letter from Lady Oxford and Asquith [earlier Margot Asquith] (44 Bedford Square, [London]) to WSC on: her approval of his policy on war debts to the United States; her request to him to write to [st Lord Oxford and Asquith, earlier Herbert Asquith] to cheer him up; the ignorance of the Liberal rank and file over party unity; David Lloyd George's leaning to the Labour Party and his betrayal of Lord Oxford and Asquith.
(Untitled), 30 May 1926
Edition of "Reynolds's Illustrated News" including article on WSC's supposed attempts to split the Liberal Party.
(Untitled), [1927]
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".
(Untitled), 25 May 1927
Letter from Frederick Guest (7 Aldford Street, Park Lane, [London]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/152/17-22 and arguing that Liberals who have supported the Government should be officially informed that they will not be opposed by Conservatives at the next general election and that the Conservative programme will not include items which these Liberals could not support.
(Untitled), 24 May 1927
"Memorandum on the possibility of reserving certain constituencies at the next election for Liberals pledged to support a Conservative government." By Frederick Guest. Sent with CHAR 2/152/16.
(Untitled), 27 May 1927
Letter from WSC (Treasury Chambers) to Edward Spears attacking trade union involvement in politics, Bolshevik interference in British affairs and the failure of the Liberals to give a decisive lead on these] issues. Annotated typescript draft. Carbon copy at CHAR 2/152/46-54.
(Untitled), 02 Jun 1927
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.
(Untitled), 22 Jun 1927
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