Liberal Party
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Found in 458 Collections and/or Records:
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: election materials., Nov 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/24
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from Gilbert Granville-Sharp [Liberal candidate for Epping]; Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association.Also includes: election pamphlets and flyers for WSC, Granville-Sharp and James Ranger [Labour candidate for Epping]; an advertisement for Westminster Public Address Equipment for vehicles.Subjects include: British foreign policy with regard to rearmament and European dictatorships; the economy.
Dates:
Nov 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester., Dec 1905 - Jan 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/8
Scope and Contents
Material relating to WSC standing for election as Liberal candidate for Manchester. Includes correspondence with constituents concerning WSC's stance on various issues including: pharmacies, the Education Act and working conditions for teachers, vaccination, the identification of boxes manufactured abroad, railways, the registration of architects and accountants, female suffrage, Home Rule, Income Tax, temperance, taxation, Free Trade, shops, vivisection, and Chinese labour in South...
Dates:
Dec 1905 - Jan 1906
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence., 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/1A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: T W Killick, President of the Free Trade League (15) about WSC's candidacy and arrangements for meetings; Samuel Lamb and Fred Burn of the Manchester Liberal Association (7 and 4 respectively); James Mawdesley; Nathan Laski on the Aliens Bill and its effect on the Manchester Jewish community (4); William Royle, Chairman of the Manchester Liberal Federation (4); and 5th Lord Rosebery.Other subjects include: Free Trade; the licensing of brothels; WSC's stance on Irish...
Dates:
1904
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence concerning meetings., Jan 1905 - Oct 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/5
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: H W Rawlins of the Free Trade League (2); Sir John Gorst about his visit to Manchester (1); Robert Lewis of the Sons of Temperance Society (2) and William Joynson Hicks [later Lord Brentford] (1).Subjects include: WSC's patronage and support for various local schools, churches clubs and associations, including the Manchester Athletic Club and the aliens bill and its effect on the local Jewish community.
Dates:
Jan 1905 - Oct 1905
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Education Bill., Apr 1906 - Nov 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/11
Scope and Contents
Letters from WSC's constituents concerning the Education Bill proposed by Augustine Birrell. Several letters are from Catholic organisations objecting to the threat the bill would pose to voluntary Catholic schools and include letters from students at St Augustine's Catholic school (4) and Canon John Richardson (3). Organisations supporting the bill include the Manchester Liberal Federation and the Passive Resistance League.Also includes a newspaper cutting.
Dates:
Apr 1906 - Nov 1906
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Letters of congratulation on WSC's election as Liberal MP., 14 Nov 1906 - 15 Dec 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/9
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: George Armitage Smith, Henry Spicer, Sir Richard Tangye, 10th Lord Chesterfield, Ivor Guest [later Lord Ashby St Ledgers and 2nd Lord Wimborne], Walter Runciman, Sir George Agnew, Alfred Emmott MP, Sir Algernon West, Sir Alfred Turner, Sir Robert Perks MP, George Buckle, editor of the Times, Lord Althorp [later 6th Lord Spencer], Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon], David Lloyd George, Sir William Holland MP, Pearl Craigie, Lord James of Hereford [earlier...
Dates:
14 Nov 1906 - 15 Dec 1906
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire], 1900 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 3
Scope and Contents
This class of papers covers WSC's time as Conservative MP for Oldham (1900 - 1906). The papers contain correspondence with local Conservative Association officers discussing constituency affairs. There are also large numbers of letters from constituents and local institutions asking WSC for his support and patronage.Oldham was WSC's first parliamentary seat and the papers include letters of congratulation from many of the prominent figures of the day (see CHAR 3/1). The single issue that...
Dates:
1900 - 1905
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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Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire]: Correspondence., 03 Jan 1904 - 27 Mar 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 3/7
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Travis Clegg [Chairman of the Oldham Conservative Association] (7); Samuel Smethurst [Vice Chairman of the Oldham Conservative Association, resigned 7 Jan 1904] (12); 9th Duke of Marlborough regarding his refusal to become an honorary member of the Oldham Conservative Club; James Maclean (2) regarding a Free Trade League meeting in Oldham. Subjects include: Churchill's relations with the local Conservative, Labour and Liberal Parties; his decision not to...
Dates:
03 Jan 1904 - 27 Mar 1904
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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Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire]: correspondence., 01 Apr 1904 - 09 Dec 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 3/8
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Samuel Smethurst (9); James Travis Clegg [Senior Vice President of the Oldham Conservative Association] (4); Sir John Gorst [Conservative MP for Cambridge University] (2) regarding arrangements for him to address a Free Trade League meeting in Oldham.Subjects include: Churchill's breach with the Conservative Party and his move to the Liberal Party; the Oldham Free Trade League; the Trade Unions and Trades Dispute Bill; the postal service and the rights of postmen; the...
Dates:
01 Apr 1904 - 09 Dec 1904
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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Political: Constituency, out of office, 1923 - 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 6
Scope and Contents
This class of papers comprises material relating to the two unsuccessful election campaigns fought by WSC in West Leicester [Leicestershire] (1923) and Westminster [London] (1924) after losing his seat at Dundee.WSC fought the West Leicester seat as a Liberal, but contested the Westminster seat as an independent anti-socialist candidate. It was in this period that he began to move away from the Liberal Party, back towards the Conservatives. The papers primarily contain correspondence...
Dates:
1923 - 1924
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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Political: Constituency, out of seat: West Leicester election: correspondence., 13 Nov 1923 - 31 Dec 1923
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 6/1
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Jonathan North; Sir George Barstow [Controller of Supply Services Treasury] on the Capital Levy; Ronald Allen [Liberal MP for south division of Leicester] on WSC's defeat.Subjects include: WSC's candidature; the implications of Frederick Pethick-Lawrence's [Labour candidate, subsequently MP for West Leicester] proposed Capital Levy.
Dates:
13 Nov 1923 - 31 Dec 1923
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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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence about the general election., Aug 1951 - Nov 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/10
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association (3); Oswald Silberrad. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Elizabeth Gilliatt, ?Richard Greville (Honorary Secretary), Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], "Jo" Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], and Chips Gemmell; [Prime Minister's Private Secretaries] Anthony Bevir and Edward Cass; CSC (President of Woodford Conservative Association); and from WSC to some of those...
Dates:
Aug 1951 - Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence, mainly with representatives of Woodford Conservative Association., Nov 1950 - Dec 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/12A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Cedric] Wordsell, Secretary and Agent [until 1951] (9); Sir James Hawkey, Chairman [until 1952] (18); Kathleen Kemp, Secretary to the Agent (17); W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Secretary and Agent [from 1952] (40); Malcolm McCorquodale; Rowland Arnison, Chairman [1952-1954] (4); John Harvey, Vice-Chairman [1952-1954], Chairman [1954-1956] (9); Squadron Leader Albert Cooper inviting WSC and CSC to lunch; Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary]; George Christ...
Dates:
Nov 1950 - Dec 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folio 50 which has been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about potentially living individuals until review on 1 January 2027.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, I-Z., Jul 1946 - Jul 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/37
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Theresa Brewster, Private Secretary, War Damage Commission (4); Sir James Hawkey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association; L D Baynes of the War Office (4); [Evan] Maude [Assistant Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer]; M M Killeen, Private Secretary to the Minister of Pensions (4); J H Hughes of the Air Ministry (5); [Anthony] Ridge, [Principal Private Secretary to the Postmaster General]; [Kenneth] Witney, [Assistant] Private Secretary [to the Home...
Dates:
Jul 1946 - Jul 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: drafts of messages and correspondence for the general election., Jan 1950 - Mar 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/7
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from Frederick Mummery, Honorary Secretary and Agent of Woodford Conservative Association (5). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: CSC (President of Woodford Conservative Association); secretaries Chips Gemmell, ["Jo"] Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], and Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford]; Charles Wood [proof reader].Also includes: drafts and prints of WSC's message to the electors of Woodford (on his time as MP, his liberal...
Dates:
Jan 1950 - Mar 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: papers and correspondence for the general election., Apr 1955 - Jun 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/22A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, WSC's election agent (18); John Harvey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association (9); Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office, on a hoax letter from the "Conservative Propaganda Centre"; George Christ [Parliamentary Liaison Officer, Conservative Party, and Editor Weekly News Letter] (2); Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (2), (1) also from Clarissa Eden [earlier Clarissa...
Dates:
Apr 1955 - Jun 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: "Political" correspondence on the appointment of WSC's agent, elections, etc., Jan 1950 - Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/8
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association (4); Gerald Barry, Director-General of the Festival of Britain; Victor Raikes; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin], Vice-Chairman [of Conservative and Unionist Party]; Frederick Mummery, Honorary Secretary and Agent of Woodford Conservative Association (7); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman], Conservative and Unionist Central Office. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence...
Dates:
Jan 1950 - Dec 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Costituency: Dundee: Correspondence:., 01 Jan 1922 - 30 May 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/26
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Joseph Philip (8), President, Dundee Liberal Association, on constituency affairs; Dundee Unionist Association (3) on the continuation of the Coalition between the Unionists and the National Liberals; Other subjects include the forthcoming General Election campaign and the presence of Independent Liberal and "Wee Free" candidates.
Dates:
01 Jan 1922 - 30 May 1922
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: By Elections., 01 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/509A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers on Parliamentary By-Elections File includes: Correspondence and papers on the Brighton By-Election, Feb 1944, won by William Teeling (Conservative) with a majority of 1959, including notes of telephone messages from Lord Beaverbrook on the campaign, drafts of WSC's message of support for Teeling, cutting from The Times, on controversy caused by WSC's letter of support, letter from A V Alexander (later Lord Alexander of Hillsborough) on the definition of an...
Dates:
01 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: By Elections., 01 Jan 1945 - 30 Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/547
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers on Parliamentary By-Elections File includes: Correspondence and papers on the Chelmsford By-Election, Apr 1945, including notes by Ralph Assheton, Chairman of the Conservative Party (3), on selection of candidate, draft of message by the four party leaders WSC, Ernest Brown, Clement Attlee and Archibald Sinclair (later Lord Thurso), asking for support for the National Government Candidate, Brian Cook, letter from Cook, thanking WSC for support, draft of WSC's...
Dates:
01 Jan 1945 - 30 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Conservative and Unionist Party., Jul 1943 - 31 Dec 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/507
Scope and Contents
WSC's correspondence and papers as Party Leader, the file also contains letters and minutes by WSC's Private Office staff, including John Martin, Miss E M Watson, John Colville, and Leslie Rowan, and WSC's Parliamentary Private Secretary George Harvie Watt.Correspondents include Thomas Dugdale (later Lord Crathorne), Chairman of the Party, (7) on the Common Wealth movement, the possibility of Sir Walter Monckton standing as the General Election, Candidates Forms completed by all prospective...
Dates:
Jul 1943 - 31 Dec 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers on electoral reform., Jan 1934 - Jun 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/594
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: "Crinks" [Harcourt] Johnstone on WSC speaking on electoral reform.Other subjects include: an invite to a National Liberal Club lecture on "Constitutional Reform"; WSC's support for proportional representation.Also includes: paper entitled "Proposals for A New Second Chamber" by [4th] Lord Brougham and Vaux; paper giving opinions of members of the Cabinet on PR; cuttings of a letter from [Herbert] Holdsworth on reform of the House of Lords and on protectionism and PR;...
Dates:
Jan 1934 - Jun 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: correspondence concerning the by-elections at Glasgow Cathcart [Scotland], East Cardiff [Wales], Putney [London], Grantham [Lincolnshire], Rugby [Warwickshire], Wallasey [Cheshire], Chichester [Sussex], Llandaff and Barry [Glamorgan, Wales], Windsor [Berkshire], Salisbury [Wiltshire], Maldon [Essex], and South Poplar [London]., Feb 1942 - Oct 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/452A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Clement Attlee [leader of the Labour Party] and Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso, leader of the Liberal Party] on sending separate letters of support for government candidates; "E E B" [Sir Edward Bridges, Secretary to the Cabinet] on canvassing in uniform; Francis Beattie, candidate for Cathcart; James Stuart [Government Chief Whip] (7); "B B" [Brendan Bracken] on a speech by Sir James Grigg, Secretary of State for War; Grigg, candidate for Cardiff; Sir...
Dates:
Feb 1942 - Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: correspondence concerning the by-elections at King's Norton Division [Birmingham], Hornsey [London], Dudley [Worcestershire], Wrekin [Shropshire], Scarborough and Whitby [Yorkshire], Lancaster, Harrow [West, Middlesex], Hampstead [London], Central Edinburgh [Scotland], and Keighley [Yorkshire]., May 1941 - Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/428A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: John Peto, candidate for King's Norton (2); James Stuart [Government Chief Whip] (5); [David] Gammans, candidate for Hornsey; [Noel] Pemberton Billing, an independent candidate at several of the by-elections, justifying his stance against government candidates (5); Cyril Lloyd, candidate for Dudley; Sir Douglas Hacking, Chairman of the Conservative and Unionist Party (2); Sir Robert Topping, General Director of the Conservative and Unionist Central Office (5);...
Dates:
May 1941 - Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: correspondence concerning the by-elections at North Portsmouth [Hampshire], North Midlothian [Scotland], Bristol, West Belfast [Ulster, Ireland], Ashford (Kent), Antrim [Ulster], Watford [Hertfordshire], King's Lynn [Norfolk], Eddisbury [Cheshire], Daventry [Northamptonshire], Aston [Warwickshire], the Hartlepools [Durham], Newark [Nottinghamshire], Chippenham (Wiltshire), Peterborough (Northamptonshire), West Woolwich [London], Acton [Middlesex], and Darwen [Lancashire]., Jan 1943 - Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/482
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Patrick] Blair, Political Secretary [to Chairman of Unionist Party in Scotland] (2) and Arthur Young, Scottish Unionist Whip, on North Midlothian; C David Stelling of Conservative and Unionist Central Office on draft messages to candidates (14); Sir [Edward] Bridges [Secretary to the Cabinet] and James Stuart [Government Chief Whip] on supporters of Sir Stafford Cripps aiding Jennie Lee [Janet Bevan] at Bristol; Knox Cunningham on being elected for West Belfast;...
Dates:
Jan 1943 - Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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