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Found in 186 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: Cabinet: Naval Programme Committee: oil fuel reserves., 19 Nov 1927 - 22 Feb 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/174
Scope and Contents
Includes: papers on the need for reserves of oil fuel for the navy due to the change from coal to oil fuelled warships; a statement by the Admiralty on the oil fuel situation; costs of storing oil fuel; committee minutes; a draft report to the Cabinet discussing economies suggested by WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer and internal Treasury correspondence.
Dates:
19 Nov 1927 - 22 Feb 1928
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Official: Cabinet: notes., Feb 1909 - Apr 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/14
Scope and Contents
Includes a programme for the 1909 Parliamentary session and Cabinet papers on various subjects including: Supertax; the taxation of land values; stamp duties; increased death duties; assessment of property owners and the Finances Bill; report of the Poor Law Commission with recommended social reforms such as the classification of the poor and the establishment of labour exchanges; the Dairies (Scotland) bill and agricultural rates; Metropolitan Police finance; the Lake Magadi scheme for...
Dates:
Feb 1909 - Apr 1909
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Official: Cabinet: papers 101-120., 21 Mar 1928 - 11 Apr 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/195
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: [1st] Lord Cushendun [earlier Ronald McNeill], Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on disarmament; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the export of arms and ammunition; Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood, Secretary of State for Air] on air operation in Aden [later Yemen]; [1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State...
Dates:
21 Mar 1928 - 11 Apr 1928
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Official: Cabinet: papers 261 - 275., 30 Jul 1928 - 26 Sep 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/204
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, and Sir John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on Irish immigration; [Sir] William Mitchell-Thomson [later 1st Lord Selsdon] Postmaster General, on Western Highlands steamer services; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on currency in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord...
Dates:
30 Jul 1928 - 26 Sep 1928
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Official: Cabinet: papers 276 - 300., 26 Sep 1928 - 15 Oct 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/205
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on church schools; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, on future British garrisons in China; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on subjects including reparations and war debts, unemployment insurance in Northern Ireland and the reduction of armaments; Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple], Minister of Transport, on railway freight relief...
Dates:
26 Sep 1928 - 15 Oct 1928
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Official: Cabinet: papers 317 to 327., Dec 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/166
Scope and Contents
Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: a report on public expenditure; a committee report on compensation claims by Irish loyalists; a committee report on the "indianisation" of the Indian army; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook and improved economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer,...
Dates:
Dec 1927
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Official: Cabinet: Prints., 01 Feb 1908 - 30 Nov 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/2
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Printed Cabinet papers on various subjects including: postage to the United States; foot and mouth disease; prevention of crime and the contempt of court bill; predictions by [David Lloyd George] the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the financial situation in 1909 and the Budget; financial statements including predictions for funding requirements for unemployment insurance; the Eucharist procession; and cable rates.
Dates:
01 Feb 1908 - 30 Nov 1908
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Official: Cabinet: Reform of Parliament: notes and prints., 01 Oct 1909 - 31 Aug 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/17
Scope and Contents
Printed Cabinet papers on various subjects including: relations between the House of Commons and the House of Lords including the latter's powers of veto; the financial impact of the rejection of the 1909 [People's] Budget by the Lords including the collection of taxes and duty on tea; the parliamentary register; the positions of Upper Houses in the Dominions and states in Europe; a draft bill for the reform of the constitutional position of the House of Lords and limitation of the power of...
Dates:
01 Oct 1909 - 31 Aug 1911
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Official: Cabinet: Standing Committee on Expenditure: Conclusions., 10 Feb 1927 - 27 Oct 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/168
Scope and Contents
Includes committee minutes of statements made by: Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister; Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Lord Privy Seal; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton] President of the Board of Trade; Walter Guinness [later 1st Lord Moyne] Minister of Agriculture; [1st] Lord Peel, 1st Commissioner of Works; [1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India; Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health;...
Dates:
10 Feb 1927 - 27 Oct 1927
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Official: Cabinet: Treasury: Naval Programme Committee: various memoranda., 23 Oct 1927 - 21 Jan 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/176
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to WSC] on negotiations with the Admiralty over naval estimates; Alfred Le Maitre (2); Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans; and Sir Richard Hopkins [Controller of Finance and Supply Services] on subjects including the date of completion of Japanese cruisers (3).Includes notes and papers on various subjects including: naval ship-building; the future programme of naval construction; dockyard discharges; the current and future cruiser...
Dates:
23 Oct 1927 - 21 Jan 1928
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Official: Colonial Office: Cairo [Egypt] Conference: Telegrams and papers., 06 Jan 1921 - 01 Apr 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 17/18A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Oswyn Murray on transport to Cairo (3); Sir Percy Cox, High Commissioner of Mesopotamia [Iraq, and parts of southeast Turkey, southwest Iran and Syria] (2); Sir Edgar Bonham-Carter, judicial advisor in Mesopotamia; [Edwin Montagu] Secretary of State for India on the administration of Aden [South Yemen, later part of Yemen].Includes telegrams from WSC to the individuals mentioned above and to David Lloyd George, Prime Minister, on the progress of the conference,...
Dates:
06 Jan 1921 - 01 Apr 1921
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Official: Colonial Office: Correspondence., 01 May 1921 - 31 May 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 17/5
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Francis Newdegate [Governor of Western Australia] on gold prospecting in Perth and anti-British sentiment among Roman Catholics over Ireland (3); Austen Chamberlain [Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Prince Arthur of Connaught [Governor General and Commander in Chief South Africa] on the garrisoning of the Cape peninsula and loyalty to British rule (2); General Sir Aylmer Haldane, Commander in Chief Mesopotamia [Iraq] on affairs in the country including the...
Dates:
01 May 1921 - 31 May 1921
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Series
Official: Treasury, 1924 - 1929
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18
Scope and Contents
The Treasury papers contain correspondence, minutes, tables, printed reports, and other papers which were created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as Chancellor of the Exchequer, a position held from November 1924 to June 1929. The papers have been divided into general correspondence, WSC's outgoing minutes, and subject-based files and are arranged chronologically.The Treasury material covers WSC's ministerial duties as Chancellor, including the annual production of the budget,...
Dates:
1924 - 1929
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Official: Treasury: Budget 1925-1926: Customs and Excise memoranda, Treasury memoranda and tables, used in the production of the Budget., 1924 - 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/7
Scope and Contents
Includes memoranda, notes and letters from Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise]; Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance, Treasury]; Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary, Treasury]; 1st Lord Stamfordham [earlier Sir Arthur Bigge, Private Secretary to King George V]; Sir William Mitchell-Thomson [later 1st Lord Selsdon, Postmaster-General and Chief Civil Commissioner].Also includes copy letters and notes from WSC to some of those mentioned above and to: Prime...
Dates:
1924 - 1925
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Official: Treasury: Budget 1926-1927: Treasury memoranda and tables, used in the production of the Budget., 1925 - 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/25
Scope and Contents
Includes memoranda, notes and letters from individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including: Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance]; Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise]; Frederick Phillips [Assistant Secretary]; Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Cabinet]; Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary]; Alfred Hurst; Sir Alfred Watson [Government Actuary]; Sir Richard Hopkins [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue].Also includes notes from WSC to some of those...
Dates:
1925 - 1926
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Official: Treasury: Budget 1927-1928: Treasury memoranda and tables, used in the production of the Budget., 1926 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/40
Scope and Contents
Includes memoranda, notes, and letters from individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including: Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary]; Richard Hopkins [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue]; Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance]; Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise]; Ralph Hawtrey [Director of Financial Enquiries]; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; William Brown [Private Secretary to the President of the Board of...
Dates:
1926 - 1927
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Official: Treasury: Budget 1928-1929: Treasury memoranda and tables, used in the production of the Budget., 1927 - 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/71
Scope and Contents
Includes memoranda, minutes, notes and letters from individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including: Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance]; Sir Richard Hopkins [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue until 1927, then Controller of Finance and Supply Services]; Cornelius Gregg; Frederick Phillips [Principal Assistant Secretary]; Edward Cunningham [Accountant and Comptroller-General, Customs and Excise]; Sir Alfred Watson [Government Actuary]; Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary];...
Dates:
1927 - 1928
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Official: Treasury: Budget 1929-1930: correspondence on licence duties., 26 Oct 1928 - 10 Apr 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/99
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise] (2); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (3); Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (6); Frank Newsam [Private Secretary to the Home Secretary] (2); John Sinclair; 1st Lord Bradbury, Imperial Tobacco Company.Also includes: note of deputations from the licensing authorities to the Home Secretary [Sir William Joynson Hicks, later 1st Lord Brentford]; draft of speech by...
Dates:
26 Oct 1928 - 10 Apr 1929
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Official: Treasury: Budget 1929-1930: correspondence on various duties., 20 Oct 1928 - 10 Apr 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/98
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (17); Sir Robert Robertson, Government Chemist; Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (7); John Davidson [Conservative Party Chairman]; Samuel Courtauld (3); Sir Sydney Skinner, Director of Rayon Manufacturing Company.Also includes: cutting from the London Gazette; Rayon Company report.Subjects...
Dates:
20 Oct 1928 - 10 Apr 1929
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Official: Treasury: Budget 1929-1930: Treasury memoranda and tables, used in the production of the Budget., 25 May 1928 - 05 Feb 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/96
Scope and Contents
Includes memoranda, minutes, notes and letters from individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including: Sir Richard Hopkins [Controller of Finance and Supply Services] (6); Frederick Phillips [Principal Assistant Secretary] (6); Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise]; Haywood Holmes [Accountant] (3); Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise]; Sir Ernest Gowers [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue] (2); Sir Percy Thompson [Deputy Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue];...
Dates:
25 May 1928 - 05 Feb 1929
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Official: Treasury: Budget 1929-1930: Treasury memoranda and tables, used in the production of the Budget., 25 Sep 1928 - 15 Apr 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/97
Scope and Contents
Includes memoranda, minutes, notes and letters from individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (5); Gilbert Upcott [Deputy Controller] (3); Cornelius Gregg [Inland Revenue] (2); Sir Percy Thompson [Deputy Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue]; Thomas Jones [Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet]; Sir Richard Hopkins [Controller of Finance and Supply Services] (5); Frederick Phillips [Principal Assistant Secretary]...
Dates:
25 Sep 1928 - 15 Apr 1929
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Official: Treasury: Cabinet papers and correspondence on efforts to reduce expenditure., 25 Jan 1928 - 17 Feb 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/77
Scope and Contents
Includes Cabinet minutes, notes by WSC, and a memorandum by the Minister of Health [Neville Chamberlain]; copy of a letter from WSC to Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin; correspondence and papers from: Prime Minister of Australia [Stanley Bruce]; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); Gilbert Upcott [Deputy Controller, Treasury]; 1st Lord Peel [the 1st Commissioner of Works]; Sir Samuel Hoare [Secretary of State for Air, later 1st Lord...
Dates:
25 Jan 1928 - 17 Feb 1928
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Official: Treasury: carbon copy of WSC's proposal for the betting tax., 10 Jan 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/36
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Treasury papers contain correspondence, minutes, tables, printed reports, and other papers which were created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as Chancellor of the Exchequer, a position held from November 1924 to June 1929. The papers have been divided into general correspondence, WSC's outgoing minutes, and subject-based files and are arranged chronologically.The Treasury material covers WSC's ministerial duties as Chancellor, including the annual production of the budget,...
Dates:
10 Jan 1926
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Official: Treasury: Committee on navy, army and air force expenditure report; prepared by 1st Lord Colwyn [earlier Sir Frederick Smith], 1st Lord Chalmers, and 1st Lord Bradbury., Dec 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Treasury papers contain correspondence, minutes, tables, printed reports, and other papers which were created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as Chancellor of the Exchequer, a position held from November 1924 to June 1929. The papers have been divided into general correspondence, WSC's outgoing minutes, and subject-based files and are arranged chronologically.The Treasury material covers WSC's ministerial duties as Chancellor, including the annual production of the budget,...
Dates:
Dec 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Treasury: correspondence., 08 Nov 1924 - 28 Dec 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/1
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: 1st Lord Stamfordham [earlier Sir Arthur Bigge, Private Secretary to King George V]; John Maynard Keynes on socialism; Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary, Treasury] (2) including one on coal and transportation; 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood [earlier Lord Robert Cecil, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster] (3) including one on the Saar [later Germany]; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; 8th Duke of Northumberland inviting WSC...
Dates:
08 Nov 1924 - 28 Dec 1924
Conditions Governing Access:
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