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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, E-G, many praising WSC's speeches and leadership., Sep 1939 - Nov 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/394
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Correspondents include: Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Secretary of State for War] (5) including (2) on his role in the government; Maxine Elliott on her health (2); Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on honouring [Walter Richard] Sickert; Daisy Fellowes [earlier Daisy, Princesse de Broglie] (2); Sir Warren Fisher [Regional Commander for Civil Defence, North-West Region] criticising the conduct of the war; [Edward] FitzClarence [later 6th Lord Munster] on Randolph Churchill's time in the...
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Sep 1939 - Nov 1940
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence M-Q. (includes copies of wartime documents)., Feb 1941 - Dec 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/7A-B
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Correspondents include: Baronessa Bettina de Malfatti on Italian royal affairs (2); 1st Lord Marchwood [earlier Frederick Penny] resigning as Honorary Treasurer of the Conservative Party; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin] (5) and Marjorie Maxse, Vice-Chairmen of Conservative and Unionist Party; Duncan Sandys on "Maycrete" houses; "Scribe", 1st Lord Altrincham [earlier Sir Edward Grigg] (2); Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to Prime Minister Clement Attlee], Sir Herbert Williams, and...
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Feb 1941 - Dec 1946
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence T-Z., Nov 1947 - Dec 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/72A-B
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Correspondents include: Iain MacLeod, Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat, on the position of graduate teachers (2); Emanuel Shinwell, Secretary of State for War, (2) and Arthur Henderson [later Lord Rowley], Secretary of State for Air, (2) on recruitment for service auxiliaries and reserves; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice- Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (2); Colin Thornton-Kemsley (2); Reginald Maudling; 6th Lord De L'Isle and Dudley [earlier William Sidney,...
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Nov 1947 - Dec 1948
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Speeches: House of Commons., 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/16
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Manuscript notes and source material or speech on Army Reform Undated and unpublished.Manuscript notes for speech in the Budget Debate Undated and unpublished.Manuscript notes for speech on the Irish Question, 20 Feb Published Complete Speeches I, pp.421-428.Typescript of speech on Preferential Trading with the Colonies, 8 Mar 1905 Published Complete Speeches I, pp. 437-443, under the title "Imperial Preference".
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1905
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Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and typescript., 11 Mar 1920 - 15 Dec 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/60
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Speech notes for WSC's statement (11 March) on the union of the Air and War Ministries, and building up the RAF. Published: Complete Speeches III pp 2965 - 2974.Speech notes and typescript for WSC's statement (23 June) on the need for forces in the Middle East, the situation in the Caucasus, the Crimea [Soviet Union] and Constantinople [later Istanbul, Turkey], and the need for more Territorial and regular army recruitment.Speech notes and typescript for WSC's statement (23 June) on army...
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11 Mar 1920 - 15 Dec 1920
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Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes, typescript and source material., 07 Feb 1920 - 23 Feb 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/59
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Speech notes and typescript for WSC's statement (23 February) on the abolition of conscription, the need for an increase in the army, development in the Air Force and in tanks, the Territorial Army and troops for Ireland. Source material includes: an extract from the Naval, Military and Air Force Service Act, 1919; memoranda by WSC on estimates, and reliefs for foreign garrisons; [?] Francis Acland on estimates; [Lieutenant-General Sir George MacDonogh] Adjutant-General, on reliefs for...
Dates:
07 Feb 1920 - 23 Feb 1920
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