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King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874 - 1950 (Canadian statesman)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1874 - 1950

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

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1837: Mackenzie, 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 338/4
Scope and Contents

Jackdaw No. C7 concerning William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950).

Dates: 1967
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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"A Daughter's Tale": copies from Mackenzie King's diary of the Quebec Conference, 1943, 2010-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 5/7/19
Scope and Contents

Copies from the diary of [William] Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada], Aug 1943.

Dates: 2010-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Canada, 1924-12 - 1926-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/4/4
Scope and Contents Correspondence with 1st Lord Byng, Governor General and with [William] Mackenzie King, Prime Minister and also Arthur Meighen [Prime Minister, July-September 1926] on subjects including: the publication of the correspondence concerning King's resignation; the Canadian Federal Election in 1926 and Byng's view of King's actions in forcing an election; the tasks for Byng's successor and choosing between Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord Templewood], 2nd Lord Cromer [earlier Lord Errington], 2nd...
Dates: 1924-12 - 1926-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Canada, 1926-06 - 1929-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/4/5
Scope and Contents Correspondence with 1st Lord Willingdon [earlier Freeman Freeman-Thomas], Governor General and with [William] Mackenzie King, Prime Minister, on subjects including: the British General Election, 1929; immigration; the tour of Canada by Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister]; LSA's visit on his Empire Tour; whether the Canadian High Commissioner should attend informal weekly meetings with LSA at the Dominions Office. Other correspondents include: 1st Lord Birkenhead [Secretary of State for...
Dates: 1926-06 - 1929-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence: Mackenzie King, 1940-05 - 1945-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/9
Scope and Contents Correspondence between LSA and [William] Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, on subjects including: the progress of the war, particularly the success of the Royal Air Force; the constitutional deadlock on India; the death of 11th Lord Lothian [British Ambassador to the United States, earlier Philip Kerr] and the difficulty of replacing him; Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps's mission to the Indian Congress; the hunger strike by Mohandas Gandhi; replacing the Speaker's Chair destroyed by...
Dates: 1940-05 - 1945-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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King George VI and President Roosevelt 1939

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062N
Scope and Contents 250 x 122 mm. Framed and glazed photograph. In May-June 1939 H.M. King George VI and H.M. Queen Elizabeth visited Canada, and included a four-day visit to the U.S.A. This photograph, taken after Divine Service at St. James Church, Hyde Park shows Rev. A.R. Smith, Rev. G. Kidd, Queen Elizabeth, King George VI, President Roosevelt (unusually, standing) with his eldest son, his mother, and his wife, and Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, who accompanied the King during his visit to...
Dates: 1939-05 - 1939-06
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from W.L. Mackenzie King, 1986

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 41/2/2a
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A photocopy of a letter of 2 April 1938 commending Neville Chamberlain's foreign policy and expressing regret at the death of Ramsay MacDonald.

Dates: 1986
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from W.L. Mackenzie King, 1986

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 41/2/2b
Scope and Contents

A photocopy of a letter of 2 April 1938 commending Neville Chamberlain's foreign policy and expressing regret at the death of Ramsay MacDonald.

Dates: 1986
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Mr Menzies and Mr Mackenzie King leaving the War Cabinet Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, 19 May 1941

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011O
Scope and Contents

A loose print measuring 140 x 194 mm, captioned on the reverse. The print shows Menzies and Mackenzie King walking side by side along a pavement after a war cabinet meeting. Sir Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978) was Prime Minister of Australia 1939-41 and 1949-66. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950) was Prime Minister of Canada 1921-26, 1926-30 and 1935-48.

Dates: 1941-05-19
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Sub-Fonds

Signed dedication by William Mackenzie King, 1923

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 240/8
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The page is headed at the top 'White Gate, Portinscale Road, S.W. 15'. Below King has written 'Miss Daisy Willis. With the best of wishes. Nov.18.1923. W.L. Mackenzie King'.

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Various correspondence, 1941-c 1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 3/35
Scope and Contents Letters to Clementine from: Queen Elizabeth, thanking Clementine for a book on Walter Sickert and commenting on the strength and vigour of Churchill's broadcast from the United States, December 1941; [William] Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] on his visit to Chequers [Buckinghamshire], August 1941 and being with Churchill when he made his broadcast on the Atlantic Charter; [William] Averell Harriman [Special Representative of President Franklin Roosevelt] on a visit to Chequers, c...
Dates: 1941-c 1956
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Digital copies of CSCT 1 are available, while CSCT 5/1-10 are available online (see the individual sections for more information).