Scope and Contents Subjects include: LSA's scheme for a new constitution in Cyprus; GATT [General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade]; the Suez Group and Government arguments for withdrawing British troops from the Canal Zone [Egypt]; the hydrogen bomb debate; Julian Amery's biography of Joseph Chamberlain; Julian Amery's experiences at Strasbourg [France] as a delegate to the Consultative Assembly of Council of Europe; LSA's wish to stand as MP for Oxford; equipping mountain troops with skis. Also...

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Letters from AFA used in [?] Julian Amery's autobiography, "Approach March", and also letters from Julian Amery and LSA to AFA while visiting Canada in 1949. Also includes text of a broadcast by AFA on the Indian Comforts Fund and photographs of a visit to Prince Edward Island in 1920 by 9th Duke of Devonshire, Governor-General of Canada.

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Copies of letters from LSA to Julian Amery, also with correspondence on Julian Amery's career, with correspondents including: 3rd Lord Selborne [earlier Lord Wolmer] (2); Edward Beddington-Behrens; Philip Broad; Sir William Croft [Chief Civil Assistant to Minister of State in Cairo, Egypt] (2); Sir Ronald Storrs; Bertram Thomas [Public Relations Officer in the Persian Gulf].

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Includes: press cuttings; article by Julian Amery on the risks of withdrawing troops from Suez [Egypt]; photograph of Julian Amery in uniform.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The bulk of the collection consists of the papers of Lord Hailes as Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Federation of the West Indies, 1958-1962, showing, in fascinating detail, the working out of this experiment in federation. There are numerous papers relating to Lord Hailes's long tenure of office as Assistant, Deputy Chief, and finally Chief, Whip and these include many letters from his fellow Conservatives showing the high esteem in which they held him.Amongst the...

Scope and Contents Correspondence with 3rd Lord Selborne [Minister of Economic Warfare, 1942-1945, earlier Lord Wolmer] on subjects including: Selborne's business interests; the biography of his father, 2nd Lord Selborne; LSA's concerns about trade policy and Imperial Preference; the situation in Albania, particularly relating to Abas Kupi (1944); finding active duties for Julian Amery in SOE [Special Operations Executive]; propaganda by the Yugoslav Partisans; the Munich Pact. Also includes: note on...

Scope and Contents The collection held at Churchill Archives Centre includes: personal and family papers, including correspondence with other members of the Amery family, financial and household papers; some papers from Amery's wartime service; Amery's personal and general correspondence; political correspondence and papers, including copies of ministerial papers and election material; a large amount of constituency correspondence, from Amery's Preston and Brighton seats; papers on foreign affairs, including...