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Powell, John Enoch, 1912 - 1998 (politician and author)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1912 - 1998

Dates and places

Born at Birmingham, Warwickshire, 16 June 1912; died in London, 8 February 1998.

Legal status / Nationality

British

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

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Correspondence 1973-1992, 1973-04-16 - 1992-12-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRG 1/1
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Edward Heath, on White Papers and open government, 16 April 1973; Harold Wilson, on sugar, 4 November 1974; letters to Benjamin Short, on the EEC Scrutiny Committee, June-July 1979; letter to John Biffen MP, on the Single European Act, 27 February 1986; Enoch Powell MP, enclosing correspondence on the Single European Act, 12 March 1986; Margaret Thatcher, on the outcome of the Brussels Summit, 17 February 1988; Lord [James] Callaghan, on the Single European Act, 13...
Dates: 1973-04-16 - 1992-12-15
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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'Dissenting Organisations', 1971 - 2005-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRG 2/5
Scope and Contents Notes, correspondence, and drafts for publications connected with 'dissenting' individuals and pressure groups opposed to the UK's continued membership of the EEC and EU. Including correspondence and memoranda sent between Nigel Spearing and Peter Shore, Enoch Powell, and other politicians; notes and press releases; committee reports; and newspaper cuttings; and ephemera, circulars, and grey literature connected with the Labour Common Market Safeguards Committee (LCMSC) [later Labour Euro...
Dates: 1971 - 2005-01
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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Labour Common Market Safeguards Committee, 1975-06-30 - 1980-10-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRG 2/8
Scope and Contents Handwritten notes and papers connected with meetings of the Labour Common Market Safeguards Committee (LCMSC) [later Labour Euro Safeguards Campaign], attended by Spearing along with politicians including Douglas Jay, Peter Shore, Enoch Powell, Bryan Gould, Neil Marten, and various others. With an agenda for a meeting of the Common Market Study Group, 4 August 1975, and notes on political strategy; voting in European elections; and Britain's future relationship with Europe. Also including...
Dates: 1975-06-30 - 1980-10-19
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Series

Letters to her brother and sisters, 1941 - 1963

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/RUSM 1
Scope and Contents

Comprising letters to her brother, Ray, in Somalia and Kenya, and her sisters, Nan (Le Poer Trench), in Kenya, and Barbe, in Devon.
The letters contain details of her professional and personal life, including observations about the day-to-day working of the Ministry of Health and its various Ministers, in particular Nye Bevan, Iain Macleod and Enoch Powell.

Dates: 1941 - 1963
 Fonds

Powell Associated Papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL AS
Scope and Contents

Material distinct from Enoch Powell's own papers as it has a different provenance (it was not maintained with Powell's own archive) and cannot be considered as having been generated by the same processes as Powell's papers.

Dates: 1948-02 - 2008-03
Conditions Governing Access: This collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Royal United Services Institution, 1968-10 - 1969-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 7/1/40
Scope and Contents Text of a lecture by JA to the institution on Britain's military role in the 1970s, Jan 1969, including correspondence on arrangements, with Air Vice-Marshal Stewart "Paddy" Menaul, Director-General. Also includes: a RUSI case study on the TSR-2 strike and reconnaissance aircraft; a paper on men, money and war; text of a lecture by [John] Enoch Powell [to RUSI, Sept 1968, to which JA was responding], also on Britain's military role in the 1970s, with comments; report of...
Dates: 1968-10 - 1969-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
 Fonds

The Papers of Enoch Powell

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the personal and public papers of Enoch Powell. The papers include: personal correspondence, literary and academic material and some wartime papers, 1922-1998; diaries, 1946-1995; political papers, including some ministerial and shadow cabinet papers, election material, subject files on a wide range of political issues, papers from Powell's various constituencies and letters from the public on various issues, and also papers from Powell's long-running...
Dates: 1650 - 2023
Conditions Governing Access: The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.