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Official: Cabinet: notes and correspondence., 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/151
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Correspondents include: Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister] on relations with China and a budget prepared by WSC; [1st Lord] Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith, Secretary of State for India] on the threat to Afghanistan by the Soviet Union; [Sir Maurice] Hankey [Cabinet Secretary]; Sir Austen Chamberlain [Foreign Secretary] on foreign policy; Sir Robert Lynn on the resignation of [1st] Lord Cecil [of Chelwood as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]; and George [1st] Lord Lloyd [of Dolobran].Also...
Dates:
1927
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 1 to 25., 12 Jan 1928 - 01 Feb 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/191
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood, Secretary of State for Air] on the withdrawal of the Indian infantry division from Iraq; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later Lord Brentford] Home Secretary on bills for equal franchise and children; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook including details of various industries, exports and...
Dates:
12 Jan 1928 - 01 Feb 1928
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Official: Cabinet: papers 51 to 79., 16 Feb 1928 - 12 Mar 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/193
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: [1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India, on public opinion in India, the 'indianisation' of the Indian army and relations with Afghanistan; [1st] Lord Cave, Lord Chancellor, on salaries for County Court judges; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on relations between France and the United States and an arbitration treaty; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home...
Dates:
16 Feb 1928 - 12 Mar 1928
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 101 - 139., 10 Jan 1923 - 05 Mar 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/31
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Austen Chamberlain [Foreign Secretary] on subjects including higher commands in the Egyptian Army, the political outlook in the Far East, foreign policy and security, and the strength of the Egyptian Army; the decisions of the League council on reports of the investigations into the armaments of ex-enemy countries; Sir Cecil Hurst, Legal Advisor to the Foreign Office, on the armaments of ex-enemy countries; Walter...
Dates:
10 Jan 1923 - 05 Mar 1925
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 221 to 245., Aug 1927 - Oct 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/162
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Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook and poor economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on a pact between France and the United States and the effect of the resignation of [1st] Lord Cecil [of Chelwood]; Chamberlain, HM Office of Works...
Dates:
Aug 1927 - Oct 1927
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Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence H., Jan 1938 - Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/46
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Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (19).Subjects include: proportional representation; local commerce; Felsted Grammar School [Essex]; constituency feeling towards WSC following the Munich [Germany] Crisis; founding a British Institute of Photographic Propaganda; general constituency business.Also includes: copy letters from WSC to Hawkey outlining his position on British foreign policy and the National Government; letters to...
Dates:
Jan 1938 - Dec 1938
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Open
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Public and Political: General: correspondence from the general public on the Munich Crisis, Germany and Czechoslovakia; mostly supporting WSC's stance, some offering their services., Sep 1938 - Oct 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/602A-B
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Correspondents include: Maurice Ernest on setting up a Ministry of Propaganda; [Charles] Cahn; Kenneth Moore on forming a new "Constitutional" Party; [Frederick] Bellenger commenting on a visit to Germany; Gerald Brenan; Glanville Brown; Brigadier-General Lionel Milman; [John] Woodthorpe; Edward Hutton; Richard Acland.Other subjects include: introducing proportional representation for local elections.Also includes: letters from Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic and Slovakia] and France;...
Dates:
Sep 1938 - Oct 1938
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Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence C-D., Dec 1948 - Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/81A-B
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Correspondents include: Harley Usill of the Naldrett Press Limited (5); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (2); George Rainbird; John Leigh-Pemberton (3); Sir Oswald Birley; Beresford Craddock; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (13); Sir Arnold Gridley [Chairman 1922 Committee]; Sir David Maxwell Fyfe [later 1st Lord Kilmuir]; R A Butler (5); Thelma Cazalet-Kier (2);...
Dates:
Dec 1948 - Dec 1949
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Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence C-D., Aug 1949 - Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/95A-B
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Correspondents include: 5th Lord Munster [earlier Geoffrey FitzClarence], George [Hubback], Metropolitan of India and Bishop of Calcutta (3), and Desmond Crawley (High Commission, Calcutta), on Anglo-Indians educating their children in the UK; 1st Lord Sandford [earlier Albert Edmondson, Chairman] of the Carlton Club (2); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (5); Clifford Hood, President, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation; Robert...
Dates:
Aug 1949 - Dec 1950
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Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence E-F (almost all material dates from 1950)., Nov 1946 - Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/96A-B
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Correspondents include: Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] (3); David Eccles (4); Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office; various representatives of the Conservative Research Department, including Peter Goldman (5); Walter Elliot on visiting Chaim Weizmann [President of Israel] and Scottish matters (2); James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (4); Sir Malcolm Trustram...
Dates:
Nov 1946 - Dec 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 268 and 273-4 which have been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about a living individual until 1 January 2026.
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Public and Political: General: Political; Correspondence S., Jan 1950 - Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/101A-B
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Correspondents include: Walter Matthews, Dean of St Paul's, on a pre-election service; "Bobbety", 5th Lord Salisbury [earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil and Lord Cranborne] on Conservative policy towards the Soviet Union; Sir Arthur Salter; Duncan Sandys; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] (2); Prime Minister Clement Attlee; Harold MacMillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] (3); Oliver Lyttelton [later 1st Lord Chandos]; 1st Lord Swinton [earlier Philip Lloyd Greame...
Dates:
Jan 1950 - Dec 1950
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Open
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Public and Political: General: Various Papers., Jul 1937 - May 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/335
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Papers and memoranda on various subjects, including: timetable of the Munich Crisis by Randolph Churchill; a note on the Anglo-Italian Agreement on Abyssinia [later Ethiopia]; printed extracts of speeches by Neville Chamberlain on British relations with Italy, 1935 - 9; pamphlet published by the Abyssinia Association, "Italy's Failure in Abyssinia"; extract from a speech by WSC on relations with Italy (5 November 1936, House of Commons); pamphlet by Arnold Wienholt, former member of the...
Dates:
Jul 1937 - May 1939
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Open
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Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 06 Nov 1951 - 22 Dec 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/45A-C
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Speech notes and extract from Hansard for WSC's speech (6 November, House of Commons) for the debate on the address, on subjects including: the political divisions in the country; the charge of war-mongering laid against the Conservatives, and the need for steady government; the restoration of university representation in Parliament; the repeal of the Iron and Steel Nationalization Act; future parliamentary business, including the defence debate; keeping the Minister of Education out of the...
Dates:
06 Nov 1951 - 22 Dec 1951
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Open
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Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 09 Oct 1954 - 08 Dec 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/56A-B
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Speech notes and transcripts for WSC's speech (9 October, Conservative Party Conference, Winter Gardens, Blackpool [Lancashire]) entitled "'Peace Through Strength'" on subjects including: the achievements of the Government, including restored national solvency, the dismantling of wartime economic controls and the work done by Conservative MPs; the corrective influence of the press on politics; the need for stable government; the 2-Party system, and common ground between Conservatives and...
Dates:
09 Oct 1954 - 08 Dec 1954
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Open
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Speeches: speech notes., 10 Sept 1947 - 28 Oct 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/14A-F
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (10 September, International Congress of Physicians, Guildhall, London) on the medical profession and scientific advances in which he reflects on previous speeches made by Sir Edward Grey and 1st Lord Morley of Blackburn. Also includes a report from the Lancet on WSC's speech and the reply to it made by 1st Lord Moran and papers about the meeting. Published: Complete Speeches VII, pp 7521-3.Speech notes for WSC's speech (27 September, Royal Wanstead Schools,...
Dates:
10 Sept 1947 - 28 Oct 1947
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Open
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Speeches: speech notes., Jul 1944 - 16 Feb 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/16A-D
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (23 January 1948, House of Commons) on the foreign affairs debate including: support for the Labour government's foreign policy; affairs and events in various countries including Greece, Italy and the United States; his predictions of the Cold war in his Fulton speech ["The Sinews of Peace" see CHUR 5/4A-B] and the need for reconciliation between France and Germany at Zurich ["The Tragedy of Europe", see CHUR 5/8]; criticism of a speech by Herbert Morrison, Lord...
Dates:
Jul 1944 - 16 Feb 1948
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Open
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Speeches: speech notes and source material., 18 Feb 1937 - 25 May 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/125
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Notes for WSC's speech (18 February, [Grosvenor House, London] British Iron and Steel Federation Annual Dinner) on the state of the iron and steel industry and defence spending. Part published: Complete Speeches VI pp 5827-8.Notes for WSC's speech (22 February, [Porchester Hall] Paddington [London]) supporting the Municipal Reform Party in the London County Council election, criticising local Labour policy and Herbert Morrison [Leader of the LCC]. Source material includes election notes,...
Dates:
18 Feb 1937 - 25 May 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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