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"Commonwealth and Empire", 28 Oct 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/21B/338-441
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (House of Commons) in the debate following the speech made by King George VI including: the use of the term "Commonwealth" and the Labour government's avoidance of the terms "Empire", "Dominion" and "British"; his opinions regarding Ireland and the situation there; unrest in Burma [later Myanmar] and India; European affairs including the progress of integration and the treatment of war criminals; and criticism of the Labour government's policy on issues...
Dates:
28 Oct 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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"Every Dog His Day", 05 Oct 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/9/136-199
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (5 October 1946, Conservative Party conference, Blackpool) entitled "Every Dog His Day" on subjects including: criticism of the Labour government; the need for a concerted opposition to Communism; foreign policy; the deterioration of relations with the Soviet Union; post war reconstruction; the electoral system; taxation; housing; the coal industry; agriculture; nationalisation; foreign policy and Indian independence; and the need for increased Conservative...
Dates:
05 Oct 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Churchill Archives Centre
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Literary: Articles., 01 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/231
Scope and Contents
Proofs and cuttings of articles by WSC on the following subjects: a review of the speeches of Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith]; the life of Lord Ypres [earlier Sir John French and Lord French] including a summary of his career and relationship to WSC; "Will the British Empire Last?" for "Answers" on the principle of self-government, the unifying effect of the British monarchy and the administration of India and Egypt; American industry and finance; "Socialist Quackery" for the Daily Mail...
Dates:
01 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Literary: Articles., 01 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/232
Scope and Contents
Proofs and cuttings of articles by WSC on the following subjects: "Mr Macdonald's Opportunity" on the visit of Ramsay Macdonald to the United States; "The Naval Argument" on British and American naval policy; "Prohibition" in the United States; "California"; "Wall Street" on the Wall Street crash; "The Battlefields" about Virginia; "Hollywood"; "Palestine and the Zionists" on violence in Palestine and the need for reconciliation between Jews and Arabs; "Why We Lost" on the defeat of the...
Dates:
01 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Official: Board of Trade: Anglo-French Commercial Relations: notes and papers., 22 Dec 1907 - 08 Nov 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/13
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Harold Cox; Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] on the revision of the French tariff and the Gambia-Muscat [later Muscat and Oman] negotiations (2); Sir Francis Bertie [British Ambassador to France]; Herbert Asquith [Chancellor of the Exchequer, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on the revision of wine duty. Also includes: a memorandum on commercial relations with France by WSC, on imports with false origins, the wine surtax, wine duty and the French surtaxe...
Dates:
22 Dec 1907 - 08 Nov 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Official: Cabinet: Conclusions 10 - 15., 06 Mar 1929 - 10 Apr 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/237
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes of Cabinet meetings recording decisions on various subjects including: unemployment and unemployment insurance; immigration from Ireland; petrol prices; foreign affairs in China, Germany, India; the United States and the prohibition treaty; the reduction and limitation of armaments; the proposed Baghdad [Iraq] to Haifa [Israel] railway and pipeline; radium research; the Channel Tunnel; the report of the Commission on East Africa; and the budget.
Dates:
06 Mar 1929 - 10 Apr 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Official: Cabinet: Conclusions 37 - 47., 10 Jul 1928 - 17 Oct 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/212
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes of Cabinet meetings recording decisions on various subjects including: measures to combat unemployment including emigration; a multi-lateral treaty with the United States; foreign affairs in Iraq, India, the Soviet Union, China, Egypt and Germany; the reduction and limitation of armaments; issues in Scotland including the slaughter of animals and the influx of emigrants from Ireland and issues in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; and speeches by King George V.
Dates:
10 Jul 1928 - 17 Oct 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: Conclusions 48 - 58., 29 Oct 1928 - 19 Dec 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/213
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes of Cabinet meetings recording decisions on various subjects including: the illness of King George V and speeches by the King; reparations and Allied debts; foreign affairs including China, the Persian Gulf, the Soviet Union, Iraq and Germany; measures to combat unemployment including emigration; rating reforms; Indian contributions to the home effective charges of the British army; issues in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; relations with the United States; the naval...
Dates:
29 Oct 1928 - 19 Dec 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Official: Cabinet: Foreign Office telegrams., 02 Jun 1909 - 25 Jul 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/16
Scope and Contents
WSC's copies of printed Foreign Office telegrams which include bulletins of events from ambassadors and embassy staff on events around the world including: the management of the Suez canal; railway building and opium production in China; relations between Persia [later Iran] and Russia, between Turkey and Greece, Nicaragua and the United States; affairs in India including the actions of the Dalai Lama; the sovereign rights of the Ottoman empire [Turkey] in Greece; and affairs in Japan,...
Dates:
02 Jun 1909 - 25 Jul 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: Papers 1 - 19., 14 Jan 1929 - 30 Jan 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/227
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: [1st] Lord Peel, Secretary of State for India, on Indian contributions to the home effective charges of the British army and the political situation in India; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook and economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord...
Dates:
14 Jan 1929 - 30 Jan 1929
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From the Fonds:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 26 to 49., 02 Feb 1928 - 17 Feb 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/192
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: [1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India, on the 'indianisation' of the Indian army and relations with Afghanistan; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on reaction to his taxation scheme, Irish loyalists and railways in Iraq; Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health, on the local authority emergency provisions act; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on relations between France and the...
Dates:
02 Feb 1928 - 17 Feb 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Official: Cabinet: papers 31 to 50., Feb 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/154
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: a copy of a speech by King George V on the opening of parliament on relations with foreign powers and civil war in China; [1st Lord] Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India, on the Trade Unions disputes bill; [Sir] John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on poor relief to miners' dependents and poor law emergency provisions in Scotland; [Sir] Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on the...
Dates:
Feb 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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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
Scope and Contents
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
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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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
Scope and Contents
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
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 131 - 150., 25 Apr 1928 - 04 May 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/197
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: 1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India, on the Indian contribution to the home effective charges of the British army; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later Lord Brentford] Home Secretary on subjects including a draft treaty of arbitration with the United States, a dog racing bill and land purchase in Northern Ireland; William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, on a treaty with the United...
Dates:
25 Apr 1928 - 04 May 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 171 to 200., Jun 1927 - Jul 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/160
Scope and Contents
Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: the chiefs of staff on the defence of Wei Hai Wei [China]; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on relations with Iman of the Yemen, the entry of Iraq into the League of Nations, policy on East Africa, the New Hebrides [now Vanuatu] and the political situation in Cyprus; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook...
Dates:
Jun 1927 - Jul 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 187 - 200., 15 Jun 1928 - 22 Jun 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/200
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the Akhwan situation [in Southern Iraq] and on unemployment and oversea settlement; [Sir] Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on increased unemployment levels; Lord Cushendun [earlier Ronald McNeill] Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, and [4th Lord Salisbury, earlier Lord Cranborne], Lord Privy Seal, on disarmament;...
Dates:
15 Jun 1928 - 22 Jun 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 235 - 260., 13 Jul 1928 - 30 Jul 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/203
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, William Bridgeman [First Lord of the Admiralty] and Walter Guinness [later 1st Lord Moyne] Minister of Agriculture, on protection for British trawlers on the Murman coast [?Soviet Union]; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on war pensions; [4th Lord] Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne], Lord Privy Seal, on the use of gas in civil disturbances; [Sir] William Mitchell-Thomson [later...
Dates:
13 Jul 1928 - 30 Jul 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 246 to 270., Sep 1927 - Nov 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/163
Scope and Contents
Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: an account of the proceedings of the Trade Union Congress; 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 and on mining subsidies; special reports on unemployment; [1st] Lord Cave, Lord Chancellor, on the transport of troops between Great...
Dates:
Sep 1927 - Nov 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 276 - 300., 26 Sep 1928 - 15 Oct 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/205
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on church schools; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, on future British garrisons in China; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on subjects including reparations and war debts, unemployment insurance in Northern Ireland and the reduction of armaments; Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple], Minister of Transport, on railway freight relief...
Dates:
26 Sep 1928 - 15 Oct 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 326 - 350., 31 Oct 1928 - 19 Nov 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/207
Scope and Contents
Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on reparations and preference in government contracts; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on coal amalgamations, the British industries fair and the trade outlook and economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the...
Dates:
31 Oct 1928 - 19 Nov 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 400 - 428., 30 Mar 1926 - 29 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/105
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance, Treasury], on the possible reduction of the British Army of Occupation in the Rhineland [Germany]; Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet; extracts from the draft minutes of the Committee of Imperial Defence on South West Arabia and Egypt; draft instructions to Miles Lampson [later 1st Lord Killearn], British Minister-designate at Peking [later Beijing, China]; 1st Lord...
Dates:
30 Mar 1926 - 29 Dec 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: papers and correspondence., 09 May 1921 - 03 Aug 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/6
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: 1st Lord Curzon of Kedleston [Foreign Secretary] on WSC's interference in Egyptian affairs (4); Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Cabinet] (3); Sir Eric Geddes [Minister of Transport] on the use of coal surpluses for private and public purposes (2); William Bridgeman [Secretary of Mines] on coal surpluses (2); David Lloyd George [the Prime Minister] on WSC's interference in foreign affairs, on an alliance with France and on negotiations with Japan and the United...
Dates:
09 May 1921 - 03 Aug 1921
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: papers, correspondence and notes., 05 Aug 1921 - 31 Dec 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/7
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Edwin Montagu [Secretary of State for India] on subjects including the breaking off of negotiations with Ireland and 1st Lord Curzon of Kedleston [Foreign Secretary]'s policy over France's treaty with Turkey (6); Air Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard on WSC's help in giving a distinct role to the Air Force; Sir Alfred Mond [Minister of Health] on immigration and Palestine; General Sir Charles Harington [General Officer Commanding in Chief, Allied Forces of Occupation in...
Dates:
05 Aug 1921 - 31 Dec 1921
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: various papers., 05 Feb 1919 - 17 Jan 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/1
Scope and Contents
Includes: memoranda by Edwin Montagu, Secretary of State for India on peace with Turkey and the Anglo-French Conference on the Turkish settlement; the report by E Forbes-Adam and Robert Vansittart [First Secretary, Foreign Office] on the Anglo-French Conference on the Turkish settlement, between 1st Lord Curzon of Kedleston [Foreign Secretary] and Philippe Berthelot, Chief Secretary for Political and Commercial Affairs at the French Foreign Office; memoranda on the future of Constantinople...
Dates:
05 Feb 1919 - 17 Jan 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre