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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 - 234., 10 Jul 1928 - 16 Jul 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/202
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple], Minister of Transport, on railways bills; Sir John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on a bill relating to the slaughter of animals in Scotland; Arthur Balfour, Lord President of the Council, on proposals by the United States for the renunciation of war; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on...
Dates:
10 Jul 1928 - 16 Jul 1928
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 280 - 300., 01 Jul 1926 - 30 Jul 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/98
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: notes of a meeting between the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, and a deputation of Conservative members of both Houses of Parliament, on reform of the House of Lords; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, on compensation for Irish loyalists; 1st Lord Byng [Governor-General of Canada]; Mackenzie King, former Prime Minister of Canada, on the Canadian constitutional crisis; the interim report of the inter-...
Dates:
01 Jul 1926 - 30 Jul 1926
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 301 - 329., 20 Jun 1925 - 11 Jul 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/39
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Francis Humphrys, British Minister Plenipotentiary at Kabul [Afghanistan] on the execution of an Italian subject in Kabul; 2nd Lord Lytton [Viceroy and Acting Governor- General of India] on the Italian reaction to the execution; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the unclaimed pay of native carriers from the East Africa campaign, and suppressing the Kuomintang in Malaya [later Malaysia]; Sir Philip...
Dates:
20 Jun 1925 - 11 Jul 1925
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 460 - 484., 29 Jul 1925 - 19 Nov 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/45
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the Representation of the People (Economy Provisions) Bill, the award of the Irish Boundary Commission, International Labour Conference conventions on workmen's compensation, and the draft Police Pensions Bill; a draft of the Representation Bill; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on emergency arrangements in case of strikes; a Ministry...
Dates:
29 Jul 1925 - 19 Nov 1925
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 500 - 519., 24 Aug 1920 - 06 Jan 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/21
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, [later Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook and an Anglo-Greek Commercial Treaty; a summary of the report of the Board of Trade Advisory Council on the trade outlook, including engineering, iron and steel, shipbuilding, coal, textiles, finance, trade with the Dominions, railways and co-operative societies, and figures for...
Dates:
24 Aug 1920 - 06 Jan 1925
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers on World War I., Jun 1916
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/39
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Cabinet papers by various individuals on various subjects including: WSC on the war situation including the Dardanelles; Walter Runciman [President of the Board of Trade] on food supplies to Germany and the effects on diminished exports; the effects of an air raid on London; national registration and military service; the supply of information to neutral countries; negotiations with the French; Sir William Max-Muller on the economic situation of Germany and Austria-Hungary; literary...
Dates:
Jun 1916
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Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Blackpool [Lancashire], October 1946 (mainly letters of congratulation from the general public following WSC's speech)., May 1946 - Nov 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/9
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Other correspondents include: Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe], Chairman of the Conservative Party [until July 1946] (2); James Stuart [Chief Opposition Whip]; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis], Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office [from July 1946]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], and Honorary Secretary [Edmund]...
Dates:
May 1946 - Nov 1946
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Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence A-C (almost all material dates from 1946)., Jun 1945 - Dec 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/5A-B
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Correspondents include: Sir Douglas Thomson on WSC visiting Aberdeen [Scotland] (2); "Scribe", 1st Lord Altrincham [earlier Sir Edward Grigg] (2); Waris Ameer Ali on the activities of the Congress Party in India; Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley] on scientists at Harwell [Berkshire]; Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe], Chairman of the Conservative Party (8); 1st Lord Davidson; James Stuart [Chief Opposition Whip] (7); Pierson Dixon [Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign...
Dates:
Jun 1945 - Dec 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence D-H., May 1946 - Dec 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/68A-B
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] on Daily Express opinion polls; Sir William Darling (3); Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] (3); James Milner; [George] Peter Thorneycroft (2); Leo Amery on Dimitrov, President of the Bulgarian Agrarian Movement; representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office, including Honorary Treasurer Christopher Holland-Martin, (9); Richard Stokes on Yugoslav General Djoukitch (2); Sir...
Dates:
May 1946 - Dec 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence D-L., Nov 1945 - Dec 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/6
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Correspondents include: Terence Garvey (Foreign Office) on the case of George Dace; Percy Cudlipp, editor, Daily Herald, and Patrick Donner (2) requesting WSC to write for them; Sir Orme Sargent [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] on Kenneth de Courcy; Sir Paul Booth on the "Dog and Duck" circle; Eric Gandar Dower on his constituency position (2); Robert Jenkins; Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head of Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat and Joint Director,...
Dates:
Nov 1945 - Dec 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence I-O., Dec 1947 - Jan 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/69A-B
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Correspondents include: Michiels van Verduynen [Netherlands Ambassador to the United Kingdom]; 4th Lord Powis; 1st Lord Kemsley [earlier Sir James Berry, Editor in Chief, Sunday Times] on Commonwealth journalists; Michael Joy [Private Secretary to the Permanent Under-Secretary of State]; Sir David Maxwell Fyfe [later 1st Lord Kilmuir]; 5th Lord Salisbury [earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil and Lord Cranborne]; 1st Lord Swinton [earlier Philip Lloyd Greame and Philip Cunliffe Lister]; 1st Lord...
Dates:
Dec 1947 - Jan 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence R-Z., Dec 1945 - Dec 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/8A-B
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Correspondents include: Sir David Robertson on industrial affairs; Randolph Churchill and John Dugdale on Soviet attitudes; 1st Lord Rankeillour [earlier James Hope] and Francis Turnbull [Principal Private Secretary to Secretary of State for India] on Indian affairs; Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office (4); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis], Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office [from July 1946] (4); James Stuart [Chief...
Dates:
Dec 1945 - Dec 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence Ba - Bl., 09 Mar 1949 - 26 Jul 1960
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/180
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Correspondents include: Sir Peter Macdonald on Douglas Bader; John Dodge on Bader; Alec Badenoch [Consultant in Urology]; 1st Lord Baillieu; Rupert Hart-Davis, publisher, on a biography of 1st Lord Baldwin; 2nd Lord Baldwin [earlier Lord Corvedale] (2); Consuelo Balsan [earlier Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough] (3); Baron Nahum on photographing WSC (4); [Thomas Fife Clark, adviser on public relations to WSC] on the death of Lionel Barrymore; 6th Lord Bath [earlier Lord Weymouth] asking WSC...
Dates:
09 Mar 1949 - 26 Jul 1960
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 01 Feb 1943 - 31 Mar 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/193A-C
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Speech notes for WSC's broadcast (21 March) on post war plans including: his illness; the difficulty of forecasting post war expenditure; anticipation of victory against Germany and Japan; the need for a 4 year plan; the Beveridge report; WSC's conviction of the need for social reform; agriculture; public health; education; unemployment. Extracts from the draft [unused] notes include criticism of Gandhi's fast and of the Beveridge report. See CHAR 9/193A/85-116 for description of draft...
Dates:
01 Feb 1943 - 31 Mar 1943
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Open
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Speeches: Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 14 Oct 1951 - 23 Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/44A-B
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Speech notes and typescript for WSC's election address (15 October, Huddersfield Town Hall [Yorkshire]) on subjects including: the decision by the Colne Valley [Yorkshire] Conservatives to support a Liberal candidate to stop Labour from winning the seat; the duty of all Conservatives and Liberals to combine against Labour; a tribute to Lady Violet Bonham-Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet Lady Bonham- Carter, later Violet, Lady Asquith of Yarnbury], Liberal candidate for Colne Valley;...
Dates:
14 Oct 1951 - 23 Oct 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes, typescript and press cuttings., 19 Feb 1930 - 25 Dec 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/91A-B
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (19 February, 1900 Club) on the failure of the Labour Government, a 3 party General Election, the Labour and Liberal alliance, Conservative proposals for protective food taxation and agriculture.Typescript for WSC's speech (26 March, Harlow, Essex), entitled "The Economic Situation" on Conservative proposals for protective food taxation, the Labour and Liberal alliance, the next Labour Budget and agricultural policy. Also includes a note (1934) from Violet...
Dates:
19 Feb 1930 - 25 Dec 1930
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Open
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Speeches: Speech notes., 04 Oct 1946 - 28 Oct 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/9A-E
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Speech notes for WSC's speech of thanks (4 October 1946, Blackpool [Lancashire]) on receiving the freedom of Blackpool.Speech notes and galley proofs of 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;...
Dates:
04 Oct 1946 - 28 Oct 1946
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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
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: speech notes., 12 Jun 1948 - 28 Jun 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/19A-C
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (12 June, Albert Hall, London) to the Young Conservatives entitled "A New Parliament" on subjects including: the expansion in the Young Conservatives' movement; the need to expose the excessive state control of the Labour government; communism; criticism of the Labour government's lack of encouragement for individuals and of Labour government policy on issues including nationalisation, the abolition of capital punishment, and economic policy; the role of the...
Dates:
12 Jun 1948 - 28 Jun 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: speech notes and source material., 01 Nov 1934 - 04 Dec 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/111
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Notes and draft press statement for WSC's speech (1 November, Woodford Bridge [Essex], Constituency meeting) on subjects including the need for Conservatives to be ready for the next general election, the National government, India and air defence against Germany. Part published: Complete Speeches V pp 5389-90.Notes and drafts for WSC's speech (16 November, BBC broadcast) entitled "The Causes of War" on German domestic policy, and the German threat to Europe and Britain. Also includes galley...
Dates:
01 Nov 1934 - 04 Dec 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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(Untitled), 21 Mar 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/193A/85-116
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Draft copy of speech notes for WSC's broadcast on post war plans including: his illness; India; the difficulty of forecasting post war expenditure; anticipation of victory against Germany and Japan; the need for a 4 year plan; the Beveridge report; WSC's conviction of the need for social reform; agriculture; public health; education; unemployment. Extracts from the draft [unused] notes include criticism of Gandhi's fast and of the Beveridge report. Carbon typescript with annotations by...
Dates:
21 Mar 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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