Public and Political: General: Select Committee on Parliamentary Elections (Mr Speaker's Seat) papers., Feb 1939
Scope and Contents
Includes: covering letters from [Cyril] Diver, Clerk to the Committee; papers on the position of the Speaker in the legislatures of Dominions and Australian states and the presiding officer in legislatures of "certain foreign democracies"; printed correspondence relating to the Speaker's seat from the Times of 1934 and 1935 including reports of speeches and letters by Sir Edward Grigg [later 1st Lord Altrincham], Sir Bryan Fell, Owen Clough, Sir Terence O'Connor, [1st] Lord Rankeillour [earlier James Hope], Sir Hugh O'Neill [later 1st Lord Rathcavan], [1st] Lord Rockley [earlier Evelyn Cecil], [1st] Lord Ullswater [earlier James Lowther], Sir [Murdoch] McKenzie Wood, Sir Percy Harris, [Geoffrey] Mander, Sir John Marriott, Edward Jenks, and [Richard] Crouch; a memorandum by Fell; a historical note prepared by the Clerk of the House [Gilbert Campion].[Some of the papers feature doodles by WSC and annotations by his staff including secretary Kathleen Hill].
Dates
- Creation: Feb 1939
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
1 file(s) (1 bound file (73 folios))
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Cultural context
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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