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Public and Political: General: correspondence from the general public on the abdication crisis, L-Z, mainly supporting WSC's stance., Dec 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/598A-B

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: ?[Oliver Locker-Lampson] sending on a letter; [John] Walton Newbold; [Arthur] Nicholson on the constitutional position; Stephen Taylor offering to stand in north Lambeth [London] for WSC and the King [Edward VIII, earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, later the Duke of Windsor]; [Harold] Hamel Smith, Editor of Tropical Life and Stockfarming, sending on a letter from him to the Daily Mirror on comments by the Archbishop of Canterbury [Cosmo Lang].Other subjects include: general criticism of the government; criticism of press coverage of the crisis.Also includes: various press cuttings sent with letters.

Dates

  • Creation: Dec 1936

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

2 file(s) (2 bound files (257 folios))

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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