Political: Constituency, out of seat: Abbey division of Westminster [London] election: correspondence., 23 Feb 1924 - 07 Aug 1924

File

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 6/2

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Sir Harold Smith regarding a letter he wrote in support of WSC which was rejected by "The Times"; Philip [?Sir Philip Sassoon], Sir Austen Chamberlain MP, Sir Warden Chilcott MP, and 1st Lord Balfour supporting WSC's candidature; 1st Lord Knollys, Vere [?9th Lord Bessborough], Francis Fremantle MP, Alfred Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich], John Leslie, Sir Martin Conway MP, John Moore-Brabazon MP [later 1st Lord Brabazon], Sir Roger Keyes, Lord George Hamilton, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Thomas Horder, General Sir Ian Hamilton, Lord Cecil of Chelwood [earlier Lord Robert Cecil], James Gould MP, Louis [Edward Spears], 1st Lord Forres, Margaret Sarawak, Herbert Fisher MP commiserating on WSC's defeat.Subjects include: correspondence and accounts relating to election campaign, including typescript copy of letter from WSC to Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin; references within letters to political situation in France and to the Dardanelles campaign.Also includes: Oldham parliamentary election leaflet,1900, containing text of WSC's message to the electors; printed map of central London by J W Dugdale Bradley, city engineer and surveyor,Dec 1918, marked up to show boundary of the Abbey parliamentary division of Westminster.

Dates

Creation: 23 Feb 1924 - 07 Aug 1924

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