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Official: Treasury: Budget 1928-1929: Treasury memoranda and tables, used in the production of the Budget., 1927 - 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/71

Scope and Contents

Includes memoranda, minutes, notes and letters from individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including: Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance]; Sir Richard Hopkins [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue until 1927, then Controller of Finance and Supply Services]; Cornelius Gregg; Frederick Phillips [Principal Assistant Secretary]; Edward Cunningham [Accountant and Comptroller-General, Customs and Excise]; Sir Alfred Watson [Government Actuary]; Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary]; Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise]; Cyril Hurcomb [Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport]; Frederick Leith-Ross [Deputy Controller of Finance]; Sir Ernest Gowers [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue from 1927]; William Brown [Private Secretary to the President of the Board of Trade]; 1st Lord Stamfordham [earlier Sir Arthur Bigge, Private Secretary to King George V]; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer].Also includes copy letters, minutes, and notes from WSC to some of those mentioned above and to King George V, outlining the budget proposals; press cuttings; copy of WSC's budget financial statement.Subjects covered by the file include: the German economic position; details of government expenditure and revenue; various tax and duty matters.

Dates

  • Creation: 1927 - 1928

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 file(s) (1 soft bound file (437 folios))

Language of Materials

English

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Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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