Public and Political: General: Political: General election: Various Correspondence., 04 May 1955 - 17 Jul 1955
Scope and Contents
Correspondents on the election, on subjects including letters of congratulation and thanks and requests for WSC's support, include: "Max" [1st Lord Beaverbrook, earlier Sir Max Aitken]; Edward Martell; Henry Luce; John Harvey, MP for East Walthamstow [London]; Herbert Haseltine; Hubert Jessop, President, Law Society; Peter Emery, candidate for Lincoln; Alan Lennox-Boyd, [later 1st Lord Boyd of Merton] MP for Mid-Bedfordshire; James Pitman, candidate for Bath; Sir Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Prime Minister]; Christopher Soames, MP for Bedford; Joan Vickers; 1st Lord Bledisloe [earlier Charles Bathurst]; John Biggs-Davison, MP for Chigwell [Essex]; Terence Grady [Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary]; Faiz Kaymak, Chairman, Federation, Turkish Associations of Cyprus; Sir Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office (2); R A Butler, Chancellor of the Exchequer (2); Esmond, 2nd Lord Rothermere [Chairman, Associated Newspapers Limited] on an article in Tribune on WSC; "Fred " [1st Lord Woolton, earlier Frederick Marquis], Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office; Julian Amery, MP for Preston North [Lancashire]; Sir John Howard, Chairman, Mid-Bedfordshire Conservative and Unionist Association.Also includes: an issue of Tribune with the article on WSC; a list of cross-party election broadcasts.
Dates
- Creation: 04 May 1955 - 17 Jul 1955
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
1 item(s) (1 file (103 loose folios))
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Subject
- Conservative Party (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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