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Public and Political: Patronage M., 1949 - Apr 1952

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/321

Scope and Contents

File includes correspondence with: The Somerset Chapter of the Magna Charta Barons, on election as an honorary member, 1949; the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, on appointment as honorary Vice-President, 1951; William Findlay, President, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), invitation to the Eton v Harrow match, 1951, with membership cards for 1950-51 and printed Annual Report for 1950; The Jan Masaryk Memorial Fund, on activities as Chairman, including letters from Robert Cecil, Lord Cecil of Chelwood (2) and draft of letter to the press launching appeal, 1949; The Honourable Company of Master Mariners, (WSC was an elected an honorary member in 1946) particulary Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill, Master (6), with printed list of members, and copy of Journal Vol. IV, No.37 1946-51; The British Federation of Master Printers on appointment as Patron of International Congress, with copy of invitation and programme of Congress, 1951; John McNair, International Labour Party, (2) on the James Maxton Memorial Fund, with booklet, "James Maxton 1885-1946 An Appreciation with a number of tributes, with articles by Bob Edwards and John McNair, and brief tributes by many others including WSC, 1946; Rene Massigli, French Ambassador to Britain (5), Major-General Guy Salisbury-Jones, Military Attache, British Embassy, Paris (2), Charles Corbin, Edouard Herriot, and others on award of the Medaille Militaire, including invitations to join national and regional sections, 1947-49; The Mercers' Company, 1945-51, particularly William Palmer, Master on election as a Liveryman, and invitations to dine, with printed lists of members for 1947-48 and 1950-51; Middlesex County Council, invitation to attend Annual Dinner, (declined), 1949; The Middlesex Hospital, invitation to become Patron of Annual Variety Concert, 1950; R J O Meyer, Headmaster, Millfield School, Street, Somerset, asking for permission to name Inter-House Points Cup after WSC; 1951; Arthur Greenwood, on support for Margaret Macmillan Memorial Fund, 1949; The London Irish Rifles Old Comrades' Association, on memorial to the late Colonel Jack Macnamara, 1949.

Dates

  • Creation: 1949 - Apr 1952

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 file(s) (1 unbound file, 233 folios)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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