Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, G - K., 15 Oct 1953 - 28 Jan 1955
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (11); [John] Derek Taylor Thompson, Private Secretary, Board of Inland Revenue; Terence Grady, [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary]; [Thomas] Cecil James, Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Air; Brian Robson, [Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Air] (2); Gordon Wilson, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War (3); Paul Beards, Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War; 9th Lord de la Warr [earlier Lord Buckhurst], Postmaster General; A C Hansing, constituent (7); A McCarlie Findlay, Wanstead and Woodford Town Clerk and Solicitor (4); A E Harrod, constituent (9); Robert Roseveare, Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Fuel and Power; John Graham, [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary] (2); John Priestman, [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary]; Stuart Gilbert, Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by Lettice Shillingford [earlier Lettice Marston] and Joan Prideaux, WSC's secretaries, Magdalene Stenhouse, WSC's Assistant Private Secretary and Christopher Soames, WSC's Parliamentary Private Secretary.Subjects include: pension enquiries; Excess Profits Tax relief; concerns on German rearmament and reunification; RAF living conditions in the Middle East; local transport enquiries; the local postal service; tree felling in the Royal Parks.Also includes: a petition against rearming Germany; a circular by Richard St Barbe Baker [founder of Men of the Trees] on tree felling in the parks.
Dates
- Creation: 15 Oct 1953 - 28 Jan 1955
Conditions Governing Access
Open, except for folios 79 - 87, closed for 100 years until 2055 on data protection grounds due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on a potentially living individual.
Extent
1 item(s) (1 file (347 loose folios))
Language of Materials
English
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