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Letters from Leo Amery to JA, 1945-01 - 1949-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 3/1/3

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: misgivings about the leadership of [Robert] Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon]; the 1948 Conservative Party Conference; reviews of JA's "Sons of the Eagle"; speeches and articles by JA; finding JA a constituency; the death of J L Garvin; the political situation in India, 1946; rifts in the Cabinet over India, 1945; the drift towards a General Election; comparisons between Winston Churchill and David Lloyd George.

Other correspondents include: Sir Herbert Williams on "Sons of the Eagle"; Duncan Sandys on JA coming the European Congress, 1948; Sir Roderick Jones; James Stuart; Sir Norman Seddon-Brown, Vice President of Preston Conservative Association, on JA being invited to become their Parliamentary candidate; James Thomas, Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party (2); J L Garvin on JA finishing his biography of Joseph Chamberlain; [Maurice] Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton], Macmillan and Company Limited, on JA finishing the Chamberlain biography; 1st Lord Wavell, Viceroy of India, on finding a post for JA.

Dates

  • Creation: 1945-01 - 1949-09

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Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.

Extent

1 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

Box 574

Finding aid date

2014-03-11 13:56:21.867000+00:00

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Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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