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Election 1945: engagements, addresses etc, 1945-05 - 1951-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 4/19

Scope and Contents

Correspondence on LSA's election engagements, speeches and other business, with correspondents including: John Dodge, candidate for Gillingham Division, Kent; representatives of the Birmingham Unionist Association; Marjorie Maxse, Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party (4); representatives of Birmingham Unionist Association; 1st Lord Elton [General Secretary of the Rhodes Trust]; Robert Cary; Sir Norman Seddon-Brown; Percy Cohen [Head of Library and Information Department, Conservative Central Office] (2).

Also includes: texts of LSA's responses to criticism of his policy on the famine in Bengal [parts of Bangladesh and India], with notes on British achievements in Indian welfare and extracts from the Bengal Famine Inquiry Commission report; local Communist leaflet against LSA; speech notes; notes on the attitude of the Labour and Liberal Parties to the Singapore naval base during LSA's time as First Lord of the Admiralty; extracts from speeches by LSA on the build-up to war in the 1930's; expenses; suggested replies to questions on various policy areas.

Dates

  • Creation: 1945-05 - 1951-04

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

1 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

Box 180

Date information

DateText: The majority of folios date from June 1945.

Finding aid date

2004-12-10 09:34:18.623000+00:00

Geographic

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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