Birmingham 20 April 1968: telegrams and letters from personal friends and letters of special interest, 1968-04 - 1968-07
Scope and Contents
Correspondence following JEP's 'Rivers of Blood' speech in Birmingham [Warwickshire], with correspondents including: Unity Lister, Chairman of the Women’s National Advisory Committee, National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations; Jasper More (2); David Winnick; Sir [John] Leonard Stone; Sir George Chaplin; George Currie; Guinevere Tilney (2); [Henry] Oscar Murton; Kenneth Young; [? Sir] John Mellor; Julian [? Amery]; Roger Moate; Henry Kerby; [Arthur] John Page; 3rd Lord Cromer [earlier Lord Errington]; [? Charles] Ian Orr-Ewing [Vice-Chairman, Defence Committee], thanking JEP for his work as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence; Kenneth Lewis; Patrick Maitland [later 17th Lord Lauderdale]; William Abraham; Henry Price; John Bradfield; Colin Baillieu (2); Thomas Galbraith; John Cordle; Sir Stephen McAdden; Michael Strachan; Harold Gurden; John Jewkes; Sir Peter Agnew; [William] John Biffen; Patrick Wolrige-Gordon (2); Terence Clarke; 7th Lord Warwick [earlier Lord Brooke]; Jasper Rootham; Victor Goodhew (2); Professor Sir Douglas Savory on a prophecy by Sir Winston Churchill that JEP would be Prime Minister; Eric Walker; Ralph Harris; Robert Woods, Dean of Windsor; Maurice Petherick; Patrick Wall; Rear-Admiral Morgan Morgan-Giles [Vice-Chairman, Conservative Defence Committee]; [Joan] Jill Knight; Sir Archibald James; 14th Lord Napier (and 6th Lord Ettrick); Baroness Emmet of Amberley; Claude Lancaster; Sir John Rodgers; [?] 2nd Lord Jellicoe [earlier Lord Brocas]; Sir Henry d'Avigdor-Goldsmid; Mark Woodnutt; Gwyneth, Lady Woolley; 4th Lord Normanby [earlier Lord Mulgrave]; Robert Jenkins; Eldon Griffiths; Charles Douglas-Home [Defence Correspondent for the Times].
Also includes: extract from a speech by Michael Alison on JEP's speech and his own position on immigration.
Dates
- Creation: 1968-04 - 1968-07
Conditions Governing Access
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
Extent
2 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Date information
DateText: The majority of folios date from April to May 1968.
Finding aid date
2002-08-28 16:54:09+00:00
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Repository Details
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