The Papers of Reginald Maudling

Fonds

Reference Code: GBR/0014/MLNG

Scope and Contents

These files contain constituency correspondence.

Dates

Creation: 1971-06 - 1979-04

Conditions Governing Access

These papers are CLOSED to researchers. This collection contains sensitive personal information about living individuals. It is closed under the terms of the 1997 Data Protection Act for 100 years from the last date in each file. Enquiries should be made to Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Biographical / Historical

Reginald Maudling was born 17 March 1917. He was called to the Bar, Middle Temple in 1940. In 1945 he contested the Borough of Heston and Isleworth and was Conservative MP for Barnet, Hertfordshire, 1950-1979. Maudling was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Civil Aviation, 1952; Economic Secretary to the Treasury, 1952-1955; Minister of Supply, 1955-1957; Paymaster General, 1957-1959; President of the Board of Trade, 1959-1961; Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1961-1962; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1962-1964; Home Secretary, 1970-1972. Maudling died 14 Feb 1979.

Extent

27 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

This catalogue is available in the reading room at Churchill Archives Centre and at the National Register of Archives in London.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection of Reginald Maudling's Constituency Correspondence was deposited at Churchill College in March 1982 by Mrs. Beryl Maudling.

General

This collection (fonds) level description was prepared by Louise King at Churchill Archives Centre in May 2005 using information from the original catalogue (produced in 1982).