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General correspondence, 1965-01 - 1965-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 2/1/45
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: William Allen; Florence Amery; Lord Shackleton, Minister of Defence for the RAF; Erik Bennett [former Air Adviser to King Hussein of Jordan] on the king's visit to Britain (5); Geoffrey Goodwin, London School of Economics; Marcel Boussac; Sir [John] Hugh Boustead; 1st Lord Boyd of Merton; John Browne [former Chief Constable, Cyprus] (2); Lord Casey [Governor-General of Australia]; William Cash; 4th Lord St Oswald [earlier Rowland Winn]; John Colville on Leo Amery's...
Dates: 1965-01 - 1965-11
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.
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General correspondence, 1969-06 - 1969-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 2/1/57
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Florence Amery (2); Kenneth Baker on JA's biography of Joseph Chamberlain; Sir Edward Hulton, Editor-in-Chief of the European Review (2), enclosing an article on the future of NATO and the Council of Europe; Wing Commander Erik Bennett on subjects including the withdrawal of British forces from Singapore (3); Lord Boothby on the state of the economy, particularly relating to the gold standard; Marcel Boussac (2); 1st Lord Boyd of Merton [earlier Alan Lennox-Boyd] on a...
Dates: 1969-06 - 1969-10
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.
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General correspondence, 1981-07 - 1981-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 2/1/108
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Antony Acland, Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Air Vice-Marshal Erik Bennett [Commander, Sultan of Oman’s Air Force]; 4th Lord Bethell on his research on Albania for his book ["The Great Betrayal"]; Sir John Biggs-Davison, Chairman of the Pan Europe Club; Sir Bernard Braine; [William] John Biffen, Secretary of State for Trade, on pricing in the air transport industry; Julian Bullard, Deputy Under-Secretary of State,...
Dates: 1981-07 - 1981-10
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.
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General correspondence, 1986-01 - 1986-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 2/1/135
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Jonathan Aitken, Conservative Philosophy Group; Jack Aspinwall [? Back Bench Aviation Committee]; Sir John Barton-Townley [earlier Sir John Townley] (2); Sir Terence Beckett, Director General, Confederation of British Industry, on the CBI's view of unemployment policy; Keith Best, on standing for the chairmanship of the Party Organisation Committee; Sir Nicholas Bonsor; Michael Brown, enclosing a copy of his letter to Sir [Richard] Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary, on...
Dates: 1986-01 - 1986-02
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.
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General correspondence, 1980-10 - 1980-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 2/1/103
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: 2nd Lord Barnby [earlier Francis Vernon Willey]; Anthony Berry on JA's decision not to attend a Save Israel campaign meeting in his constituency; Keith Best; John Biggs-Davison, asking JA to become a patron of the Pan-Europe Club; 1st Lord Boyd of Merton [earlier Alan Lennox-Boyd]; Sir Paul Bryan, Chairman of the Unionist Club; Edward du Cann; John Carlisle; 6th Lord Carrington, Foreign Secretary, on the disputed claims of Iran and Iraq to the Iranian province of...
Dates: 1980-10 - 1980-11
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.
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General correspondence, 1984-12 - 1985-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 2/1/128
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Jonathan Aitken, Conservative Philosophy Group; [Gerrard] Gerry Neale, Chairman of the Party Organisation Committee, on the committee's inauguration; [Antony] Tony Baldry, on meetings of the Employment Committee; Lieutenant Colonel Sir Brian Barttelot, Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, on the Parliamentary delegation to the Falkland Islands; Sir Keith Joseph, Secretary of State for Education and Science, on funding for the British Antarctic Survey;...
Dates: 1984-12 - 1985-01
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.
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General correspondence, 1986-04 - 1986-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 2/1/137
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Jonathan Aitken, Conservative Philosophy Group (3); [Antony] Tony Baldry, on depression at the University of Sussex about Government higher education policies; Sir Nicholas Bonsor, enclosing copies of his correspondence with 2nd Lord Trefgarne, Minister of State for Defence Support, on compensation for widows of ex-Far East prisoners of war; [Roelof] Pik Botha, South African Minister of Foreign Affairs, on JA's article on the case against sanctions in South Africa;...
Dates: 1986-04 - 1986-05
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.
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General correspondence, 1974-07 - 1974-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 2/1/71
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Lord Alport; Lord Balniel [later 29th Lord Crawford] on losing his constituency; Baroness Birk, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, on the ownership of the medieval Oxwich Brooch; John Biggs-Davison (2); Mark Bonham Carter on the Anglo-Polish Conference (3); Marcel Boussac; Peter Lilley, Chairman of the Bow Group (2); Andrew Bowden (2); Sir Robert Cary on Leo Amery having considered going into the House of Lords; Lord Chelwood...
Dates: 1974-07 - 1974-12
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.
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General correspondence, 1985-06 - 1985-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 2/1/131
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Jonathan Aitken, Conservative Philosophy Group, also thanking JA for a dinner with the Prime Minister [Margaret Thatcher] (2); Michael Alison, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (4); Robert Anderson, Global Economic Action Institute; 4th Lord Avebury [earlier Eric Lubbock]; Tony Benn [earlier 2nd Lord Stansgate], complimenting JA on the first volume of [?] Leo Amery's diaries and enclosing a copy of his bill to for democratic and Parliamentary...
Dates: 1985-06 - 1985-07
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.
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General correspondence, 1985-03 - 1985-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 2/1/130
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Jonathan Aitken, Conservative Philosophy Group; Michael Alison, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (2); Thomas Arnold, Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party; Leon Brittan, Home Secretary (3); Kenneth Baker on the challenges of his new job as Minister for Local Government; Sir Peter Baldwin, Chairman of the Physically Handicapped and Able Bodied charity; [Thomas] Michael Jopling, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on the milk quota; Keith...
Dates: 1985-03 - 1985-05
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.
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General correspondence, 1980-06 - 1980-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 2/1/101
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: William Whitelaw, Home Secretary; Jonathan Aitken, Conservative Philosophy Group (2); John Baker, Canon of Westminster; Air Vice-Marshal Erik Bennett; Peter Blaker, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, on relations with Albania, particularly the problem of Albania's pre-war gold reserves and trials of Kosovar Albanians in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia] (2); Thomas Boardman;...
Dates: 1980-06 - 1980-07
Conditions Governing Access: Some material closed for data protection reasons as it contains sensitive information on a living individual.
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General correspondence, 1984-11 - 1984-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 2/1/127
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Jonathan Aitken, Conservative Philosophy Group; 1st Lord Aldington [earlier Toby Low]; Lord Barber; Sir John Barlow, Chairman of the United Kingdom Falkland Islands Committee, congratulating JA on his letter to the Times on the Falklands; Margaret Douglas, Chief Assistant to the BBC Director-General; Anthony Beaumont-Dark; Sir [Richard] Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary, on subjects including the British Antarctic Survey, the future administration of the Falkland...
Dates: 1984-11 - 1984-12
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.
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General Election 1966: correspondence, 1966-01 - 1966-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 6/40
Scope and Contents Includes questions from constituents, some general constituency correspondence, administrative correspondence, and letters and telegrams of good wishes, with correspondents including: John Biggs-Davison; Frederick Burden; Air Vice-Marshal Joseph Cox (2); [Leonard] Robert Carr on personal attacks against JA over the cancellation of BOAC's order for the VC.10 airliner; Lieutenant-General Sir [William] Alexander Drummond; Paul Emrys-Evans; General Sir Richard Gale, Chairman of the Army League;...
Dates: 1966-01 - 1966-03
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.
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General Election 1964: correspondence, 1964-08 - 1964-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 6/37
Scope and Contents Includes questions from constituents, administrative correspondence, arrangements for JA to visit other constituencies to speak in support of fellow candidates and letters and telegrams of good wishes and congratulation, with correspondents including: 1st Lord Boyd of Merton [earlier Alan Lennox-Boyd]; Paul Fox, Head of BBC Public Affairs Programmes; Paul Bryan, Vice-Chairman of Conservative Central Office; 1st Lord Blakenham, Chairman of the Conservative Party [earlier John Hare] on...
Dates: 1964-08 - 1964-11
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.
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Literary: The Second World War: Volume 6 "Triumph and Tragedy" Book 1 "The Tide of Victory", Chapter 17 "Counter Strike in the Ardennes"., Dec 1951 - Aug 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/358
Scope and Contents Typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 17 "Counter Strike in the Ardennes", originally titled "Paris: The Rundstedt Offensive", annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Lt-General Sir Henry Pownall Lord Ismay and Charles Wood.With cutting from the Daily Express - article "Hitler's Desperate Last Gamble" by Lt-General W Bedell Smith, Jun 1946, letter from General Pownall suggesting the insertion of a tribute to Field...
Dates: Dec 1951 - Aug 1953
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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General files on political issues, 1924-04 - 1948-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/4/11
Scope and Contents Includes: Unionist Central Office hints for speakers on the budget (April 1924 and May 1925), general progress from November 1924 to spring 1925, unemployment, general progress from November 1924 to August 1925, the coal dispute, General Strike and the Unemployment Insurance Act; copy of Hansard on debates over the frontiers of Iraq, naval commitments to the League of Nations, and a vote of censure against the Government; report and notes on the appointment of ex-servicemen to the civil...
Dates: 1924-04 - 1948-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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General personal letters to GJ, 1919-02 - 1928-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLAD 8/5
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: [Luke] William Teeling, congratulating JA on getting into the Foreign Office; Ralph Wigram, congratulating JA on getting into the Foreign Office; Henry Hopkinson [? later 1st Lord Colyton], congratulating JA on getting into the Foreign Office; [?] Andrew Gow, Assistant Master at Eton College (3); Archibald MacLeish; Francis Urquhart ["Sligger" Urquhart, Dean of Balliol College, University of Oxford] on subjects including congratulating JA on getting into the Foreign...
Dates: 1919-02 - 1928-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Public and Political: General: The British Gazette: souvenirs., 05 May 1926 - 13 May 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/148
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Includes a souvenir volume of the British Gazette published during the General Strike and a photograph of a luncheon of those involved in publishing the newspaper.

Dates: 05 May 1926 - 13 May 1926
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence A-C., Oct 1951 - Jul 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/127A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: William Reid, Lord Provost of Aberdeen [Scotland] on WSC's visit there in 1952; David Pitblado [Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden] (3); Frank Glaves-Smith [Principal Private Secretary to President of the Board of Trade]; Konrad Adenauer [Federal Chancellor of Germany]; Sir Frederick Hoyer Millar [later 1st Lord Inchrya, British Ambassador to West Germany, later part of Germany]; John Perrin, [Principal] Private Secretary to Minister of...
Dates: Oct 1951 - Jul 1962
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence C-D., Aug 1949 - Dec 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/95A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: 5th Lord Munster [earlier Geoffrey FitzClarence], George [Hubback], Metropolitan of India and Bishop of Calcutta (3), and Desmond Crawley (High Commission, Calcutta), on Anglo-Indians educating their children in the UK; 1st Lord Sandford [earlier Albert Edmondson, Chairman] of the Carlton Club (2); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (5); Clifford Hood, President, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation; Robert...
Dates: Aug 1949 - Dec 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Press cuttings on general Northern Irish politics, 1955- 1966, 1955 - 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CCLK 6/1/1
Scope and Contents

Includes cuttings on the death of a soldier from County Londonderry in a training exercise in the Bahrain desert, 1960; Shipping Strike, 1960; Northern Ireland Safeguarding of Employment Act (1947) and the effect on this Act if Britain joins the European Common Market, 1961; case of Mr Frank Carr and pensioners. March 1966; extension of the powers of the British Ombudsman to Northern Ireland, Nov 1966; Ian Paisley, 1966; Gerry Fitt, 1966-1970; Government of Ireland Act (1920), 1966-67.

Dates: 1955 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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General correspondence with Patricia Hewitt, Press and Broadcasting Secretary, 1984-02 - 1984-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 1/3/11
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Mainly correspondence on Hewitt’s own engagements and dealings with the press, also including: a note from Hewitt to NK on the press notice following a meeting between the National Executive Committee and National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) during the miners’ strike, Dec 1984, with notes of the meeting; briefing for a meeting on Lobby procedures (for press briefings).

Dates: 1984-02 - 1984-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers on Palestine., Feb 1939 - Aug 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/379
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Leo Amery on the situation in Palestine and criticising government policy (3); Nathan Laski congratulating WSC's speech of 23 May; Josiah Wedgwood asking WSC to sign a joint letter criticising government policy; [John] Paskin, [Principal] Private Secretary [to Secretary of State for the Colonies], on a hunger strike by some Jews in detention.Also includes: notes from WSC's secretary "K H" [Kathleen Hill]; a note on Sir John Simon [Chancellor of the Exchequer] on...
Dates: Feb 1939 - Aug 1939
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence Da - Don., 28 Mar 1951 - 10 May 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/184
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Esmond [2nd Lord Rothermere, earlier Esmond Harmsworth, Chairman, Daily Mail]; Hugh Cudlipp, Editorial Director, Daily Mirror; Colin Coote [Managing Editor, Daily Telegraph] on the Telegraph's centenary; Michael Berry [later 1st Lord Hartwell, Chairman, Daily Telegraph] (2); Stella Daly (4); Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] on WSC's involvement in the "bouncing bomb"; Josephine, Lady Daresbury (2); Sir William Darling (2); Olive,...
Dates: 28 Mar 1951 - 10 May 1961
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence W - Z., 15 Nov 1945 - 26 Sep 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/178
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Cecil Wakeley, President, Royal College of Surgeons; [Alfred] Walford and Olive Walford (2); Sir Alexander Walker; Sophie, Lady Wavertree [Sophie Fisher] on subjects including racing and gifts of WSC's books (5); Sir Simon Marks; Sumner Welles; 16th Lady Wentworth [earlier Judith Blunt-Lytton]; "Bendor" [2nd Duke of Westminster] (7); Sir Charles Davis, Lord Mayor of London; Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] on a memorial...
Dates: 15 Nov 1945 - 26 Sep 1951
Conditions Governing Access: Open

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