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Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence E-G., Jan 1937 - Dec 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/37
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association; E Rawden Smith, Public Relations Officer of the London Passenger Transport Board (4); Lord Roche on WSC speaking to the East Anglian Society of London.Other subjects include: the Marriage Bill; a pension query by a constituent; the National Defence Contribution tax; air raid precautions; local transport issues; donations to local groups; a request for WSC to recommend a constituent for an...
Dates:
Jan 1937 - Dec 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence H., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/29
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (26); Sir Kingsley Wood [Minister of Health] on a housing scheme at Chigwell [Essex]; Sir Harry Goschen [Chairman of Epping District Conservative Association] on resigning as Chairman; John Maitland requesting WSC become Vice-President of Loughton [Essex] Chamber of Trade; Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, President of the ex-Services Welfare Society, on a charitable appeal.Other subjects include: tax on...
Dates:
Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence I-P., Jan 1934 - Dec 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/13A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (5); Neville Chamberlain [Chancellor of the Exchequer] on duty due on motor tricycles; Charles McCurdy introducing WSC to a speaker; John Maitland inviting WSC to the Loughton [Essex] Cricket Club Annual Dinner; Roy Harrod on monetary reform (2).Other subjects include: regulating journalism; providing a post office for Wanstead [Essex]; medical provision; birth control; immigration and...
Dates:
Jan 1934 - Dec 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence L-N., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/31
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Correspondents include: E A Newton, Honorary Secretary of North Chingford [Essex] Branch of the League of Nations Union (6); Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (3); Herbert Williams on the coal industry; [John] Walton Newbold.Other subjects include: local housing matters; international affairs, particularly Germany, the Italian invasion of Abyssinia [Ethiopia] and the League of Nations; aerial warfare; rating issues; a local transport matter; prison...
Dates:
Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence O-R., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/32
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sylvia Pankhurst (5) on subjects including the Italian invasion of Ethiopia [Abyssinia], the League of Nations and Germany (4); Ernest Parry on WSC providing a testimonial for his son (4); Dinah Pratt, Honorary Secretary of Epping Division Conservative Association, (11) including WSC's introduction for her to the Governor of Nassau [the Bahamas], Sir Bede Clifford; Alan Lennox-Boyd on a centenary commemoration of Joseph Chamberlain; Marthe Raisin, Secretary to 1st...
Dates:
Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence S-T., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/33
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Duncan Sandys on taking the Chingford [Essex] Women Citizens' Association round the Houses of Parliament (2); George Tryon [Minister of Pensions] on a gratuity awarded to the widow of a postman; Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (3); Leslie Hore-Belisha [Minister of Transport] on local traffic conditions; G F Fishwick, District Inspector of the Ministry of Health Insurance Department (6), and E H Crowhurst, Honorary Secretary...
Dates:
Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex], 1943 - 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3
Scope and Contents
This class of papers covers WSC's time as Conservative MP for Woodford, where he served from 26 July 1945 to 15 October 1964. His earlier years as MP for Epping [Essex] are covered in the pre-1945 Chartwell Papers at CHAR 7.The vast majority of the papers consists of correspondence handled by WSC's office and local officials, particularly representatives of Woodford Division Conservative Association, including the Honorary Secretaries and Agents Frederick Mummery, and later W Hubert...
Dates:
1943 - 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence., 19 Sep 1963 - 02 Feb 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/107
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence on constituency affairs by individuals including: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including R T Prout, Honorary Treasurer (6) on constituency affairs including finances, meetings and office-holders; Rosalind Gilmore, Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer; representatives of Woodford Young Conservatives including Brian Tarring, Chairman (6); John Biggs-Davison [MP for Chigwell, Essex]; A McCarlie Findlay, Wanstead and Woodford Town...
Dates:
19 Sep 1963 - 02 Feb 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence, mainly with representatives of Woodford Conservative Association., Nov 1950 - Dec 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/12A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Cedric] Wordsell, Secretary and Agent [until 1951] (9); Sir James Hawkey, Chairman [until 1952] (18); Kathleen Kemp, Secretary to the Agent (17); W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Secretary and Agent [from 1952] (40); Malcolm McCorquodale; Rowland Arnison, Chairman [1952-1954] (4); John Harvey, Vice-Chairman [1952-1954], Chairman [1954-1956] (9); Squadron Leader Albert Cooper inviting WSC and CSC to lunch; Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary]; George Christ...
Dates:
Nov 1950 - Dec 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folio 50 which has been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about potentially living individuals until review on 1 January 2027.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence, mainly with Wanstead and Woodford Borough Council., Mar 1950 - Nov 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/9A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: A McCarlie Findlay, Town Clerk and Solicitor of the Borough (59); [Percy] Cohen, [Joint Director] of the Conservative Research Department (3); J R Iles, Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Local Government and Planning (7); Sir James Hawkey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association [until 1952] (2); [?Richard] Adams of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government; [Peter] Hudson, Private Secretary [to the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation] (3);...
Dates:
Mar 1950 - Nov 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with officers, associations, wards, clubs, etc., A-M., Jul 1946 - Feb 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/1
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association, including Assistant Secretary Frederick Mummery (21), Chairman Sir James Hawkey (11), Honorary Secretary Donald Forbes (7), and Honorary Treasurer Frank Foster, on various association matters, including local events, appointments, rulings, finances, an honour for Foster, canvassing, local publications, the supply of a car to Mummery, and delays in dealing with WSC's constituency correspondence; various...
Dates:
Jul 1946 - Feb 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with officers, associations, wards, clubs, etc., A-M., Jun 1948 - Nov 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/4
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Charles Newman, Chairman of the Buckhurst Hill Branch of the Woodford Conservative Association, inviting WSC and CSC to a horse show; representatives of Woodford Conservative Association, including Honorary Secretary and Agent Frederick Mummery (16) and Chairman Sir James Hawkey (8), on various association matters, including WSC and CSC's visits to the constituency, local elections, the local party organisation, delegates for the party conference, finances, Mummery's...
Dates:
Jun 1948 - Nov 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folio 58 which has been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about a potentially living individual until 1 January 2025.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with officers, associations, wards, clubs, etc., N-Z., May 1946 - Mar 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/2
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: R Trend Binks, Town Clerk of Wanstead and Woodford Borough (5); Iain MacLeod, Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat; Evan Maude, [Assistant] Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer; representatives of Woodford Conservative Association, including Assistant Secretary (later Honorary Secretary and Agent) Frederick Mummery (15), Chairman Sir James Hawkey (6), and Honorary Secretary Donald Forbes (7) on various association matters, including local publications,...
Dates:
May 1946 - Mar 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A-G., Mar 1946 - Feb 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/32
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Mummery, Assistant Secretary, Woodford Conservative Association (11); [Kenneth] Witney, [Assistant] Private Secretary [to the Home Secretary] (2); Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head] of Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat [and Joint Director, Conservative Research Department] (2); E A Baker, Private Secretary, Ministry of Food (4); L D Baynes of the War Office (7); [Arthur] Drew [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War]; constituent...
Dates:
Mar 1946 - Feb 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A-H., Jan 1947 - Jul 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/36A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Tom Driberg [later Lord Bradwell]; E A Baker, Private Secretary, Ministry of Food (4); [Anthony] Ridge, [Principal] Private Secretary to the Postmaster General (2); Robert McAlpine [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary] (3); [John] Hobbs, Private Secretary, Ministry of National Insurance (2); constituent Emily Brandon on recovering her property (4); Frederick Mummery, Assistant Secretary, Woodford Conservative Association (15); Theresa Brewster,...
Dates:
Jan 1947 - Jul 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers concerning Conservative and Unionist Party matters., Mar 1943 - Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/480
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Thomas] Dugdale [later 1st Lord Crathorne], Chairman of the Conservative and Unionist Party, on Alan Good and the Common Wealth Movement; Lord Hinchingbrooke [later 10th Lord Sandwich and Victor Montagu] (2) on a Tory Reform Committee document and comments on Conservative post-war plans; James Stuart [Government Chief Whip] (2) on publishing the Post-War Problems Committee report on demobilisation and resettlement and on Hinchingbrooke; Sir Robert Topping, Honorary...
Dates:
Mar 1943 - Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers concerning the Conservative and Unionist Party., Feb 1942 - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/450
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Douglas Hacking resigning as Chairman of the Party; Sir Robert Topping, General Director of Conservative and Unionist Central Office and Honorary Secretary of the Post-War Problems Central Committee (6), James Stuart [Government Chief Whip] (5), and Thomas Dugdale [later 1st Lord Crathorne], Chairman of the Party [from March 1942], sending on copies of and commenting on reports and resolutions. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from [George]...
Dates:
Feb 1942 - Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Blackpool [Lancashire], October 1946 (mainly letters of congratulation from the general public following WSC's speech)., May 1946 - Nov 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/9
Scope and Contents
Other correspondents include: Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe], Chairman of the Conservative Party [until July 1946] (2); James Stuart [Chief Opposition Whip]; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis], Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office [from July 1946]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], and Honorary Secretary [Edmund]...
Dates:
May 1946 - Nov 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Blackpool [Lancashire], October 1950., Aug 1950 - Nov 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/103
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (3); representatives of the Hotel Majestic, St Annes on the Sea [Lancashire], on WSC's stay there (5); George Christ of Conservative and Unionist Central Office; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip]; H V Armstrong, Secretary of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations (9); representatives of British Railways (4). Also...
Dates:
Aug 1950 - Nov 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Llandudno [Carnarvonshire, Wales], October 1948., Jan 1948 - Jun 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/73
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: David Price-White, MP for Llandudno, on WSC attending a ball (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], and Elizabeth Gilliatt; CSC.Other subjects include: travel details; matters discussed at the Conference on Conservative policy for defence, agriculture, the House of Lords, taxation, transport, Wales,...
Dates:
Jan 1948 - Jun 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Conservative Party answers to election questionnaires., 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/124
Scope and Contents
Contains questions and answers prepared by Conservative and Unionist Central Office on a variety of election issues including: agricultural matters; animal welfare; various aspects of foreign affairs including China, Germany, Japan, Persia [Iran], South Africa, and Mexico; civil servants; education; housing matters; the health service; women; transport particularly by road; pensions; economic affairs including taxation; the constitutional position of Scotland and Wales.
Dates:
1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Conservative Party literature for the 1951 election., 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/123
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of: the Conservative election manifesto; leaflets and pamphlets issued by Conservative and Unionist Central Office and others; editions of the Sunday Dispatch and the Northern Echo; leaflets on voting.Subjects covered include: international affairs, including the Empire, the Commonwealth and Europe; national output, nationalisation and other industrial matters; housing matters; food supplies; old-age pensions; families; farming; rail transport.
Dates:
1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on Conservative Party policy., Jul 1950 - Feb 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/105
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: R A Butler (4); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office].Subjects include: producing a statement of "General Principles" on domestic and international affairs and discussion of the effect of the rearmament policy on pledges concerning housing, economic affairs, and trade.Also includes: extract from Conservative manifesto "This is the road".
Dates:
Jul 1950 - Feb 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on housing matters., Mar 1950 - Jun 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/108
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office including George Christ (4); Sir [George] Leighton Seager [later 1st Lord Leighton of St Mellons] on the export of houses; [Alfred] Ernest Marples; Harmar Harmar-Nicholls (2); Iain MacLeod; 1st Lord Simon [of Stackpole Elidor]; Sir Arnold Gridley [Chairman 1922 Committee]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel] and Elizabeth Gilliatt.Also...
Dates:
Mar 1950 - Jun 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence D-G., Nov 1950 - Nov 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/114A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: various representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office including George Christ and Press Officer Gillian Mackay (8); James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (5); Somerset de Chair on subjects including his career, Abadan [Iran, earlier Persia], and the atomic bomb (2); Patrick Donner (3); William Douglas-Home on his political career (2); James Stuart on Douglas-Home; Michael Astor; David Eccles (2); 1st...
Dates:
Nov 1950 - Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open