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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 434 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 03 Apr [1900]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/75/1-2
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Letter from [Albert Edward, Prince of Wales](Marlborough House [London]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he thanks her for her letter and photographs from Durban [South Africa]; commends her work with the hospital ship Maine and says that he is sure that all the officers will fall in love with her; describes his visits to hospitals; and comments on the Duke of Norfolk's "plucky" decision to go to South Africa in a subordinate position.

Dates: 03 Apr [1900]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 26 Sep [1873]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/92/10-14
Scope and Contents Letter from Jeannette Jerome [later Lady Randolph Churchill]([Paris, France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] including: his "wickedness" in his last letter about his parents [John, 7th Duke of Marlborough and Frances, Duchess of Marlborough]; a bid for him to be patient and wait [before marrying her]; encouragement for his ambitions; her faith that her parents [Leonard Jerome and Clara Jerome] will take care of them; letters from her father commenting on the suddenness of their engagement;...
Dates: 26 Sep [1873]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [Jan] [1874]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/92/52-54
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Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill](Paris [France]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which she says that she has been dancing, describes the Moultons' ball and says that she was criticised for attending such an occasion before her marriage by [Charles, Comte de] Fitzjames. She says that she will not go to future dances and sympathises with his anxiety [about Lady Portarlington's health].

Dates: [Jan] [1874]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [Jan] [1874]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/92/55-57
Scope and Contents Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill](Paris [France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] in which she says that she is about to attend a ball but that she is unsure whether he would approve, promises to send him a photograph and says that she is missing Leonie [Jerome later Lady Leslie]. In a later section she says that she enjoyed the ball and that Clara [Jerome, later Clara Frewen] and her were "a great success", and asks him not to think her "giddy and wicked" to attend...
Dates: [Jan] [1874]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 06 Dec 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/129/62-63
Scope and Contents Copy of a letter from Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough [later Consuelo Balsan] Chairman of the House Committee and Lady Randolph Churchill, Chairman of the Hospitals Committee (American Women's Hospital for Officers, Lancaster Gate, London) to Sir Alfred Keogh [Director General of the Army Medical Service] discussing their recommendation that [Mary] Lady Harcourt should be honoured as Honorary Secretary and asking him to second their recommendation. Manuscript in the hand of Lady Randolph...
Dates: 06 Dec 1917
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Jan 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/130/42
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Cutting of a newspaper article from the Evening Standard and St James's Gazette about a fund raising event for a loan fund which aims to finance the training of women so that they can earn a living. Includes comments about Lady Randolph's pride in a sculpture by Clare Sheridan which was on display and the variety of trades undertaken by "adventurous Eves".

Dates: 31 Jan 1918
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Feb 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/130/43
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Cutting of a newspaper report from The Daily Mirror about the Childrens' Jewel Fund. The author comments that Lady Randolph Churchill, [Pamela] Lady Lytton and [Julia] Lady Henry were among those assisting the charity.

Dates: 21 Feb 1918
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Feb 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/130/44
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Cutting of a newspaper article from the Westminster Gazette about the Children's Jewel Fund, organised by [Julia] Lady Henry and [Consuelo] Duchess of Marlborough [later Consuelo Balsan] which aims to establish infant welfare and maternity centres throughout the British empire. Includes a report of a meeting (attended by Lady Randolph Churchill and CSC) at which Lady [Florence] Barrett spoke of the high numbers of women dying in childbirth.

Dates: 27 Feb 1918
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Mar 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/64/19-21
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Letter from [Albert Edward, Prince of Wales](Cercle de la Mediterranee, Nice[France]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he thanks her for her letter; says that he has seen his brother [the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]; comments [on her relationship with George Cornwallis-West] "it is a pity that you have got yourself so talked about -& remember you are not 25!"; and refers to WSC's book ["The Story of the Malakand Field Force"]. Envelope present.

Dates: 30 Mar 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 12 Mar 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/183/46-47
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Pages from the "Patriot" including marked letter from Nesta Webster complaining about political bias in the BBC on the issue of female suffrage.

Dates: 12 Mar 1925
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 25 Dec 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/153/148-150
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Letter from Sir Abe Bailey (Rust-en-Vrede, Muizenberg, Cape Town, [South Africa]) to WSC reporting that he nearly died from a heart attack, criticising Lady Simon for supporting the natives in South Africa and opposing the granting of votes to women.

Dates: 25 Dec 1927
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 26 Oct 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/159/85-86
Scope and Contents Letter from [1st Lord Rothermere, earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] to J L Garvin denying that he is going to support the Labour Party, comparing his prediction about the distribution of seats after the general election with Garvin's, blaming those Conservatives who, like Garvin, advocated the granting of the vote to women under 30 for the imminent defeat of their party, disagreeing with Garvin by asserting that Philip Snowden [later Lord Snowden] is a restraining political influence and...
Dates: 26 Oct 1928
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 14 Nov 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/159/100-103
Scope and Contents Letter from [WSC] to 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] denying that the new young female voters are predominantly left-wing or that there is a general move towards Socialism in Britain, asserting that if Rothermere or Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] brought about the return of the Socialists it would overturn all the policies they have stood for and lead to a great increase in direct taxation, and defending de-rating against Rothermere's criticisms. Carbon...
Dates: 14 Nov 1928
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 23 Jan 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/157/8C-D
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Letter from Frances Helen Pumfrey (Portway, Wantage, Berkshire) to the editor of the "Daily Mail" warning that if Britain gives up Egypt she will also lose India, criticising the granting of votes to women under thirty, the taking of men's jobs by women, the payment of war debts to the United States, and Stanley Baldwin, and calling for the return to government of David Lloyd George. Copy sent with CHAR 2/157/8A.

Dates: 23 Jan 1928
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 28 Jul 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/134/42
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Letter from T H Deakin, mining engineer (Parkend, Lydney, Gloucestershire) to WSC arguing that Labour will gain votes through some people being "gulled" by their apparent moderation and through the extension of votes to women of 21 years of age and above, a measure which WSC should urge Liberal leaders to oppose with the Conservatives.

Dates: 28 Jul 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 31 Jan 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/180A/40-45
Scope and Contents Letter from R P Cobbold (Wakes Colne Hall, near Colchester, Essex) to WSC congratulating him on his speech in Manchester on India, criticising the Betting Tax and the extension of the vote to women under 30, claiming that the Indian National Congress extracts financial contributions by threats, criticising the Viceroy [of India, Lord Irwin, earlier Edward Wood, later 1st Lord Halifax] as a visionary, asserting the need for summary justice to be imposed in India against disorder, and...
Dates: 31 Jan 1931
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 03 Mar 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/29/52
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Letter from Walter McLaren (45 Ashley Gardens, [London]) to WSC urging him not to go back on his support for women's suffrage.

Dates: 03 Mar 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Apr 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/34/21
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Letter from Lady Dorothy Howard (en route for Castle Howard, York) to WSC apologising for her importunate behaviour but stressing her commitment to women's rights and hoping for WSC's support.

Dates: 14 Apr 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/34/65
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Letter from Lady Dorothy Howard (Pudsey, [Yorkshire]) to WSC disassociating herself from the "rowdyism" of the Women's Freedom League and describing the gloomy prospects for the Liberals in the Pudsey by-election. Refers to a sermon by a High Church parson on the need to carry the Athanasian creed to the blacks of central Africa.

Dates: 14 Jun 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Jul 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/35/9
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Letter from Rosalind Carlisle (1 Palace Green, Kensington, [London]) stating that she cannot see WSC at the suggested time as she is involved with a meeting with the Liberal Women's Suffrage Committee of MPs.

Dates: 28 Jul 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Dec 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/30/92-95
Scope and Contents Letter from Walter Runciman [later Lord Runciman] (West Denton Hall, Scotswood-on-Tyne, [Northumberland]) to WSC on: disruption by suffragettes of speeches by cabinet ministers; the Tories' split over Tariff Reform; the industrious campaigning of Richard Haldane [later Lord Haldane]; reaction to Haldane's army estimates and 2nd Lord Tweedmouth's naval estimates; the introduction of old age pensions and Labour Party criticism of them; the prospect of the miners' group adhering to the Labour...
Dates: 13 Dec 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Feb 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/33/14-15
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Letter from [WSC] (Colonial Office) to [? a suffragette] on the means of debating the issue of women's suffrage. Draft in the hand of Annette Anning.

Dates: 01 Feb 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Nov 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/36/4
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Letter from Harold Tennant MP (Brooks's, St James's Street, [London]) to WSC suggesting he speak at the Liberal Colonial Club either on the hollowness of the claim that Tariff Reform would be a cure for unemployment, or women's suffrage, or colonial preference in relation to foodstuffs.

Dates: 03 Nov 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Dec [1908]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/36/38
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Letter from Margot Asquith [later Lady Oxford and Asquith] (Archerfield House, Dirleton, [East Lothian], Scotland) to WSC enclosing an earlier letter of her's to WSC [see CHAR 2/36/39] and reporting that she has been cheered by the good reports she has received about Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith]. Refers to David Lloyd George's speech [?about women's suffrage].

Dates: 11 Dec [1908]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Nov 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/39/107-109
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Letter from Lady Dorothy Howard (Naworth Castle, Carlisle, [Cumberland]) to WSC complaining that the campaigning for women's suffrage by the Women's Liberal Federation is being hampered by party leaders instructing candidates to shun the issue. Asks WSC to help remedy the situation.

Dates: 07 Nov 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open