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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence., 31 Aug 1926 - 20 Dec 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/4
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Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (7); Sir Harry Goschen [Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association].Subjects include: parish councils; trade unions; pension queries from WSC's constituents; lowering the voting age for women; importing silk goods; constituency business.Also includes: Souvenir in Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of Waltham Abbey Permanent Building Society with a foreword by WSC; a record of...
Dates:
31 Aug 1926 - 20 Dec 1927
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence A-C., Jan 1935 - Dec 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/16A-B
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Correspondents include: Vyvyan Adams [MP for West Leeds, Yorkshire] on an engagement in WSC's constituency; R A Butler [MP for Saffron Walden, Essex] inviting WSC to a visit by Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister]; Sir Thomas Buxton, President of the Waltham Abbey [Essex] Branch [of Epping Division Conservative Association] on his lack of political confidence in WSC (4); Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (4); Richard Colvin congratulating WSC on...
Dates:
Jan 1935 - Dec 1935
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence C-D., 03 Jan 1939 - 27 Jul 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/54
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Correspondents include: Clifford Heyworth, Town Clerk of Chingford, [Essex] on Chingford's neutral evacuation status and air raid shelters (12); Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (4).Subjects include: local concerns over allowances to servicemen's dependants; local health report; vivisection; the Clubs Bill; pension enquiries; safeguarding the jobs of National Servicemen; car tax; Women's Voluntary Service.
Dates:
03 Jan 1939 - 27 Jul 1939
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence D-Ea., 11 Dec 1939 - 26 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/69A-B
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Correspondents include: M Davies (4); L R Prescott [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Health] (7); Brendan Bracken; Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (4); representatives of the Eastern Federation of Building Trades Employers (6).Subjects include: Employment of Women Orders; national insurance; women's tax allowances; the coal mining ballot; mortgage rates under the War Damage Bill; builders' rescue...
Dates:
11 Dec 1939 - 26 Jul 1945
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Fa-Fl., 26 Nov 1941 - 24 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/71A-B
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Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (7).Subjects include: Women's Auxiliary Services; Mercantile Marine pensions.Also includes: memorandum from the Radio and Television Retailers Association on the Location of Retail Businesses Order.
Dates:
26 Nov 1941 - 24 Jul 1945
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Ta-Th., 05 Nov 1942 - 23 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/96
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Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (10); L R Prescott [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Health] (6).Subjects include: repair of bomb damage; evacuation; requisitioning of houses and the housing shortage; new housing and the green belt; women medical students.
Dates:
05 Nov 1942 - 23 Jul 1945
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex] Election: correspondence., 02 Mar 1929 - 29 May 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/106A-B
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Correspondents include: Mary, Lady Blandford [later Mary, Duchess of Marlborough]; 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell, on the bookmakers' opposition to the Conservatives because of the Tote Bill; Stanley Baldwin; John Walton Newbold; Arthur Duffes on Liberal wrecking tactics; Sir Percy Girouard.Other subjects include: the sale of the Casino and Hotel Napoleon, St Raphael [France]; Chingford [Essex] telephone system; recollections of Sir Henry Hozier; David Lloyd George's disappointing performance...
Dates:
02 Mar 1929 - 29 May 1929
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Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester, 1904 - 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4
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This class of papers covers WSC's time as Liberal MP for North West Manchester (1906 to 1908).The papers contain correspondence between WSC's office and local officials discussing standard constituency affairs (such as arrangements for WSC's visits to Manchester; his support for various local associations and events; and recommendations for positions as magistrates).However, the predominant national topics of the period (the Aliens Bill, Free Trade, the Education Bill, the Licensing Bill,...
Dates:
1904 - 1908
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester., Dec 1905 - Jan 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/8
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Material relating to WSC standing for election as Liberal candidate for Manchester. Includes correspondence with constituents concerning WSC's stance on various issues including: pharmacies, the Education Act and working conditions for teachers, vaccination, the identification of boxes manufactured abroad, railways, the registration of architects and accountants, female suffrage, Home Rule, Income Tax, temperance, taxation, Free Trade, shops, vivisection, and Chinese labour in South...
Dates:
Dec 1905 - Jan 1906
Conditions Governing Access:
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: By election defeat., Apr 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/19
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Letters expressing disappointment at WSC's defeat from correspondents including: E Crosfield Pearson; Frank Southern; Reginald Barnes; Lord James of Hereford; John Morley [later Lord Morley of Blackburn]; Sir Edward Grey; Cornelia [Lady] Wimborne [earlier Lady Guest and Lady Cornelia Churchill]; Lady Sarah Wilson [earlier Lady Sarah Churchill]; Ian Malcolm; Hugh Massingham, editor of the Nation; Thomas Garnett; Consuelo [Duchess of Marlborough, later Consuelo Balsan]; Levy Davis of the...
Dates:
Apr 1908
Conditions Governing Access:
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence., 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/1A-B
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Correspondents include: T W Killick, President of the Free Trade League (15) about WSC's candidacy and arrangements for meetings; Samuel Lamb and Fred Burn of the Manchester Liberal Association (7 and 4 respectively); James Mawdesley; Nathan Laski on the Aliens Bill and its effect on the Manchester Jewish community (4); William Royle, Chairman of the Manchester Liberal Federation (4); and 5th Lord Rosebery.Other subjects include: Free Trade; the licensing of brothels; WSC's stance on Irish...
Dates:
1904
Conditions Governing Access:
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence., 14 Jan 1904 - 22 Dec 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/2
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Correspondence between WSC and various associations concerning meetings including: T W Killick of the Free Trade League (5); William Royle and Fred Burn of the Manchester Liberal Federation (14); R N Porter of Manchester University (4 letters) and the Women's Social and Political Union.
Dates:
14 Jan 1904 - 22 Dec 1904
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence., 02 Jul 1905 - 23 Dec 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/4
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Correspondents include: E Crosfield Pearson on canvassing support for WSC (6); E Pappadimitrou on Japan (2); William Royle, Chairman of the Manchester Liberal Association on demonstrations by suffragettes, including Annie Kenney and [Christabel] Pankhurst, against Sir Edward Grey (4).Other subjects include: Free Trade; preparations for the General Election and predictions about Liberal successes; WSC's support for local associations, clubs and events; and discussion of issues connected with...
Dates:
02 Jul 1905 - 23 Dec 1905
Conditions Governing Access:
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence, Jan 1907 - Dec 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/13
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Correspondents include: Fred Brierley and T W Killick about the Free Trade League; William Royle, Chairman of the Manchester Liberal Federation (3); Dr J Dulberg about the Manchester Jewish community's reaction to the proposed Aliens Bill and female suffrage (2) and WSC's reply; Fred Burn, Secretary of the Manchester Liberal Federation (2) and N Jacobson about WSC's intervention in the capmaker's strike (2).Other subjects include: Free Trade; the taxation of land values;...
Dates:
Jan 1907 - Dec 1907
Conditions Governing Access:
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence., Jan 1908 - Apr 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/16
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Correspondents include: Walter Speakman, Chairman of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce about the Brussels Sugar Convention (2); Arthur Hutton of the British Sugar Growing Association about the delay in completing the Nyasaland [Malawi, Africa] railway (1); T W Killick (1) on Free Trade and a reply from WSC; William Joynson Hicks [later Lord Brentford] on the likelihood of an by election in Manchester (2); Henry Massingham, editor of the Nation (1); W H Bridge of the Manchester Protestant...
Dates:
Jan 1908 - Apr 1908
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence about the general election., Aug 1951 - Nov 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/10
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Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association (3); Oswald Silberrad. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Elizabeth Gilliatt, ?Richard Greville (Honorary Secretary), Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], "Jo" Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], and Chips Gemmell; [Prime Minister's Private Secretaries] Anthony Bevir and Edward Cass; CSC (President of Woodford Conservative Association); and from WSC to some of those...
Dates:
Aug 1951 - Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
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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
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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
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with officers, associations, wards, clubs, etc., N-Z., Jan 1949 - Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/5
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Correspondents include: Enoch Powell and Reginald Maudling of the Conservative Research Department; representatives of Woodford Conservative Association, including Chairman Sir James Hawkey (5) and Honorary Secretary and Agent Frederick Mummery (34), mainly on local association matters and advising on constituents' correspondence. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries ["Jo"] Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Chips...
Dates:
Jan 1949 - Dec 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or about constituency officers., Nov 1951 - Mar 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/13
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Correspondents include: Theresa Arnison, Chairman of the Women's Advisory Committee of the Woodford Conservative Association, on whist drives, opening times of the gardens at Chartwell [Kent], her husband Rowland Arnison's death, and her retirement from her position (13); Frank Foster on the Chigwell [Essex] Conservative Association. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: CSC (President of Woodford Conservative Association); secretaries Lettice Marston (Lettice Shillingford),...
Dates:
Nov 1951 - Mar 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A - H., 30 Dec 1949 - 21 Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/61
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Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association, including Sir James Hawkey, Chairman (2) and "Kath", Kathleen Kemp, Secretary to the Agent (7); Thomas Shearer, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Air (3); [Ness Edwards], Postmaster General, on the campaign for official recognition by the Engineering Officers (Telecommunications) Association, including a note of his negotiations with the Association; Sir Howard Roberts, Clerk of London County Council;...
Dates:
30 Dec 1949 - 21 Dec 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folio 107, closed for 75 years until 2026 on grounds of data protection due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on a potentially living individual.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, C - E., 01 Apr 1951 - 30 Dec 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/68A-B
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Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including Sir James Hawkey, Chairman (5) and W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent (10); P M Ibbotson, Private Secretary, Ministry of Health (6); Alfred Bavin, Private Secretary to the Minister of Health; (David) Colin Humphries, Private Secretary, Air Ministry (2); Peter Hudson, Private Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation; Bernard Civval, constituent (5); Peter Goldman [Head of...
Dates:
01 Apr 1951 - 30 Dec 1952
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 122 - 124 and 226, closed for 75 years until 2028 on data protection grounds due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on potentially living individuals.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, C - F., 03 Mar 1953 - 29 Dec 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/85
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Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (13); J R Jameson, Ministry of Education (7); I H Slee, Private Secretary, War Damage Commission (4); [Sherard] Falkner Allison, Bishop of Chelmsford [Essex]; G D Gooden, Chairman, Chigwell [Essex] County Primary School Parent-Teachers Association (4); Norman Calvert, [Assistant Principal], Ministry of Housing and Local Government; Stella Fisher, Assistant Private Secretary to the...
Dates:
03 Mar 1953 - 29 Dec 1954
Conditions Governing Access:
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, H - L., 08 Jan 1957 - 02 Dec 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/100A-B
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Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (5); Anthony Harland, constituent (4); Edward Boyle, Financial Secretary to the Treasury; Ian Harvey [MP for Harrow, Middlesex and Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs]; Geoffrey Chipperfield, Private Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Local Government; George Christ [Parliamentary Liaison Officer, Conservative Party] (3); Robert Jenkins [MP for Dulwich Division,...
Dates:
08 Jan 1957 - 02 Dec 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 62 - 77, closed for 75 years until 2035 on data protection grounds due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on a potentially living individual.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, I-Z., Jul 1946 - Jul 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/37
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Correspondents include: Theresa Brewster, Private Secretary, War Damage Commission (4); Sir James Hawkey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association; L D Baynes of the War Office (4); [Evan] Maude [Assistant Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer]; M M Killeen, Private Secretary to the Minister of Pensions (4); J H Hughes of the Air Ministry (5); [Anthony] Ridge, [Principal Private Secretary to the Postmaster General]; [Kenneth] Witney, [Assistant] Private Secretary [to the Home...
Dates:
Jul 1946 - Jul 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, M - N., 24 Nov 1947 - 29 Dec 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/80
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Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (7); Gordon Wilson, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War; Leonard Bevan, Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Trade; Stuart Gilbert, Private Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government (3); Peter Hudson [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation] (2); George Moseley, Assistant Private...
Dates:
24 Nov 1947 - 29 Dec 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 185 - 192, closed for 75 years until 2029 on data protection grounds due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on a potentially living individual.