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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester, 1904 - 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4
Scope and Contents
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
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester., Dec 1905 - Jan 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/8
Scope and Contents
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:
Open
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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
Scope and Contents
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:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence., 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/1A-B
Scope and Contents
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:
Open
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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
Scope and Contents
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
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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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
Scope and Contents
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:
Open
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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
Scope and Contents
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:
Open
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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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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:
Open
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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 officers, associations, wards, clubs, etc., N-Z., Jan 1949 - Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/5
Scope and Contents
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:
Open
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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
Scope and Contents
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:
Open
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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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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:
Open
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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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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:
Open
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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
Scope and Contents
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.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, M-Z., Nov 1947 - Aug 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/52
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Michael Milne-Watson, Chairman, North Thames Gas Board, on the Board's creation; [Anthony] Ridge, [Principal Private Secretary to the Postmaster General]; Frederick Mummery, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (6); [George] Tomlinson [Minister of Education]; [David] Nenk, Ministry of Education; Percy Cohen [Joint Director] of the Conservative Research Department. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretary Lorna...
Dates:
Nov 1947 - Aug 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with the Conservative Research Department, particularly [Joint Director, Percy] Cohen., Mar 1949 - Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/6
Scope and Contents
Also includes copies of correspondence from [WSC's secretary, Lorna] Cowper.Subjects include: advice and assistance in response to enquiries from constituents on matters including equal pay for women, unions, leasehold tenure, nationalisation, health, and post-war credits; tickets for constituents to visit the House of Commons.
Dates:
Mar 1949 - Oct 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: papers and correspondence for the general election., Apr 1955 - Jun 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/22A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, WSC's election agent (18); John Harvey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association (9); Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office, on a hoax letter from the "Conservative Propaganda Centre"; George Christ [Parliamentary Liaison Officer, Conservative Party, and Editor Weekly News Letter] (2); Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (2), (1) also from Clarissa Eden [earlier Clarissa...
Dates:
Apr 1955 - Jun 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Private and personal letters A - Z, 1909-01 - 1909-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/5/8
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Mary Arnold-Forster; [Charles] Moberly Bell [Managing Director of the Times] on sales of the Times History of the South African War and the Times's refusal to be associated with it any more (8); Robert Borden on suggestions by LSA for Imperial loans and Canada's share in Imperial defence (2); John Buchan [later 1st Lord Tweedsmuir]; [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain on subjects including LSA standing for the Bordesley seat [Birmingham, Warwickshire] (2); Joseph Chamberlain,...
Dates:
1909-01 - 1909-12
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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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers, mainly on books concerning WSC and Christmas wishes from international figures., Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/439
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz] on his book "A Democratic Manifesto" (4); [Alan] Hodge [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Information] (3), Lovat Dickson [Director] of MacMillan and Company (2), Cicely Andrews (Rebecca West), and [William] Collins, [Chairman and Managing Director] Collins Publishers, on subjects including books on WSC and President [Franklin] Roosevelt in the series "Britain in Pictures", possibly to be written by West or Compton...
Dates:
Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, C-D., Jan 1941 - Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/417
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [4th] Lord Camden [John Pratt] on rationing on the Riviera, France; [1st] Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry] (2); [Arnold] Heeney, Clerk of the Privy Council, Canada, on the Privy Council oath; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin] and "B B" [Brendan Bracken, Prime Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary] on the death of Ronald Cartland; Freda, Marquesa de Casa Maury [earlier Freda Dudley Ward], on a "health-giving lamp" and the Feathers Club (2); Robert...
Dates:
Jan 1941 - Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence A-C., Jun 1947 - Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/67A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Vyvyan Adams (4); Reginald Maudling; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (3); Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe] (3); James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (7); Garry Allighan; Leo Amery (6); John Andrews; Michael Astor; Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head of Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat and Joint Director, Conservative Research...
Dates:
Jun 1947 - Dec 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 166-7 which have been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about living individuals until 1 January 2024.