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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence D-L., Nov 1945 - Dec 1946
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/6
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Terence Garvey (Foreign Office) on the case of George Dace; Percy Cudlipp, editor, Daily Herald, and Patrick Donner (2) requesting WSC to write for them; Sir Orme Sargent [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] on Kenneth de Courcy; Sir Paul Booth on the "Dog and Duck" circle; Eric Gandar Dower on his constituency position (2); Robert Jenkins; Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head of Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat and Joint Director,...
Dates:
Nov 1945 - Dec 1946
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence E-F (almost all material dates from 1950)., Nov 1946 - Dec 1950
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/96A-B
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Correspondents include: Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] (3); David Eccles (4); Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office; various representatives of the Conservative Research Department, including Peter Goldman (5); Walter Elliot on visiting Chaim Weizmann [President of Israel] and Scottish matters (2); James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (4); Sir Malcolm Trustram...
Dates:
Nov 1946 - Dec 1950
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Open, except for folios 268 and 273-4 which have been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about a living individual until 1 January 2026.
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence from Conservative Associations (including branches), constituencies, clubs and Young Conservatives, N-Z., Feb 1951 - Jan 1955
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/121A-B
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Correspondents include: Sir Eric Errington, Chairman, Executive Committee, of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations (2); 1st Lord Teviot [earlier Charles Kerr], Chairman, Liberal National Organisation, supporting WSC; various representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office particularly Richard Greville (25); representatives of the North Newcastle[-upon-Tyne] Conservative Association (5); 3rd Lord Ridley, Chairman of the New North Newcastle Conservative...
Dates:
Feb 1951 - Jan 1955
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence H-M., Mar 1950 - Nov 1951
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/115A-B
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Correspondents include: Samuel Hammersley; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (8); Roy Harrod (3); Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] (5); [Arthur] Vere Harvey [later Lord Harvey of Prestbury] on the supply of aircraft and equipment to Egypt; Sir George Harvie Watt and his wife Bettie; James Henderson-Stewart; Michael Higgs on his daughter; Captain Alan Hillgarth [earlier Alan Evans] on Spain; "Bill",...
Dates:
Mar 1950 - Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 334-6 which have been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about a living individual until 1 January 2027.
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence O-R., Jun 1949 - Dec 1950
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/100
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Correspondents include: various representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office, including George Christ (9); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (5); David Astor, [Editor] of the Observer; David Waddington, President of Oxford University Conservative Society, on inviting WSC to Oxford; Sir Waldron Smithers; Harry Mackeson, Deputy Chief Conservative Whip, on the recall of Parliament; Firoz Khan Noon, Governor of East...
Dates:
Jun 1949 - Dec 1950
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence on by-elections., Aug 1946 - Feb 1949
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/14A-B
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Correspondents include: Victor Warren; Sir Arthur Young [Scottish Unionist Whip] (5); Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip from 1948] (6); Anthony Fell; David Gammans; Richard Casey [President, Liberal Party of Australia]; John Smyth; Sir James Dunn; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis], Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office (5); Christopher Soames (3); Frederic Harris; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin], Vice-Chairman of...
Dates:
Aug 1946 - Feb 1949
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence on by-elections., May 1947 - Apr 1951
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/90A-B
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Correspondents include: James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (14); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (3); James Lindsay; William Woolley; Sir Arthur Young [Scottish Unionist Whip]; Anthony Fell; Sir Edward Boyle (2); Geoffrey Geoffrey-Lloyd; Sir Albert Braithwaite (3); Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] on Norman Bower resigning; Sir Arthur...
Dates:
May 1947 - Apr 1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence P - S., 13 May 1950 - 17 Feb 1959
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/130A-B
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Correspondents include: Ernest Marples, Postmaster General; Eugene Spier, on writing a history of the Focus luncheon meetings and combating the continuing influence of Hitler in Germany (7); Richard Greville, Personal Assistant to the Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office (6); Edward Given, Foreign Office, on WSC's New Year message to Poland; Henry Price (2); Sir Clive Morrison-Bell on proportional representation; Julian Ridsdale; John Rodgers; George Beck, Bishop of Brentwood...
Dates:
13 May 1950 - 17 Feb 1959
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence, R-S., Jan 1958 - Jan 1965
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/512A-B
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Correspondents include: Julian Ridsdale, MP; Sir David Robertson, MP; John Rodgers, MP (5) on subjects including his meeting with Chiang Kai Shek; Colonel Sir Leonard Ropner, MP on the Unionist Club; Anthony Royle, MP [later Lord Fanshawe]; Duncan Sandys on the work of the Civic Trust; Michael Wilmshurst, Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary; [Gerard Andre], French Ambassador to Great Britain; Sir John Dean on the Sevenoaks [Kent] Conservative Association; Sir Derek Greenaway,...
Dates:
Jan 1958 - Jan 1965
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence R-Z., Dec 1945 - Dec 1946
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/8A-B
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Correspondents include: Sir David Robertson on industrial affairs; Randolph Churchill and John Dugdale on Soviet attitudes; 1st Lord Rankeillour [earlier James Hope] and Francis Turnbull [Principal Private Secretary to Secretary of State for India] on Indian affairs; Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office (4); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis], Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office [from July 1946] (4); James Stuart [Chief...
Dates:
Dec 1945 - Dec 1946
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence S., Apr 1946 - Dec 1948
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/71A-B
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Correspondents include: "Bobbety", 5th Lord Salisbury [earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil and Lord Cranborne] (3); R A Butler (2); Arthur Bryant; Douglas Savory; Aubrey Halford [later Aubrey Halford-MacLeod, Principal Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] on the use of excerpts from WSC's memoirs in a war crimes trial; Sir Arthur Young [Scottish Unionist Whip] on Scottish Unionist resolutions; Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head of Conservative...
Dates:
Apr 1946 - Dec 1948
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence S-Z., Oct 1950 - Oct 1951
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/117A-B
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Correspondents include: "Bobbety" [5th Lord Salisbury, earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil and Lord Cranborne] and Leo Amery on Cabinet positions in the event of a Conservative election victory; Sir Arthur Salter; Duncan Sandys on his visit to Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia] and Marshal Tito; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (10); Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare,...
Dates:
Oct 1950 - Oct 1951
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence T-Z., Jan 1949 - Dec 1949
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/86A-B
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Correspondents include: Ernest Taylor; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] on Ivor Thomas [later Ivor Bulmer-Thomas]; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (4); Sir Herbert Thompson on the Indian civil service and police; R Robinson, Lord Mayor of Cardiff, on matters including the Tonypandy riots [Glamorgan, Wales] and naming a road after WSC (7); representatives of the Conservative Research Department...
Dates:
Jan 1949 - Dec 1949
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Public and Political: General: Political: papers and correspondence concerning changes in Conservative Party organisation., Apr 1946 - Jun 1949
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/12
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe], Chairman of the Conservative Party [until July 1946]; Duncan Sandys; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis], Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office [from July 1946]; Hugh Molson; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] on the situation at constituency level; James Stuart [Chief Opposition Whip until 1948]; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes,...
Dates:
Apr 1946 - Jun 1949
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence A., 29 Dec 1945 - 20 Jul 1953
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/166
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Correspondents include: Leo Amery on subjects including offering his services in government, money for colonial development, WSC's speech [28 March 1950, "European Unity"] and the failure of Ernest Bevin [Foreign Secretary] to respond to it, and Israel's relations with Britain (8); Haile Selassie, Emperor of Abyssinia [later Ethiopia] (2); Philip Moore [later 1st Lord Moore of Wolvercote], Assistant Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, on the commemoration of the United...
Dates:
29 Dec 1945 - 20 Jul 1953
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Personal correspondence O - R., 03 Nov 1951 - 14 Apr 1955
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/207
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Correspondents include: Princess Mary, the Princess Royal, on the death of her mother, Queen Mary; David Astor [Editor], the Observer, on the paper's attitude to WSC; Cyril Osborne; [Kenneth] Michael Wilford [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary] (2); George Jellicoe, [1st Secretary], British Embassy, Brussels [Belgium]; C M Arthur, Honorary Secretary, Parliamentary Press Gallery, on a presentation to WSC on his 80th birthday (9); Trevor Evans, Chairman, the Press Club, on a...
Dates:
03 Nov 1951 - 14 Apr 1955
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Public and Political: General: Ross and Cromarty By-election: Randolph Churchill's candidature., 10 Jan 1936 - 07 Apr 1936
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/287
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Randolph Churchill on subjects including his adoption as Conservative candidate for Ross and Cromarty [Scotland], his willingness to support a Liberal candidate, canvassing, the [National Government] candidate, Malcolm MacDonald, local support, press reaction to his candidature, local agricultural conditions and economic distress, and WSC's popularity in the area (9); Brendan Bracken on Randolph's poor chances; John Astor [owner of the Times] on a suggestion in the...
Dates:
10 Jan 1936 - 07 Apr 1936
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: Aberdeen and Edinburgh [Scotland] (April 1946)., 29 May 1942 - 19 Jun 1946
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/233
Scope and Contents
Correspondents on WSC's visit include: Sir Ronald Matthews, Chairman, London and North Eastern Railway, on travel arrangements; Sir Thomas Mitchell, Lord Provost of Aberdeen, on arrangements for WSC's visit and granting him the Freedom of the City (16); Sir Thomas Jaffrey; Helen, Lady Jaffrey, on accommodation for WSC; Sir Hastings Ismay [Additional Secretary (Military) to the Cabinet] on statistics for Scots in the Armed Forces for WSC's speech in Aberdeen ("The Needs of a Sick World", 27...
Dates:
29 May 1942 - 19 Jun 1946
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: Ayr [Scotland] (May 1947)., 27 Nov 1946 - 09 Aug 1947
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/251
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Correspondents on WSC's visit include: Sir Charles MacAndrew on accommodation for WSC; Robert Brown, Town Clerk, Ayr, on arrangements for WSC receiving an honorary burgess-ship (14); Sir Thomas Moore [MP for Ayr Burgh] on invitations for WSC, and WSC's speech at Ayr ["Trust the People", 16 May 1947] (3); Sir Arthur Young [MP for Partick, Glasgow] (6); Lieutenant- General Sir Robert Sturges, Royal Marines Association, asking WSC to visit the Ayrshire branch of the association; James Stuart...
Dates:
27 Nov 1946 - 09 Aug 1947
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Public and Political: General: Visits and Invitations: Glasgow., Jul 1952 - Sep 1953
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/292
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Correspondence and papers on arrangements for visit to Glasgow, 16-17 Apr 1953, to address Annual Meeting of the Scottish Unionist Association, Green's Playhouse, Renfield Street.File includes correspondence with Colonel Patrick Blair, Political Secretary, Office of the Chairman of the Unionist Party in Scotland (4); John Cranna, Secretary, Scottish Unionist Association, Western Divisional Council (2); James Stuart, [later Lord Stuart of Findhorn], Secretary of State for Scotland (3); Evelyn...
Dates:
Jul 1952 - Sep 1953
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Public and Political: General: Visits and Invitations: Perth., Oct 1947 - Jul 1948
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/259
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Correspondents and papers on WSC's visit to Perth, 27-28 May 1948, to receive the Freedom of the City, and to address meeting of the Scottish Unionist Association Correspondents include Lord Mansfield; Alan Gomme-Duncan MP (4); The Maclaine of Lochbuie (4), Airborne Forces Security Fund, asking him to act as patron of the Churchill Ball; Sir Arthur Young MP, Scottish Unionist Association (2); Lord Dunglass (later Lord Home), Scottish Unionist Association.
Dates:
Oct 1947 - Jul 1948
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Radio Scotland, Good Morning Scotland: interview with NK, 1992-02-27
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/189
Scope and Contents
Interview with NK on subjects including: a Scottish Parliament; devolution; a possible coalition with the Liberals; electoral reform.
Dates:
1992-02-27
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Reginald Pindar: Journal of a tour to Scotland
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10055
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With letters to his brother and mother (1835), wife and aunt, M.A. Lowe (w.m. 1854)
Dates:
1841
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Reports on cases in the Court of Sessions, Scotland, 1661-2
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.101
Scope and Contents
Incomplete at end, the last case breaking off at foot of fo. 68r. fos. 68v-140: blank. fo. 2: 'David Hope Empt. 17mo die Novembris 1735'. fo. 3: Puttick and Simpson sale reference.
Dates:
1666 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Scotland, 1985-06 - 1988-02
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 6/1/4
Scope and Contents
Includes: text of speech by NK at the annual conference of the Scottish Labour Party council, Perth, 1986; Scottish economic, employment and earning figures; notes by John Eatwell [Economic Adviser to NK]; cuttings from the financial press; notes on voting figures; transcript of "Face the Press" programme with Sir Terence Beckett, Director-General of the CBI, on the state of the economy; briefing for Perth; briefing for a press conference at Aberdeen South.
Dates:
1985-06 - 1988-02
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From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.