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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 256 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 18 Apr 1922

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/122/71-72
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Excerpt from a letter from William Munro [secretary of the Provincial National Liberal Council] (25 George Street, Perth, [Scotland]) to [Sir Archibald Sinclair, later 1st Lord Thurso] reporting that the Conservatives in East Perthshire intend to field their own candidate in the constituency, which would make Sinclair's candidature as a Coalition Liberal untenable. Sent with CHAR 2/122/70.

Dates: 18 Apr 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Nov 1933

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/197/148
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Letter from John S Boyd (Duncliffe, Dunoon, Argyll, [Scotland]) describing how criticism of the Government's Indian policy was suppressed at the Scottish Unionist Conference. Copy sent with CHAR 2/197/147.

Dates: 21 Nov 1933
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), 24 Nov 1919

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/106/122
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Letter from [WSC] to Lord Curzon recommending that the 5th Duke of Sutherland, who has great political influence in Scotland, should deal with Scottish business in the House of Lords. Another copy at CHAR 2/106/124-125. Typescript copy.

Dates: 24 Nov 1919
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), 08 Jan 1911

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/51/7-13
Scope and Contents Letter from W H Shaw, port steward of the British Yukon Navigation Company (White Horse, Yukon Territory, Canada) to WSC praising him, David Lloyd-George and the Government generally for their measures "for the benefit of the struggling masses." He describes: the poor living conditions he experienced in Huddersfield [Yorkshire] before leaving about 27 years earlier and their bad effects on morality and on the fitness of men enlisting for the Army; his approval of the Government's land reform...
Dates: 08 Jan 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Jan 1911

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/54/4
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Letter from James Caird (Roseangle, Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC reporting that he has sent money to Macrae of the "Northern Weekly" to help him promote the cause of Free Trade in Dingwall [Ross and Cromarty, Scotland] and elsewhere in the north of Scotland.

Dates: 09 Jan 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jun 1911

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/54/72-74
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Letter from James Caird (Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC approving the scheme for Free Trade instruction classes and examinations to be undertaken by Eliot Crawshay Williams. Encloses a report from Dr Robert Caird on the Glasgow Unionist Free Trade Club [not present], which shows that Free Trade does not always mean Liberalism, even in Scotland. Expresses interest in the idea of local parliaments under the general control of the Imperial Parliament.

Dates: 04 Jun 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Dec 1911

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/54/90-91
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Letter from James Caird (Roseangle, Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC agreeing that the National Free Trade Lectures should be continued for 1912 and asking if WSC would approve his giving £10000 to help the Liberal campaign for Irish Home Rule. Caird will also be glad to help on the issue of Home Rule for Scotland.

Dates: 03 Dec 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Dec 1912

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/57/69
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Letter from James Caird (Roseangle, Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC asking for advice on how best to spend a sum for a project with a scientific basis in Scotland.

Dates: 13 Dec 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Sep 1912

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/58/8
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Cutting from the Liverpool Daily Courier: cartoon attacking WSC's proposal for separate parliaments for Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the English regions.

Dates: 16 Sep 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [Dec] [1913]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/62/124
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Memorandum by [John Cathcart Wason] on the danger to the Empire posed by the current Home Rule crisis and suggesting that local parliaments for Ireland, Scotland, Wales and, possibly, the English regions on the Canadian and Australian federal model could be the answer. Typescript. Sent with CHAR 2/62/123.

Dates: [Dec] [1913]
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), [Dec] [1913]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/62/125
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Cutting from the Dundee Advertiser: speech by John Cathcart Wason advocating local parliaments for Ireland, Scotland, Wales, London and, possibly, English regions.

Dates: [Dec] [1913]
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), c 1919

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/92/52
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Picture postcards of Hamilton Palace [Larnarkshire, Scotland] and wild white cattle in Cadzow Forest, Hamilton.

Dates: c 1919
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), 01 May 1920

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/110/28
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Letter from William Robertson (St Margaret's Works, Dunfermline, [Fifeshire, Scotland] to WSC (War Office) enclosing and commenting on the resolution from the East Fife Liberal Association which was defeated at the meeting of the Scottish Liberal Federation [see CHAR 2/110/29].

Dates: 01 May 1920
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), [Apr] [1920]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/110/29
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Resolution from the East Fife Liberal Association calling on the Scottish Liberal Federation to oppose the fusion of Liberal and Unionist Associations. Sent with CHAR 2/110/28.

Dates: [Apr] [1920]
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), 20 Jun 1920

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/110/40
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Letter from Sir William Sutherland (10 Downing Street) to WSC enclosing a copy of a letter from him to Frederick Guest on Liberal organisation in Scotland and the scope for increased Liberal representation there [see CHAR 2/110/41-47].

Dates: 20 Jun 1920
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), 04 Jun 1920

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/110/41-47
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Letter from Sir William Sutherland (12 Downing Street) to Frederick Guest on Liberal organisation in Scotland and the scope for agreements with the Coalition Unionists for increased Liberal representation there. Includes analyses of a number of constituencies. Copy sent with CHAR 2/110/40.

Dates: 04 Jun 1920
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), 21 Mar 1935

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/241B/133-134
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Letter from Hugh Orr-Ewing, Chief Organizer, India Defence League, to WSC, enclosing a note from [Henry] Victor Raikes on Norrie Miller, the prospective National Government candidate for Perth [Scotland].

Dates: 21 Mar 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Mar 1935

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/234/141-142
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Letter from 8th Duke of Atholl [earlier Lord Tullibardine] (98 Elm Park Gardens [London]) to WSC on the political situation in East Perthshire [Scotland] between the outgoing Conservative MP, Lord Scone and the Liberal activist and possible candidate Francis Norie-Miller, and the bad effect it would have, both on Randolph Churchill and "Kitty" [Katharine, Duchess of Atholl, and MP for Kinross and Western] if Randolph Churchill also stood as a candidate.

Dates: 21 Mar 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Sep 1912

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/13/32-33
Scope and Contents Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], circulated to the 1st Sea Lord [Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman], the 2nd Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven], the 3rd Sea Lord [Vice-Admiral Charles Briggs], the Additional Civil Lord [Sir Francis Hopwood, later 1st Lord Southborough], the Director of Naval Ordnance [Rear-Admiral Frederick Tudor, earlier Frederick Jones] and the Admiralty Chief of Staff [? Sir Henry Jackson] on the advantages of the Cromarty Firth as...
Dates: 04 Sep 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Oct 1911

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/4/2
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Minute from WSC, to [Rear-Admiral Alexander Bethell], Director of Naval Intelligence, asking for his views on the establishment of a wireless station in the Shetland Islands; also asking if it would be worth putting a small torpedo base there and about German influence in the islands. [Hand-written, initialled by WSC].

Dates: 31 Oct 1911
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Nov 1911

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/4/3-6
Scope and Contents Minute from Rear-Admiral Alexander Bethell, Director of Naval Intelligence, to WSC stating that there was no real necessity for a wireless station in the Shetland Islands, as it would be the wartime base of the 7th Cruiser Squadron, which was equipped with wireless; also stating that a base would cost around 9,000 pounds and require a force of 25 men to defend it. Bethell adds that German influence was not very marked in the islands, and that very few German ships had visited there since...
Dates: 02 Nov 1911
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Feb 1942

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53A/29-30
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Letter from WSC to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh [William Darling] accepting the freedom of the city.

Dates: 04 Feb 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Mar 1942

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53B/156
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Letter from WSC to William Darling, Lord Provost of Edinburgh accepting the Freedom of the City.

Dates: 24 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Mar 1942

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53B/121
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Letter from WSC to the 6th Duke of Montrose [earlier Lord Graham] proposing he become Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Dates: 08 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Jun 1942

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/266
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Letter from WSC to the Lord Provost of Aberdeen [Thomas Mitchell] declining the freedom of the city. [See CHAR 20/54B/191 for further reply].

Dates: 06 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open