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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 271 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 13 Feb 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/8/8
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Printed note by WSC for the War Cabinet on Scapa Flow [Orkney Islands, Scotland], with comments prepared by the Civil Lord [Captain Austin Hudson].

Dates: 13 Feb 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Nov 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/2B/124-126
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Letter from WSC to [Arthur] Woodburn giving reasons for not establishing a Grand Scottish Consultative Chamber during war time. [Carbon].

Dates: 25 Nov 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 May 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/11/9
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Letter from Sir Murdoch MacDonald MP to WSC proposing James Henderson-Stewart for Under-Secretary of State for Scotland; adds that he urged [Clement] Attlee and [Arthur] Greenwood to serve under WSC's premiership. [manuscript].

Dates: 11 May 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Feb 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21A/80-81
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Letter from WSC to Frederick Pethick-Lawrence [MP for East Edinburgh, Scotland] on Scottish Nationalist objections to the use of the word "England" instead of "Britain".

Dates: 15 Feb 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Nov 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/7/89-94
Scope and Contents Copy of a letter from WSC to Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, marked "most secret" relaying a conversation with Neville Chamberlain [Minister of Health] about including the costs of widows and old age insurance in the budget; balancing relief to the direct taxpayer; meeting the cost of war pensions; the timing of implementing Chamberlain's Insurance Bill; establishment of a committee of experts to consider insurance; housing and funding for building "Weir" steel houses; and support for...
Dates: 28 Nov 1924
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jun 1911

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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

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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), 08 Jan 1911

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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), 13 Dec 1912

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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

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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), 09 Jan 1911

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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), 06 Jun 1942

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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
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(Untitled), 26 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/169-170
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Letter from WSC to A J Barber-Fleming, Scottish Unionist Party, wishing the Party a successful annual conference.

Dates: 26 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1942

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

Dates: 01 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Feb 1942

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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), 08 Mar 1942

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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), 24 Mar 1942

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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), 01 May 1941 - 31 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/36/5
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, May 1941.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Sir Horace Wilson [Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury and official Head of HM Civil Service]; Eric Seal [WSC's Principal Private Secretary]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; Sir Alexander...
Dates: 01 May 1941 - 31 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Mar 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/22A/25-26
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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [? John Seely, Secretary of State for War, later 1st Lord Mottistone] on the importance to the Admiralty of the Orkney and Shetland Territorials, and his disappointment that the War Office was proposing to disband these Units. [Carbon copy].

Dates: 03 Mar 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Apr 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/22A/43-45
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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Vice-Admiral Lewis Bayly [Commander, 3rd Battle Squadron], on his paper on East Coast defence, "Time Table of a Nightmare". WSC particularly mentions Bayly's view that it would be a disadvantage to land near a big town, and his reasons for discounting a landing in the vicinity of Dundee [Angus, Scotland]; WSC gives his reasons why an attack on Dundee would be possible. [Carbon copy].

Dates: 19 Apr 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 May 1920

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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]

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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

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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

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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), 11 Apr 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/122/31-32
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Telegram from WSC to [David Lloyd George] recommending Alexander MacCallum Scott rather than John Leng Sturrock to be the Scottish Government Whip, reporting the success of his Dundee visit and the attempts of their opponents to upset the associations of their supporters. Draft in the hand of Edward Marsh.

Dates: 11 Apr 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open