India (nation)
Found in 7965 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 13 Dec 1930
Letter from [WSC] to [Sir Mark Hunter] enclosing a donation to the fund [of the Indian Empire Society], hoping that the Society's members are not worried about the abuse he is getting and asking to be informed about the plans for a meeting in Manchester, which [Lord Rothermere, earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] has promised to support. Carbon typescript and manuscript copy.
(Untitled), 12 Dec 1930
Letter from Sir Mark Hunter, secretary of the Indian Empire Society (12 Ashburn Gardens, [London]) to WSC (Chartwell) thanking him for his speech on the Indian situation at the Cannon Street Hotel [London] and for his offer to address a similar meeting in Manchester.
(Untitled), 13 Dec 1930
Letter from 1st Lord Sydenham [earlier Sir George Clarke] (101 Onslow Square, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on the situation in India [at the Cannon Street Hotel, London] and echoing his criticism of the Government's handling of the Round-Table Conference on India's future.
(Untitled), 19 Dec 1930
Letter from [WSC] to [Sir Mark Hunter] asserting that there should be a meeting in Manchester attacking Government policy on India and hoping that members of the Indian Empire Society "will not be upset by the strong currents of defeatist opinion which are now flowing." Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 19 Dec 1930
Receipt from the Indian Empire Society to WSC for a donation of 10 pounds.
(Untitled), 19 Dec 1930
Letter from Sir Mark Hunter, secretary of the Indian Empire Association (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC thanking him for his donation, enclosing CHAR 2/174/23, expressing satisfaction that WSC's recent speech on the Indian situation has flustered his opponents, and asking for suggestions as to who should chair the meeting in Manchester.
(Untitled), 18 Dec 1930
Resolution of the executive committee of the Indian Empire Society thanking WSC for his speech on India at the Cannon Street Hotel, [London]. Sent with CHAR 2/174/21-22.
(Untitled), 20 Dec 1930
Letter from [WSC] to [Sir Mark Hunter] on the arrangements for a meeting on India at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 10 Nov 1930
Extract from a letter from a District Magistrate in the Bombay Presidency describing the economic distress that has accompanied the Civil Disobedience movement and its failure to weaken the British government in India. Sent with CHAR 2/174/13.
(Untitled), 24 Dec 1930
Letter from [?Violet Pearman] to Sir Geoffrey Fry, private secretary to Stanley Baldwin, conveying WSC's wish that copies of CHAR 2/174/26 be circulated to members of the Business Committee and Conservative Conference delegates. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), [Dec] [1930]
Letter from Sir Mark Hunter, secretary of the India Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC on arrangements for the meeting on India at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester. Sheets filed in the wrong order.
(Untitled), c 1930
Memorandum on the price of silver, particularly as it affects the Indian currency.
(Untitled), c 1930
Memorandum from Philip A Wilkins (19 Great Winchester Street, [London]) to WSC on the fall in the price of silver, particularly as it affects India and China.
(Untitled), 14 Jan 1931
Cutting from the Morning Post: letter to the editor from the Nawab of Dera Ismail Khan urging the provision of safeguards for minorities in the forthcoming declaration by the Prime Minister [Ramsay Macdonald] of government policy on India. Sent with CHAR 2/180A/20.
(Untitled), 18 Jan 1931
Letter from Sir [John] Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) enclosing and commenting on CHAR 2/180A/24-26 and referring to speeches on India by 1st Lord Morley [of Blackburn, former Secretary of State for India].
(Untitled), 16 Jan 1931
Minutes of a meeting of the local committee and Sir [John] Mark Hunter [Secretary] of the Indian Empire Society on WSC's proposed meeting in Manchester.
(Untitled), 12 Feb 1931
Letter from Sir Reginald Craddock (Whitehall Court, [London]) to [WSC] asserting that WSC should see A K Fazl ul Haq [see CHAR 2/180A/32] and that it would be disgraceful if the British forcibly upheld a Brahmin oligarchy against the wishes of the Muslims.
(Untitled), 22 Jan 1931
Letter from [WSC] to W H Flanagan [? William Flanagan, MP for Clayton Division, Manchester] inviting him to come and talk to him when he visits Manchester. [Carbon typescript copy].
(Untitled), 21 Jan 1931
Letter from A K Fazl ul Haq, one of the Bengal [India, later also part of Bangladesh] delegates to the Indian Round Table Conference (8 Chesterfield Gardens, Mayfair, London) to [WSC] asking to meet him and 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] to discuss Indian affairs.
(Untitled), 24 Jan 1931
Letter from J S Rouse (103 Gower Street, [London]) to [WSC] on his efforts to raise money for the Indian Empire Society's campaign to rouse and organise public opinion and the tendency of manufacturers trading with India to concentrate on short-term commercial matters rather than the broader issue of the Empire.
(Untitled), 28 Jan 1931
Letter from [WSC] to A J Bailey [Chairman of the Constitutional Club, Manchester] accepting the invitation to dine with the Club. [Carbon typescript copy].
(Untitled), 05 Feb 1931
Letter from [WSC] to Sir [John] Mark Hunter [Secretary of the Indian Empire Society] reporting that 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] advises that the meeting on India at the Albert Hall [London] should not be delayed until April and enclosing a copy of a letter he is sending to John Whitley, Chairman of the BBC, asking for an opportunity to broadcast on India [not present]. [Carbon typescript copy].
(Untitled), 02 Feb 1931
Letter from Sir [John] Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC reporting that he has sent a telegram to 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] on the success of the Society's meeting in Manchester and that he will bring the proposal for a meeting in the Albert Hall [London] before members of his committee, who are pleased with the Manchester meeting. Wishes WSC's speech there had been reported verbatim and broadcast.
(Untitled), 31 Jan 1931
(Untitled), 13 Dec 1930
Telegram from 1st Lord Rothermere [owner of the Daily Mail, earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] (Cap Martin, [France]) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on India [at the Cannon Street Hotel, London], urging him to make more of the same sort and promising to publicise them.