India (nation)
Found in 7962 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 19 Jan 1935
Letter from Osborn Dan (Wateringbury Place, Wateringbury, Kent) to WSC, on a meeting of the India Defence League, which unanimously condemned the proposals contained in the India White Paper, enclosing a report of the meeting from the Tunbridge Wells Courier.
(Untitled), 25 Jan 1935
Letter from Guy DuBoulay, Assistant Organizer, India Defence League, to Violet Pearman [Private Secretary to WSC], on support for the work of the League in the Sevenoaks constituency [Kent], despite the opposition of the MP, Sir Edward Hilton Young [later 1st Lord Kennet]. Enclosing copy of a letter from Aileen Bonham Carter (Rousham, Westerham, Kent).
(Untitled), 28 Jan 1935
Letter from Colonel C Alexander, Honorary Secretary of the India Defence League, Bristol Group, to WSC with congratulations on the success of his speech on the Government of India Bill, in Bristol on 25 January.
(Untitled), 31 Jan 1935
Circular letter from Patrick Donner [Honorary Secretary, India Defence League] to members of the India Defence League Executive Committee, on the possibility of arranging a major rally at the Royal Albert Hall [London] on 21 March. Also on support for Randolph Churchill's by-election campaign in Wavertree [Liverpool].
(Untitled), 07 Jan 1935
Letter from Major-General Sir Reginald Hoskins, Principal of the Bonar Law College (Ashridge, The Bonar Law College, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire) to WSC, on arrangements for his address during a weekend course on India.
(Untitled), 11 Jan 1935
Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes, (Tingewick House, Buckingham) to WSC, stating that he had written to Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Beatty, telling him that he was "shocked to see his name among the Bishops, Kenworthy [? Joseph Kenworthy, later 10th Lord Strabolgi], [Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord] Jellicoe and that crew of defeatists" who supported the Government policy on India.
(Untitled), [Jan] [1935]
Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] on the Government of India Bill. [2 copies; carbon].
(Untitled), 25 Jan 1935
Letter from WSC to Edward Russell, the Morning Post, asking for the source of a quotation by Austen Chamberlain [former Secretary of State for India] in 1921 about how foolish Lancashire would be to "boggle at a paltry four per cent India tariff against cotton imports". [Carbon].
(Untitled), 28 Jan 1935
Letter from WSC to Sir Nairne Stewart-Sandeman [MP for Middleton and Prestwich, Lancashire], on his forthcoming speech on the Government of India Bill. [Carbon].
(Untitled), [1934]
Memorandum of WSC's Submission to the Select Committee of Privileges on suppression of evidence of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce to the Joint Select Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform, with note by Violet Pearman, 2 Mar 1935, on the location of existing copies.
(Untitled), 30 Mar 1935
Letter from M Abdul Latheef, (22 Thumboo Chetty Road, Cox Town, Bangalore [India], to WSC, forwarding the "rejoinder" [not present] by the Musalmans [Muslims] of the Civil and Military Station to the Memorial submitted by the Central Mohammedan Association of Mysore. Stating that the Musalmans had met all of the charges levelled against them.
(Untitled), 28 Nov 1935
Letter from Hugh Orr-Ewing, Chief Organiser, India Defence League to WSC, enclosing a list showing how MPs supporting the League fared in the General Election.
(Untitled), Nov 1935
List of MPs voting against the Third Reading of the Government of India Bill: omitting those not re-elected in the 1935 General Election.
(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), 17 Sep 1930
Letter from Sir Claud Jacob (4 Sussex Mansions, Sussex Place, [London]) to WSC enclosing a letter from a cavalry brigadier in India [not present] describing the bad state of affairs in Bombay.
(Untitled), 18 Sep 1930
Letter from WSC to Sir Claud Jacob (4 Sussex Mansions, Sussex Place, [London]) thanking him for sending him a letter [describing the bad state of affairs in Bombay] and commenting: "we are galloping downhill". Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 29 Sep 1930
Letter from 2nd Lord Burnham [earlier Harry Lawson] (Hall Barn, Beaconsfield, [Buckinghamshire]) to WSC welcoming his statement that he will not consider retiring from parliamentary life whilst the question of India is still undecided and considering what he sees as the dangerous state of British Indian policy.
(Untitled), 01 Oct 1930
Letter from [WSC] to [2nd Lord Burnham, earlier Harry Lawson] expressing deep concern about the situation in India and lamenting the death of [1st Lord Birkenhead, earlier F E Smith] at a time when he would have been of decisive importance. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 11 Oct 1930
Letter from Sir Mark Hunter, secretary of the Indian Empire Society (12 Ashburn Gardens, [London]) enclosing a statement of the objects of the Society [see CHAR 2/174/6].
(Untitled), [1930]
Statement of the objects of the Indian Empire Society. Sent with CHAR 2/174/5.
(Untitled), 28 Oct 1930
Letter from [ ] to Sir Mark Hunter (the Indian Empire Society, 12 Ashburn Gardens, London) asking for some literature for Randolph Churchill to use in his debate in the United States with a Hindu on British rule in India. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 30 Oct 1930
Letter from Sir Mark Hunter, secretary of the Indian Empire Society (12 Ashburn Gardens, London) to WSC sending and recommending literature for Randolph Churchill to use in his debate in the United States with a Hindu on British rule in India.
(Untitled), 20 Nov 1930
Letter from Sir Claud Jacob (Indian Empire Society, 12 Ashburn Gardens, London) to WSC asking him to speak in the City of London on behalf of the Indian Empire Society on the dangers threatening British India.
(Untitled), 23 Nov 1930
Letter from [WSC] (Hatfield, [Hertfordshire]) to Sir Claud Jacob accepting the invitation [to speak in the City of London on the Indian situation], stressing the urgency of the situation, considering the organisation and publicity of the London meeting and suggesting that a similar one be held in Manchester. Typescript copy.