Ireland (nation)
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Subject Source: Local sources
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Correspondence., 01 Jan 1912 - 31 Dec 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/14
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include Sir George Ritchie (Consituency Chairman); The Women's Freedom League (Dundee Branch); Herbert Samuel (Postmaster General).Subjects include the possibility of giving Admiralty work to Dundee shipbuilders; Female suffrage; Irish Home Rule; Post Office Telephones and Telegraphs.
Dates:
01 Jan 1912 - 31 Dec 1912
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: General Election., 03 Oct 1922 - 14 Nov 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/28A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with J C Robertson (President, Dundee Liberal Association, see CHAR 5/28A/20-30); James Allison (Liberal Agent); D J MacDonald (fellow Liberal candidate); Sir Alfred Mond (later Lord Melchett) (2) and others on the General Election campaign. Subjects include Ireland; the Government's Eastern policy; taxation; unemployment and Temperance.
Dates:
03 Oct 1922 - 14 Nov 1922
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence., 05 Aug 1924 - 06 Nov 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/1
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Correspondents include: Sir Harry Goschen [Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association] (8); F Stanley Jackson [Chairman of the Conservative and Unionist Party]; Sir Raymond Greene; James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (2); Sir George Lloyd; Richard Colvin; Lord Balfour [earlier Arthur Balfour]; Lord Carson [earlier Sir Edward Carson]; Esmond Harmsworth [later 2nd Lord Rothermere]; Lord Rochdale [earlier George Kemp]; Sir Ian Hamilton; Ralph Bury;...
Dates:
05 Aug 1924 - 06 Nov 1924
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence K., 20 Jul 1941 - 01 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/81
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (7); Charles Kidman (10).Subjects include: de-requisitioning of houses; repair of bomb damage; the War Damage Contribution; requisitioning of local factories; exit permits to Ireland; release from the Forces.Also includes: a leaflet from the Indian Freedom Campaign.
Dates:
20 Jul 1941 - 01 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester., Dec 1905 - Jan 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/8
Scope and Contents
Material relating to WSC standing for election as Liberal candidate for Manchester. Includes correspondence with constituents concerning WSC's stance on various issues including: pharmacies, the Education Act and working conditions for teachers, vaccination, the identification of boxes manufactured abroad, railways, the registration of architects and accountants, female suffrage, Home Rule, Income Tax, temperance, taxation, Free Trade, shops, vivisection, and Chinese labour in South...
Dates:
Dec 1905 - Jan 1906
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester, 1904 - 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4
Scope and Contents
This class of papers covers WSC's time as Liberal MP for North West Manchester (1906 to 1908).The papers contain correspondence between WSC's office and local officials discussing standard constituency affairs (such as arrangements for WSC's visits to Manchester; his support for various local associations and events; and recommendations for positions as magistrates).However, the predominant national topics of the period (the Aliens Bill, Free Trade, the Education Bill, the Licensing Bill,...
Dates:
1904 - 1908
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence., 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/1A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: T W Killick, President of the Free Trade League (15) about WSC's candidacy and arrangements for meetings; Samuel Lamb and Fred Burn of the Manchester Liberal Association (7 and 4 respectively); James Mawdesley; Nathan Laski on the Aliens Bill and its effect on the Manchester Jewish community (4); William Royle, Chairman of the Manchester Liberal Federation (4); and 5th Lord Rosebery.Other subjects include: Free Trade; the licensing of brothels; WSC's stance on Irish...
Dates:
1904
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence., 02 Jul 1905 - 23 Dec 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/4
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: E Crosfield Pearson on canvassing support for WSC (6); E Pappadimitrou on Japan (2); William Royle, Chairman of the Manchester Liberal Association on demonstrations by suffragettes, including Annie Kenney and [Christabel] Pankhurst, against Sir Edward Grey (4).Other subjects include: Free Trade; preparations for the General Election and predictions about Liberal successes; WSC's support for local associations, clubs and events; and discussion of issues connected with...
Dates:
02 Jul 1905 - 23 Dec 1905
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence., Jan 1908 - Apr 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/16
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Walter Speakman, Chairman of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce about the Brussels Sugar Convention (2); Arthur Hutton of the British Sugar Growing Association about the delay in completing the Nyasaland [Malawi, Africa] railway (1); T W Killick (1) on Free Trade and a reply from WSC; William Joynson Hicks [later Lord Brentford] on the likelihood of an by election in Manchester (2); Henry Massingham, editor of the Nation (1); W H Bridge of the Manchester Protestant...
Dates:
Jan 1908 - Apr 1908
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence concerning Home Rule in Ireland and the Education Bill., 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/20
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: The Church Schools Defence League asking whether WSC will protect voluntary religious schools threatened by the Education Bill; Walter Runciman [President of the Board of Education] outlining his views on the Education Bill; Canon John Richardson discussing Catholic opposition to the Education Bill; Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith, Prime Minister] and the United Irish League of Great Britain.Includes draft questions to WSC and his responses...
Dates:
1908
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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'Pope Alexander VI’s bull and the Treaty of Munster', 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/3/8
Scope and Contents
3 copies of article by Davis in 'The Nation', 12 Mar. 1895
Dates:
1895
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 01 Sep 1939 - 28 Dec 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/362
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Major-General Sir Alfred Knox, comparing the invasion of Poland with the beginning of the First World War; Count Dino Grandi on Randolph Churchill's engagement; Rubeigh Minney, Editor of [the War Weekly], asking WSC to contribute a message (3); Nina, Duchess of Hamilton, on WSC's broadcast [? 1 October "The First Month of War"], the possible dangers of Communism after Nazism and the need for increased British propaganda; Ivan Soubbotitch [Soubotic], Yugoslav Minister...
Dates:
01 Sep 1939 - 28 Dec 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence, L-M., May 1929 - Sep 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/575A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Oliver Locker Lampson on subjects including an invitation to give a lecture (2); Sir John Lavery on the Artists' General Benevolent Institution; Nathan Laski requesting an invitation with the Home Secretary; Shane Leslie on WSC's "Marlborough: His life and times" and on family news (3); Commander Augustus Agar on a possible lecture by WSC; Leonie Leslie [earlier Leonie Jerome]; Frederick Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell] on subjects including the Conservative Party,...
Dates:
May 1929 - Sep 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence N-Z., 1880 - Jun 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/576A-C
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Sir] Walton Newbold on economic issues; Harold Nicolson; Terence O'Connor on subjects including wireless broadcasting, Ireland and WSC's attacks on his speech; Sir Michael O'Dwyer; Herman Ould on the role of John Galsworthy's play "Justice" on prison reform; Edward Marsh on subjects including submarine campaigns (3); [Thomas] Guy Paget; [1st Lord] Portsea [earlier Bertram Falle]; [Frederick] Ponsonby [later 1st Lord Sysonby] on a libel case and distress to King...
Dates:
1880 - Jun 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Greetings: Golden wedding congratulations: private and personal, patronage and Conservative Associations, etc., 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/485A-E
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Correspondents congratulating WSC and CSC on their Golden wedding anniversary include: [Richard] Michael Fraser and Percy Cohen of the Conservative Research Department; Ann, Lady Gammans for the Hornsey [London] Conservative Association; Donald Cowling, Chairman for the Leeds Conservative Association; Sir Malcolm Stoddart-Scott, Chairman of the Yorkshire Conservative Association; Max Bemrose, Chairman of the East Midlands Conservative and Unionist Association; Norman Cadzow, Governor of the...
Dates:
1958
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Ireland., 26 Apr 1938 - 13 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/347
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Correspondents, mainly on the Anglo-Irish Agreement, include: 7th Lord Londonderry [earlier Lord Castlereagh] on the part played in the agreement by 1st Lord Craigavon [Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, earlier Sir James Craig], the future of Northern Ireland and WSC's decision not to sell Chartwell [Kent]; Pierse Loftus; Ruby, Lady Carson.Other subjects include: the cession of British military and naval bases in Ireland; WSC's speech in the Irish debate (5 May).Also includes: press...
Dates:
26 Apr 1938 - 13 Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Irish affairs., 22 Mar 1932 - 04 Jul 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/589
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Correspondents include: [John] Donald Ferguson, Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the search for papers at the Treasury; [4th Lord] Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne] on the Irish oath of allegiance and on the position adopted by the government; Sir Harry Brittain on financial settlements with the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; and J H Morgan on the legal basis of the position of Eamon De Valera.Also includes: copies of letters from WSC to the individuals mentioned...
Dates:
22 Mar 1932 - 04 Jul 1932
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Patronage A-Be., 1946 - 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/330
Scope and Contents
File includes correspondence with: George Rogers MP, accepting presidency of the Parliamentary Painting Group for amauteur artists, 1953; The Amateur Fencing Association, particularly Charles-Louis de Beaumont, Hon. Secretary, (4) on appointment as Honorary President, 1953, with printed Annual Report for 1952; Sir Harold Caccia, and Sir Roger Makins (later Lord Sherfield), British Ambassadors, Washington, Bernard Baruch, Harold Macmillan (later Lord Stockton), Foreign Secretary, 1955, Lord...
Dates:
1946 - 1963
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office: Correspondence C - D., 11 Sep 1914 - 29 Dec 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/364
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Richard Casey [Australian Minister for Supply and Development]; John Boland, General Secretary, Catholic Truth Society, on allegations in the United States press on WSC's opposition to the entry of the United States into the First World War (3); Sir Charles Petrie on using letters by WSC in his biography of Sir Austen Chamberlain (2); Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister, on speaking in the House of Commons; Sir Evan Charteris on WSC's broadcast (1 October ["The First...
Dates:
11 Sep 1914 - 29 Dec 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, E-G., Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/442
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Correspondents include: Charles Eade [Editor] of the Sunday Dispatch (3) and Lovat Dickson [Director] of MacMillan and Company (2) on subjects including Eade going to Egypt and WSC binding copies of his works for him; Sir Crisp English on WSC's acute appendicitis in 1922; Michael Foot, [Acting] Editor, Evening Standard, on Low's cartoon "Winterton's Nightmare"; [Sir Alexander] Erskine-Hill congratulating WSC on his speech of 23 April; Wilfred Fish [WSC's dentist]; [Alan] Hodge [Assistant...
Dates:
Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, E-G, many praising WSC's speeches and leadership., Sep 1939 - Nov 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/394
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Secretary of State for War] (5) including (2) on his role in the government; Maxine Elliott on her health (2); Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on honouring [Walter Richard] Sickert; Daisy Fellowes [earlier Daisy, Princesse de Broglie] (2); Sir Warren Fisher [Regional Commander for Civil Defence, North-West Region] criticising the conduct of the war; [Edward] FitzClarence [later 6th Lord Munster] on Randolph Churchill's time in the...
Dates:
Sep 1939 - Nov 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, L-M, many congratulating WSC on becoming Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party and praising his leadership., Dec 1939 - Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/396
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: George Lambert; Nathan Laski (2) including (1) on Randolph Churchill; Harold Laski; [1st] Lord Lee of Fareham and [Ruth] Lady Lee; [Brigadier-General] Raymond Lee [US Military Attache] on a dinner with WSC; Alexis Leger ["St-John Perse"]; "Charley", [7th] Lord Londonderry [earlier Lord Castlereagh] (3) including (1) on using Southern Irish ports and (2) on his attitude to German rearmament in the 1930s; Major [Richard] Eric Long (2); 11th Lord Lothian [earlier Philip...
Dates:
Dec 1939 - Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Llandudno [Carnarvonshire, Wales], October 1948., Jan 1948 - Jun 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/73
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: David Price-White, MP for Llandudno, on WSC attending a ball (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], and Elizabeth Gilliatt; CSC.Other subjects include: travel details; matters discussed at the Conference on Conservative policy for defence, agriculture, the House of Lords, taxation, transport, Wales,...
Dates:
Jan 1948 - Jun 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence A-C., Jun 1947 - Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/67A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Vyvyan Adams (4); Reginald Maudling; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (3); Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe] (3); James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (7); Garry Allighan; Leo Amery (6); John Andrews; Michael Astor; Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head of Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat and Joint Director, Conservative Research...
Dates:
Jun 1947 - Dec 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 166-7 which have been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about living individuals until 1 January 2024.
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on the movement towards a United Europe, A-B., Jun 1946 - Dec 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/18
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Marcel Sibert, President of the French Committee for International Relations, inviting WSC to speak; Freda Smith [Duncan Sandys' secretary] (4); secretarial support for the United Europe Committee (4); Duncan Sandys, Joint Honorary Secretary of the Committee (5); Leo Amery (7) including (1) partly on India; Prime Minister Clement Attlee (2); Major Edward Beddington-Behrens (6) including (1) offering WSC a ride on his horse; United States Representative Hale Boggs;...
Dates:
Jun 1946 - Dec 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open