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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence C-D., Jan 1937 - Dec 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/36
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (4); Clifford Heyworth, Clerk to Chingford [Essex] Council; [Ernest] Wriothesley Denny and John Maitland on selecting a candidate for the South Norfolk Division .Other subjects include: a visit to the constituency by Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the Duchess of Gloucester and Ramsay MacDonald; animal rights; the National Anthem; international affairs, particularly the bombing of civilians in...
Dates: Jan 1937 - Dec 1937
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence E-G., Jan 1937 - Dec 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/37
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association; E Rawden Smith, Public Relations Officer of the London Passenger Transport Board (4); Lord Roche on WSC speaking to the East Anglian Society of London.Other subjects include: the Marriage Bill; a pension query by a constituent; the National Defence Contribution tax; air raid precautions; local transport issues; donations to local groups; a request for WSC to recommend a constituent for an...
Dates: Jan 1937 - Dec 1937
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence F-G., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/28
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (2).Other subjects include: requests for WSC to become patron of local groups; licensing laws; the Football Pools Bill; official recognition of the National Union of Postmen; employment queries from constituents; rating issues; international affairs, particularly sanctions against Italy for its invasion of Abyssinia [Ethiopia] and support for the League of Nations; farming issues; a proposed...
Dates: Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence H., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/29
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (26); Sir Kingsley Wood [Minister of Health] on a housing scheme at Chigwell [Essex]; Sir Harry Goschen [Chairman of Epping District Conservative Association] on resigning as Chairman; John Maitland requesting WSC become Vice-President of Loughton [Essex] Chamber of Trade; Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, President of the ex-Services Welfare Society, on a charitable appeal.Other subjects include: tax on...
Dates: Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence H., Jan 1938 - Dec 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/46
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (19).Subjects include: proportional representation; local commerce; Felsted Grammar School [Essex]; constituency feeling towards WSC following the Munich [Germany] Crisis; founding a British Institute of Photographic Propaganda; general constituency business.Also includes: copy letters from WSC to Hawkey outlining his position on British foreign policy and the National Government; letters to...
Dates: Jan 1938 - Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence I-K., Dec 1935 - Dec 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/30
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (2); Colin Thornton-Kemsley and his private secretary, Joan Wilkinson (4).Other subjects include: international affairs, particularly the Italian invasion of Abyssinia [Ethiopia] and the League of Nations; civil service matters; pensions for ex-servicemen; the North Charterland [Northern Rhodesia, later Zambia] Company Public Enquiry; employment and pension queries from constituents; a request...
Dates: Dec 1935 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence I-L., Jan 1935 - Dec 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/19
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (2); Mary, Lady Lloyd [widow of Sir Francis Lloyd] and Lord Lloyd [earlier Sir George Lloyd] supporting WSC's election campaign.Other subjects include: capital punishment; the Civil Service; post office matters; European rearmament; pensions; equal pay for women; animal welfare; the duty on industrial oils; the brick industry; donating to local causes; WSC's support for the National...
Dates: Jan 1935 - Dec 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence I-L., Jan 1938 - Dec 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/47A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (9); Sir Samuel Hoare [Home Secretary] on a constituent's complaint of police inaction at a political meeting.Other subjects include: a device for ARP; WSC's position in relation to his constituency party; pension and employment queries from constituents; a dispute between Messrs. Leslie and Godwin Ltd. and the Guild of Insurance Officials and other insurance matters; international affairs,...
Dates: Jan 1938 - Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence K-N., Jan 1937 - Dec 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/39
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Colin Thornton-Kemsley recommending a book by a friend; Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (2); John Maitland on being selected as Conservative candidate for Chorley [Lancashire]; Sir Thomas Miller-Jones thanking WSC and CSC for their telegram on his knighthood.Other subjects include: pension, benefit, dismissal, employment and business queries from constituents; the Shops Bill; international affairs, particularly the Spanish...
Dates: Jan 1937 - Dec 1937
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence L-N., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/31
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: E A Newton, Honorary Secretary of North Chingford [Essex] Branch of the League of Nations Union (6); Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (3); Herbert Williams on the coal industry; [John] Walton Newbold.Other subjects include: local housing matters; international affairs, particularly Germany, the Italian invasion of Abyssinia [Ethiopia] and the League of Nations; aerial warfare; rating issues; a local transport matter; prison...
Dates: Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence M-O., Jan 1935 - Dec 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/20
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: John Maitland on naval matters; Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of the Epping Division Conservative Association (2); [John] Walton Newbold supporting WSC's stand on European rearmament and foreign affairs.Other subjects include: herbal medicine; equal pay for women; local transport issues; male unemployment; Abyssinia [Ethiopia]; divorce law; noise pollution; telephone and electricity provision; employment and pension queries from constituents; constituency opinion on...
Dates: Jan 1935 - Dec 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence M-P., Jan 1938 - Dec 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/48
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Walter Elliot [Minister of Health] and Sir Thomas Moore (2) on ground rents in Regent Street [London]; Dinah Pratt, Honorary Secretary of Epping Division Conservative Association, (7) including one letter offering her support to WSC; Sylvia Pankhurst on Ethiopia [Abyssinia] and a Jewish refugee (3); Oliver Stanley [President of the Board of Trade] on the Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Bill; Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association...
Dates: Jan 1938 - Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence O-R., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/32
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sylvia Pankhurst (5) on subjects including the Italian invasion of Ethiopia [Abyssinia], the League of Nations and Germany (4); Ernest Parry on WSC providing a testimonial for his son (4); Dinah Pratt, Honorary Secretary of Epping Division Conservative Association, (11) including WSC's introduction for her to the Governor of Nassau [the Bahamas], Sir Bede Clifford; Alan Lennox-Boyd on a centenary commemoration of Joseph Chamberlain; Marthe Raisin, Secretary to 1st...
Dates: Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence P., Jan 1935 - Dec 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/21
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sylvia Pankhurst (4) on subjects including an immigration case, German rearmament and the Italian situation; Ernest Parry (3); Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of the Epping Division Conservative Association; Dinah Pratt, Honorary Secretary of Epping Division Conservative Association (9).Other subjects include: local transport issues; equal pay for women; importing goods; the manufacture of poisons; employment queries from constituents; constituency opinion on WSC;...
Dates: Jan 1935 - Dec 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Q-V., Jan 1938 - Dec 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/49
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association; Alexander Spearman thanking WSC for his support for Spearman's candidature; Sir Kingsley Wood [Secretary of State for Air] on enlisting one of WSC's constituents.Other subjects include: a pension query from a constituent; requests for support from local groups; army vocational training centres; pensions policy; the Coal Bill; support for and criticism of WSC's stance on foreign policy from...
Dates: Jan 1938 - Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence R-T., Jan 1935 - Dec 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/22
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Ralph Gould on WSC becoming President of Epping and District Branch of the Scientific Poultry Breeders' Association Ltd. (4); Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (3); Ellen Stutely [a local party worker] (7).Other subjects include: European rearmament; Indian affairs; permission to fish at Chartwell; a pension query from a constituent; local transport issues; Abyssinia [Ethiopia]; WSC's perceived lack of support for the National...
Dates: Jan 1935 - Dec 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence S-T., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/33
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Duncan Sandys on taking the Chingford [Essex] Women Citizens' Association round the Houses of Parliament (2); George Tryon [Minister of Pensions] on a gratuity awarded to the widow of a postman; Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (3); Leslie Hore-Belisha [Minister of Transport] on local traffic conditions; G F Fishwick, District Inspector of the Ministry of Health Insurance Department (6), and E H Crowhurst, Honorary Secretary...
Dates: Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence U-Y., Jan 1935 - Dec 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/23A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (8); Miles Backhouse asking WSC to become Vice-President of the Waltham Abbey [Essex] Branch of the British Legion; H J Chapman, Clerk to Waltham Abbey Council (8); R Trend Binks, Clerk to Wanstead and Woodford Council (8); Austin Hudson [Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Transport] on trolley-buses; Frederick Wooding, Secretary of the Royal Infant Orphanage, Wanstead, Essex (4); Thomas...
Dates: Jan 1935 - Dec 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence W-Y., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/34A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (4); H J Chapman, Clerk to Waltham Abbey [Essex] Council (5); Sir Kingsley Wood [Minister of Health] (4); Frederick Wooding, Secretary of the Royal Infant Orphanage, Wanstead, Essex (9).Subjects include: local environmental, transport and housing matters; rating issues; local government funding; Sunday trading; international affairs, particularly sanctions against Italy for its invasion of...
Dates: Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Wan., 17 Aug 1940 - 24 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/100
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC] (5); Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (14).Subjects include: camouflage for hospitals and schools; public school bursaries; funding for Air Training Corps; shortage of ARP equipment; evacuation; famine relief for Europe; foreign policy towards Spain; Sea Cadet insurance; local War Savings campaign.Also includes: cuttings from local papers on Air...
Dates: 17 Aug 1940 - 24 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: election materials., Nov 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/24
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Includes correspondence from Gilbert Granville-Sharp [Liberal candidate for Epping]; Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association.Also includes: election pamphlets and flyers for WSC, Granville-Sharp and James Ranger [Labour candidate for Epping]; an advertisement for Westminster Public Address Equipment for vehicles.Subjects include: British foreign policy with regard to rearmament and European dictatorships; the economy.

Dates: Nov 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence, mainly with Alderman Donald Forbes, Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford [1953-54] and Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association [from 1956]., Sep 1951 - May 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/14
Scope and Contents Other correspondents include: Frederick Bishop [Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; Hugh Ellis-Rees (War Office) (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Lettice Marston (Lettice Shillingford), Joan Prideaux, and Anthony Montague Browne; CSC (President of Woodford Conservative Association).Subjects include: honouring the late Sir James Hawkey [former constituency chairman] and Stuart Mallinson; the 1951...
Dates: Sep 1951 - May 1958
Conditions Governing Access: Open (folios 14-24 were opened in 2022).
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence, mainly with John Harvey, Vice-Chairman [until 1954] and Chairman [1954-1956] of Woodford Conservative Association, and MP [for Walthamstow East, Essex, from 1955]., May 1954 - Dec 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/21
Scope and Contents Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Lettice Shillingford [earlier Lettice Marston], Elizabeth Gilliatt, Miss H Wood and Grace Hamblin; CSC (President of Woodford Conservative Association).Subjects include: constituency feeling on national issues such as MPs salaries and the withdrawal of British troops from the Suez Canal Zone [Egypt] in 1954; speculation about WSC's retirement as Prime Minister; the setting up of the Chigwell [Essex] Conservative Association;...
Dates: May 1954 - Dec 1958
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence, mainly with representatives of Woodford Conservative Association., Nov 1950 - Dec 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/12A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: [Cedric] Wordsell, Secretary and Agent [until 1951] (9); Sir James Hawkey, Chairman [until 1952] (18); Kathleen Kemp, Secretary to the Agent (17); W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Secretary and Agent [from 1952] (40); Malcolm McCorquodale; Rowland Arnison, Chairman [1952-1954] (4); John Harvey, Vice-Chairman [1952-1954], Chairman [1954-1956] (9); Squadron Leader Albert Cooper inviting WSC and CSC to lunch; Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary]; George Christ...
Dates: Nov 1950 - Dec 1958
Conditions Governing Access: Open, except for folio 50 which has been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about potentially living individuals until review on 1 January 2027.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: papers and correspondence for the general election., Apr 1955 - Jun 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/22A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, WSC's election agent (18); John Harvey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association (9); Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office, on a hoax letter from the "Conservative Propaganda Centre"; George Christ [Parliamentary Liaison Officer, Conservative Party, and Editor Weekly News Letter] (2); Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (2), (1) also from Clarissa Eden [earlier Clarissa...
Dates: Apr 1955 - Jun 1955
Conditions Governing Access: Open