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Found in 372 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: Cabinet: Emergency Business Committee: papers 21 - 40., 10 May 1929 - 13 May 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/241
Scope and Contents
Includes suggested replies to questions put to Conservative candidates on a variety of issues including: employment conditions; importation of dyestuffs; agriculture; taxation of motor vehicles; war pensions; migration; sea defence works; the rent restriction act; education policy regarding women teachers; and old age pensions.
Dates:
10 May 1929 - 13 May 1929
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Official: Cabinet: Emergency Business Committee: papers 41 - 76., 13 May 1929 - 28 May 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/242
Scope and Contents
Includes suggested replies to questions put to Conservative candidates on a variety of issues including: disarmament arbitration; war debts and reparations; the Kellogg pact; employment of young people; talking films; tied cottages; service pensions; cruelty to animals; taxation of liquor and policy regarding prohibition; education policy; widows and orphans funds; lunacy reform; co-operative societies; motor taxation; and state aid for the deaf.Also includes a letter from Rupert Howorth.
Dates:
13 May 1929 - 28 May 1929
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Official: Cabinet: papers 20 - 40., 18 Nov 1925 - 05 Feb 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/86
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet, on subjects including bills coming before the Home Affairs Committee; Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on reform of the constitution of the University of London; 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Secretary of State for India and 1st Lord Reading [earlier Rufus Isaacs], Viceroy of India, on Indian immigrants in South Africa; a Ministry of Labour...
Dates:
18 Nov 1925 - 05 Feb 1926
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Official: Cabinet: papers 31 to 50., Feb 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/154
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: a copy of a speech by King George V on the opening of parliament on relations with foreign powers and civil war in China; [1st Lord] Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India, on the Trade Unions disputes bill; [Sir] John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on poor relief to miners' dependents and poor law emergency provisions in Scotland; [Sir] Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on the...
Dates:
Feb 1927
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Official: Cabinet: papers 101 - 115., 27 Mar 1929 - 16 Apr 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/232
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the Committee on industry and trade; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on affairs in Persia [Iran] and naval limitation; Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on education policy; [Sir] William Mitchell-Thomson [later 1st Lord Selsdon] Postmaster General on possible telephone...
Dates:
27 Mar 1929 - 16 Apr 1929
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Official: Cabinet: papers 101 - 119., 05 Feb 1926 - 20 Mar 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/90
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the Judicial Proceedings (Regulation of Reports) Bill; drafts of the Judicial Proceedings Bill and the Economy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on subjects including the Empire Marketing Grant and Australia; [Sir Warren Fisher], Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, on Government lands and buildings; Leo Amery,...
Dates:
05 Feb 1926 - 20 Mar 1926
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Official: Cabinet: papers 120 - 139., 05 Mar 1926 - 29 Mar 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/91
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: the 2nd report of the Iraq Policy Committee; the report of the Imperial Conference (Agenda) Committee; a Ministry of Labour special report on unemployment; Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet; Sir Gregory Foster, Provost, University College, London, on the retention of the university's Bloomsbury site; a Treasury memorandum on the Irish Free State Agreement; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer; a draft of the...
Dates:
05 Mar 1926 - 29 Mar 1926
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Official: Cabinet: papers 140 - 179., 29 Jan 1925 - 26 Mar 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/32
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on subjects including the loan for the completion of the Benguela [Angola] Railway and the objections of the Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe and Zambia] railway companies, the handling of Dominion affairs by the Colonial Office, moving the Imperial Institute to London University, granting oil concessions in Iraq to the Turkish Petroleum Company and the proposed Washington [United...
Dates:
29 Jan 1925 - 26 Mar 1925
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Official: Cabinet: papers 170 - 200., 17 May 1922 - 15 May 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/94
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Douglas Hogg [later 1st Lord Hailsham, Attorney-General] on leaks to the press about the Budget; Sir John Gilmour, Secretary for Scotland, on Government lands and buildings; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill and the Local Government Franchise (Extension to Companies) Bill; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, on Government lands...
Dates:
17 May 1922 - 15 May 1926
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Official: Cabinet: papers 180 - 200., 30 Jun 1924 - 08 Apr 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/33
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on the teachers' salary awards of [1st] Lord Burnham [Chairman of the Standing Joint Committees of Education Authorities and Teachers], and on Church Schools; a copy of the Burnham Report; a survey by William Strang [1st Secretary, Foreign Office] on the economic situation of the Soviet Union; Sir William Joynson-Hicks, [later 1st Lord Brentford] Home Secretary, on...
Dates:
30 Jun 1924 - 08 Apr 1925
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Official: Cabinet: papers 276 - 300., 26 Sep 1928 - 15 Oct 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/205
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on church schools; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, on future British garrisons in China; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on subjects including reparations and war debts, unemployment insurance in Northern Ireland and the reduction of armaments; Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple], Minister of Transport, on railway freight relief...
Dates:
26 Sep 1928 - 15 Oct 1928
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Official: Cabinet: papers 301 - 325., 12 Oct 1928 - 02 Nov 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/206
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on church schools; [1st] Lord Cushendun [earlier Ronald McNeill], Acting Foreign Secretary, on the renewal of arbitration treaties; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs on the functions of dominion ministers and the title of His Majesty's Government; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board...
Dates:
12 Oct 1928 - 02 Nov 1928
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Official: Cabinet: papers 430 - 459., 02 Apr 1925 - 09 Nov 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/44
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: 1st Lord Balfour, Chairman of the Committee on Civil Research, on the British Dye Industry, and, as Lord President of the Council, on the Rosyth [Fife, Scotland] Dockyard; 1st Lord Haldane on the dye industry; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on subjects including the Finance Bill (Safeguarding of Industries); the Board of Trade...
Dates:
02 Apr 1925 - 09 Nov 1925
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Official: Cabinet: papers 460 - 484., 29 Jul 1925 - 19 Nov 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/45
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the Representation of the People (Economy Provisions) Bill, the award of the Irish Boundary Commission, International Labour Conference conventions on workmen's compensation, and the draft Police Pensions Bill; a draft of the Representation Bill; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on emergency arrangements in case of strikes; a Ministry...
Dates:
29 Jul 1925 - 19 Nov 1925
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Official: Cabinet: papers 520 - 555., 20 Oct 1923 - 30 Dec 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/22
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: 1st Lord Birkenhead [Secretary of State for India, earlier F E Smith] on the Geneva [Switzerland] Opium Conference; 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood [Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, earlier Lord Robert Cecil] on the League of Nations enquiry into the dispute between Britain and Egypt; Sir Cecil Hurst [legal advisor to the Foreign Office] on the dispute with Egypt; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour on Trade...
Dates:
20 Oct 1923 - 30 Dec 1924
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Official: Cabinet: Standing Committee on Expenditure: conclusions 7 - 11., 17 Nov 1925 - 30 Dec 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/50
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the grant for marketing Empire foodstuffs in Britain; Ministry of Labour provisional estimates (1926-1927) for unemployment insurance and training ex-service men; provision for unemployment relief; admission fees for national galleries and museums; Board of Trade provisional estimates (1926-1927); Ministry of Health services; the Navy, Army and Air Force Insurance Fund; the Road Fund; public opinion on the economy; the National Health Insurance Fund; Post Office estimates;...
Dates:
17 Nov 1925 - 30 Dec 1925
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Official: Cabinet: Standing Committee on Expenditure: conclusions 12 - 18., 13 Jan 1926 - 18 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/107
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: 1st Lord Colwyn [earlier Sir Frederick Smith]'s report on Navy, Army and Air Force expenditure; Civil Service administration costs; the road fund; Post Office estimates; Middle East services; Overseas settlement; grants for marketing Empire foodstuffs in Britain; unemployment insurance; Ministry of Health estimates; education estimates; police expenditure; the coal mines subsidy; the draft Economy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill; post mark advertising.Also includes: letters...
Dates:
13 Jan 1926 - 18 Dec 1926
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Official: Cabinet: Standing Committee on Expenditure: Papers 1 - 12., 28 Jul 1925 - 16 Nov 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/51
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Warren Fisher, Permanent Secretary, Treasury, on Civil Service expenditure; a Treasury memorandum on Board of Trade expenditure; Board of Trade provisional estimates (1926-1927); Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on alternative methods of reducing Education expenditure, Board of Education administration and inspection and his objections to proposed cuts; Board of Education memoranda on the...
Dates:
28 Jul 1925 - 16 Nov 1925
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Official: Cabinet: Standing Committee on Expenditure: Papers 13 - 27., 10 Feb 1925 - 17 Dec 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/52
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on marketing Empire foodstuffs in Britain; extracts from speeches by Leo Amery, WSC, (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Stanley Baldwin, (Prime Minister), and from a meeting of the Council of Agriculture, on Empire foodstuffs; a Treasury memorandum on admission fees for national galleries and museums; a Treasury and Board of Education statement on the reduction of Education...
Dates:
10 Feb 1925 - 17 Dec 1925
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Official: Colonial Office: correspondence, mainly on South African affairs., 02 Sep 1906 - 30 Sep 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 10/15
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Ponsonby [later 1st Lord Sysonby, Assistant Private Secretary to King Edward VII] passing on the King's concern about the future of South Africa; 2nd Lord Selborne [Governor of the Transvaal and High Commissioner for South Africa] (4) on subjects including recruiting mining labour in Portuguese East Africa [later Mozambique] and his desire for Sir Richard Solomon [Acting Lieutenant-Governor of the Transvaal] to be first Prime Minister of the Transvaal, with...
Dates:
02 Sep 1906 - 30 Sep 1906
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Official: Colonial Office: correspondence, much on South African affairs., 01 Mar 1907 - 30 Mar 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 10/23
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Thomas Ratcliffe (3) on subjects including offering to campaign against WSC at North West Manchester; Colonel Sir Howard Melliss; John Norton-Griffiths; Frank Smith, Director of Agriculture for the Transvaal [South Africa]; James Ramsay Macdonald (3) on subjects including Ratcliffe; Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary]; 2nd Lord Selborne [Governor of the Transvaal and High Commissioner for South Africa] (3); Sir Richard Solomon [Attorney-General of the Transvaal];...
Dates:
01 Mar 1907 - 30 Mar 1907
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Official: Colonial Office: Sudan native education system: correspondence and reports., 22 Jan 1906 - 03 Feb 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 10/56
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Currie, Principal of the Gordon College, Khartoum, and Director of Education in the Sudan (3); Sir Frederick Lugard [High Commissioner and Commander in Chief of Northern Nigeria].Subject covered by the file: the applicability of the Sudanese education system to other colonies in east and west Africa.Also includes: annual reports and budgets for the education department, a list of boys graduating in 1907, and a note by the workshop manager.
Dates:
22 Jan 1906 - 03 Feb 1908
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Treasury: Board of Education administrative memorandum number 44 on local education authority estimates., 31 Dec 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/16
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Treasury papers contain correspondence, minutes, tables, printed reports, and other papers which were created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as Chancellor of the Exchequer, a position held from November 1924 to June 1929. The papers have been divided into general correspondence, WSC's outgoing minutes, and subject-based files and are arranged chronologically.The Treasury material covers WSC's ministerial duties as Chancellor, including the annual production of the budget,...
Dates:
31 Dec 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Treasury: papers and correspondence on block grants., 20 Aug 1926 - 25 May 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/62
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Alfred Hurst [Treasury] (5); Sir George Barstow [Controller of Supply Services, Treasury] (3); Neville Chamberlain [Minister of Health] (2); Lord Eustace Percy [President of the Board of Education] (3).Also includes: Cabinet Committee on Block Grants papers, including its composition and terms of reference, memoranda by WSC (2), Percy (2), Chamberlain (2), and Home Secretary [Sir William Joynson Hicks, later 1st Lord Brentford], conclusions of meetings, reports, and...
Dates:
20 Aug 1926 - 25 May 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Sub-Series
Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos: letters and papers, 1906 - 1972
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAN I/8/1-12
Scope and Contents
Includes childhood and war time letters to his parents.
Dates:
1906 - 1972
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From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.