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Land reform

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 13 Jan 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/15/38-42
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Letter from Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord Quickswood] to WSC, regretting that he was unable to join WSC for meeting in Aberdeen [Scotland], as he did not wish to offend orthodox Conservatives by appearing on a platform with WSC two days before the opening of the Parliamentary Session, because of WSC's open support for the Liberals, also commenting on negotiations with the Liberals, and on David Lloyd-George's "pernicious" views on land.

Dates: 13 Jan 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 May 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/17/50
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Letter from Henry Massingham (34 Grosvenor Road, Westminster, [London]) to WSC an mentioning article on Liberal land policy in the Contemporary Review and recommending that WSC meet Mr Outhwaite, former editor of the labour newspaper in Johannesburg, who can give him important information about South Africa.

Dates: 10 May 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Nov 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/23/39-40
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Letter from Ivor Guest [later Lord Ashby St Ledgers and Lord Wimborne (2nd baron, 1st viscount)] (Ashby St Ledgers, Rugby, [Warwickshire]) on the need for Liberalism to offer a definite alternative to government policies and increasingly influential socialist ideas. Advocates leasehold enfranchisement, land reform and reduction in military spending.

Dates: 13 Nov 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/31/3
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Leaflets issued by the Liberal Publication Department, covering the budget of 1907, land reform and small holdings, registration of voters and Conservative proposals for Tariff Reform and the abolition of income tax. 6 items.

Dates: 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Mar 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/29/63
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Letter from Lewis Harcourt ("Loulou") (14 Berkeley Square, [London]) to WSC reporting that he (Harcourt) is to be put into the Cabinet to take charge of the Small Holdings Bill.

Dates: 24 Mar 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Mar 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/29/65-66
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Letter from Reginald McKenna (House of Commons) to WSC on: the Small Holdings Bill and Lewis Harcourt's planned promotion to the Cabinet; dinner with the Japanese Minister of Education; therapeutic breathing exercises; appointment of a permanent secretary to the Colonial Conference.

Dates: 27 Mar 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Apr 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/30/1-2
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Letter from Sir Thomas Elliott (Board of Agriculture and Fisheries) on land reform and the English and Scottish Small Holdings Bills.

Dates: 02 Apr 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/30/13
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Letter from T Horsfall (Swanscoe Park, near Macclesfield, [Cheshire]) to WSC criticising the Education Bill and hoping that it will not weaken the Government's ability to deal with land reform and housing. Signed typescript.

Dates: 22 Apr 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/30/14
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Letter from Sir Thomas Elliott (Board of Agriculture and Fisheries) to WSC praising his recent speech on land reform.

Dates: 22 Apr 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [Apr 1907]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/30/24
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Letter from Charles Masterman (National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, [London]) to WSC on land reform and rural depopulation.

Dates: [Apr 1907]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 May 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/30/52
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Letter from Cornelia, Lady Wimborne (Canford Manor, Wimborne, [Dorset]) to WSC referring to his recent speech in Edinburgh [Scotland] in which he attacked the Daily Mail and inviting him to come and address a meeting on land reform.

Dates: 21 May 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Apr 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/21/17
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Cutting from the Times: criticism of the campaign of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and WSC for land reform.

Dates: 09 Apr 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Apr 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/21/20
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Cutting from the Times: letter from Henry Rider Haggard on land reform.

Dates: 29 Apr 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 May 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/21/21
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Cutting from the Times: letters from WSC and others on land reform.

Dates: 02 May 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Jan 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/22/29
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Letter from George Keeble (Peterborough) to WSC predicting that WSC will become Prime Minister and urging him to take up the question of land reform.

Dates: 22 Jan 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Feb 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/22/43
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Letter from A B ?Martin (Chatterville, Woodbourne Road, Edgbaston, [Birmingham]) to WSC asserting that Joseph Chamberlain's influence should be checked by a campaign for land reform, which would greatly benefit the poor. Annotated in shorthand.

Dates: 07 Feb 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 May 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/22/56
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Letter from Lindsay Talbot-Crosbie (Kildare Street Club, Dublin, [Ireland]) to WSC noting that WSC has advocated the same policies as the Irish Reform Association.

Dates: 03 May 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [May 1905]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/22/56a
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Cutting: letter to the Daily Chronicle by Lindsay Talbot- Crosbie criticising the Government's attitude to the implementation of the 1903 Land Act and endorsing WSC's proposals for the reform of Irish administration.

Dates: [May 1905]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/55/2
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Notes to clauses of the Land Transfer Bill. Annotated: "3 April". 6,[1p. Leaves printed on one side only.].

Dates: 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/55/3
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Table showing the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Land Transfer Acts and their treatment in the draft land transfer and registration of assurances bills.

Dates: 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/55/4
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Draft of a bill intituled an act to amend the land transfer acts, 1875 and 1897. Annotated: "3 April". 12,[1p. Leaves printed on one side only.].

Dates: 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Nov 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/103/73
Scope and Contents Letter from 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] (71 Savoy Court, Strand, [London]) to David Lloyd George asserting that Lloyd George's coalition owes its survival to its supporters in the press and complaining about the attacks made on him [Rothermere], Lord Northcliffe [earlier Sir Alfred Harmsworth] and Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] at meetings of the Unionist War Committee. States that he will not work for the return of Conservative MPs, whom he believes will...
Dates: 14 Nov 1918
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(Untitled), [1907]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/30/100
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Letter from [WSC] to the editor of the Times on Henry Rider Haggard's assertion that rural depopulaton and urban congestion can only be remedied by a multiplication of small holdings and a system of Protection. Draft in the hand of ?.

Dates: [1907]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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