Elections
Found in 1057 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 13 May 1924
Letter from [WSC] to James Erskine regretting the difficulties Erskine has experienced as a result of supporting WSC during the election for the Abbey Division of Westminster. Carbon copy.
(Untitled), 18 Jun 1924
Letter from [WSC] (Chartwell) to Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] (18 Cadogan Gardens, [London]) asserting that he can develop a successful independent candidature in the Abbey Division of Westminster, promising to draw up an outline of the arrangement for the cooperation of Conservatives and Liberals in certain constituencies and suggesting that candidates standing under this arrangement should be called Liberal Conservatives, citing precedents in Canada and Spain. Carbon copy.
(Untitled), 17 Jun 1924
Letter from Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] (18 Cadogan Gardens, [London]) to WSC on: his belief, resulting from a meeting with Stanley Baldwin [later Lord Baldwin] and F Stanley Jackson, that there will be trouble if WSC stands in Westminster and that they have another constituency in mind for him; the Conservative view of Frederick Guest's proposals for electoral cooperation between Liberals and Conservatives in some constituencies.
(Untitled), 22 Jun 1924
(Untitled), 19 Jun 1924
Letter from Claude Lowther (43 Catherine Street, [London]) to WSC on his recommendation of WSC to the vacancy in the Lewes Division of Sussex and his belief that "the idiots at the Central Office" should support WSC if he accepted the programme of Stanley Baldwin [later Lord Baldwin] except for Preference. Invites WSC to Hurstmonceux [Sussex].
(Untitled), 25 Jun 1924
Letter from Clarice Fisher (Chartwell) to W H Parker (66 St Martin's Lane, [London]) stating that WSC refused to pay him the five guineas he is claiming for the canvassing he did for WSC [during the Westminster election] because such a payment would be illegal. Carbon copy.
(Untitled), 21 Jun 1924
Letter from W H Parker, surveyor (66 St Martin's Lane, [London]) to WSC (2 Sussex Square) asking for five guineas for "services rendered" [canvassing at the Westminster election].
(Untitled), 02 Aug 1924
Letter from 5th Lord Rosebery (The Durdans, Epsom, [Surrey]) to WSC expressing his strong wish that WSC had been returned for the Abbey Division of Westminster and that the parties should "rally to the anti-socialist cry".
(Untitled), 14 Aug 1924
(Untitled), 23 Aug 1924
Letter from Lord Carson [earlier Sir Edward Carson] (Cleve Court, Minster in Thanet, [Kent]) to WSC on: arrangements for WSC's and CSC's visit; the preparedness of Lord Balfour [earlier Arthur Balfour] to leave the timing of the publication of 1st Lord Birkenhead's [earlier F E Smith] letter to Carson and WSC; Carson's knowledge of the Ulster [Ireland] boundary question; his belief that the result of the next general election will be fateful for the Empire.
(Untitled), 23 Sep 1924
(Untitled), 25 Sep 1924
(Untitled), 06 Oct 1924
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1924
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1924
(Untitled), 10 Oct 1924
General election manifesto of the National Citizens' Union, with statement to Union branches of the suggested procedure for securing support for the manifesto. Sent with CHAR 2/135/59.
(Untitled), 10 Oct 1924
Letter from Colonel H Mockett (Cavalry Club, 127 Piccadilly, [London]) to WSC stressing the need for the Conservatives to campaign in simple terms in order to attract working-class votes.
(Untitled), 15 Oct 1924
(Untitled), 15 Oct 1924
(Untitled), 20 Oct 1924
Letter from [WSC] (Chartwell) to Major Philip Kenyon-Slaney [Drake Chambers, Tavistock, Devon] asserting that the Conservatives have shown that they can form the foundation of the non-party government which the country urgently requires and urging the electors of Tavistock to aid the process by returning Kenyon-Slaney. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 23 Oct 1924
(Untitled), 31 Oct 1924
Letter from Sidney Vesey (Unionist Central Office, Palace Chambers, Bridge Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on his victory in the Epping Division of Essex and extending the invitation of the executive committee of the political council of the Junior Carlton Club to dine and address a meeting.
(Untitled), 01 Nov 1924
Letter in French from S Gichou (Vers-en-montagne, Jura, [France) to WSC on WSC's electoral campaign and his personal influence in fostering amicable relations between Britain and France.
(Untitled), 01 Nov 1924
Letter from Sir Alan Burgoyne (Finchers House, Amersham, Buckinghamshire) to WSC offering his services as parliamentary secretary and referring to the sweeping Conservative election victory and the increase in his own majority [in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire].
(Untitled), 05 Nov 1924
Letter from [WSC] to Andrew Gibb expressing regret that Gibb did not succeed [in the Hamilton Division of Lanarkshire, Scotland] but adding that the election would have been a good educational experience of Gibb and that the Conservatives need young candidates like him in seats "where there has been so much rowdyism". Carbon typescript copy.