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Correspondence on requests to republish articles, speeches and interviews by JEP, with correspondents including: Robert Smith, Manorial Society of Great Britain (4).

Also includes: draft text by JEP on relations between the Church, the state and a hereditary peerage and monarchy; draft text on the Chancellorship of [George] Peter Thorneycroft and the Treasury resignations, 1957-58 (based on conversations with JEP).

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The pamphlet particularly covers the Indian Defence Services' role in the Coronation of King George VI.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The bulk of the collection consists of the papers of Lord Hailes as Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Federation of the West Indies, 1958-1962, showing, in fascinating detail, the working out of this experiment in federation. There are numerous papers relating to Lord Hailes's long tenure of office as Assistant, Deputy Chief, and finally Chief, Whip and these include many letters from his fellow Conservatives showing the high esteem in which they held him.Amongst the...

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Correspondence, articles, speech notes and papers on LSA's political work as a journalist and then as a member of Parliament, on subjects including colonial affairs, defence, tariff reform and Home Rule for Ireland.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The bulk of the collection consists of the papers of Lord Hailes as Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Federation of the West Indies, 1958-1962, showing, in fascinating detail, the working out of this experiment in federation. There are numerous papers relating to Lord Hailes's long tenure of office as Assistant, Deputy Chief, and finally Chief, Whip and these include many letters from his fellow Conservatives showing the high esteem in which they held him.Amongst the...

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Includes news footage of Winston Churchill during the war, documentaries about him, many featuring MS as an interviewee, footage of Churchill's funeral, interviews with MS about her own books, and various events in which she took part.

Scope and Contents Political papers, mostly relating to Churchill's three offices of state: Lord Steward of the Household, 1866-7, with correspondence, accounts and papers relating to Queen Victoria's household; Lord President of the Council, 1867-8, with correspondence between Marlborough and Prime Ministers, Lord Derby and Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Mayo, Duke of Richmond and Queen Victoria, the last mostly confined to times of Privy Council meetings; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1876-80, with correspondence and...

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Correspondence with James Bishop, Editor-in-Chief, Illustrated London News Publications, on an article by JEP on the place of the monarchy in British life.

Also includes: text of the article.

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Printed edition by the Times of speeches by King George V and others, from 1910-35, published on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee, and special supplement of the Daily Telegraph reporting the King's broadcast on Jubilee Day.

Also includes: note on publishing the proclamation of the accession of King Edward VIII [later Edward, Duke of Windsor].

Scope and Contents Subjects include: Churchill's departure [for Casablanca, Morocco, January 1943] and the bad behaviour of Smoky the cat; Churchill's extra journey to Turkey; stories of atrocities carried out by German soldiers in the Soviet Union against both Soviet forces and Italians; news of the Allied forces entering Tunis and Bizerta [Tunisia]; an unexpected visit from Sarah Oliver [earlier Sarah Churchill, later Sarah Beauchamp and Sarah, Lady Audley]; the success of the campaign in North Africa and...

Scope and Contents This series contains a vast array of correspondents from both the Royal Household and political and military notables of the period. Some of the key correspondents have been noted here, with additional information about the topics discussed, which are mainly related to the war effort and to politics. Many of the volumes have a brief contents page at the back. Most of the volumes contain copies of outgoing correspondence, although several have original incoming letters, inparticular from...

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Letters (drafts and typescript copies) from Churchill to Queen Elizabeth II and also Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, on subjects including: visits to Balmoral [Scotland]; the difficulties of Churchill's second premiership; horseracing; Churchill's relations with the Queen as Prime Minister, and his resignation.

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Subjects include: a visit to Sestriere [Italy]; staying at Windsor Castle [Berkshire] with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth [includes transcript]; a cruise on the Admiralty yacht, Enchantress, to inspect the Fleet at Invergordon [Ross and Cromarty, Scotland]; a cruise in the eastern Mediterranean and Egypt.

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Subjects include: the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Paris [France]; a cruise in the Baltic [on the Admiralty yacht Enchantress]; Cooper’s resignation [as First Lord of the Admiralty, over the Munich Crisis]; staying in Paris with Laura Corrigan.

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Includes an account of a Privy Council meeting during King George V's illness and a letter from Hilda Hankey on Maurice and Adeline's silver wedding.

Scope and Contents Letters from Queen Elizabeth II on subjects including: Churchill's correspondence with Harry S Truman, President of the United States, on a joint message to Mohammed Mussadiq [Prime Minister of Iran, also known as Mohammed Mossadeq and Mosaddegh] over the oil dispute with Iran; the Queen's respect for "Bobbety" [5th Lord Salisbury, earlier Lord Cranborne]; her Christmas broadcast (1952); horseracing; the Bermuda Conference (1953); her tour of the Commonwealth (1953-54), particularly her...

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Letters of thanks and congratulation to CG on visits by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Mar 1956 and Apr 1959, and by Queen Elizabeth II, Apr 1957. Correspondents include: 1st Lord Montgomery of Alamein; Odette Pol Roger; Sir John McEwen; Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (2); Martin Gilliat, Private Secretary to the Queen Mother; Jean Cocteau (2); Sir Charles Mendl; Sir [Arthur] Guy Salisbury-Jones, Master of the Diplomatic Corps; Princess Margaret.

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: 1st Lord Knollys, Private Secretary to King Edward VII and King George V, on subjects including an exhibition which Churchill had arranged in Vienna [Austria], 1909, King Edward's sympathy for Sir William Crossman and his approval of Churchill offering him a job, congratulations on the handling of the Newport dock strike and King George's wish to be kept informed of strikes (2); Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary], congratulating Churchill on his majority at Dundee...

Scope and Contents Letters and minutes between LSA and Milner on subjects including: Milner's new position as Secretary of State for the Colonies and LSA's position as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies; the Raw Materials Board; policy on Cyprus; Portuguese East Africa [later Mozambique]; free trade within the League of Nations; Milner being pulled out from the Colonial Office and sent to the Versailles Peace Conference [France]; the reconstruction of East Africa; Syria; Imperial Preference; the...

Scope and Contents Texts of speeches and articles by LSA on subjects including: patriotism; health education; freedom; the future of Canada and the world; limitations of the League of Nations; Empire co-operation in social hygiene; the coronation and role of King George VI; the value of education; the city of Birmingham [Warwickshire]; the development of East Africa. Also includes: report of the Army League Committee on a policy for the army; statement on new Conservatism by the Oxford University...

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Account of the relationship between King Edward VIII [later the Duke of Windsor] and Wallis Simpson [later Wallis, Duchess of Windsor].
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Subjects include the relationship between King Edward VIII [later the Duke of Windsor] and Wallis Simpson [later Wallis, Duchess of Windsor].

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Annotated typescript, covering: economic and Empire policy, 1929-31; the collapse of the Conservative Government and formation of the Coalition Government; Imperial Preference; the India Act; LSA's travels in Europe, meeting with Hitler and LSA's non-political work; pacifism, the Italian invasion of Abyssinia [later Ethiopia] and the drift to war; the abdication crisis; appeasement.

Scope and Contents Correspondence with Sir Charles Fergusson, Governor General and with William Massey (Prime Minister, 1912-24) and Joseph Coates (Prime Minister, 1925-28) on subjects including: Coates's defeat in the 1928 Election; Fergusson's expenses; LSA's visit during his Empire Tour; the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York [later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth]; the New Hebrides [later Vanuatu] Commission; communications between the Dominions Office and Governors General and between the British...

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The collection, though small, is interesting as no other papers appear to have been left by Hore-Belisha. It comprises letters, diaries, some photographs and documents (mainly copies) covering most of Hore-Belisha's career but concentrating on his most important position as War Minister from 1937-1939 and particularly the events surrounding his dismissal by Neville Chamberlain.