Political patronage
Found in 512 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), [01] [Mar] [1921]
Letter from [WSC] to [Sir John Bradbury] recommending Lieutenant F J Wild for employment on the Reparations Commission. Manuscript draft. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/114/86.
(Untitled), 29 Apr 1921
Letter from Sir William Graham Greene to Edward Marsh arguing that WSC would be justified in pressing for Sir Albert Stern to be awarded a higher rank in the legion d'honneur than chevalier.
(Untitled), 30 Jun 1921
Letter from Edward Marsh (Downing Street) to Thomas Flynn (131 Cambridge Street, Pimlico, [London]) reporting that WSC has asked the Admiralty to give favourable consideration to Flynn's claim. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 30 Jun 1921
Letter from [Edward Marsh] (Downing Street) to Sidney Barnes reporting that WSC would be glad if something could be done for "his rescuer" [Thomas Flynn, a sailor who claimed to have rescued WSC from drowning when, as First Lord of the Admiralty, he was boarding a ship in rough weather]. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 19 Jul 1921
Letter from [Edward Marsh] (Downing Street) to Captain Sir Acton Blake asking him to tell WSC how to answer a letter recommending Captain John Lewis to a Trinity House pension [see CHAR 2/115/129].
(Untitled), 17 Jul 1921
Letter from Josiah Towyn Jones (12 Downing Street) to WSC recommending Captain John Lewis of New Quay, Cardiganshire, Wales to a Trinity House pension.
(Untitled), 20 Jul 1921
Letter from Captain Sir Acton Blake, Deputy Master of Trinity House, to Edward Marsh enclosing a copy of his reply to Josiah Towyn Jones's recommendation of Captain John Lewis to a Trinity House pension [see CHAR 2/115/134].
(Untitled), 20 Jul 1921
Letter from Captain Sir Acton Blake, Deputy Master of Trinity House, to Josiah Towyn Jones replying to Jones's recommendation of Captain John Lewis to a Trinity House pension. Carbon copy sent with CHAR 2/115/133.
(Untitled), [Jul] [1921]
Note by Edward Marsh to [WSC] on the application for prize money of [Thomas] Flynn, a sailor who claims to have rescued WSC from drowning when, as First Lord of the Admiralty, he was boarding a ship on a rough day.
(Untitled), 26 Sep 1921
Letter in French from General Edmond Buat (Office of the Minister for War, Paris, [France]) to WSC asking him to use his influence to secure a permanent commission in the RAF for Leguen de Lacroix, a cousin of his currently serving in Egypt.
(Untitled), 26 Jun 1922
Letter from Robert Burns (Drum Rectory, Clones, County Monaghan, [Ireland]) to [? WSC] asking him to use his influence with 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] to secure for Burns the living of Alphamstone [Essex].
(Untitled), 10 Feb [1926]
Letter from Lieutenant-General Sir David Campbell (War Office) to WSC attributing his appointment as Military Secretary to WSC's support and asking him to put in a good word for him to the Secretary of State for War [Sir Laming Worthington-Evans].
(Untitled), 10 Jan 1929
Letter from Sir Robert Lynn (Constitutional Club, Northumberland Avenue, [London]) to WSC complaining about the Prime Minister's failure to appoint him to a post with the Wireless Company.
(Untitled), 04 Jun 1929
Letter from [WSC] to [Stanley Baldwin, later Lord Baldwin] recommending Frederick Guest and John Seely [later Lord Mottistone] to the House of Lords. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 23 Jun 1929
Letter from [WSC] to Frederick Guest describing how the opposition in the Conservative Party to the granting of Liberal peerages prevents Stanley Baldwin [later Lord Baldwin] from offering Guest one, advising Guest to join the Conservative Party, where WSC will be able to help him procure a suitable seat, and discussing the arrangements for his (WSC's) tour of Canada, the United States and South America. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 19 Feb 1910
(Untitled), 02 Mar 1910
Letter from Walter Runciman (15 Great College Street, Westminster [London]) marked "personal" recommending "Sinclair" for a vacancy as Factory Surgeon for the South Shields [Durham] district. Signed manuscript.
(Untitled), 09 Apr 1911
Letter from Lord Haldane (28, Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster [London]) to WSC informing him that he has recommended Major-General John Brabazon be made Knight Commander of the Bath; asking WSC to write to Robert Harcourt recommending Major-General Cecil Macready for Knight Commander of St Michael and St George; and requesting a copy of WSC's proposals concerning aliens in fortified places during wartime. Signed manuscript.
(Untitled), 16 Jun 1910
Letter from Sir George Murray [Permanent Secretary, Treasury] to Sir Edward Troup [Permanent Under Secretary of State, Home Office] in which he says that King George V and Sir Arthur Bigge [later Lord Stamfordham, Permanent Secretary to the King], have the power to make appointments to the Companion of Imperial Service Order, but that he does not think that Mr Nutt should be given this honour. Signed manuscript. See CHAR 12/2/43 and CHAR 12/2/44.
(Untitled), 16 Jun 1910
Letter from Sir Arthur Bigge [later Lord Stamfordham, Permanent Secretary to King George V], (Frogmore House, Windsor [Berkshire]) to Sir George Murray, Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, asking on the King's behalf that Mr Nutt be appointed to the Companion of Imperial Service Order. Signed manuscript. See CHAR 12/2/42 and CHAR 12/2/44.
(Untitled), 17 Jun 1910
Letter from [Sir Edward Troup, Permanent Under Secretary of State, Home Office] to [WSC] recording agreement with Sir George Murray [Permanent Secretary, Treasury] concerning recommendations to the Companion of Imperial Service Order. Manuscript signed with initials. See CHAR 12/2/42 and CHAR 12/2/43.
(Untitled), 14 Jul 1910
Letter from Adolphus Liddell [Private Secretary to Lord Chancellor] (House of Lords) to Edward Marsh enclosing Henry Stanger's letter [see CHAR 12/2/54] and reporting that the Lord Chancellor [Lord Loreburn, earlier Sir Robert Reid,] can do nothing regarding the case, as Judge Stanger "does not seem inclined to go". Signed manuscript.
(Untitled), 12 Jul 1910
Letter from Judge Henry Stanger (New Court, Temple [London]) to WSC saying that although he would like to serve the Home Office, he wants to retain the positions of Recorder for Nottingham and County Court Judge which he will hold until June 1911. Signed manuscript annotated "Stanger". Covering letter at CHAR 12/2/53.
(Untitled), 31 Aug 1910
Letter from Sir Rufus Isaacs [later Lord Reading] (Grand Hotel Klinger, Marienbad [Germany, later Marianske Lazne, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic and Slovakia]) to WSC recommending H H Haldinstein for appointment to the Recordership of Kingston-upon-Thames [Surrey]. Signed manuscript. See CHAR 12/2/76.
(Untitled), 07 Sep 1910
Copy of a letter from a Home Office official to Sir Rufus Isaacs (later Lord Reading) acknowledging receipt of his letter [see CHAR 12/2/75] recommending H H Haldinstein for the post of Recorder of Kingston-upon-Thames [Surrey], and pointing out that the power to make this appointment lies with the local authority. Unsigned typescript.