Political patronage
Found in 512 Collections and/or Records:
Public and Political: General: Patronage: Service Patronage:., 1951 - 1957
Public and Political: General: Patronage T-Z., 1941 - 1948
Public and Political: General: Patronage: Technion, British Committee for Technical Development in Israel., 1954 - 1958
Public and Political: General: Patronage U-V., 1953 - 1960
Public and Political: General: Patronage U-Z., 1945 - Apr 1952
Public and Political: General: Patronage: W-Z., Apr 1952 - 1963
Public and Political: General: Patronage: Westminster College, Fulton [Missouri, United States]., Mar [1946] - Jan 1965
Public and Political: General: Patronage: Williamsburg Award., 1955 - 1960
Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, C-D, many congratulating WSC on becoming Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party and praising his leadership., Jan 1940 - Dec 1940
Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, E-G, many praising WSC's speeches and leadership., Sep 1939 - Nov 1940
Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence D-I., Jun 1946 - Dec 1947
Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence M-Q., Jan 1949 - Dec 1949
Public and Political: General Public Correspondence L-M, 01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
Public and Political: General: Service Patronage., Oct 1954 - Sep 1964
(Untitled), 18 May 1940 - 04 Mar 1942
Letter from Sir Edward Grigg [later 1st Lord Altrincham] to WSC in response to a letter from WSC requesting him to resign as Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War, as the office is needed for a Labour representative; Grigg regrets the decision but will consider the offer of a peerage; also includes letter from Grigg (1940) thanking WSC for his appointment and rejecting a peerage.
(Untitled), 03 Mar 1942 - 04 Mar 1942
Letter from WSC to Geoffrey Shakespeare [Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Dominions Office] asking him to resign and offering him a baronetcy; with reply agreeing and asking for time to consider the offer of a baronetcy.
(Untitled), [Sep] [1911]
Draft letter from [WSC] (Home Office) to the Attorney General [Sir Rufus Isaacs, later Lord Reading] recommending that [Alan] Lawrie be appointed as Vice Chairman of the London Quarter Sessions. Manuscript in the hand of Sir Edward Troup [Permanent Under Secretary of State, Home Office].
(Untitled), [1912]
Letter from WSC to King George V, on the King's wish that two naval officers should not be advanced to the grade of KCB [Knight Commander of the Bath] in the Birthday Honours, asking him to reconsider, and putting forward the names of Vice-Admiral Stanley Colville and Lieutenant-General William Nicholls, Royal Marine Artillery [both men were awarded the KCB in 1912].
(Untitled), 09 Jun [1914]
Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Secretary, Board of Admiralty [Sir (William) Graham Greene], recommending Admiral Ernest Rice for a KCB [Knight Commander of the Bath], stating that his son, a "brilliant officer" had just been killed in a flying accident, and he felt it appropriate to review the Admiral's claim for recognition. [Carbon] [KCB awarded, 1914].
(Untitled), 21 Apr [1913]
(Untitled), 13 Jun 1912
(Untitled), [25] [Jun] [1912]
Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to King George V, on naval honours, complaining that it was unfair that 21 army officers were decorated with or advanced in the Order of the Bath, but that only one naval officer was so rewarded. [Manuscript copy, signed by WSC].
(Untitled), 24 Jun 1912
Letter from King George V, (Windsor Castle [Berkshire]), to WSC, sympathising with WSC regarding the "unfairness of existing arrangements for the bestowal of honours on Officers of the Navy", and stating that he was prepared to agree to the appointment of a Committee to consider the institution of a special decoration for the Royal Navy. He also asks for WSC's assurance that there was a demand for the decoration among naval officers.
(Untitled), 24 Jun 1912
Note from WSC (Admiralty), to Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith], asking him to read a draft letter to King George V on naval honours, with Asquith's reply, suggesting that he accept the suggestion of a committee to consider the question. [Hand-written, initialled by Churchill and Asquith].
(Untitled), 09 Aug 1912
Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to the Naval Secretary, Admiralty [Rear-Admiral Dudley de Chair], asking for list of 7 or 8 officers to receive the Civil CB [Commander of the Order of the Bath], including Rear- Admiral Frederic Brock, and Commander Frederic Dreyer. [Carbon].