Political patronage
Found in 512 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 01 Nov 1906
Letter from Bob Fitzpatrick (Irish Local Government Board, Edenvale, Conyngham Road, Dublin, [Ireland]) to George [Cornwallis-West] asking him to ask WSC to use his influence to ensure that Fitzpatrick's post as a Local Government Board inspector is made secure and that he gets promoted. [Sent with CHAR 2/27/47].
(Untitled), 04 Nov 1906
Letter from ? (Eaton, Chester) to Lady Randolph Churchill asking her to get WSC to use his influence [to ensure that Bob Fitzpatricks's post as an Irish Local Government Board inspector is made secure and that he gets promoted]. [Sent with CHAR 2/27/47].
(Untitled), 22 Mar 1907
Letter from Arthur Ponsonby (10 Downing Street) to WSC acknowledging his recommendation of Benn Wolfe Levy for an honour.
(Untitled), 20 Jun 1907
Letter from Brigadier-General Patrick Jeffreys (Dodington Place, Sittingbourne, [Kent]) to WSC thanking him and Lord Lucas for their help in securing the award to him of a Colonel's Distinguished Service Reward.
(Untitled), 27 Jul 1907
15 Aug 1907 Two letters from Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Coombe Abbey, Coventry, [Warwickshire]) to 4th Lord Craven, one asking for Craven's agreement to be put forward for the appointment of Master of the Horse in the King's household, the other informing him that some one else is to be appointed.
(Untitled), 25 Jan 1908
Letter from Thomas Barclay (The Uplands, Blackwell, Bromsgrove, [Worcestershire]) to WSC asking that his name should not be mentioned in connection with the obtaining of an honour for Sir James ? and reporting the favourable reaction to WSC's recent speech [on social policy in Birmingham Town Hall].
(Untitled), 26 May 1908
Letter from Frederick Mackarness MP (House of Commons Library) to WSC asking him to use his influence with Lord Crewe to obtain a Privy Councillorship for John Merriman, Prime Minister of Cape Colony, [South Africa].
(Untitled), 03 Jun 1908
Letter from Alexander ? (4 Devonshire Place, [London]) to WSC asking whether he can assist H V Sawyer, a former captain in the Indian Army who lost his arm after a panther bite and is seeking a post as Assistant Inspector under the Poor Law.
(Untitled), 19 Oct [1908]
Letter from James E Platt (Ingmanthorpe Hall, Wetherby, [Yorkshire]) to WSC asking him to see the Prime Minister to support Platt's claim to a knighthood or a baronetcy. Annotated that WSC will consider what he can do.
(Untitled), 15 Nov 1908
Letter from E S Grieve (Cliffburn, Alyth, [Perthshire, Scotland]) to Blanche, Lady Hozier asking her to ask WSC to try and obtain a government post for her nephew, John Barclay Milne, an analytical chemist who served and worked in South Africa.
(Untitled), 12 Apr 1908
Letter from Arthur Haworth (Normanby, Altrincham, [Cheshire]) to WSC congratulating him on his appointment [as President of the Board of Trade] and reporting the enthusiasm of Liberals in North-West Manchester. Asks WSC to help his friend Spencer Hogg to obtain a puisne judgeship in Jamaica [West Indies] before he (WSC) leaves the Colonial Office.
(Untitled), 15 Mar 1908
Letter from Lady Katharine Lyttelton (107 Eaton Square, [London]) to WSC enclosing a letter from Charles Lane Sansom [see CHAR 2/38/14] and asking WSC to ask John Burns about a post for Sansom under the Local Government Board. Refers obliquely to the marriage of her daughter Lucy to Charles Masterman.
(Untitled), 15 May 1909
Letter from A Henderson (London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Steam Packet Office, Newhaven, Sussex) to CSC asking her and her husband to help him in his application for the post of Docks and Warehouse Manager for the Port of London Authority.
(Untitled), [1909]
Letter from ? (Poplar Farm, Cold Ash, Newbury, [Berkshire]) to WSC asking him to help a needy ex-soldier obtain the post of Chief Constable of Flintshire [Wales].
(Untitled), 23 Dec 1910
Letter from Joseph Pease (Duchy of Lancaster Office) to WSC stating that he will be glad to favourably consider the claims of J C Grime of Manchester to be a magistrate. Annotated by Edward Marsh that Grime be notified, 28 Dec, and with note of this being done, 31 Dec.
(Untitled), [Jun 1910]
Letter from Shane Leslie (10 Great Cumberland Place, [London]) to WSC recommending Rev R G Bury to a canonry or other good living in the Church. Returned with CHAR 2/46/11.
(Untitled), 01 May 1912
Letter from Reginald McKenna (Home Office) to WSC acknowledging WSC's recommendation that Major Atcherley, who has done excellent police work in the West Riding [of Yorkshire], should be considered for a post in the Home Office.
(Untitled), 03 Aug 1915
Letter from Lord Cromer (36 Wimpole Street, [London]) to Edward Grimwood Mears promising him a knighthood and some salary if he serves as secretary of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Typescript copy sent with CHAR 2/97/1.
(Untitled), 08 Dec 1916
Letter from Lord Cromer to Maurice Bonham-Carter [private secretary to Herbert Asquith] requesting that the promise made on behalf of Asquith to grant a knighthood to Edward Grimwood Mears for his work as secretary of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry and for other services should be honoured by the new government. Typescript copy sent with CHAR 2/97/1.
(Untitled), 12 Dec 1916
Letter from Maurice Bonham-Carter [private secretary to Herbert Asquith] (10 Downing Street) to Lord Cromer promising that Edward Grimwood Mears will receive a knighthood. Typescript copy sent with CHAR 2/97/1.
(Untitled), 05 Sep [1919]
Letter from Lady Pembroke (Wilton House, Salisbury, [Wiltshire]) to WSC asking him to put forward the name of "Reggie" [Lord Pembroke] for the post of Lord Steward.
(Untitled), 21 Sep 1919
Letter from "Sunny" [9th Duke of Marlborough] (Blenheim Palace) to WSC noting that he approves Marlborough's nominations [? connected with the Lord Lieutenancy of Oxfordshire] and inviting WSC and CSC to stay.
(Untitled), 25 Sep 1919
Letter from WSC to "Sunny" [9th Duke of Marlborough] agreeing that he is right to hold back some nominations [? connected with the Lord Lieutenancy of Oxfordshire] and accepting his invitation to stay. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 29 Dec 1920
Letter from J S Barnes (Admiralty) to Edward Marsh reporting that Walter Long [later Lord Long], the First Lord of the Admiralty, believes that a baronetcy rather than a peerage is the appropriate honour to confer on Sir Philip Watts. Annotated by Marsh that he has informed Watts and expressed WSC's regret.
(Untitled), 01 Mar 1921
Note from a secretary to [WSC] mentioning that Major Gerald Geiger is getting "C's" job and referring to a draft letter for WSC's signature recommending Lieutenant F J Wild for employment on the Reparations Commission [see CHAR 2/114/85].