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Political patronage

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 512 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/27/48-49
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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].

Dates: 01 Nov 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Nov 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/27/50
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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].

Dates: 04 Nov 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Mar 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/29/61
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Letter from Arthur Ponsonby (10 Downing Street) to WSC acknowledging his recommendation of Benn Wolfe Levy for an honour.

Dates: 22 Mar 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Jun 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/30/68
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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.

Dates: 20 Jun 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Jul 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/30/73
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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.

Dates: 27 Jul 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Jan 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/33/11
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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].

Dates: 25 Jan 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 26 May 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/34/50
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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].

Dates: 26 May 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Jun 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/34/59
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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.

Dates: 03 Jun 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Oct [1908]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/35/50
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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.

Dates: 19 Oct [1908]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Nov 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/36/14-15
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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.

Dates: 15 Nov 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Apr 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/37/35
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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.

Dates: 12 Apr 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Mar 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/38/13
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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.

Dates: 15 Mar 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 May 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/39/60
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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.

Dates: 15 May 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1909]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/39/126
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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].

Dates: [1909]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Dec 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/45/79
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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.

Dates: 23 Dec 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [Jun 1910]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/10
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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.

Dates: [Jun 1910]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 May 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/56/81
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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.

Dates: 01 May 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Aug 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/97/3-4
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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.

Dates: 03 Aug 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 08 Dec 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/97/5-6
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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.

Dates: 08 Dec 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 12 Dec 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/97/7
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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.

Dates: 12 Dec 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 05 Sep [1919]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/106/80
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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.

Dates: 05 Sep [1919]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 21 Sep 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/106/88
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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.

Dates: 21 Sep 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 25 Sep 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/106/95
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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.

Dates: 25 Sep 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 29 Dec 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/111/125
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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.

Dates: 29 Dec 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 01 Mar 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/114/84
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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].

Dates: 01 Mar 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.