R.A. Butler
CCO 20/1/1
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Title
R.A. Butler
Shelfmark
CCO 20/1/1
Summary
R.A. Butler [Variously:- Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1940-1941); Chairman, Conservative Research Department (1945-1965); Chancellor of the Exchequer (1951-1955); Leader of the House of Commons (1955-1961); and Home Secretary (1957-1962)]
Correspondents include:-
Anderson, John, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1943-1945)
Assheton, Ralph, Party Chairman (1944-1946)
Bourne, Lady Hester, Vice-Chairman (1939-1943)
Chapman-Walker, M, Chief Publicity Officer, Conservative Office
Davidson, Frances-Joan, Conservative MP for Hemel Hempstead (1937-1959)
Hacking, Douglas, Party Chairman (1936-1942)
Hogg, Quintin, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, Party Chairman (1957-1959)
Morrison, John, Chairman of the 122 Committee (1955-1964)
Topping, Sir Robert, General Director, Conservative Central Office (1931-1945)
Woolton, 1st Earl of, Frederick James Marquis, Party Chairman (1946-1955)
Subjects include:-
Research carried out between June-September 1940 by Margaret Godley under the direction of RA Butler, primarily concerning intelligence-gathering on other organisations in the fields of post-War reconstruction
Friendly Societies
Paper allocation for the 1945 general election
Co-Partnership in Industry
Reconstitution of the Conservative Research Department after the War
Conservative Party exhibition ( Trust the People) held at Dorland Hall, London, June-July 1947
Production of publicity literature
Ernest Marples MP and Conservative policy on housing and leasehold reform
Equal salaries for women
Sur-Tax and the effect on stockbrokers
Bias in BBC reporting
Vice in London
Use of hoardings
House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949
Repeal of Section 88 of the Representation of the People Act 1949
Date
Aug-Sep 1940; Dec 1944-Jan 1958
Language
English
Physical extent
1 file
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Collection contents
Conservative Party Archive: Conservative Central Office - Party Chairman's Office
Chairman's Office Correspondence
With, or concerning, Senior Party Members
R.A. Butler
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