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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)JC6/2/7/1-25
TitleCorrespondence relating to selection of Parliamentary candidates for Central Birmingham Division
Extent25 items
Date1894-1895
DescriptionCorrespondence and typescript correspondence between Joseph Chamberlain [President, Birmingham Liberal Unionist Association], fellow Birmingham Liberal Unionist MPs and persons associated with Birmingham politics and political associations, relating to election of candidate to replace John Albert Bright MP [son of John Bright MP] following his resignation from his Birmingham seat; with envelope and telegram copy
Including /3 Typescript memorandum by David Davies [Hon. Sec, Central Division Liberal Unionist Association] relating to selection of candidate for Central Birmingham Division, 1895; /4 Letter from John A. Bright relating to his decision to resign Central Birmingham seat, 1895; /7 Letter from Charles Anthony Vince [Sec, Birmingham, Aston, and Handsworth Liberal Unionist Association, 1892-1919] relating to resignation of Bright and selection of replacement candidate, 1895; /8-10 Correspondence from Joseph Powell Williams [MP] relating to Bright's resignation and selection of candidate, with correspondence from Sir John Boraston [Sec, Liberal Unionist Association], 1895; /15 Letter from Lord Sudeley relating to candidacy of Lord Charles Beresford for Central Birmingham Division seat, 1895; /16 Letter from Frank Lowe [President, Birmingham Conservative Association] relating to candidacy of Lord Beresford, 1895; /18-20 Correspondence and typescript correspondene form Charles Anthony Vince relating to candidacies of Lord Beresford and C. E. Matthews, with typescript copy letter from J. Moore Bayley, 1895
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