Sport
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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 281 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the Betting Overseas (Prohibition) Bill., 19 Jan 1928 - 20 Jul 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/84
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (3); Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise] (3); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (3); Sir Benjamin Hawkins [Solicitor to the Board of Customs and Excise]; Wilfrid Spender [Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, and Head of Civil Service, Northern Ireland] (2); Sir Richard Hopkins [Controller of Finance and Supply Services, Treasury].Also includes a draft of the...
Dates:
19 Jan 1928 - 20 Jul 1928
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the betting tax., 30 Sep 1926 - 26 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/37
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (16); John Davidson [Parliamentary Secretary, Admiralty] (2); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (5); Pembroke Wicks (3); Sir William Graham-Harrison [Second Parliamentary Counsel to Treasury]; Ronald McNeill [later 1st Lord Cushendun, Financial Secretary, Treasury]; Lord Elveden [later 2nd Iveagh]; 17th Lord Derby; 6th Lord Carnarvon [earlier Lord Porchester].Also...
Dates:
30 Sep 1926 - 26 Dec 1926
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the betting tax., 04 Jan 1927 - 28 Feb 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/50
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell [Jockey Club Steward] (2); Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (9); 17th Lord Derby; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (3); Walter Guinness [later 1st Lord Moyne] (2).Also includes: Turf Guardian Society notes; press cuttings.Subjects covered by the file include: the views of the Betting Duty Reform Association; betting turnover and profits; problems in the administration...
Dates:
04 Jan 1927 - 28 Feb 1927
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the betting tax., 01 Mar 1927 - 29 Apr 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/51
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: W J Randall, Managing Director and Secretary of the Turf Guardian Society (6); John Davidson [Conservative Party Chairman] (3); 5th Lord Lonsdale; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (5); Sir Philip Dawson MP; Walter Guinness [later 1st Lord Moyne]; 17th Lord Derby; Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (6); Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC]; 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell [Jockey Club Steward].Also...
Dates:
01 Mar 1927 - 29 Apr 1927
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the betting tax., 04 Mar 1927 - 29 Jun 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/52
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (14); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); Patrick Hannon MP.Also includes: cuttings from papers including the Sporting Life and the Sporting Chronicle; copy of the official report of the House of Lords for the second reading of the betting bill; copy of supplementary notes on betting duty...
Dates:
04 Mar 1927 - 29 Jun 1927
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the betting tax., 22 Feb 1927 - 26 Oct 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/53
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise, until mid-1927] (11); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (7); Sir William Mitchell-Thomson [later 1st Lord Selsdon, Postmaster-General and Chief Civil Commissioner]; Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise] (5); Frank Newsam [Private Secretary to the Home Secretary]; Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); Attorney-General [Sir...
Dates:
22 Feb 1927 - 26 Oct 1927
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the betting tax., 01 Nov 1927 - 22 Dec 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/54
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (7); Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise]; Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (2); John Davidson [Conservative Party Chairman]; 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell [Jockey Club Steward] (2).Also includes: newspaper cuttings; draft of the Race Course Betting Act 1928; copy of a Cabinet minute.Subjects covered by the file include: the totalisator; details of Jockey Club...
Dates:
01 Nov 1927 - 22 Dec 1927
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the betting tax., 10 Feb 1928 - 20 Jul 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/79
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise] (2); John Davidson [Conservative Party Chairman]; Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (9); Attorney-General, Sir Douglas Hogg [later 1st Lord Hailsham]; Sir Ernest Gowers [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue]; bookmakers' representatives, including Ladbroke and Company (4), the Northern Bookmakers' and Backers' Protection Association (2), the National Sporting League, and the Betting Duty Reform...
Dates:
10 Feb 1928 - 20 Jul 1928
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the betting tax., 02 Jul 1928 - 15 Jan 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/80
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (10); Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (3); Walter Guinness [later 1st Lord Moyne]; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (7); Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise] (2); Director of Public Prosecutions, Sir Archibald Bodkin; 1st Lord D'Abernon [Chairman Thoroughbred Horse-breeders' Association] (2).Also includes: cutting from the...
Dates:
02 Jul 1928 - 15 Jan 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the betting tax., 28 Dec 1928 - 27 Mar 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/104
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: bookmakers' representatives; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (4); Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (11); Lord Stanley [Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party] (2); the Chairman, Sir Clement Hindley, (2) and Secretary, Major John Chambers, of the Racecourse Betting Control Board.Also includes: notes of interviews between Treasury officials and Hindley, Chambers, and bookmakers; cutting from the...
Dates:
28 Dec 1928 - 27 Mar 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the betting tax and dishonest bookmakers., 25 May 1927 - 09 Nov 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/57
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: 4th Lord Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne, Lord Privy Seal]; 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell [Jockey Club Steward] (4); Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise, until mid-1927] (5); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (4); Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise, from latter part of 1927] (2).Also includes: notes of interviews between Sir Horace Hamilton and the Jockey Club and the...
Dates:
25 May 1927 - 09 Nov 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the betting tax and graduated licences., 14 Jun 1927 - 19 Mar 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/60
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of the Betting Duty Reform Association, the Bookmakers' and Backers' Racecourse Protection Society (Southern Branch), the National Sporting League, and the Turf Guardian Society; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (3); Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (3); Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer].Also includes: a newspaper cutting.Subjects covered by the...
Dates:
14 Jun 1927 - 19 Mar 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the betting tax and the horse breeding associations' deputation., 19 Jan 1927 - 17 Mar 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/55
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (5); Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise]; representatives of the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association including its Chairman, 1st Lord D'Abernon, (4) and the Hunters' Improvement and National Light Horse Breeding Society (3).Also includes: Thoroughbred Breeders' Association 1926 AGM report; cutting from the Sporting Life; a summary of proceedings at the deputation from...
Dates:
19 Jan 1927 - 17 Mar 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the betting tax and the Jockey Club and bookmakers' deputations., 02 Feb 1927 - 30 Mar 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/56
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (4); Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (8); 5th Lord Lonsdale (2); Alexander Maxwell [Assistant Secretary, Home Office]; Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise]; John Lidgett, Honorary Secretary, and Thomas Nightingale, General Secretary, of the National Council of the Evangelical Free Churches; 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell [Jockey Club Steward].Also includes: notes...
Dates:
02 Feb 1927 - 30 Mar 1927
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the betting tax and totalisator proposals., 11 Mar 1927 - 30 Dec 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/59
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (10); Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise, until mid-1927] (2); Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Gaunt; Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise, from latter part of 1927] (5); 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell [Jockey Club Steward] (6); Sir Benjamin Hawkins [Solicitor to the Board of Customs and Excise]; Ralph Glyn MP (2); Sir William Joynson Hicks [later 1st Lord...
Dates:
11 Mar 1927 - 30 Dec 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the betting tax, mainly concerning the horse breeding associations' deputation., 28 Jun 1926 - 24 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/38
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (3); 1st Lord D'Abernon, Chairman Thoroughbred Horse-breeders' Association; Sir George Barstow [Controller of Supply Services, Treasury]; Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (5); 17th Lord Derby.Also includes: details of the light horse breeding scheme; Newmarket [Suffolk] December sales 1926.Subjects covered by the file include: the furtherance of horse breeding; the...
Dates:
28 Jun 1926 - 24 Dec 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the totalisator and the Race Course Betting Bill., 03 Jan 1928 - 30 Mar 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/81
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (14); Ralph Glyn MP (2); 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell [Jockey Club Steward] (11); Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise] (3); Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (5); Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (4); Sir Ernest Gowers [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue].Also includes: government report on the first year of the betting...
Dates:
03 Jan 1928 - 30 Mar 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the totalisator and the Race Course Betting Bill., 09 Apr 1928 - 30 May 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/82
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (5); Frank Newsam [Private Secretary to the Home Secretary]; 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell [Jockey Club Steward] (4); Sir William Joynson Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford, Home Secretary] (2); Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (2); 1st Lord Hailsham [earlier Sir Douglas Hogg, Lord Chancellor]; Sir Samuel Scott; Rupert Howorth [Cabinet Office]; Donald Fergusson [Private...
Dates:
09 Apr 1928 - 30 May 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the totalisator and the Race Course Betting Bill., 30 May 1928 - 25 Jul 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/83
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (5); Ralph Glyn MP (4); Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Home Office]; Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell [Chairman of the Joint Committee of the Jockey Club and the National Hunt Committee] (2); Lord Wodehouse [later 3rd Lord Kimberley].Also includes: Standing Committee A on...
Dates:
30 May 1928 - 25 Jul 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Treasury: correspondence mainly from WSC and James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (carbon copies)., 12 Jul 1927 - 21 Dec 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/44
Scope and Contents
Recipients include: the Lord Chancellor, 1st Lord Cave, on civil service disciplinary regulations; King George V on House of Commons business (3); John Gretton MP; Edwin Konstam, Sir Frederick Liddell [1st Parliamentary Counsel], Reginald Hills [Junior Counsel to Inland Revenue], and Sir John Shaw [Solicitor of Inland Revenue] on serving on a committee on income tax law; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans [Secretary of State for War] (2); Joseph Kenworthy MP [later 10th Lord Strabolgi]; 7th Lord...
Dates:
12 Jul 1927 - 21 Dec 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: War and Air: correspondence for WSC and Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso, Personal Military Secretary to the Secretary State for War]., 01 May 1920 - 29 Jun 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/47A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: 1st Lord Milner [Secretary of State for the Colonies] (3); David Lloyd George; Edwin Montagu [Secretary of State for India] (4); George Kidston [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Finland]; 1st Lord Stamfordham [earlier Sir Arthur Bigge, Private Secretary to King George V] (6); Aubrey Herbert MP; Sir Percy Cox [High Commissioner, Mesopotamia, later Iraq]; Austen Chamberlain [Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); Lieutenant-General Sir...
Dates:
01 May 1920 - 29 Jun 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Fonds
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race records, 1828 - 2008
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/OCBR
Scope and Contents
The minute books, diaries, accounts and visual material in this collection - Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race records - reflect chiefly on the annual Boat Race against the University of Oxford but also on the normal business of Cambridge University Boat Club.
Dates:
1828 - 2008
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers on the operation to remove WSC's appendix, 1922 - 1946
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WCHL 6/64
Scope and Contents
Medical papers on WSC's operation for appendicitis, 1922, with accompanying correspondence, including a letter from WSC's surgeon, Sir Crisp English, to his doctor, 1st Lord Dawson, on whether to allow WSC to go to Dundee for the General Election, a letter from WSC to English on his convalescence and its effect on his polo playing and later correspondence between WSC and English.
Dates:
1922 - 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Closures are noted in the catalogue.
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Papers relating to sport
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/244
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with Hector Monro MP
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in November 2003
It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
Series
Papers relating to the Lyttelton family, 1804 - 1972
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAN I
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Political and personal correspondence and other papers.
CHAN 1, contains mainly papers of Hon Alfred Lyttelton and Dame Edith Lyttelton, with a smaller quantity of material of Oliver Lyttelton
CHAN II, consist mainly of papers of Oliver Lyttelton, with a smaller quantity of papers of Alfred and Edith Lyttelton
Dates:
1804 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.