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Date range: 1 Jan 194518 Jun 1970. Document type: Declassified documents.

Showing items 1 - 50 of 67.

PDF 45 Oct 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Hardwick MSS) 1943-47 (Oxford): Oxford University Conservative Association term card (engagements for Michaelmas Term) [MT General Agent]
PDF 45 Dec 1 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1943-47 (Oxford): Oxford University Conservative Association Report (reacting to 1945 election defeat) [report co-authored by Margaret Roberts, Michael Kinchin-Smith and Stanley Moss]
PDF 48 Dec 17 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): J.L.M. Miller to Margaret Roberts (offers interview for Dartford "short list")
PDF 49 Jan 3 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): J.L.M. Miller to Margaret Roberts (chosen for Dartford "short list")
PDF 49 Jan 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): J.L.M. Miller to Margaret Roberts (invitation to final interview)
PDF 49 Feb 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): Beryl Cook to J.P.L. Thomas ("she is a winner")
PDF 49 Feb 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): Interview with Marjorie Maxse ("quite a good candidate there")
PDF 49 Feb 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): Letters of reference ("a grand young candidate")
PDF 49 Feb 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Conservative Party) 1949-59 (candidate): Margaret Roberts to Marjorie Maxse
PDF 49 Feb 19 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): Marjorie Maxse to J.P.L. Thomas, etc (MR searching for a new job)
PDF 49 Mar 4 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): J.P.L. Thomas to Margaret Roberts (congratulations)
PDF 49 Jul 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): J.P.L. Thomas to Margaret Roberts (Dartford party funds)
PDF 49 Jul 21 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Conservative Party) 1949-59 (candidate): Margaret Roberts to J.P.L. Thomas (Dartford)
PDF 49 Aug 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): Report on Dartford Conservative Association ("hard work rousing our people from their defeatist attitude")
PDF 49 Oct 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Dartford: Article introducing "Miss Margaret Roberts" (Young Conservative Forum) [587K high quality scan]
PDF 50 Jan 1 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Early life: Alfred Roberts (sermon notes d)
PDF 50 Feb 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): Winston Churchill's letter of support for Margaret Roberts
PDF 51 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Conservative Party) 1949-59 (candidate): Beryl Cook report on Margaret Roberts ["an amazing young woman ... quite outstanding"]
PDF 52 May 21 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Grantham Journal) Early life Photo of Alfred Roberts laying down his robes as Alderman (voted out by Labour)
PDF 52 Jun 12 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Conservative Party) 1949-59 (candidate): Beryl Cook to John Hare ("without exception the best woman candidate I have known")
PDF 52 Jun 19 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): John Hare interview with MT ("immense personality & charm")
PDF 52 Jun 23 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): J.P.L. Thomas to John Hare (commending MR but anticipating "nursery difficulties")
PDF 52 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): Beryl Cook note on MT ("an amazing young woman")
PDF 53 Aug 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): Hare to MT (birth of her twins)
PDF 53 Sep 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): MT to John Hare (no candidature for "at least six months")
PDF 54 Dec 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): John Hare to MT (putting her forward for Orpington)
PDF 55 Jan 3 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): MT to Hare (not thinking of a parliamentary career for "many years")
PDF 55 Jan 13 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): MT to Hare (mind made up to pursue law "to the exclusion of politics")
PDF 56 Feb 28 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): MT to Donald Kaberry (asks to meet)
PDF 56 Mar 14 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Conservative Party) 1949-59 (candidate): Donald Kaberry Interview with MT (wishes to return to list)
PDF 56 Mar 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): MT to Donald Kaberry ("I seem to have done very little in 30 years")
PDF 56 Apr 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): Central Office to MT (readmitted as a candidate)
PDF 56 Apr 23 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): Kaberry note (meeting with MT)
PDF 57 Dec 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): MT to Kaberry (wants to be considered for South Kensington)
PDF 58 Mar 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): Maidstone selection committee report (MTs performance)
PDF 58 Jul 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): Harris note (MT selected for Finchley)
PDF 58 Aug 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): Kaberry to MT (congratulations on selection)
PDF 58 Aug 18 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): MT to Kaberry ("anti-woman prejudice")
PDF 59 Nov 1 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): Report on MTs performance as Finchley candidate
PDF 59 Dec 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Private Member's Bill: Evelyn Sharp minute (meeting MT) ["she would be content with any Bill that meant a real advance"]
PDF 59 Dec 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Private Member's Bill: Henry Brooke paper for Home Affairs Committee (recommends government draft MT's Bill) ["something of a problem"]
PDF 60 Jan 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Private Member's Bill: Official minute of meeting (MT rough on parliamentary draftsman) [holds "low opinion of local authorities, their members and officials"]
PDF 60 Jan 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Private Member's Bill: MT to Sir Keith Joseph (drafting the bill) ["I have made one or two suggestions"]
PDF 60 Jan 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Private Member's Bill: Evelyn Sharp minute for Minister (MT meets draftsman) ["extremely unsatisfactory discussion"]
PDF 60 Jan 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Private Member's Bill: MT letter to other MPs (asks for support on Second Reading)
PDF 60 Jan 15 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): P.V. Smith to Central Office (MTs busy diary)
PDF 60 Jan 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Private Member's Bill: Brooke meeting with Local Authority Associations (MT's Bill) [Brooke "in no way responsible for it"]
PDF 60 Jan 29 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Private Member's Bill: Pearce minute (adjournment debate on trade union issue)
PDF 60 Feb 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Private Member's Bill: Cabinet Legislation Committee (government line on Second Reading)
PDF 60 Feb 5 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Private Member's Bill: MT notes for her maiden speech

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