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Electoral papers

The series comprises mainly electoral ephemera, letters, minutes and information relating to General, European, County Council and Assembly Elections with which the Rev. Roger Roberts was involved, especially the Liberal Party in the Conwy Parliamentary Constituency, 1950-1999. Files 1/8-1/15 comprise election ephemera, mostly from north Wales and several political parties 1945-2015.

W. E. Gladstone letter to Clarence Paget

Autograph letter, 24 December 1868, from William Ewart Gladstone, 10 Downing Street, to [Vice-Admiral Lord] C[larence] Paget, [Commander-in-Chief for the Mediterranean Fleet], in which Gladstone discusses the formation of his first government, having become Prime Minister on 3 December.
The letter contains references to Paget's brother-in-law [Arthur Otway, Gladstone's new Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs], and to [Hugh] Childers, [First Lord of the Admiralty]. In a postscript he states 'The Welsh have made a notable demonstration in many of their elections and one which ought to warn the Clergy of what they are about'.

Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898

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