File comprises notes made by David Steeds for his unfinshed biography of Lord Davies along with some original doucments related to the Montgomeryshire Liberal Association.
File comprises David Steeds' notes on the Montgomeryshire Liberal Association for his unfinished biography of Lord Davies along with original material from 1924-30.
File comprises David Steeds' notes for his unfinished biography of Lord Davies along with some original material related to the Montgomeryshire Liberal Association.
File comprises 1 page of David Steeds' notes for his unfinished autobiography of Lord Davies along with correspondence with Montgomeryshire Liberal MP Clement Davies over Lord Davies' actions in the local party.
File comprises papers, notes and correspondence related to the Liberal Party along with some notes made by David Steeds for his unfinished biography of Lord Davies.
Includes a letter, December 1921, from David Davies to Thomas Jones following the formulation of the Anglo-Irish agreement and a reply from Jones to Davies.
Includes many letters and other papers relating to David Davies's decision to retire as the Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire. There are several letters from the officials of the Montgomeryshire Liberal Association. The correspondents include Charles Hobhouse, Professor T. A. Levi, Aberystwyth, Professor Gilbert Murray, and A. J. Sylvester (2 letters).
Includes correspondence and papers relating to the political dispute between Clement Davies and Lord Davies in 1938-39, and Lord Davies's attitudes towards national politics. There are several references to the 1943 by-election in the University of Wales parliamentary division. Includes letters from the Rev. Gwilym Davies, 1942, and Ifan ab Owen Edwards, 1942 (2 letters).
Correspondence and papers, 1920-25, deriving from the work of the Temperance Legislation League and other temperance groups and activities. Some of the letters discuss the introduction of temperance legislation and local option for Wales.
Comprises mainly typescript memoranda on an array of political subjects including the 1923 Housing Bill; the capital levy; the new Liberal policy initiatives of the mid-1920's, including the new industrial and land policies; Germany and the League of Nations; the first Labour Government; the 1924 Russian Treaty; the organisation of the Liberal Party; the Liberal and Radical Candidates' Association, 1926; the funding of the Liberal Party; the 1937 Cost of Living Campaign; and the possible formation of 'a New Party', 1942.
Correspondence and papers, 1917-27, relating to David Davies's work as a constituency MP. The subjects covered include the appointment of new JPs for Montgomeryshire, unemployment in the county, Penwar Quarry, railway services in the county, and various pieces of parliamentary legislation.
Contains correspondence and papers, 1934-50, relating mainly to the political career of E. H. Garner-Evans MP, the formation of an electoral pact between the National Liberals and the Conservatives in the Denbigh division in 1948-49, and the ensuing general election there in February 1950. Some of the letters discuss political issues of national importance. Garner-Evans represented the Denbighshire constituency as a National Liberal and Conservative MP from 1950 until 1959.
General letters, 1935-50, addressed to E. H. Garner-Evans MP, many on political themes, interspersed with copies of some of his replies. Some relate to his selection as the National Liberal and Conservative candidate for Denbighshire in the general election of February 1950, the formulation of a local electoral 'pact' between the two parties, and the subsequent general election campaign. There is also some material which relates to the National Liberal Party at Westminster. The correspondents include Lord Teviot, 1950, and W. H. Waters, 1948.
Correspondence and papers, 1934-50, relating mainly to the political activities of E. H. Garner-Evans. Some of the papers concern the adoption of Garner-Evans as a jont National Liberal and Conservative candidate for the Denbighshire division in 1948-49. Some of the material concerns Garner-Evans's work for the New Commonwealth Society. Includes a letter, 1949, from Lord Teviot.
Letters to David Davies, 1930-31, on a wide range of subjects, mainly political, interspersed with copies of some of his replies. Individual correspondents are noted at file level.