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Scotland: Correspondence and papers concerning the Fairgrieve Committee and reorganisation of the Party in Scotland, Jun 1976-Nov 1978

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CCO 20/11/81
Correspondents include:-
  1. Bell, Charles, Deputy Chairman and National Treasurer, Scottish Conservative Party
  2. Fairgrieve, Russell, Chairman, Scottish Conservative Party
  3. Findlay, Charles, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association Executive Committee
  4. Garner, Anthony, Director of Organisation, Conservative Central Office
  5. Harvie Anderson, Margaret Betty, MP for Renfrewshire East
  6. Hooson, Tom, Conservative Central Office
  7. Howarth, Alan, Personal Assistant to Party Chairman Lord Thorneycroft
  8. Ryder, Richard, Private Office of Margaret Thatcher
  9. Sproat, Iain, MP for Aberdeen South
  10. Thorneycroft, Lord, Conservative Party Chairman
  11. Turpie, Councillor Leonard, Leader of the Conservative Group, Strathclyde Regional Council
  12. Webster, Sir Richard, Director of Organisation, Conservative Central Office
Includes:-
  1. Scottish Conservative and Unionist Central Office press release concerning the setting up of the Fairgrieve Committee, 16/06/1976
  2. Drafts of memorandum from Russell Fairgrieve to Margaret Thatcher, 'Organisation of the Party in Scotland', edited by Alan Howarth, ND [1976]
  3. Memorandum from Russell Fairgrieve to Lord Thorneycroft, 'Memorandum on the Recommendations of the Fairgrieve Committee of Enquiry', 06/12/1976
  4. Minutes [including separate, heavily annotated copy] of a meeting concerning the Party organisation in Scotland, chaired by Lord Thorneycroft, 16/12/1976
  5. Cutting from The Guardian, 'Tories win new Scottish friends', 24/01/1977
  6. Minutes of a meeting on Scotland between Lord Thorneycroft, William Clark, Tony Garner, and Alan Howarth, 24/01/1977
  7. Minutes of a meeting to discuss the amalgamation of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Central Office with the English Central Office, chaired by Lord Thorneycroft, 25/01/1977
  8. Minutes of meeting concerning Scotland, attended by Lord Thorneycroft, Robert McAlpine, Anthony Garner, Russell Fairgrieve, and Graham Macmillan, 02/03/1977
  9. Circular letter from Russell Fairgrieve accompanying copies of the report sent to members of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association Executive Committee, 30/03/1977 [Photocopy only]
  10. Scottish Conservative and Unionist Central Office press release announcing the release of the Fairgrieve Report, 04/04/1977
  11. Memorandum of Dissent on the Fairgrieve Report, Charles Findlay, 17/04/1977
  12. Copy correspondence between Iain Sproat MP and Margaret Thatcher concerning the organisation of the Party in Scotland, Mar 1978

Dates

  • Jun 1976-Nov 1978

Extent

1 file

Language of Materials

  • English

Conditions Governing Access

Closed.

Shelfmark

CCO 20/11/81

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