Correspondence and papers concerning the election petition lodged by Christopher Grieve, Communist candidate for Kinross and Western Perthshire at the 1964 General Election, against the Conservative Candidate, Sir Alec Douglas-Home claiming that BBC and ITA broadcasts during the election which featured Douglas-Home should have been included in the latter's election expenses, Nov 1964
File
CCO 20/24/2
Correspondents include:-
- Blakenham, Lord, Party Chairman
- Hobson, Sir John, formerly Attorney-General
- Urton, Sir William, General Director, Conservative Central Office
Includes:-
- Notes of consultation with HS Keith QC, ND
- Notes of meeting concerning the election petition, attended by Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Party Chairman Lord Blakenham, Chief Whip Martin Redmayne, General Director Sir William Urton, and the (outgoing Conservative) Attorney-General Sir John Hobson, 09/11/1964
- Notes of meeting concerning the election petition, attended by Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Party Chairman Lord Blakenham, Chief Whip Martin Redmayne, General Director Sir William Urton, Chief Organisation Officer Rex Bagnall, and CG Maby of Penningtons and Lewis & Lewis Solicitors, 23/11/1964
Dates
- Creation: Nov 1964
Extent
1 file
Language of Materials
- English
Conditions Governing Access
Closed.
Shelfmark
CCO 20/24/2
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk