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- 23 September 1987- 9 September 1997 (Creation)
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3 files
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Interviews with significant individuals conducted by Hugo Young during the research of his book 'This Blessed Plot'. The interviews are with the following people:
Charles Powell, 23 September 1987
Douglas Hurd, 19 December 1990
Cecil Parkinson, 17 January 1991*
Chris Patten, 4 February 1991
Sir Michael Butler, 5 February 1991
Robert Armstrong, 21 March 1991
Douglas Hurd, 27 March 1991
Michael Heseltine, 27 March 1991
Anthony Teasdale, 9 April 1991*
Brian Griffiths, 15 April 1991*
Anthony Teasdale, 23 April 1991*
Lord Gladwyn, 21 May 1992
Tristan Garel-Jones, 22 May 1992
Bill Rodgers, 26 May 1992
Julian Amery, 27 May 1992
Eric Roll, 16 June 1992 (2 copies)
Sir Frank Roberts, 7 January 1993
Lord Hailsham, 12 January 1993
John Hunt, 13 January 1993
Sir Michael Palliser, 15 January 1993
Donald Maitland, 15 January 1993
Crispin Tickell, 19 January 1993
Julian Bullard, 19 January 1993
Douglas Maitland, 4 February 1993
David Hancock, 26 February 1993
Sir Michael Palliser, 26 February 1993
John Robinson, 25 April 1993
Lord Sherfield, 6 May 1993
Michael Palliser, 7 May 1993
Peter Thorneycroft, 21 May 1993
Lord Douglas Croham, 27 May 1993
Christopher Audland, 3 June 1993
Ernst van der Beugel, 17 June 1993
Emil von Lennep, 18 June 1993
John Pinder, 23 June 1993
Michael Palliser, 9 July 1993
John Robinson, 20 August 1993
Michael Palliser, 3 September 1993
Emile Noel, 28 October 1993
Emile Noel, 29 October 1993
Ian Gilmour, 9 November 1993
Roger Tomkys, 19 November 1993
Robert Armstrong, 2 December 1993
Roy Denman, 1 February 1994
Edward Heath, 8 February 1994
Robert Renwick, 12 April 1994
George Ball, 12 April 1994
Edward Heath, 21 May 1994
Couve de Murville, 30 June 1994
Jean-Pierre Brunet, 30 June 1994
JR Bernard, July 1994
Georges Berthoin, 1 July 1994
Jacques Folin, 1 July 1994
Sir David Hannay, 26 August 1994
Rachel Lomax, 14 February 1995
Roy Denman 'gathering', 10 July 1997
Lord Chalfont, 17 July 1997
Christopher Audland, 9 September 1997
Transcript of taped conversation with Michael Butler, undated
Transcript of conversation with Robin Renwick, undated
Creator: DS/UK/122
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Material closed for 20 years. Those interviews marked * are also closed.
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- Powell; Sir; Charles David (1941-); Baron Powell of Bayswater; civil servant (Subject)
- Hurd; Douglas Richard (1930 -); politician (Subject)
- Parkinson; Lord; Cecil Edward (1931-); Baron of Carnforth in the County of Lancashire; politician (Subject)
- Patten; Christopher Francis (1944-); Baron Patten of Barnes; politician (Subject)
- Butler; Sir; Michael Dacres; civil servant (Subject)
- Armstrong; Robert Temple (1927-2020); Lord Armstrong of Ilminster; civil servant (Subject)
- Heseltine; Michael Ray Dibdin (1933-); Baron of Thenford in the County of Northamptonshire; politician (Subject)
- Teasdale; Anthony Laurence (1957-); academic and political adviser (Subject)
- Griffiths; Brian (1941-); Baron Griffiths of Fforestfach; academic and political adviser (Subject)
- Gladwyn; Hubert Miles (1900-1996); Baron Gladwyn; civil servant (Subject)
- Garel-Jones; Tristan (1941-); Baron Garel-Jones of Watford; politician (Subject)
- Rodgers; William Thomas (1928 -); Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank; politician (Subject)
- Amery; Harold Julian (1919-1996); Baron Amery of Lustleigh; politician (Subject)
- Roll; Eric (1907-2005); Baron Roll of Ipsden; economist, public servant and banker (Subject)
- Hogg; Quintin McGarel (1907-2001); Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone; politician and lawyer (Subject)
- Hunt; Sir; John Joseph Benedict (1919-2008); Baron Hunt of Tanworth; civil servant (Subject)
- Palliser; Sir; Arthur Michael (1922-2012); businessman and civil servant (Subject)
- Maitland; Sir; Donald James Dundas (1922-2010); civil servant (Subject)
- Tickell; Sir; Crispin Charles Cervantes (1930-); civil servant (Subject)
- Bullard; Sir; Julian Leonard (1928-); civil servant (Subject)
- Hancock; Sir; David John Stowell (1934-); civil servant (Subject)
- Robinson; John (1925-1998); civil servant (Subject)
- Makins; Roger Mellor (1904-1996); 1st Baron Sherfield; diplomat and public servant (Subject)
- Thorneycroft; George Edward Peter (1909-1994); Baron Thorneycroft; lawyer and politician (Subject)
- Croham; Sir; Douglas Albert Vivian Allen (1917-); Lord Croham; civil servant (Subject)
- Audland; Sir; Christopher John (1926-2019); civil servant (Subject)
- Pinder; John Humphrey Murray (1924-2015); academic and writer (Subject)
- Gilmour; Sir; Ian Hedworth John Little (1926-2007); 3rd Bt., Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar; politician (Subject)
- Tomkys; Sir; William Roger (1937-); civil servant (Subject)
- Denman; Sir; George Roy (1924-2006); civil servant (Subject)
- Heath; Sir; Edward Richard George (1916-2005); politician (Subject)
- Berthoin; Georges Paul (1925-2024); French academic and politician (Subject)
- Hannay; David Hugh Alexander (1935-); Baron Hannay of Chiswick; civil servant (Subject)
- Lomax; Janis Rachel (1945-); civil servant and political adviser (Subject)
- Chalfont; Lord; Alun Arthur Gwynne Jones (1919-2020); politician and journalist (Subject)
- Renwick; Sir; Robin William (1937-); Baron Renwick of Clifton; civil servant and political adviser (Subject)