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- 27 November 1980 - 23 January 1986 (Creation)
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Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals from 1980-1986.
These were used as research when writing his book 'One of Us'.
The conversations are with the following people:
'DO' 27 November 1980
Cecil Parkinson, 4 February 1982*
Peter Walker, 4 March 1982
Tim Lankester, 6 April 1982
Kenneth Baker, 6 May 1982
Cecil Parkinson, 12 May 1982
Peter Walker, 12 May 1982
'W/e' 16 May 1982
Cecil Parkinson, 28 May 1982
Michael Jones, 3 June 1982
Michael Jones, 4 June 1982
Maurice Saatchi, 10 June 1982
George Younger, 16 June 1982
Sir Henry Leach, 17 June 1982
Notes, 7 July 1982
David Gilmore, 8 July 1982
Notes, 9 July 1982
Tim Lankester, 9 July 1982
Humphrey Atkins, 13 July 1982
John Nott, 28 July 1982
Kenneth Clarke, 29 July 1982
Japan ideas, September 1982
China 'notebook gutting' September 1982
Margaret Thatcher, 27 October 1982
Ian Gilmour, 9 November 1982
Michael Jopling, 10 November 1982
David Howell, 11 November 1982
Peter Walker, 13 January 1983
Kady Young, 19 January 1983
Willie Whitelaw, 8 February 1983
Ferdy Mount, 8 March 1983
Chris Patten, 10 March 1983
Keith Joseph, 16 March 1983
Charles Morrison, 17 March 1983
Geoffrey Howe, 17 March 1983
Ed Streator, 22 March 1983
John Biffen, 23 March 1983
Patrick Jenkin, 29 March 1983
Keith Middlemass, 4 May 1983
Cecil Parkinson, 5 May 1983
Jim Prior, 12 May 1983
Notes on Conservative Party manifesto, 13 May 1983
Douglas Wass, 29 June 1983
William Waldegrave, 6 June 1985
Transcript of Radio 4 broadcast 'Pillars of Society:Programme One- The Bar' presented by Hugo Young, 23 January 1986
Creator: DS/UK/122
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- Parkinson; Lord; Cecil Edward (1931-); Baron of Carnforth in the County of Lancashire; politician (Subject)
- Walker; Lord; Peter Edward (1932-); Lord Walker of Worcester, Baron of Abbots Morton in the County of Hereford and Worcester; politician (Subject)
- Lankester; Sir; Timothy Patrick (1942-); civil servant (Subject)
- Baker; Lord; Kenneth Wilfred (1934-); Baker of Dorking, Baron of Ilford in the County of East Sussex; politician (Subject)
- Jones; Michael; journalist (Subject)
- Saatchi; Maurice (1946-); Baron Saatchi; advertising executive (Subject)
- Younger; George Kenneth Hotson (1931-2003); 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie; politician (Subject)
- Leach; Sir; Henry (1923-2011); Royal Navy officer (Subject)
- Atkins; Humphrey (1922-1996); Baron Colnbrook; politician (Subject)
- Nott; Sir; John William Frederic (1932-); politician (Subject)
- Clarke; Kenneth Harry (1940-); QC; politician (Subject)
- Thatcher; Margaret Hilda Roberts (1925-2013); Baroness; politician (Subject)
- Gilmour; Sir; Ian Hedworth John Little (1926-2007); 3rd Bt., Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar; politician (Subject)
- Jopling; Michael (1930-); Baron Jopling; politician (Subject)
- Howell; Lord; David Arthur Russell (1936-); Baron of Penton Mewsey in the County of Hampshire; politician (Subject)
- Whitelaw; William Stephen Ian (1918-1999); Viscount; politician (Subject)
- Mount; Sir; William Robert Ferdinand; journalist (Subject)
- Patten; Christopher Francis (1944-); Baron Patten of Barnes; politician (Subject)
- Joseph; Sir; Keith (1918-1994); barrister and politician (Subject)
- Howe; Sir; Richard Edward Geoffrey (1926-2015); Baron Howe of Aberavon; politician (Subject)
- Streator; Edward (1930-); civil servant (Subject)
- Biffen; Lord; William John (1930-2007); Baron of Tanat in the County of Shropshire; politician and [Guardian contributor] (Subject)
- Jenkin; Lord; Charles Patrick Fleeming (1926-); Lord Jenkin of Roding; politician (Subject)
- Prior; James Michael Leathes (1927-2016); Baron Prior; politician (Subject)
- Wass; Sir; Douglas William Gretton (1923-); civil servant (Subject)
- Waldegrave; William Arthur (1946-); Baron Waldegrave of North Hill; politician (Subject)