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Bevin, Ernest, (1881-1951), statesman and trade union leader

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Surname: Bevin
Forenames: Ernest
Gender: Male
Date: 1881-1951
History: General Secretary of the TGWU 1922-. Lab MP for Central Wandsworth 1940-1950, and for East Woolwich 1950-1951. Wartime Minister of Labour and National Service; member of War Cabinet 1940-1945. Foreign Secretary 1945-1951; Lord Privy Seal 1951.
Biography: ODNB link for Bevin, Ernest (1884-1951) Statesman and Trade Union Leader
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P274814 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P133455 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Ernest Bevin
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
Bevin, Ernest
2
c1919-37: corresp and papers
Warwick University: Modern Records Centre
MSS.126/EB
NRA 9878 Transport
3
1932-45: corresp and papers
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
BEVN
NRA 19698

See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
4
1945-51: private office papers
The National Archives
FO800/434-522
5
1940-50: corresp with Clement Attlee
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Attlee
NRA 27633
6
1933-46: corresp with Lord Beaverbrook
Parliamentary Archives
BBK
NRA 19284 Aitken
7
1944-46: corresp with Duff Cooper
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
DUFC
NRA 31392
8
1939-49: corresp with Lionel Curtis
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Curtis; Eng hist b 224, c 776-877
NRA 21614
9
1940-41: corresp with Hugh Dalton
The National Archives
CAB 127/209
10
1945-46: corresp with Lord Halifax
Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York
Halifax papers
NRA 8128 Wood
11
1930-50: corresp with Arthur Creech Jones
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Brit Emp s 332 2/1 7/1 12/1 29/3 30/3 31/4
NRA 14026
12
corresp with Thomas Jones
National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services
Class EE
NRA 30994 Jones
13
1947, 1950: letters to Albert Mansbridge
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 65253
14
1937-43: corresp with B Seebohm Rowntree
Joseph Rowntree Foundation Library
BSR
NRA 32299 Rowntree
15
1942-46: corresp with 3rd Earl of Selborne
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
Selborne papers
NRA 22802
16
1942-45: corresp with AP Young
Warwick University: Modern Records Centre
MSS.242/C/1/68-94 C/9
NRA 33301