Cardiganshire Liberal Association Records,

Records of the Cardiganshire Liberal Association, 1921-1974, including minute books, 1923-1951; correspondence, financial and other papers, 1914-1974; electoral registers, 1951-1964; press cuttings of political interest, 1900-1963.

Cardiganshire returned a Liberal Member of Parliament, from 1880 until 1966, and again from 1974 until 1992. The Liberal Party split in the early 1920s into the Coalition Liberals and the Independent Liberals, and after the by-election of 1921 they had separate associations in Cardiganshire. From 1923 until 1932 the county was represented by Rhys Hopkin Morris, an Independent Liberal MP. Roderic Bowen represented the county as its Liberal member of Parliament from 1945 until 1966, and it was represented by Geraint Howells, Liberal MP, from 1974 to 1992. The records demonstrate the problems of political organisation in a mainly rural constituency.

Arranged chronologically into: minute books; organiser's desk diaries and office books; correspondence and papers; registers of electors; and miscellanea.

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Deposited by the Ceredigion and North Pembroke Liberal Association per the Secretary, between 1986 and 1995.

Cardiganshire returned a Liberal Member of Parliament, from 1880 until 1966, and again from 1974 until 1992. The Liberal Party split in the early 1920s into the Coalition Liberals and the Independent Liberals, and after the by-election of 1921 they had separate associations in Cardiganshire. From 1923 until 1932 the county was represented by Rhys Hopkin Morris, an Independent Liberal MP. Roderic Bowen represented the county as its Liberal member of Parliament from 1945 until 1966, and it was represented by Geraint Howells, Liberal MP, from 1974 to 1992. The records demonstrate the problems of political organisation in a mainly rural constituency.

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A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales.

October 2003

Compiled by Annette Strauch and Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Cardiganshire Liberal Association Records; Liberal Democrat History Group website (www.liberalhistory.org.uk/archives.php), viewed 28 January 2003.

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Action: All records have been retained.

Some of the records of the Cardiganshire Liberal Association were originally kept at the Liberal Association Office in Aberystwyth; others were assembled by Harry Rees of Argoed, Lampeter, secretary and registration agent.

Accruals are not expected.

Further papers are NLW MS 22016 and NLW, Cecilia Barton Papers, and Roderic Bowen Papers.

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