The Eyres-Monsell Family

Newspaper Cuttings

The following is a selection from a collection of newspaper cuttings reflecting the political life of Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell.

Re-election in 1923

Appointed Chief Whip in 1923

Re-appointed Chief Whip in 1924

Open Day at Dumbleton Hall

Garden Party at Dumbleton Hall and a new wireless for Evesham

Fete at Dumbleton Hall 1927

Son is involved in a duel at Oxford !

Eyres-Monsell's appeal to women voters

Eyres-Monsell receives his knighthood in 1929

The Eyres-Monsells attend a shooting party

In support of market gardening

Protection for fruit growers

Eyres_Monsell's views on Free Trade

Returned unopposed in the 1931 election

Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty in the new administration

The Eyres-Monsells build a swimming pool at Dumbleton Hall in 1933

The Anglo-German Naval Treaty of 1935

Complimented by Winston Churchill

Lord Monsell leaves the Admiralty

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Elevation to the peerage in 1935

Peerage and Freedom of Evesham

Meeting with Hitler

Service in the Second World War

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