KENT, Nicholas, fl 1970-1999, Vice-Chairman of the Tory Reform Group

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 KENT
Held at	: British Library of Political and Economic Science   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library ›
Full title	: KENT, Nicholas, fl 1970-1999, Vice-Chairman of the Tory Reform Group
Date(s)	: [1970]-1999
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 20 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Kent | Nicholas | fl 1970-1999 | Vice-Chairman of the Tory Reform Group

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in Norfolk and educated in Surrey; spent a year in the civil service; studied Modern History at Kingston University; worked in House of Commons as a research assistant; left in 1992 to join a public affairs company; now runs his own consultancy firm; Chief Executive of Conservative Mainstream.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Nicholas Kent, [1980]-1999, including papers of the Tory Reform Group relating to policy; papers of the Conservative Student Affairs Research Group, [1980-1989]; papers of the All-Party Research Assistants Association, [1980-1989]; and material relating to youth movements of the Conservative Party, [1970-1999], notably the Young Conservatives and the Federation of Conservative Students; material, mainly comprising press reports, relating to the Falklands War, the Gulf War and defence.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Unsorted.

Conditions governing access:

Closed until listed.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright retained by the depositor and their heirs.

Finding aids:

Unlisted.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by Nicholas Kent in 1999.

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: Tory Reform Group website at http://www.toryreformgroup.tory.org.uk/. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Nov 2000