UK Parliamentary Archives

• Held At: Parliamentary Archives: GB-061
• Catalogue Reference: AN
• Accession Number: 1907
• Former Archival Reference: Historical Collection 260
• Ref No: AN
• Date: 1927-1979
• Level: Fonds
• Extent: 708 files
• Creator Name: Neave; Airey Middleton Sheffield (1916-1979); MP, Author
• Administrative or Biographical History: Airey Neave was Conservative MP for Abingdon, 1953-79. From 1975 to 1979 he was Opposition Spokesman on Northern Ireland Affairs and Head of the Private Office of the Leader of the Opposition (Margaret Thatcher). On 30 March 1979 he was killed by an Irish republican bomb in the car park of the House of Commons.
• Acquisition: The papers of Airey Neave (1916-1979) were placed in the House of Lords Record Office by his widow, the Baroness Airey, 25 June 1979. Accession number 1907.
• Category: Personal/Political Papers
• Description: The papers of Airey Neave consist of constituency papers, subject files and personal papers. They include files relating to his posts as Opposition Spokeman on Northern Ireland Affairs, 1975-79 (AN/413-554) and Head of the Private Office of the Leader of the Opposition, 1975-79 (AN/555-597).
• Terms:
  • Politicians,
• Language: English
• System of Arrangement: The political papers of Airey Neave have been divided into Constituency Papers (AN/1-279) and Non-Constituency Papers (AN/280-708). The Consitituency Papers have been further divided into files of individual cases (AN/1-82) and subject files (AN/83-279). The Non-Consitituency Papers have been further divided into three sections: (i) Political Papers, (ii) Personal Papers and (iii) Miscellaneous Books. The Political Papers (AN/280-597) have been subdivided into: (a) general subject files (AN/280-412); (b) files created as Opposition Spokesman on Northern Ireland Affairs, 1975-79 (AN/413-554); and, (c) files created as Head of the Private Office of the Leader of the Opposition, 1975-79 (AN/555-597). The Personal Papers (AN/598-707) have been subdivided into: (a) General files (AN/598-627); (b) Business files (AN/628-637); (c) Literary files (AN/638-671); and, (d) War and post war (AN/672-707). The files are generally arranged alphabetically within these sub-divisions.
• Access Status: Closed
• Access Conditions: Some of these records may be closed because they may contain information which is closed under the Data Protection Act. If you wish to consult any closed records please submit a Freedom of Information request.

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