European Union Constitution (ii) and (iii)

• Reference:GB 254 MS 420/27
• Dates of Creation:2000-2004
• Name of Creator:
  Sir William Nicoll
• Physical Description:
  4 folders

• Scope and Content

  European Union Constitution documents (ii) and (iii), a continuation from MS 420/26. Includes, in (ii): EU Constitution Project newsletter and printout of pages 4-16, July 2004 Federal Trust policy commentary, July 2004 Document of articles for the European Commission with annotations by Nicoll, 'Part I: Institutions', 2004 Briefing on 'The Draft Eu Constitutional Treaty', 2004 2 annexes of an unknown article with annotations by Nicoll, June 2004 Short analysis by Antonio Missiroli, 2004 Handwritten notes by Nicoll Email from IGC section, Department of Foreign Affairs to Nicoll, 2004 Contents pages of annexes to the EC Treaty and Protocols, 2003 Report by presidency to EC on IGC with annotations, 2004 Newspaper cutting from The Times by Rosemary Righter, 'Treaty to Test the Strongest Constitution', April 2004 EIPASCOPE article, 2004 4 European Policy briefs, November 2003-April 2004 Article from European Business Journal by Stanley Crossick, 'What does the EU Intergovernmental Conference Mean for Business?', 2003 letter from 'Peter' to Nicoll letter to The Financial Times, 2003 Article in French, 2000 Article on jack Straw, 2003 Annex of Contribution from the Benelux Delegations on procedure for election of President of Eurpean Council from IGC, 2003 Newspaper from The Sunday Times by Gisela Stuart, 'Caught in the Coils of Giscard's Folly', December 2003 Article by Thoma Christiansen and Mark Grey with annotations by Nicoll, 'The European Commission and Treaty Reform', 2003 Speech by an unknown author, 'Dover Lib Dems 29 Nov 03', 2003 Addendum to the Presidency Note for th Conference of the Representatives of the Governemts of the Member States, IGC 2003 - Naples Ministerial Conclave: Presidency Proposal', 2003 Annex in French on IGC, 2003 EU Constitution Project newsletter published by the Federal Trust Publications, 2004 Includes, in (iii) Summaries, annotated by Nicoll, on the EU Constitution, official and unofficial Publications from the Council of the EU, 2007 Draft of IGC Mandate, 2007 Newspaper article printouts relating to the EU Constitution, with topics such as Irish involvement in the EU, the Lisbon Treaty and the European Council Meeting, various dates Summaries of UK relatinship with the EU Copy of European Charter of Fundamenal Human Rights with Article Explanations, 2004 Annotated GordonBram speech, 2007 Handwritten notes by Nicoll on EU Constitution Part of a draft of new EU Treaty Parts of EU legal articles Articles from the Federal Trust on EU Policy 'Provisional Consolidated Version of the Protocols Annexed to the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe and of Annexes I and II', 2004 'Provisonal Consolidated Version of the Declarations to be Annexed to the Final Act of the Intergovernmental Conference', 2004 'Provisional Consolidated Version of the Draft Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe', 2004

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Born in Dundee, Sir William Nicoll was an only child. Growing up in a tenement, his father was a joiner. He attended Morgan Academy, then won a scholarship to University College, Dundee, which was then part of the University of St Andrews.
  Nicoll passed the civil service exams and moved to London in 1949 to join the Board of Trade. Married Helen Morison in 1954, at the same time he became Editor of The Reel, a post he held in 1954 and 1955. The next year he was posted to Calcutta as trade commissioner, cutting short his editorship. Within ten years he had risen to become private secretary to Douglas Jay, the Labour heavyweight whom Harold Wilson had appointed president of the Board of Trade.
  From there Nicoll was seconded to the Foreign Office and served 20 years as one of the UK's senior men in Brussels. He became familiar with the French language and had a narrow escape from an IRA letter bomb while there.
  Nicoll rose to become Director General of the Council of the European Communities, and was knighted in 1992. In retirement, he lectured, edited the European Business Journal, wrote books on the European Union and advised candidate countries hoping to join it.
  Sir William was a lifelong teetotaller, and keen Scottish country dancer.

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• Note

  Born in Dundee, Sir William Nicoll was an only child. Growing up in a tenement, his father was a joiner. He attended Morgan Academy, then won a scholarship to University College, Dundee, which was then part of the University of St Andrews.
  Nicoll passed the civil service exams and moved to London in 1949 to join the Board of Trade. Married Helen Morison in 1954, at the same time he became Editor of The Reel, a post he held in 1954 and 1955. The next year he was posted to Calcutta as trade commissioner, cutting short his editorship. Within ten years he had risen to become private secretary to Douglas Jay, the Labour heavyweight whom Harold Wilson had appointed president of the Board of Trade.
  From there Nicoll was seconded to the Foreign Office and served 20 years as one of the UK's senior men in Brussels. He became familiar with the French language and had a narrow escape from an IRA letter bomb while there.
  Nicoll rose to become Director General of the Council of the European Communities, and was knighted in 1992. In retirement, he lectured, edited the European Business Journal, wrote books on the European Union and advised candidate countries hoping to join it.
  Sir William was a lifelong teetotaller, and keen Scottish country dancer.

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Joy Naomi Ramsay, Archives Volunteer, 16/04/2018

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