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Eton College

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Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

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Career at Eton, 1878-09 - 1883-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 1/1/3
Scope and Contents

Letters from JWHM to his family, with letters and reports from his teachers.

Dates: 1878-09 - 1883-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Copy of an unpublished memoir, 1865-1926, 1926 - 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CAVN 1/1
Scope and Contents

Comprising: Home, Clevedon, Eton; Sandhurst and Examinations; The Grenadier Guards; Racing: a Story of the Inevitable; Ireland; Canada; South African War 1900-1902; Tennis, Hunting, Stalking, Golf, Fishing and Shooting; The First German War: France and Belgium; Italy; Some Notes on the Battle of Vittorio Veneto and After; From Aldershot to Washington; and War Office 1922-26.
With correspondence with Field Marshal Sir William Robertson, 1925 (2).

Dates: 1926 - 1946
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence: William Johnson Cory, 1868-07 - 1892-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ESHR 9
Scope and Contents

Originals and typescript copies of letters from Cory to Esher. Cory was educated and taught at Eton.

Dates: 1868-07 - 1892-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Eton and the Inchcape Memorial Educational Trust, 1927 - 1972

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MLDK 1
Scope and Contents

The Eton files include reports and papers re. prizes and the Macnaughton Memorial Library. The Inchcape Memorial Educational Trust papers relate to the setting up of the trust and the establishment of scholarships.

Dates: 1927 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The diaries and letter books (ref. MLDK 11) may only be seen with the permission of the family. The rest of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Eton College: papers, 1926 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 3/2/29
Scope and Contents

Includes: correspondence and papers on JA's getting a place at Eton and his scholarship examination for Balliol College, University of Oxford; letters from JA's masters and JA's reports; bills and receipts (including a few from Oxford); copies of the College Chronicle; papers from the Old Etonian Association.

Dates: 1926 - 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Eton College: papers, 1931 - 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 3/2/30
Scope and Contents

Includes: letters from JA's masters and JA's reports; bills and receipts; examination papers; memorabilia.

Dates: 1931 - 1938
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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John Julius's school reports, 1937-12 - 1948-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DIAC 1/6/2/1
Scope and Contents

Reports and other school papers from Egerton House, London and Northamptonshire, Upper Canada College Preparatory School, where John Julius had been evacuated to, 1940-42, and Eton College.

Dates: 1937-12 - 1948-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Kenneth Headlam’s school work etc, 1891 - 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 2/1/11
Scope and Contents

Includes papers on Eton's officers' training corps, 1914-19 and Kenneth's certificate of baptism.

Dates: 1891 - 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Letters from John Julius to his parents, from Eton, 1942-09 - 1943-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DIAC 1/6/2/9
Scope and Contents From the Series: Includes: a long correspondence with Conrad Russell (many of Lady Diana's letters being in diary form); love letters between her and Windham Baldwin; letters from Lady Diana to her family; general correspondence, particularly with Duff Cooper's nephew Rupert Hart-Davis; letters of condolence on Duff's death; correspondence between Lady Diana and her son John Julius Cooper (her letters frequently turning into diary entries, taking up from where the diary letters to Conrad Russell leave off in...
Dates: 1942-09 - 1943-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Letters from John Julius to his parents, from Eton, 1944-01 - 1944-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DIAC 1/6/2/10
Scope and Contents

Includes some letters from Duff Cooper to his son and accounts from John Julius of trying to sleep in the Eton air raid shelter.

Dates: 1944-01 - 1944-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Letters from John Julius to his parents, from Eton, 1945-03 - 1945-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DIAC 1/6/2/11
Scope and Contents

Includes an account of the VE Day celebrations at Eton and a note from Duff Cooper.

Dates: 1945-03 - 1945-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Letters from John Julius to his parents, from Eton, 1946-01 - 1946-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DIAC 1/6/2/12
Scope and Contents From the Series: Includes: a long correspondence with Conrad Russell (many of Lady Diana's letters being in diary form); love letters between her and Windham Baldwin; letters from Lady Diana to her family; general correspondence, particularly with Duff Cooper's nephew Rupert Hart-Davis; letters of condolence on Duff's death; correspondence between Lady Diana and her son John Julius Cooper (her letters frequently turning into diary entries, taking up from where the diary letters to Conrad Russell leave off in...
Dates: 1946-01 - 1946-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Letters from JWHM to his father and sister Rose Headlam, 1874-12 - 1893-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 1/1/7
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: life at Eton; life at Cambridge; visiting Dresden, Germany, 1885; canvassing for the Toynbee Hall candidate in the [?] School Board for London elections, 1885; living in Berlin, 1888, including the death of Kaiser Frederick III; plans for his wedding to Else Sonntag, 1893.

Dates: 1874-12 - 1893-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

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