Chartwell Manor
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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Lady Churchill's letters to Sir Winston, 1923
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 1/12
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: Clementine's stays at the Villa Rêve d’Or, Cannes [France], January 1923, and Cromer, Norfolk, August 1923; Clementine's belief that all it took to be a statesman or a strategist was cool common sense and "to be born into trousers instead of petticoats!"; the question of war reparations; an infection in Clementine's throat; her disappointment with the slow progress of work on their house at Chartwell [Kent]; Clementine's pessimism about the League of Nations and its...
Dates:
1923
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Personal: Family etc.: correspondence A - L., 16 Oct 1943 - 16 Sep 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/41
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: George Spencer-Churchill, on subjects including WSC's writing and the political situation (3); Lady Caroline Spencer-Churchill; Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill; CSC on subjects including WSC's holiday at Lake Como [Italy], his painting, Chartwell [Kent], Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames], and the Council of Foreign Ministers (18); Horatia Seymour; Mary Churchill on her posting to Britain; John S Churchill (3); Pamela Digby [earlier Pamela Churchill, later Pamela...
Dates:
16 Oct 1943 - 16 Sep 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Various: "I worked for Mr Churchill" by Elizabeth Layton, typescript., 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/498A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript proofs of a book by Elizabeth Layton [later Elizabeth Nel] published as "Mr Churchill's Secretary" sent for WSC's approval. The book covers her experiences working for WSC between 1941 and 1945 and subjects and events including: WSC's work habits and methods of writing speeches; his personal health during the war; wartime events including the blitz and VE Day; visits to Washington [United States], Quebec [Canada], Cairo [Egypt], Teheran [Iran], Moscow; 10 Downing Street,...
Dates:
1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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