Chartwell Manor
Organization
Found in 438 Collections and/or Records:
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Personal: Financial: Lloyds Bank: National Appeals, Chartwell Farm, and Presentation accounts., 05 Feb 1953 - 26 Oct 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/5
Scope and Contents
Statements of WSC's National Appeals account for March to June 1953, Chartwell Farm [Kent] account for February 1953 to October 1957, and Presentation account for April 1955 to July 1957, all with Lloyds Bank, Cox's & King's Branch, 6 Pall Mall, London.
Dates:
05 Feb 1953 - 26 Oct 1957
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Trade and business letters., 18 Jan 1944 - 06 Dec 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/383
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, mainly concerning fish at Chartwell [Kent], and the presentation of a case of brandy by Rouyer Guillet and Company.
Dates:
18 Jan 1944 - 06 Dec 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Photograph album, 1929 - 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 6/1/1
Scope and Contents
Album of small family snaps, including: MS, Sarah Churchill [later Sarah Oliver, Sarah Beauchamp and Sarah, Lady Audley], Clarissa Churchill [later Clarissa Eden and Clarissa, Lady Avon] and Diana Churchill [later Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys] as children at Chartwell [Kent], with various dogs and cats; Amy Johnson's arrival at [London Airport], Croydon in her Gipsy Moth aeroplane "Jason" [following her solo flight from Britain to Australia, 1930]; "Nana" [Maryott Whyte] and various members...
Dates:
1929 - 1935
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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Photograph album of Chartwell [Kent], 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 6/1/41
Scope and Contents
Mainly interior shots of the house, and also the grounds and gardens. [?] Possibly a gift for Winston Churchill's 80th birthday.
Dates:
1954
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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Photograph album of small snaps of Chartwell [Kent], c 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LMAR 3/2
Scope and Contents
Exterior photographs, including Churchill with Rufus the poodle, the summerhouse, fishpond, lake, garden wall and orchard.
Dates:
c 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Photographs of Churchill at Chartwell [Kent] with his poodle Rufus II, 1950-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW V 3/7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes: modern copies of photographs from Churchill's youth; albums of private and press photographs from the Second World War; souvenir albums of various events; photographs of Churchill at various times aboard Aristotle Onassis's yacht Christina; various loose photographs of Churchill.
Dates:
1950-08
Conditions Governing Access:
Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original
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Photographs of landscaping work at Chartwell [Kent], 1934-12 - 1935-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/52
Scope and Contents
Mainly photographs of the digger at work on the lake. Sent by Churchill to Clementine while she was on the yacht Rosaura, annotated by him.
Dates:
1934-12 - 1935-01
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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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence R-T., Jan 1935 - Dec 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/22
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Ralph Gould on WSC becoming President of Epping and District Branch of the Scientific Poultry Breeders' Association Ltd. (4); Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (3); Ellen Stutely [a local party worker] (7).Other subjects include: European rearmament; Indian affairs; permission to fish at Chartwell; a pension query from a constituent; local transport issues; Abyssinia [Ethiopia]; WSC's perceived lack of support for the National...
Dates:
Jan 1935 - Dec 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence T-Z., Jan 1934 - Dec 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/15
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Edward Campbell, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Postmaster-General on extending telephone services.Other subjects include: pension, benefit and employment queries by WSC's constituents; licensing laws; local transport issues; providing a post office for Wanstead [Essex]; the glass house industry; confidence in the National Government; the British Legion; greyhound racing; Indian affairs; television; the Royal Infant Orphanage, Wanstead; arrangements for a...
Dates:
Jan 1934 - Dec 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence concerning various business., Jan 1952 - Dec 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/20
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Chairman [until 1952], and W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent, (6) of Woodford Conservative Association; Leonard Ropner, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Films Association, on 3 dimensional propaganda films (2); Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office (3). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Lettice Marston (Lettice Shillingford), Grace Hamblin, S Wade, Jane...
Dates:
Jan 1952 - Dec 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence, mainly with representatives of Woodford Conservative Association., Nov 1950 - Dec 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/12A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Cedric] Wordsell, Secretary and Agent [until 1951] (9); Sir James Hawkey, Chairman [until 1952] (18); Kathleen Kemp, Secretary to the Agent (17); W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Secretary and Agent [from 1952] (40); Malcolm McCorquodale; Rowland Arnison, Chairman [1952-1954] (4); John Harvey, Vice-Chairman [1952-1954], Chairman [1954-1956] (9); Squadron Leader Albert Cooper inviting WSC and CSC to lunch; Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary]; George Christ...
Dates:
Nov 1950 - Dec 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folio 50 which has been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about potentially living individuals until review on 1 January 2027.
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Birthday gifts: S-Z., 1954 - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/426
Scope and Contents
Correspondents (mainly concerning 80th birthday gifts to WSC) include: [5th] Lord Munster [earlier Geoffrey FitzClarence], Minister without Portfolio; and Martin Lynch [Private Secretary to Munster]; Andrew Stark [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary]; Spyros Skouras (5), President, and J Pattison (3), Director, of 20th Century Fox, regarding the installation of Cinemascope film equipment at Chartwell [Kent]; Priscilla, Lady Tweedsmuir [earlier Priscilla, Lady Grant]; Richard...
Dates:
1954 - 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Correspondence (private and personal): A-W., Sep 1954 - Dec 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/590
Scope and Contents
Correspondents (on various fund-raising and commemorative projects) include: 7th Lord Anglesley [earlier George Paget]; Bernard Baruch; Brian Batsford; Michael Cary [Deputy Secretary of the Cabinet], Derek Stephen [Private Secretary to the Secretary of the Cabinet] and Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook], Secretary of the Cabinet on the presentation of official histories to WSC; "Rock", 5th Lord Cholmondeley [earlier Lord Rocksavage]; Adrian Conan Doyle on a biography of Arthur Conan...
Dates:
Sep 1954 - Dec 1963
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Winston Churchill Birthday Trust., 30 Sep 1954 - 19 Jan 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/431A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents (concerning the Winston Churchill birthday trust) include: Brian Goddard, Secretary of the Winston Churchill birthday fund; Edward Martell, Chairman of the Fund (and Editor of the Recorder) (10) on subjects including a register of donors and the amounts given; Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company (WSC's solicitor) on subjects including investments, the establishment of the Trust and the presentation to WSC (23); A L Ball, Manager of Lloyds Bank (Cox's and King's branch) (4);...
Dates:
30 Sep 1954 - 19 Jan 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, A-B. [please note that almost the whole file dates from 1942]., c [1892] - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/440
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Lady Margaret Alexander on her husband [General Harold Alexander, later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis]; Sir Gifford Fox; John Winant [United States Ambassador to Great Britain] on W Sterling Cole giving WSC the American flag flying over the United States Capitol when he spoke there in 1941; Group Captain [Charles] Anderson; Paul Appleby, United States Under-Secretary of Agriculture; Anthony Rumbold [2nd Secretary], British Embassy, Washington [United States] (2)...
Dates:
c [1892] - Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence from Conservative Associations (including branches), constituencies, clubs and Young Conservatives, E-M., Feb 1950 - Apr 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/120A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Charles Taylor; various representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office particularly Richard Greville (31); Sir Eric Errington, Chairman, Executive Committee, of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations (13); Colonel Patrick Blair, Political Secretary to Chairman of Unionist Party in Scotland; 1st Lord Glentoran [earlier Captain Herbert Dixon], President Ulster Unionist Council; Alan Gomme-Duncan; Christopher Soames; Joseph Godber...
Dates:
Feb 1950 - Apr 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence D - E., 04 Jan 1946 - 17 Dec 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/148
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Edouard Daladier; Sir William Darling on Elbert Hubbard's "A Message to Garcia", and using a recording of a speech by WSC (5); 1st Lord Davidson; "Clem", Clement Davies; William Deakin [literary assistant to WSC] on subjects including ["The Second World War"] (10); Kenneth de Courcy; General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (5); "Buck", 9th Lord de la Warr [earlier Lord Buckhurst] (2); Filippo del Giudice, Managing Director, Pilgrim Pictures Limited (4); 6th Lord De L'Isle...
Dates:
04 Jan 1946 - 17 Dec 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 314 - 321, closed under S40 and S41(1) of the Freedom of Information Act on advice from the Cabinet Office. Review date: 1 Jan 2022.
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence N - O., 03 May 1946 - 23 Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/174
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Margaret Nairn; Princess Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (earlier Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands] on gifts of books from WSC (5); Queen Juliana of the Netherlands on making WSC godfather to her daughter (7); Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (3); CSC (2); Baron Adolph Bentinck [Minister of the Netherlands in London]; Michiels van Verduynen, Netherlands Ambassador to Britain (3); 6th Lord Clarendon [earlier Lord Hyde], Lord Chamberlain, on Queen Juliana's state...
Dates:
03 May 1946 - 23 Oct 1951
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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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1912 - 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/51
Scope and Contents
Undated letters which were left out of the main sequence. Subjects include: a daring speech by Churchill on the [Naval Estimates], March 1912 and a disagreement with Violet Asquith [later Violet, Lady Bonham-Carter and Lady Asquith of Yarnbury]; sending Churchill his Cabinet papers relating to the First World War to him for reference purposes, Clementine's sister Nellie Hozier's engagement [to Bertram Romilly], Churchill's low opinion of Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State...
Dates:
1912 - 1938
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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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1923-01 - 1923-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/16
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: progress on Philip Tilden's improvement works at Chartwell [Kent] and plans for a tree house; talks with Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister] on subjects including oil [a proposed merger between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Royal Dutch Shell and Burmah Oil] and the Ruhr [Germany] and 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Max Aitken]'s view of Baldwin's pro-German stance; work on ["The World Crisis"] and trouble with the serial rights; the pessimism of Lord Grey and J L Garvin on the...
Dates:
1923-01 - 1923-09
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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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1924-02 - 1924-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/17
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: Churchill's stay at Mimizan [France], February 1924, including boar hunting and gambling and whether to return because of the political situation; pressing work on articles for the Sunday Chronicle and Ray Long [Vice-President and Editor in Chief, International Magazine Company]; a planned debate with Stanley Baldwin at the Cambridge Union on rhetoric; progress on the works at Chartwell [Kent]; standing in the Westminster Abbey by-election as an Independent candidate,...
Dates:
1924-02 - 1924-08
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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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1925-01 - 1925-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/18
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the last illness and death of Clementine's mother [Lady Blanche Hozier]; negotiations in Paris [France] over international war debts; work at Chartwell [Kent], including plans for a dairy; the death of 1st Lord Curzon; a trip to the theatre to see John Barrymore play Hamlet; a speech by David Lloyd George on foreign affairs, March 1925; an offer to rent Chartwell; visiting London Zoo; Stanley Baldwin's unexpectedly strong leadership of the Conservative Party; delaying work...
Dates:
1925-01 - 1925-03
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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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1927-01 - 1927-02, 1927-09 - 1927-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/20
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: Churchill's Mediterranean cruise with 'the Rabbit' [Randolph Churchill] and Jack [John S Churchill], January 1927, work on the proofs [of "The World Crisis"] and his relief that the book was finished; impressions of Italy under the Fascist regime; the value of the Lawrence books [? "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T E Lawrence, also T E Shaw, 'Lawrence of Arabia']; finding another school for Diana Churchill [later Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys]; seeing the excavations at...
Dates:
1927-01 - 1927-02; 1927-09 - 1927-11
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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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1935-01 - 1935-04, 1935-09 - 1935-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/25
Scope and Contents
Mainly "Chartwell Bulletins" [while Clementine was on a cruise aboard the Rosaura, to the Dutch East Indies, later Indonesia], on subjects including: work at Chartwell [Kent], particularly the use of the mechanical digger in the grounds and garden, work on the lake and island, and the installation of additional bookcases in Churchill's bedroom and the drawing room; progress of his film script for Sir Alexander Korda on the Silver Jubilee of King George V; the India Bill, family finances; the...
Dates:
1935-01 - 1935-04; 1935-09 - 1935-12
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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