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Public and Political: General: Patronage: correspondence, A-G. [please note the majority of the file dates from 1943]., Oct 1941 - Dec 1943
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/484A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Thomas Mitchell, Lord Provost of Aberdeen [Scotland], on WSC visiting the City to receive its freedom; [John] Pimlott [Private Secretary to the Home Secretary] on WSC visiting Northern Ireland to receive the Freedom of Belfast [Ulster]; [Alan] Hodge [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Information] (5) and Brendan Bracken [Minister of Information] (2) on concerns over WSC being a patron of Blighty magazine; [Nicholas] Mackaskie, Honorary Treasurer of Gray's...
Dates:
Oct 1941 - Dec 1943
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Fourth Queen's Own Hussars P-Z., 1943 - 1951
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/366
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers on WSC's activites as Honorary Colonel of the 4th Hussars including: Letter from Major C M Clements c/o of the regiment, 1946, on shortage of junior officers; correspondence with James Chuter Ede, Home Secretary and Lt-Colonel R S G Smith on desire of Polish soldiers serving with the 4th Hussars to become naturalised British citizens, 1949, including draft letter, signed by WSC correspondence with Frank Salisbury (4) and Lt-Colonel George Kidston-Montgomerie (2)on...
Dates:
1943 - 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Queen's Royal Irish Hussars., Jan 1954 - Dec 1958
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/585A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Brigadier John Scott Cockburn (15); General Sir Cameron Nicholson, Adjutant-General to the Forces, on the allocation of officer cadets; Lieutenant-General "Loopy" G Kennard reporting on the regiment (17); Lieutenant-Colonel A White inviting WSC to regimental dinners (3); David Daniell on his regimental history of the 4th Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars and WSC's foreword to it (6); John Hare [later 1st Lord Blakenham], Secretary of State for War (3), on the...
Dates:
Jan 1954 - Dec 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
Open except for folios 187-192 and 199 which contain sensitive material about named individuals and are closed on grounds of data protection until 2033.
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Queen's Royal Irish Hussars., Jan 1959 - Nov 1964
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/586A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Brigadier John Scott Cockburn; David Daniell on his regimental history of the 4th Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars (4); Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, Director of Personal Services; Lieutenant-Colonel W Butler reporting on the regiment (5); Air Marshal Sir John Baldwin (3); Lieutenant-Colonel George Kidston-Montgomerie reporting on the regiment (26); Lieutenant-Colonel A White inviting WSC to regimental dinners (4); General Sir John Steele of the Army Benevolent...
Dates:
Jan 1959 - Nov 1964
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Royal British - Royal Scots., 1941 - Apr 1952
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/325
Scope and Contents
File includes correspondence with: The Royal British Nurses Association, asking for permission to reproduce photograph of WSC, enclosing "Journal", 1948-49; The Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club, on invitation to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh to race his Dragon Class Yacht, "Bluebottle" in annual regatta, with reply by John Colville, PS to Princess Elizabeth (2), with copy of the club's printed "Rules and Bye-Laws, 1949; The Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, on election as Honorary Life Member,...
Dates:
1941 - Apr 1952
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Service Patronage:., 1951 - 1957
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/367
Scope and Contents
File includes: Correspondence and papers on WSC's activities as Hon. Air Commodore, 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron, RAAF, 1952-53, including correspondence with Squadron Leader F B Sowrey (8) on his command of the squadron, 1952-53, on award of the Cooper Trophy for the most efficient Auxiliary Squadron at Armament Practice Camp, 1952, correspondence and papers on joint inspection of 600 and 615 Squadrons by the Honorary Air Commodores, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and WSC, 1952,...
Dates:
1951 - 1957
Conditions Governing Access:
Open except pp. 302-318, which have been removed on the grounds of data protection due to the presence of sensitive personal information about a potentially living individual until 1 January 2031
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, E-G, many praising WSC's speeches and leadership., Sep 1939 - Nov 1940
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/394
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Secretary of State for War] (5) including (2) on his role in the government; Maxine Elliott on her health (2); Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on honouring [Walter Richard] Sickert; Daisy Fellowes [earlier Daisy, Princesse de Broglie] (2); Sir Warren Fisher [Regional Commander for Civil Defence, North-West Region] criticising the conduct of the war; [Edward] FitzClarence [later 6th Lord Munster] on Randolph Churchill's time in the...
Dates:
Sep 1939 - Nov 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Service Patronage., Oct 1954 - Sep 1964
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/587A-D
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Major-General N Moore of the 4th Battalion the Essex Regiment (3); Brigadier Charles Paton, Colonel of the Essex Regiment (3); Lieutenant-General Sir Reginald Denning, Colonel of the 3rd East Anglian regiment; Lieutenant-Colonel D Garrard (3) and Lieutenant-Colonel R Randall (3) of the Essex Regiment; Colonel Sir Thomas Butler, Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Grenadier Guards; various members of the Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry, Royal Berkshire Yeomanry and the...
Dates:
Oct 1954 - Sep 1964
Conditions Governing Access:
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(Untitled), 29 Sep 1940
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/12/56
Scope and Contents
Letter from "H J W" [Sir Horace Wilson, Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury and official Head of HM Civil Service] to Sir James Grigg (War Office) conveying the favourable opinion of [?Sir] Warren [Fisher, Regional Commander for Civil Defence, North-West Region] of [Lieutenant-General] Robert Haining as "a born Chief of Staff and would be first rate in that capacity to armies in the field". [carbon].
Dates:
29 Sep 1940
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(Untitled), 07 Sep 1898
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/66/17
Scope and Contents
Letter from George [Lord] Curzon [later Lord Curzon of Kedleston] (Strathpeffer [Ross and Cromarty, Scotland]) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he congratulates her on WSC's escape [from the Boers] and says that he does not think that he will be able to appoint [George] Cornwallis-West.
Dates:
07 Sep 1898
Conditions Governing Access:
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This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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GBR/0014/CHAR and CHUR, The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
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Acquired Papers
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Acquired Papers. Letters and telegrams from various correspondents to Lady Randolph Churchill. The file is arranged in two sections: the first section (CHAR 28/66/1-101) comprises letters which are alphabetically arranged by name of correspondent and the second section comprises telegrams (which are not arranged by name of correspondent). All items are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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