Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:
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Literary: correspondence with representatives of Odhams Press Limited including book department manager C L Shard, [William] Surrey Dane [Vice-Chairman and Managerial Consultant], and Chairmen 1st Lord Southwood [earlier Julius Elias] and Arthur Cousins., Jun 1944 - Dec 1951
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/32
Scope and Contents
Other correspondents include: representatives of Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company, solicitors (10); [Geoffrey] Mason of Lloyds Bank (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Chips Gemmell, Elizabeth Gilliatt, Anne Hipwell and Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel].Subjects covered by the file include: the sale of copyright in various of WSC's works to Odhams; matters...
Dates:
Jun 1944 - Dec 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Series
Personal, 1945 - 1965
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1
Scope and Contents
This class of papers includes correspondence and papers relating to WSC's business, financial, and legal affairs, including permission for the exhibition and reproduction of his paintings, to the Chartwell estate, including Frenchstreet and Bardogs farms, and to his family, medical advisors, illnesses and pets.There are also sections relating to his staff, to private visits abroad and invitations received, and to his racing interests. There is, finally, a considerable number of photographs...
Dates:
1945 - 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
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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Personal: Business correspondence., Oct 1945 - Dec 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/17A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: John S Churchill (2); Sir William Rootes on a chauffeur for WSC; representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Few [WSC's solicitors] (14); representatives of Concrete Limited on work on the pump house at Chartwell [Kent] (4); Clement Penruddock, Secretary, Chequers Trust; Sir Kenneth Clark (2), Jacob Epstein, and Oliver Locker-Lampson (2) on WSC sitting for an Epstein bust; Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor] (3); representatives of Knight, Frank and...
Dates:
Oct 1945 - Dec 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Business: correspondence with Associated American Artists, Hallmark Cards, Soho Gallery Limited on reproducing WSC's paintings as Christmas cards and postcards., 1947 - 1960
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/26A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of the Soho Publishing Company (Soho Gallery) (21); representatives of Fladgate and Company, particularly Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor] (101); representatives of Associated American Artists (3); [William] Surrey Dane of Odhams Press Limited (2); representatives of Hall Brothers Incorporated (Hallmark Cards), including its President, Joyce Hall (some in a private capacity) (33); representatives of Foote, Cone and Belding Limited, public relations (12);...
Dates:
1947 - 1960
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Business: correspondence with representatives of Fladgate and Company, particularly Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor]., 1948 - 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/28A-B
Scope and Contents
Other correspondents include: Sir Arthur Jarratt (3); Sir Alexander Korda; Brendan Bracken; 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Maxwell Aitken]; Leslie Graham-Dixon (2); Bernard Baruch. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], Grace Hamblin, Elizabeth Gilliatt, Gillian Maturin, Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford] and Doreen Pugh; and Denis Kelly [Literary Assistant to...
Dates:
1948 - 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Business: correspondence with representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Few [WSC's solicitors] on financial matters., 1946 - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/27
Scope and Contents
Other correspondents include: Brendan Bracken and CSC. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Elizabeth Gilliatt, Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford] and Maud Stanley.Subjects covered by the file include: arranging agricultural mortgages on Chartwell [Kent] properties; managing various trust funds, including Miss Cornelia Churchill's trust, John S Churchill's marriage...
Dates:
1946 - 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell House and Estate: Newchapel Stud and Chartwell Farm., 04 Mar 1960 - 15 Jan 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/133
Scope and Contents
Correspondents on the affairs of the stud include: Percy Cox [agent for WSC's farms] (5); Christopher Soames (8); Arnold Carey Foster on subjects including the purchase of Laylands Farm (14); Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company (WSC's solicitor) on subjects including the value of the stud (24); J Wood of Wood, Wiley and Company on the accounts (9). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to WSC], Doreen Pugh [Secretary to WSC], Violet...
Dates:
04 Mar 1960 - 15 Jan 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
Folios 89-90, 93-101, 105-107, and 208 closed as they contain personal information about members of WSC's staff. Open date: 1 Jan 2040.
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] correspondence., Aug 1945 - Nov 1951
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/32A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Lloyds Bank, including Geoffrey Mason and T E R Harris, (3); representatives of Massey-Harris Limited, including its President James Duncan, (4); Percy Cox [agent for WSC's farms] (12); Major Reginald Marnham [WSC's neighbour] (9); Robert Hudson; representatives of the Sevenoaks [Kent] and District Electricity Company Limited (4); "Top" [ 3rd Lord Selborne, earlier Lord Wolmer]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries...
Dates:
Aug 1945 - Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open (folios 287-8 were opened in 2022)
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Personal: Family etc.: Correspondence A - Churchill, John., Apr 1955 - May 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/135
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Henry, Lord Audley (3); Sarah, Lady Audley [earlier Sarah Churchill, Sarah Oliver and Sarah Beauchamp] (16) on subjects including her acting career, her finances, her marriage to Lord Audley and his death; Arabella Churchill (6); CSC (28) on subjects including her visit to Paris [France] in 1956, the success of an exhibition of WSC's paintings, concern about Sarah [Lady Audley] and her arrest in Liverpool in 1959, a statue of WSC by David McFall, WSC's visit to the...
Dates:
Apr 1955 - May 1964
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Family etc.: Correspondence Churchill, Pamela - Z., Feb 1954 - Nov 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/136
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Pamela Churchill [later Pamela Harriman] on family news (3); Randolph Churchill (18) on subjects including best wishes on Blenheim Day, a law suit against Private Eye concerning a cartoon about the official biography of WSC written by Randolph, Winston Churchill's marriage to Minnie D'Erlanger [later Minnie Churchill] and financial provisions for Winston; Sally Churchill (2); Christopher Booker, editor of Private Eye; "Dickie" [1st Lord] Mountbatten [of Burma];...
Dates:
Feb 1954 - Nov 1964
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence C-G., Jul 1929 - May 1934
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/573A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [1st Lord] Carson on India; "Bertie" [7th Duke of] Leinster [earlier Lord Edward FitzGerald] on his health; Randolph Churchill on his finances; representatives of Nicholl Manistry and Company regarding the division of stock and a settlement to Randolph Churchill; Lord Ivor Churchill on subjects including family affairs including Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough and a statue of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough (5); Neville Chamberlain on opposition to the Finance Bill;...
Dates:
Jul 1929 - May 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 16 Sep 1921
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/150/31-36
Scope and Contents
Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co., Solicitors, to WSC, on his will, particularly on the provisions for his wife and children.
Dates:
16 Sep 1921
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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(Untitled), 11 Oct 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/150/48-51
Scope and Contents
Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co., Solicitors, to WSC, sending draft of his will, with comments on provisions for his wife and children.
Dates:
11 Oct 1921
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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(Untitled), [1921]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/150/69
Scope and Contents
Draft of WSC's Children's Settlement Trust.
Dates:
[1921]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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(Untitled), [1921]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/150/73-76
Scope and Contents
Statement of the effect of the dispositions contained in WSC's draft will.
Dates:
[1921]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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(Untitled), 14 [Jan 1898]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/8/124
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lady Randolph Churchill, 35a Great Cumberland Place, to WSC, on family finances.
Dates:
14 [Jan 1898]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), [01 Jul 1894]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/8/4
Scope and Contents
Letter from Frances, Duchess of Marlborough, 50 Grosvenor Square, London, to WSC, granting him an allowance of £20 per month.
Dates:
[01 Jul 1894]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), [Nov 1889]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/8/6
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lady Randolph Churchill, 2 Connaught Place, to WSC, asking for letter "I suppose when yr exchequer is at a low ebb I shall have the pleasure of hearing from you".
Dates:
[Nov 1889]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 28 Oct [1891]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/8/27
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lady Randolph Churchill, Banstead, to WSC, sending £1 and complaining about the state of his finances, also on his toothache, complaining that he had had another tooth out ".
Dates:
28 Oct [1891]
Conditions Governing Access:
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(Untitled), 29 Mar 1892
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/62
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, 2 Connaught Place, London to WSC, complaining about WSC's spending "I think you have got through about £10 this term. This cannot last, & if you are not more careful should you get into the army six months of it will see you in the Bankruptcy Court".
Dates:
29 Mar 1892
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 24 Jun 1894
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/84-85
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill to WSC, on the state of WSC's finances, and his "pedantic and overgrown schoolboy style of letter writing, and complaining about his use of a typewriter "an objectionable machine calculated to spoil your handwriting.
Dates:
24 Jun 1894
Conditions Governing Access:
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(Untitled), 04 Sep [1893]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/3/9
Scope and Contents
Letter from Clara Hall Jerome [WSC's grandmother], 53 Seymour Street, Portman Square, to WSC, on his finances, and his success in the Sandhurst Entrance examination.
Dates:
04 Sep [1893]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 1921-1923
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/155/1-2
Scope and Contents
WSC's Pass Books for Investment Account with Cox & Co., March-Sept 1921, the books contain extensive notes by WSC on his finances, 1921-23, including details of his Childrens' Trust, his South African investments, Chartwell, estimates of his income and expenditure, and expenses and receipts for The World Crisis [2 items].
Dates:
1921-1923
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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(Untitled), 05 Dec [1884]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/99/15-16
Scope and Contents
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](London) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] including: her safe return with [WSC and John S Churchill]; a meeting with Fanny [Lady Marjoriebanks, later Lady Tweedmouth earlier Lady Fanny Churchill] during which she (Lady Randolph) had criticised [7th Duke of] Roxburghe [earlier Lord Bowmont]; news of WSC and "Jack" [John S Churchill] and her fear that [Elizabeth] Everest may not be able to manage WSC; problems between [George, 8th Duke of Marlborough, earlier...
Dates:
05 Dec [1884]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
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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(Untitled), [1876]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/102/19-20
Scope and Contents
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](Paris [France]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which she gives instructions for [Elizabeth] Everest and the care of the baby [WSC]; expresses approval for his letter to [John, 7th] Duke [of Marlborough concerning Lord Blandford, later George, 8th Duke of Marlborough]; comments on the behaviour of [W H] Trafford; discusses financial affairs and the attachment between Clara [Jerome, later Clara Frewen] and Prince de Claremont.
Dates:
[1876]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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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 from Lady Randolph Churchill to Lord Randolph Churchill. All items are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described. None of the letters are dated but the majority date to 1876.