Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": correspondence., 12 Dec 1938 - 27 Dec 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/626
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Correspondents include: Alfred Burne sending WSC his paper on Ancient Britons (2); Sir Max Pemberton on the book's progress; Robert Mortimer Wheeler [Keeper and Secretary of the London Museum]; James Edmonds of the Military Branch of the Historical Section, on material for the "English-Speaking Peoples" on the American Civil War, a French account of the origin of the tank, and the possibility of war (6); John Wheldon [WSC's former literary assistant] on subjects including his request for...
Dates:
12 Dec 1938 - 27 Dec 1939
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Literary: various correspondence., 14 Sep 1937 - 31 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/594
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Correspondents include: Sir John Marriott on the projected 1910 Coalition Government; Maurice Gamelin, Vice-Admiral Emile-Paul Guepratte and others thanking WSC for copies of ["My Early Life"]; Arthur Asquith praising "The River War"; Longmans, Green and Company (8) on subjects including WSC writing the foreword for "Alarms and Excursions" by General Sir Tom Bridges (6); General Sir Hubert Gough on a memorial to the 5th Army; Adam Marshall Diston (15) on subjects including the preparation of...
Dates:
14 Sep 1937 - 31 Dec 1938
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence, Moran - Nixon., Jul 1953 - Dec 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/530A-B
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Correspondents include: various doctors on WSC's health, hearing aids and on gifts from WSC including Charles [1st Lord] Moran [earlier Sir Charles Wilson] (4), Dorothy, Lady Moran [earlier Dorothy, Lady Wilson], Herbert Seddon (5), Dr D Roberts (4), Jacques Vialle (3) and Philip Yeoman; [1st] Lord Morrison of Lambeth; Prince Hassan Ben El Mehdi, Moroccan Ambassador to Great Britain on a disaster in Agadir; Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor]; John Colville on the...
Dates:
Jul 1953 - Dec 1964
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence Sc - St., 27 Jul 1945 - 09 Jul 1960
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/199
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Correspondents include: Robert Schuman on the European Movement; Albert Schweitzer; Peter Scott, Director, the Wildfowl Trust, on WSC's black swans; John Robertson Scott on using letters from WSC and Lord Randolph Churchill in his history of the Pall Mall Gazette (2); Ronald Scott-Miller; Sekon Toure, President of Guinea; "Top", 3rd Lord Selborne [earlier Lord Wolmer] on WSC's support for SOE and the Special Forces Club; Seymour [2nd Lord Camrose, earlier John Seymour Berry]; Horatia...
Dates:
27 Jul 1945 - 09 Jul 1960
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence with Harold Macmillan., 06 Jul 1953 - 21 Aug 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/220
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Correspondence between WSC and Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton], Foreign Secretary and later Prime Minister, on subjects including gifts of books from WSC, pensions for Polish generals, the success of the 1955 General Election, Anthony Montague Browne continuing to work as WSC's Private Secretary, the 4-Power summit at Geneva [Switzerland], and the death of 1st Lord Bracken. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel] WSC's...
Dates:
06 Jul 1953 - 21 Aug 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
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