Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
File
Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 6., 18 Aug 1940 - 22 Sep 1940
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/670
Scope and Contents
Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "How It Feels to be a Road Accident Victim" on WSC's accident in New York [United States]; "Parliament", defending the British parliamentary system, an historical examination of developments in the rights of the individual citizen, contrasting the British system with that of the dictatorships, and explaining its structure; "The Other Side of Flying" on developments in air travel, the autogyro, gliding, an historical review, and the benefits of...
Dates:
18 Aug 1940 - 22 Sep 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
File
Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on rating relief proposals., 30 Apr 1928 - 31 May 1928
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/90
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (3); Alfred Hurst [Principal Assistant Secretary, Treasury] (3); Sir Horace Hamilton [Permanent Secretary, Board of Trade] (3); Sir Richard Hopkins [Controller of Finance and Supply Services, Treasury] (2); Sir George Courthope MP (2); William John MP; Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC]; Graham Vincent [Private Secretary to the Prime Minister]; Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister] (2); James...
Dates:
30 Apr 1928 - 31 May 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Personal: Business correspondence., Nov 1948 - Apr 1951
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/20
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Miles-Martin Pen Company on the pen WSC used to annotate "The Second World War" (4); Christopher Hewer on WSC's medical bill; Robert MacKenna on WSC's medication (2); Douglas Parbury on fish at Chartwell [Kent] (6); John Baber and his wife offering WSC a stay at their home in Portofino [Italy]; Herbert Gfroerer of the Soundscriber Corporation (10), James Killian, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [United States], and George...
Dates:
Nov 1948 - Apr 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Personal: Business correspondence., Jun 1950 - Aug 1956
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/22
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Mark (HM Treasury); Ben Russell, [Director] Cunard White Star Limited; representatives of Lloyds Bank (5); representatives of A Durr and Company on cigars (4); George Andrews (2) and James Boyd (3) on seeing WSC on board the Queen Mary; Wilfred Fish [WSC's dentist] (2); Desmond Crawley [Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary for Commonwealth Relations] (2); Sir Charles Howard, Sergeant at Arms, House of Commons, on aiding WSC's hearing in the House; O C...
Dates:
Jun 1950 - Aug 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 30 Mar 1943 - 08 Jun 1943
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/191A-B
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for a speech by WSC (not used) and part of a broadcast about India on calls for Indian independence, the achievements of the Indian army, Gandhi's fast and WSC's illness. Part of the notes form an unused section of WSC's broadcast of 21 March 1943 [see CHAR 9/193]. Source material includes correspondence from Leo Amery, Secretary of State for India and Burma [later Myanmar] (3), Francis Turnbull [Principal Private Secretary to Secretary of State for India] (2); a pamphlet on...
Dates:
30 Mar 1943 - 08 Jun 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
Open