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Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1874 - 1965

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

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Literary: Articles by WSC for the Daily Mail., 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/300
Scope and Contents Includes proofs and cuttings of various articles: "Run down by a motor" on WSC's accident in New York [United States]; "The dole" on unemployment and Labour Party policy; "Nothing but humbug" on political affairs and the likelihood of a General Election; "India insistent" a review of a book by Sir Harcourt Butler on British policy and problems in India; "The two issues now before the nation" on the position of the British empire, fiscal policy and a meeting between Ramsay MacDonald and David...
Dates: 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 01 Feb 1943 - 31 Mar 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/193A-C
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's broadcast (21 March) on post war plans including: his illness; the difficulty of forecasting post war expenditure; anticipation of victory against Germany and Japan; the need for a 4 year plan; the Beveridge report; WSC's conviction of the need for social reform; agriculture; public health; education; unemployment. Extracts from the draft [unused] notes include criticism of Gandhi's fast and of the Beveridge report. See CHAR 9/193A/85-116 for description of draft...
Dates: 01 Feb 1943 - 31 Mar 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Oct [1893]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/19/20-21
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Royal Military College, Yorktown, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he reports that he has received a "nice letter" from "Papa" [Lord Randolph Churchill] and discusses arrangements to stay with her in London, commenting that his friends have "grand fun" at the London Pavilion but he is not given leave because he has not been given permission from his parents. He also describes exercises at Sandhurst and the surgeon's opinion that he...
Dates: 13 Oct [1893]
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), 04 Sep [1894]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/20/34-36
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Royal Military College [Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey] on the notepaper of 50 Grosvenor Square) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he is working hard for the riding prize and that he intends to discuss his wish to enter the cavalry with "Papa" [Lord Randolph Churchill] and describes a meeting with the Duke of Cambridge. He also says that "Grandmamma" [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough] "cares for nothing else in the world but news of & from him [Lord...
Dates: 04 Sep [1894]
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), 29 Oct [1894]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/20/43-44
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (50 Grosvenor Square [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he has been getting on well at Sandhurst and hopes that his examination result will please his father; expresses his hopes that his father is well; discusses a speech given by [5th] Lord Rosebery and the progress of Ivor Guest [later Lord Ashby St Ledgers and 2nd Lord Wimborne], Henry Guest and Dudley Marjoriebanks [later 3rd Lord Tweedmouth] and describes the closure of the Empire theatre...
Dates: 29 Oct [1894]
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), 08 Nov [1894]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/20/49
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Letter from WSC ([Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey] on the notepaper of 50 Grosvenor Square) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses his hopes for his results from Sandhurst and for his father's health and worries which he hopes will be "lulled by the land of the lotus" (quoting one of his father's speeches).

Dates: 08 Nov [1894]
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), [Feb 1893]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/23
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Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (Harrow School) to WSC, school news, particularly outbreak of scarlet fever.

Dates: [Feb 1893]
Conditions Governing Access: Open