Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Correspondence (private and personal): A-W., Sep 1954 - Dec 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/590
Scope and Contents
Correspondents (on various fund-raising and commemorative projects) include: 7th Lord Anglesley [earlier George Paget]; Bernard Baruch; Brian Batsford; Michael Cary [Deputy Secretary of the Cabinet], Derek Stephen [Private Secretary to the Secretary of the Cabinet] and Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook], Secretary of the Cabinet on the presentation of official histories to WSC; "Rock", 5th Lord Cholmondeley [earlier Lord Rocksavage]; Adrian Conan Doyle on a biography of Arthur Conan...
Dates:
Sep 1954 - Dec 1963
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Item
(Untitled), 09 Jul 1942
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/111
Scope and Contents
Telegram from Evatt [Australian Minister of External Affairs and Attorney General] marked "most secret" to WSC thanking him for his "thoughtful wire", commenting on plan to provide Spitfires for Australia, and stating that a black swan has been allocated to WSC and will arrive after plumage attaches itself in August.
Dates:
09 Jul 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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