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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 117 Collections and/or Records:

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Literary: British and International Press Limited: correspondence regarding publication of articles., 30 Jul 1931 - 09 Mar 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/816
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Brendan Bracken (3); and Nicholl Manisty [lawyer for WSC] (28).Includes: correspondence regarding world serialisation rights for WSC's "The Eastern Front" including a legal dispute with London General Press.

Dates: 30 Jul 1931 - 09 Mar 1936
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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Literary: correspondence and legal papers concerning a libel case brought by Eric O'Gowan (earlier Brigadier Eric Dorman-Smith) against WSC regarding WSC's coverage of O'Gowan's removal from the post of Deputy Chief of General Staff, Middle East, in volume 4 ("The Hinge of Fate") of his war memoirs ("The Second World War")., May 1953 - Jun 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/58A-B
Scope and Contents Principal correspondents: representatives of O'Gowan's solicitors, Louis C P Smith and Company; representatives of WSC's solicitors Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company, his counsel Sir Hartley Shawcross, and his Irish solicitors Arthur Cox and Company. Other correspondents include: "Brookie", 1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Sir Alan Brooke]; Desmond Flower, director of Cassell and Company (2); "Bill" [1st Lord Camrose, earlier Sir William Berry, Editor-in-Chief] of the Daily Telegraph;...
Dates: May 1953 - Jun 1959
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: correspondence concerning film and television offers for WSC's book "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples"., 25 Jul 1955 - 12 Feb 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/446A-B
Scope and Contents This file mainly consists of business and legal correspondence. No film or television series had been produced at the time of WSC's death in 1965. Much of WSC's correspondence is handled by his Private Secretary, Anthony Montague Browne.Correspondents include: Edward R Murrow [Director, Columbia Broadcasting System] (4),Anthony Moir [lawyer acting for WSC] (76), Sir Alexander Korda (Chairman, London Film Productions Ltd) (2), Denis Kelly, Charles Wick (Wick Films Inc) (2), Emery Reves (2),...
Dates: 25 Jul 1955 - 12 Feb 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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Literary: correspondence concerning film rights in WSC's book "My Early Life". This file mainly consists of business and legal correspondence with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Warner Brothers. The rights had been acquired by Warner Brothers in 1941, but MGM were keen to negotiate a new contract. Much of WSC's correspondence is handled by his Private Secretary, Anthony Montague Browne., 23 May 1956 - 20 Dec 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/447
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Dore Schary (Vice-President, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) (4), Anthony Moir [lawyer acting for WSC] (22), Arthur Loew (President, Loew's Inc) (2), Jack Warner (President, Warner Brothers Pictures Inc) (6), Marjorie Thorson (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) (10), 1st Lord Bracken, Arthur Abeles junior (Managing Director, Warner Brothers Pictures Inc).

Dates: 23 May 1956 - 20 Dec 1957
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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Literary: correspondence on foreign rights and permission to publish WSC's "Secret Session Speeches", mainly through representatives of Pearn, Pollinger and Higham, Limited, authors' agents., Mar 1946 - Mar 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/29
Scope and Contents Other correspondents include: representatives of Cassell and Company (5); representatives of Fladgate and Company including Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor] (7); Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz]; [Geoffrey] Mason of Lloyds Bank (3); Charles Eade [Editor] of the Sunday Dispatch (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, and Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of...
Dates: Mar 1946 - Mar 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: correspondence: recordings of speeches and extracts from works. This file primarily consists of business correspondence relating to the rights in speeches recorded privately by WSC in 1949, which were acquired by Decca in 1964. Much of WSC's correspondence is handled by his Private Secretary, Anthony Montague Browne. , 27 Sep 1946 - 24 Apr 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/445A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: O C Preuss (His Master's Voice Gramophone Company) (20), Emery Reves, Anthony Moir [lawyer acting for WSC] (30), J D Bicknell (His Master's Voice Gramophone Company, later Electrical and Musical Industries Ltd) (15), Denis Kelly, Arthur Luce Klein (Spoken Arts Inc), Hugh Greene [Director-General, BBC], George Marek (Vice-President and General Manager, Radio Corporation of America) (2), Leonard Lyons (New York Post), Kenneth Glancy (Vice-President, Columbia Records),...
Dates: 27 Sep 1946 - 24 Apr 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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Literary: Correspondence relating to film rights in WSC's book "My Early Life"., 06 Feb 1958 - 15 May 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/448A-B
Scope and Contents This file primarily consists of business and legal correspondence with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer regarding a proposed film version of WSC's book "My Early Life", known in the United States as "A Roving Commission". The project did not pass the preliminary stages and failed in 1959. Much of WSC's correspondence is handled by his Private Secretary, Anthony Montague Browne.Correspondents include: Marjorie Thorson (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) (19), Anthony Moir [lawyer acting for WSC] (39), Nigel Balchin...
Dates: 06 Feb 1958 - 15 May 1959
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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Literary: correspondence relating to film rights in WSC's book "My Early Life"., 31 Jan 1959 - 28 Nov 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/449A-B
Scope and Contents This file primarily consists of business and legal correspondence. The film rights were acquired by the Hugh French Agency and Paramount in 1960. Much of WSC's correspondence is handled by his Private Secretary, Anthony Montague Browne.Correspondents include: Robert Clark (8), Anthony Moir [lawyer acting for WSC] (29), Hugh French (24), John Le Vien, Eliot Hyman (2), Sir David Cunynghame, Richard Patterson (Director, Paramount British Pictures Ltd), Robin French.Also includes: a financial...
Dates: 31 Jan 1959 - 28 Nov 1960
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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Literary: correspondence relating to film rights in WSC's book "My Early Life". This file primarily consists of business and legal correspondence relating to a proposed film treatment by Paramount, which was abandoned in 1963. Much of WSC's correspondence is handled by his Private Secretary, Anthony Montague Browne., 17 Jan 1961 - 06 Jul 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/450A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Hugh French (54), Richard Gehman, Anthony Moir [lawyer acting for WSC] (13), John Colville on the possibility of using Alymer Haldane as an "antagonist" to WSC in the film, Robert Graff (Sextant Inc) (2), C K Jones (Deputy General Manager, Odhams Press Ltd), Brian Forbes [scriptwriter] (20), Martin Rackin, Carl Foreman, Jacob Karp (Vice-President, Paramount). Also includes a letter of 18 Jan 1963 by Brian Forbes describing a visit to Randolph Churchill at Stour [East...
Dates: 17 Jan 1961 - 06 Jul 1964
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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Literary: correspondence relating to film rights in WSC's books "My Early Life" and "The World Crisis". This file primarily consists of business and legal correspondence relating to an ultimately unsuccessful approach made by William Smith Seay and G R Morrell. Much of WSC's correspondence is handled by his Private Secretary, Anthony Montague Browne., 04 Jan 1959 - 18 May 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/451
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Correspondents include: William Smith Seay (14), Alan Harvey [HM Consul (Information), Chicago, United States], A Barker (Foreign Office), Anthony Moir [lawyer acting for WSC] (12), Sir David Cunynghame, G R Morrell (Midwest Video Association) (10), Spyros Skouras [President, Twentieth Century Fox], B Finley Vinson (Vice-President, First National Bank, Little Rock, Arkansas [United States]), C H Moses, Senator James Fulbright, Hugh French, J A McCracken, Paul MacNamara, Ronald Grierson.

Dates: 04 Jan 1959 - 18 May 1961
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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Literary: correspondence with and about Sir Edward Marsh., Oct 1933 - Oct 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/2
Scope and Contents Others correspondents include: Sir William Haley, [Editor] of the Times, on WSC writing a tribute on Marsh's death (2); 10th Lord Elgin and Kincardine [earlier Lord Bruce]; James Stewart-Murray [?9th Duke of Atholl]; David Garnett on his publishing a volume of T E Lawrence's [T E Shaw, "Lawrence of Arabia"] letters. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: Denis Kelly [literary assistant to WSC]; secretaries Grace Hamblin, Anthony Montague Browne, Lettice Marston [later Lettice...
Dates: Oct 1933 - Oct 1954
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Evening Standard articles: correspondence., 01 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/552
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: representatives of the Evening Standard including Percy Cudlipp [Editor] (8), W H Robertson, Manager of the Syndication Department (32) and Michael Wardell, Chairman and Managing Director (9) on the "Great Reigns" series, overseas rights and a dispute over the syndication of the articles; Ernst Meyer on the syndication dispute (15); Elwell and Binford Hole, solicitors, on the syndication dispute (5).Also includes: notes on provincial and overseas newspapers running...
Dates: 01 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1937
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Business and Financial: Fladgate and Company., Jul 1955 - Mar 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/111
Scope and Contents Correspondence with Fladgate and Company, Solicitors, Pall Mall, London, [mainly with Anthony Moir] divided into several headings: Lady Audley [formerly Sarah Churchill], pp.1-30 80th Birthday Trust, pp.31-37 Lady Churchill and Diana Churchill, pp.38-59 Chartwell Trust and Major John Churchill Trust, also includes correspondence with Wthers, Nicholl, Manisty and Company: pp.60-114 Insurance and Finances, includes dispute with a Swiss company over the use of the name "Old Winston's whisky"...
Dates: Jul 1955 - Mar 1965
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Business and Financial: Fladgate and Company: Miscellaneous., Jul 1955 - May 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/112
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Correspondence with Fladgate and Company, Solicitors, Pall Mall, London, [mainly with Anthony Moir]. File includes accounts for legal work undertaken; correspondence on the use of WSC's name and image by cigar manufacturers Cigarren-Friedrich and Company, Switzerland and Romeo y Julieta, Cuba, requests from "Life" for use of photographs of WSC and Lord Randolph Churchill and Lady Randolph Churchill and claims by a clinic for regenerative therapy that WSC had been treated by this method.

Dates: Jul 1955 - May 1965
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Business and Financial: v Colpix Records., Sep 1963 - Apr 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/119
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Breach of Copyright Correspondence between Anthony Montague-Browne, PS to WSC, Anthony Moir, Fladgate & Co., Solicitors, Marshall, Vigoda & Bomser, Counselors at Law, New York, and the British Embassy, Washington, on breach of WSC's copyright by Colpix Records, who had produced a recording of WSC's wartime speeches in the United States.

Dates: Sep 1963 - Apr 1964
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Business and Financial: Wood, Willey and Company., Jan 1956 - Dec 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/113
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Correspondence with Wood, Willey and Company, Chartered Accountants [mainly with James Wood, Senior Partner]. File includes valuations of WSC's estate and balance sheets with income and expenditure accounts.

Dates: Jan 1956 - Dec 1959
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Business correspondence A-D., Jul 1945 - Jul 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/15
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: representatives of Lloyds Bank including Geoffrey Mason and T E R Harris (3); Rosemary McEntire of the British Embassy in Paris [France] (4) and Thomas Bromley (Foreign Office) on repairs to WSC's Breguet watch; Claus Vogel on WSC's visit to Switzerland in 1946; representatives of Cassell and Company (2), including a director, Desmond Flower, on the publication of WSC's war memoirs in the Daily Telegraph; Colonel Frank Clarke (4), HM Customs and Excise (5), and Alfred...
Dates: Jul 1945 - Jul 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Business correspondence A-F., Nov 1945 - Mar 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/18
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Few [WSC's solicitors] (24) and J C Tweed [an Irish solicitor] (4) on subjects including WSC selling the Carnlough [Antrim, Ulster, Ireland] estate to 13th Lord Antrim [earlier Randall McDonnell]; representatives of Berry Brothers and Rudd Limited on WSC's orders for champagne and whisky (9); 1st Lord Sandford [earlier Sir Albert Edmondson]; Sir William Rootes (2) and Christopher Soames on providing cars; Ben Russell, [Director]...
Dates: Nov 1945 - Mar 1949
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: 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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Personal: Financial: income tax and surtax correspondence., 06 Mar 1940 - 22 Oct 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/7
Scope and Contents Correspondents on WSC's tax, financial, and investments position include: representatives of Fladgate and Company, particularly Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor], (20); representatives of Lloyds Bank, particularly Geoffrey Mason, (29); representatives of Cassell and Company, including a Director, Desmond Flower, (2); Andrew Heiskell, [General Manager] of Life Magazine; John Wood of Wood, Willey, and Company [WSC's accountants] (50); Henry Luce [owner of Time magazine]; William Whitney, London...
Dates: 06 Mar 1940 - 22 Oct 1958
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Legal and financial affairs., 01 Jan 1944 - 23 Dec 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/382
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Correspondence with Lloyds Bank, on WSC's, and Randolph Churchill's tax affairs, and with Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company, Solicitors, on the Garron Tower estate.

Dates: 01 Jan 1944 - 23 Dec 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Legal and financial affairs., 01 Jan 1945 - 12 Dec 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/388
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Correspondence with Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company on the Garron Tower estate, and the acquisition of 28 Hyde Park Gate, London, and with Lloyds Bank on WSC's current account, and income tax affairs, particularly relating to the "History of the English Speaking Peoples".

Dates: 01 Jan 1945 - 12 Dec 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Winston Spencer Churchill: Copy of will., 20 Mar 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/115
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Copy of WSC's will.

Dates: 20 Mar 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers concerning an action brought by William Griffin, editor and publisher of the New York Enquirer, against WSC for slander over WSC's denial of statements attributed to him by Griffin on the United States' entry into World War I., Jan 1941 - Oct 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/431
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: [6th] Lord Hood [Private Secretary to the Minister of Information]; HM Consul-General, New York [Godfrey Haggard]; [Nevile] Butler [Minister at HM Embassy] (Washington [United States]); [Eric] Seal [Deputy Secretary of the Admiralty (North America)]; John Foster [First Secretary] (British Embassy, Washington) (2); Sir Thomas Barnes, Treasury Solicitor (3); Sir Geoffrey Peto on a broadcast by Senator Rush Holt; Christopher Hollis; Guy Innes, American Division, Ministry...
Dates: Jan 1941 - Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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