Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
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Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
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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
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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...
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Mar 1946 - Mar 1950
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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
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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...
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01 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1937
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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
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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"...
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Jul 1955 - Mar 1965
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Personal: Business correspondence A-D., Jul 1945 - Jul 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/15
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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...
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Jul 1945 - Jul 1947
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Personal: Business correspondence A-F., Nov 1945 - Mar 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/18
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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]...
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Nov 1945 - Mar 1949
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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
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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
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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
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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];...
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Feb 1954 - Nov 1964
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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
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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...
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06 Mar 1940 - 22 Oct 1958
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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.
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01 Jan 1944 - 23 Dec 1944
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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".
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01 Jan 1945 - 12 Dec 1945
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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 allegedly made during a meeting in August 1936., Jan 1940 - Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/408
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Correspondents include: David Hecht and J Arthur Leve of Leve, Hecht, Hadfield and Clarke, WSC's US lawyers (14); David Scott [Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]; [11th] Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr, British Ambassador to the United States] (7); Sir John Simon [Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); Sir Thomas Barnes, Treasury Solicitor (4); "B B" [Brendan Bracken, Prime Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from...
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Jan 1940 - Dec 1940
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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers concerning the action brought by William Griffin, editor and publisher of the New York Enquirer [United States], against WSC., Mar 1942 - Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/454
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Correspondents include: Sir Thomas Barnes, Treasury Solicitor (26); John Foster [First Secretary] (British Embassy, Washington) (4); [Bernard] Sendall [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Information]; Lovat Dickson [Director] of MacMillan and Company (3); Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin], British Ambassador to the United States (2); [Maurice] Bathurst [Legal Adviser, British Embassy, Washington] (2); [Frank] Lawton [Principal Assistant Treasury Solicitor] (3). Also...
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Mar 1942 - Jun 1945
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(Untitled), 01 May 1916 - 13 Sep 1916
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/140-144
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Statement of WSC's bank account with Lloyd's Bank (Cox's Branch). [Copy made in connection with the proceedings against Lord Alfred Douglas for criminal libel arising from his claim that WSC misreported the Battle of Jutland to allow Jewish interests led by Sir Ernest Cassel to profit on the stock market].
Dates:
01 May 1916 - 13 Sep 1916
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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), 1900 - 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/145-149
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Statement of WSC's share dealing account with Sir Ernest Cassel. [Copy sent with CHAR 2/127/1 in connection with the legal proceedings in 1923 arising from Lord Alfred Douglas's claim that WSC misreported the Battle of Jutland to allow Jewish interests led by Sir Ernest Cassel to profit on the stock market].
Dates:
1900 - 1917
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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 Jun 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/58/1-7
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Letter from Lumley & Lumley (Solicitors) to WSC, enclosing accounts for professional services, 1898-1906: Preparation of Wills, 1898 and 1902, £2 2s, Norwich Union life assurance policy, 1899-1905, £16 2s 2d, Loan from Norwich Union, 1901-1903, £31 12s 8d, Garron Towers Estate, 1903-1905, £5 11s 6d, purchase of 12 Bolton Street, 1905-1906, £24 17s 6d, and Dunlop Tyre Co., Ltd., 1906, £15 15s.
Dates:
29 Jun 1906
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(Untitled), 18 Nov 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/174/34-35
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Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co. to WSC, on his Children's Settlement.
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18 Nov 1924
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(Untitled), 25 Nov 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/174/36
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Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co. to WSC, on Lady Randolph Churchill's American Settlement.
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25 Nov 1924
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(Untitled), 29 Dec 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/174/48-50
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Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co. to WSC, on assignment of royalties from The Life of Lord Randolph Churchill and The World Crisis, to his daughter, Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames].
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29 Dec 1924
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(Untitled), [1924]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/174/56
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Account from Lumley & Lumley for legal services, Apr-Dec 1924, showing balance in WSC's favour of £169 13s 7d.
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[1924]
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(Untitled), 10 Jan 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/160/2-5
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Account from Lumley & Lumley, Solicitors, for work on the Garron Towers Estate, and on WSC's Will 1921, £169 14s 8d.
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10 Jan 1922
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(Untitled), 05 Apr 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/161/30
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Letter from WSC to Nicholl, Manisty & Co., asking them to obtain Counsel's opinion on his liability to Income Tax on his American income [carbon].
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05 Apr 1922
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(Untitled), May 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/174/6
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Account from Nicholl, Manisty & Co, £392 5s 9d, for legal services, including action of Douglas v. The Morning Post, in which WSC gave evidence on behalf of the defendants.
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May 1924
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(Untitled), 21 May 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/174/18
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Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co. to WSC, on his Children's Settlement.
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21 May 1924
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(Untitled), 23 May 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/174/19
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Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co. to WSC, on his Children's Settlement.
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23 May 1924
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(Untitled), 09 Jul 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/174/29
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Letter from WSC to Nicholl, Manisty & Co., on breach of copyright of article by WSC in a Canadian newspaper [carbon].
Dates:
09 Jul 1924
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