Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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Personal: Business correspondence., Oct 1945 - Dec 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/17A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: John S Churchill (2); Sir William Rootes on a chauffeur for WSC; representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Few [WSC's solicitors] (14); representatives of Concrete Limited on work on the pump house at Chartwell [Kent] (4); Clement Penruddock, Secretary, Chequers Trust; Sir Kenneth Clark (2), Jacob Epstein, and Oliver Locker-Lampson (2) on WSC sitting for an Epstein bust; Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor] (3); representatives of Knight, Frank and...
Dates:
Oct 1945 - Dec 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Family: biographical material and information file., 1891 - 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/38A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes details of WSC's filing system, broadcasts, speeches, favourite songs, agricultural patronage, books, orders and decorations, honorary degrees, fellowships, freedoms, medals, ministerial appointments, service titles, degrees offered but not yet received, parliamentary seats, paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy [London], and annual subscriptions; copies of various items by WSC including a letter to the Times under the pseudonym "Scorpio" on prayers for rain, and a lecture...
Dates:
1891 - 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Correspondence, Reprint Society - Royal Air Forces Association., [1945] - Apr 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/561A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from various organisations and individuals informing WSC of tributes paid to him or requesting his support for various projects. Correspondents include: Air Commodore Allan Churchman; Admiral Sir William Tennant, Chairman of the Council of the King George's Fund for Sailors; Sir David Robertson of the St Andrew's Society of the State of New York [United States]; John Cloake of the Foreign Office; representatives of the Royal Academy of Arts including Sir Charles...
Dates:
[1945] - Apr 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Patronage Ra-Royal Academy., Apr 1952 - 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/345
Scope and Contents
File includes correspondence with: The Railway Benevolent Institution, on donation, 1953; The Reader's Digest on message to mark 35th anniversary, 1956; The British Red Cross Society on support for appeal 1952-54; Christabel, Lady Aberconway (2) on support for appeal to acquire Renoir's house and garden at Cagnes-sur-Mer, 1956; Eric Harrison, Australian High Commissioner, London, on membership of the Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmens' League of Australia, 1957-58; Sir Eugen...
Dates:
Apr 1952 - 1963
Conditions Governing Access:
Open