Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence D - E., 04 Jan 1946 - 17 Dec 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/148
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Edouard Daladier; Sir William Darling on Elbert Hubbard's "A Message to Garcia", and using a recording of a speech by WSC (5); 1st Lord Davidson; "Clem", Clement Davies; William Deakin [literary assistant to WSC] on subjects including ["The Second World War"] (10); Kenneth de Courcy; General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (5); "Buck", 9th Lord de la Warr [earlier Lord Buckhurst] (2); Filippo del Giudice, Managing Director, Pilgrim Pictures Limited (4); 6th Lord De L'Isle...
Dates:
04 Jan 1946 - 17 Dec 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 314 - 321, closed under S40 and S41(1) of the Freedom of Information Act on advice from the Cabinet Office. Review date: 1 Jan 2022.
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence Ha - Hor., 19 Nov 1951 - 24 Dec 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/189
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Charles Hendriks (2); King Haakon VII of Norway (4); Sir Michael Wright [British Ambassador to Norway]; Per Preben Prebensen, Norwegian Ambassador to Britain, asking WSC to write the introduction to a biography on King Haakon (2); Patrick, 1st Lord Hailes [earlier Patrick Buchan-Hepburn] on press hostility to his appointment as Governor-General of the West Indies, the poor Conservative performance in by-elections, the Federation movement and elections in the West...
Dates:
19 Nov 1951 - 24 Dec 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence K., 21 Apr 1949 - 20 Jan 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/191
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Yousuf Karsh on photographing WSC in Garter robes; Paul Davie, City of London Remembrancer, on buying original British flag designs; Frederick Leishman [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary] (2); Thelma Cazalet-Keir; Denis Kelly [Literary Assistant to WSC] on his work on WSC's archives, and ["The Second World War"] (6); Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter, later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury]; Rose Kennedy; Eric...
Dates:
21 Apr 1949 - 20 Jan 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
Open