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Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1874 - 1965

Found in 126 Collections and/or Records:

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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 5., 13 Jul 1941 - 29 Aug 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/694
Scope and Contents Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "Sea raiders" on the German ships "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau" and their eventual destruction during World War I; "A speech that prevented war" on [David] Lloyd George's speech at the Mansion House [London] on the Agadir [Morocco] Crisis in 1911; "Why I believe in government for the people" on totalitarianism in Germany, ranking the citizen higher than the state, and comparing the constitutions of Britain and the United States; "A People...
Dates: 13 Jul 1941 - 29 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Personal: Clementine S Churchill: Correspondence., Dec 1915 - 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/118A-B
Scope and Contents

Includes letters from CSC to WSC written while he served on the Western Front. Part A comprises original letters: part B comprises typescript transcripts prepared circa 1945.

Dates: Dec 1915 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Clementine S Churchill: Correspondence., 27 Apr 1916 - 18 Aug 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/125
Scope and Contents

Includes letters from CSC to WSC.

Dates: 27 Apr 1916 - 18 Aug 1918
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Clementine S Churchill: Correspondence., 23 Jan 1921 - 29 [Dec] 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/139
Scope and Contents

Includes letters from CSC to WSC.

Dates: 23 Jan 1921 - 29 [Dec] 1921
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Clementine S Churchill: Correspondence., 04 Jan 1922 - 25 Jun 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/158
Scope and Contents

Includes letters from CSC to WSC.

Dates: 04 Jan 1922 - 25 Jun 1925
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Clementine S Churchill: Correspondence., 08 Jan 1925 - 31 Oct 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/179
Scope and Contents

Includes letters from CSC to WSC.

Dates: 08 Jan 1925 - 31 Oct 1927
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Clementine S Churchill: Correspondence., 02 Feb [1932] - 19 Jan 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/322
Scope and Contents

Includes letters from CSC to WSC.

Dates: 02 Feb [1932] - 19 Jan 1939
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Congratulations on WSC's engagement to Clementine Hozier [later CSC]., Aug 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/74
Scope and Contents

Subjects covered include: WSC's engagement and marriage and wedding presents.

Dates: Aug 1908
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Family etc.: correspondence., 03 Jan 1948 - 11 Mar 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/46
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: "Mule" [Sarah Oliver, earlier Sarah Churchill, later Sarah Beauchamp, then Sarah, Lady Audley] on subjects including her visit to Canada and her wedding to Antony Beauchamp (16); "Alex", 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis [Governor-General of Canada]; Bernard Baruch; CSC on subjects including WSC's leadership of the Conservative Party, Chartwell [Kent] and Sarah (12); Antony Beauchamp; Hugh [? Frewen]; Oswald Frewen (2); Amy Guest (4); Raymond Guest; Sir Shane Leslie (3);...
Dates: 03 Jan 1948 - 11 Mar 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Family etc.: Correspondence A - Churchill, John., Apr 1955 - May 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/135
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Henry, Lord Audley (3); Sarah, Lady Audley [earlier Sarah Churchill, Sarah Oliver and Sarah Beauchamp] (16) on subjects including her acting career, her finances, her marriage to Lord Audley and his death; Arabella Churchill (6); CSC (28) on subjects including her visit to Paris [France] in 1956, the success of an exhibition of WSC's paintings, concern about Sarah [Lady Audley] and her arrest in Liverpool in 1959, a statue of WSC by David McFall, WSC's visit to the...
Dates: Apr 1955 - May 1964
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Mrs Churchill's cruise to the Dutch East Indies [later Indonesia]: Correspondence., Dec 1934 - 30 Apr 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/273
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence between WSC and CSC.

Dates: Dec 1934 - 30 Apr 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Visits and Invitations: Cruises in Yacht Christina., Feb 1961 - Jul 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/154
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: John Wyndham [later 1st Lord Egremont and 6th Lord Leconfield], Private Secretary to Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton, Prime Minister]; 1st Lord Hailes [earlier Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, Governor General and Commander in Chief of the West Indies] (3); Peggy Ashcroft requesting permission to quote from WSC's speeches; Ian Turbott, Administrator of Antigua; CSC on her health (4); Aristotle Onassis on the dates and itinerary of the cruises (2); "Nonie" [Noel...
Dates: Feb 1961 - Jul 1963
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Visits and Invitations: France: T - Z and miscellaneous., Oct 1955 - Apr 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/150
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: John Taylor and Son, Estate Agents, regarding a villa for WSC and CSC and telephone bills (8); Konrad Adenauer; CSC; Dr J Andras (5), W Eves, of the Ministry of Agriculture (3), C Kerouedan, commercial attache at the French embassy (3) concerning regulations and licenses permitting WSC to transport his budgerigar "Toby" to France.Also includes copies of telegrams from WSC to CSC; notes and copies of correspondence from Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to...
Dates: Oct 1955 - Apr 1963
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Golden Wedding and Birthday., 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/442
Scope and Contents Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC and congratulations on his and CSC's golden wedding) include: Julian Sandys, Edwina Sandys and Celia Sandys; Duncan Sandys; Antonio Giraudier (3); Henry Luce; James Drawbell, Managing Editor of Newnes and Pearson's; "Pug" [1st Lord Ismay] and Kathleen [Lady] Ismay; Desmond Flower, Literary Director of Cassell and Company Limited; Marcel Boussac; "Willy" Sax; Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi; Violet, Lady Hardy; Winifred Stables (3); Clement Flower; Sir...
Dates: 1958
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Greetings: Golden wedding congratulations: General public., 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/486A-K
Scope and Contents

Includes greeting cards, letters and telegrams from members of the public to WSC and CSC congratulating them on their ggolden wedding. Also includes newspaper cuttings, poems, photographs (including a photograph of CSC with Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother), colour transparencies of Blenheim Palace, and copies of replies sent by WSC, CSC, Grace Hamblin and Doreen Pugh [Private Secretaries to WSC].

Dates: 1958
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Greetings: Golden wedding congratulations: private and personal, patronage and Conservative Associations, etc., 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/485A-E
Scope and Contents Correspondents congratulating WSC and CSC on their Golden wedding anniversary include: [Richard] Michael Fraser and Percy Cohen of the Conservative Research Department; Ann, Lady Gammans for the Hornsey [London] Conservative Association; Donald Cowling, Chairman for the Leeds Conservative Association; Sir Malcolm Stoddart-Scott, Chairman of the Yorkshire Conservative Association; Max Bemrose, Chairman of the East Midlands Conservative and Unionist Association; Norman Cadzow, Governor of the...
Dates: 1958
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Greetings: Golden wedding: press arrangements., Aug 1958 - Nov 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/487
Scope and Contents

Correspondents concerning requests from the press for interviews with and photographs of WSC and CSC include George Christ, Parliamentary Liaison Officer for the Conservative and Unionist Party.Also includes: press statements from WSC and CSC; commemorative issues of the Primrose League Gazette and the Kent Messenger; and notes and copies of correspondence from Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to WSC], Doreen Pugh, Jill Lynam and Grace Hamblin [Private Secretaries to WSC].

Dates: Aug 1958 - Nov 1958
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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"The Daily Graphic: Mr Churchill's Wedding Day", 12 Sep 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/104D/150
Scope and Contents

Edition featuring the wedding of WSC and CSC. Includes: photos of the bridesmaids and of CSC; of Blenheim Palace, where the couple would begin their honeymoon; of WSC; and a fashion article illustrated with sketches about CSC's gowns.Printed.

Dates: 12 Sep 1908
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT
Scope and Contents The collection includes: papers and correspondence, photographs and press cuttings plus material on household and domestic administration. It contains the letters exchanged between Sir Winston (WSC) and Lady Churchill (CSC) from 1908, the time of their engagement, until 1963, shortly before Sir Winston's death (1965). This collection was used by Lady Soames in the writing of her mother's biography and it provides a splendid, detailed and often very moving record of a remarkable...
Dates: 1884 - 1978
Conditions Governing Access: With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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(Untitled), 27 Dec 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/118A/1-2
Scope and Contents

Letter from CSC to WSC, on his return to Belgium after leave in Britain. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/2.

Dates: 27 Dec 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Dec [1915]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/118A/3-5
Scope and Contents

Letter from CSC to WSC, on the introduction of conscription, and on meeting with Lloyd George, who expressed great distress at WSC not being in the Government. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/4-6.

Dates: 29 Dec [1915]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Dec [1915]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/118A/6-8
Scope and Contents

Letter from CSC to WSC, on the introduction of conscription, and her distrust of Lloyd George. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/7-9.

Dates: 30 Dec [1915]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jan 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/118A/9-11
Scope and Contents

Letter from CSC to WSC, on conscription, and the size of the Army. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/10-12.

Dates: 01 Jan 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Jan 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/118A/12
Scope and Contents

Letter from CSC to WSC on the lack of letters from him. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/13.

Dates: 03 Jan 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Jan 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/118A/13-14
Scope and Contents

Letter from CSC to WSC, on the prospect of his promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel, with account of Lloyd George's Christmas visit to Glasgow and his poor reception from "working men". Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/14-15.

Dates: 05 Jan 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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