Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
File
Personal: Family: biographical material and information file., 1891 - 1953
File
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
File
Public and Political: General: Patronage: Correspondence, L -M., Jul 1956 - Nov 1964
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/558A-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: Major C Petit of the Association of Lancastria Survivors (8); Sir John Smyth on representing WSC at a ceremony organised by the Association of Lancastria Survivors; Antony Acland [Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary] and [Adrian] Ian Samuel [Principal Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary] on a Libyan...
Dates:
Jul 1956 - Nov 1964
Conditions Governing Access:
Open