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

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Dates

  • Existence: 1874 - 1965

Found in 4519 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 28 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54A/42
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Letter from WSC to Admiral Harold Stark thanking him for the record of "Home on the Range".

Dates: 28 Jul 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Sep 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54A/79
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Letter from WSC to A V Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, thanking him for the use of Admiralty House as a room at 10 Downing Street was unusable.

Dates: 06 Sep 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/111
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Letter from WSC to Christopher Nevinson thanking him for the gift of his painting "Battlefields of Britain" which will hang in the Air Ministry.

Dates: 03 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/119
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Letter from WSC to Sir Edwin Lutyens [President of the Royal Academy] thanking him for the bust of WSC by Sir William Reid Dick presented in the name of the Royal Academy.

Dates: 07 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/123
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Letter from WSC to Lord Halifax [British Ambassador, to the United States, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] declining to donate a manuscript of his speech to the Senate (January 1942) to the Library of Congress.

Dates: 07 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/125
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Letter from WSC to 2nd Lord Melchett [earlier Sir Henry Mond] thanking him for his generosity over the painting of the Battle of Blenheim by Jan van Huchtenburgh.

Dates: 07 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/144
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Letter from WSC to General Wladyslaw Sikorski [Prime Minister of Polish Government and Commander-in-Chief, Polish Army] thanking him for the gift of a Polish shield.

Dates: 15 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Apr 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/208
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Letter from WSC to Noel Coward thanking him for the copy of "Blithe Spirit".

Dates: 24 Apr 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/221
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Letter from WSC to Robert Graves expressing pleasure in his "Sergeant Lamb" books.

Dates: 02 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/228
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Letter from WSC to John Winant [United States Ambassador to Britain] thanking him for the gift of the United States flag.

Dates: 08 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/234
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Letter from WSC to Miss G Lamont [Administrator, Chequers, Buckinghamshire] thanking her for the birthday cake.

Dates: 12 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/235
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Letter from WSC to Captain Count Stefan Zamoyski [Aide-de-Camp to General Wladyslaw Sikorski] thanking him for the antique map of the Kingdom of Poland.

Dates: 13 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/256
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Letter from WSC to Lieutenant-General Henry Arnold [Commanding-General, United States Army Air Forces] thanking him for the gift of a crate of oranges.

Dates: 29 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/264
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Letter from WSC to Jean [Ivan] Maisky [Soviet Ambassador to Britain] thanking him for his enquiry about Randolph Churchill's injury.

Dates: 05 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/266
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Letter from WSC to the Lord Provost of Aberdeen [Thomas Mitchell] declining the freedom of the city. [See CHAR 20/54B/191 for further reply].

Dates: 06 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/301
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Letter from WSC to Sir Charles Wilson [President, Royal College of Physicians, later 1st Lord Moran] thanking him for accompanying WSC to Washington [United States] at short notice.

Dates: 29 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/191
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Letter from WSC to Lord Provost of Aberdeen [Thomas Mitchell] agreeing to consider the offer of the freedom of the city as open. [See CHAR 20/53C/266 for original reply].

Dates: 01 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/193
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Letter from WSC to Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] thanking him for the manuscript of his speech which will be bound.

Dates: 01 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Nov 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54C/210
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Letter from WSC to Maurice Dejean [former French Commissaire for Foreign Affairs] thanking him for the album of stamps from Free France.

Dates: 11 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Nov 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54C/212
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Letter from WSC to Emilio Delboy thanking him for the Peruvian silver gift.

Dates: 12 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54C/281
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Letter from WSC to H W Plante thanking him for the two brass statuettes of [? General Sir Redvers] Buller and [? Field Marshal Sir John] French [1st Lord Ypres].

Dates: 19 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54C/287
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Letter from WSC to Henry Morgenthau junior [United States Secretary of the Treasury], thanking him for the gift of gramophone records.

Dates: 25 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Aug 1942 - 12 Nov 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/64/46-53
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Letter to WSC and CSC from Gladys Gough, enclosing a cutting from the New York Times on Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames] being spanked by a United States soldier at an ATS [Auxiliary Territorial Service] party; also includes press transcripts and notes by John Martin [Private Secretary to WSC] and D Parker-Bowles, Duty Officer, Ministry of Information, on whether the incident should be prevented from appearing in British newspapers.

Dates: 01 Aug 1942 - 12 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Feb 1942 - 26 Feb 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/65/1-2
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Note from Francis Brown [Private Secretary to WSC] to Randolph Churchill enclosing a War Cabinet report on foreign propaganda broadcasts: report includes undermining of WSC with a quote from Randolph Churchill on WSC keeping his money safely in the United States, and the suggestion that Sir Stafford Cripps, Lord Privy Seal, is a Bolshevist sympathiser and possible agent.

Dates: 21 Feb 1942 - 26 Feb 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Mar 1942 - 26 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/65/3-17
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Telegrams between General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in- Chief, Middle East, Sir James Grigg, Secretary of State for War and WSC on Major Randolph Churchill being ordered to remain in Britain, the false position he has been placed in, and Auchinleck's request that he should be returned to the Middle East; includes covering correspondence between Sydney Redman [Principal Private Secretary to Grigg], Leslie Rowan and Francis Brown [Private Secretaries to WSC].

Dates: 23 Mar 1942 - 26 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open