Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 4519 Collections and/or Records:
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Literary: Miscellaneous Correspondence A-J., Apr 1956 - Jan 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/468A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of WSC and his Private Secretaries (mainly Anthony Montague Browne) Correspondents include: Randolph Churchill, mainly on access to WSC's papers (2); Maurice Edelman MP (3), on political history of the Daily Mirror; Anthony Moir, Fladgate & Co., Solicitors (7); Ralph Martin on biography of Lady Randolph Churchill, with letter from Sir Robin Mackworth-Young on Martin's access to Lady Randolph's letters in the Royal Archives; Desmond Flower, Cassell & Co.; Gerald Pawle...
Dates:
Apr 1956 - Jan 1965
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Literary: miscellaneous correspondence, K-Z., Oct 1947 - Feb 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/45
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Correspondents include: Ernest Passant, Director of Research, Librarian and Keeper of the Papers, Foreign Office, and Sir Orme Sargent [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] on publishing letters by WSC in "Documents on British Foreign Policy" by Llewellyn Woodward; Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor]; Daniel Longwell [editor of Life magazine]; 1st Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry, Editor-in-Chief] of the Daily Telegraph; representatives of the...
Dates:
Oct 1947 - Feb 1951
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Literary: "My Life", News of the World: copy., Jan 1935 - Mar 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/522A-B
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Carbon copies of the following articles by WSC: "My Life" [in 12 parts]: "Looking Back on Sixty Years" on WSC's childhood, education and time at Sandhurst; "Frontier Days in India" on WSC's expedition to India with the 4th Hussars, and the frontier risings of 1897; "Charge of the 21st Lancers" on the battle of Omdurman and the Sudan Campaign; "Taken Prisoner by the Boers" on WSC as a war correspondent in South Africa; "My Escape from Pretoria"; "My Entry into Politics" on writing Lord...
Dates:
Jan 1935 - Mar 1935
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Literary: "My Life", News of the World": press cuttings., Jan 1935 - Mar 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/524
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Cuttings of the following articles by WSC from "My Life": "Taken Prisoner by the Boers" on WSC as a war correspondent in South Africa; "My Escape from Pretoria"; "My Entry into Politics" on writing Lord Randolph Churchill's autobiography and the Free Trade issue; "Changing the Political Camp" on going over to the Liberals, South Africa and the Board of Trade; Looking Back on Sixty Years" on WSC's childhood, education and time at Sandhurst.
Dates:
Jan 1935 - Mar 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: "My Life", News of the World": proofs., Jan 1935 - Mar 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/523A-B
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Galley proofs of the following articles by WSC: "My Life" [in 12 parts]: "Looking Back on Sixty Years" on WSC's childhood, education and time at Sandhurst; "Frontier Days in India" on WSC's expedition to India with the 4th Hussars, and the frontier risings of 1897; "Charge of the 21st Lancers" on the battle of Omdurman and the Sudan Campaign; "Taken Prisoner by the Boers" on WSC as a war correspondent in South Africa; "My Escape from Pretoria"; "My Entry into Politics" on writing Lord...
Dates:
Jan 1935 - Mar 1935
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Literary: National Magazine Company: correspondence regarding publication of articles in "Nash's-Pall Mall" magazine., 16 Jul 1926 - 23 Nov 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/808
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Alice Head (Managing Director, The National Magazine Company) (8) and Desmond Morton (1).Other subjects include: text of article by WSC on Joseph Chamberlain; typescript list of articles published in Nash's magazine, 1924 - 1929.
Dates:
16 Jul 1926 - 23 Nov 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Literary: Naval articles by WSC for the Daily Telegraph., 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/299
Scope and Contents
Includes proofs and offprints of articles about the Royal Navy during World War I, including the naval building programmes of Germany and Great Britain, and discussion of the decisions made by the Admiralty and the Cabinet.Also contains notes and suggestions by Sir Roger Keyes.
Dates:
1931
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: News of the World articles by WSC 1., Apr 1938 - May 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/614
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Includes annotated proofs, galley proofs and cuttings from the News of the World for: "How Wars of the Future will be Waged" on the importance of the horse in the Boer War, of machine-guns and tanks in World War I, the need for foresight and initiative amongst generals, and the importance of air power in a future conflict; "Future Safeguards of National Defence" on the importance of the Navy to national defence, the German submarine campaign in World War I, the threat of air attacks on ships...
Dates:
Apr 1938 - May 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: News of the World articles by WSC: 1., Jan 1939 - May 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/642
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Includes annotated proofs and cuttings from the News of the World for: "Parliament is the Stage of Empire Drama", comparing pre-World War I parliamentary politics with the contemporary situation and reminiscing on post-World War I parliamentary life; "The Minister Who Has to Say 'No'" on his experiences as Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Gold Standard, budgets; "Sombre Memories of the Home Office" on his experiences as Home Secretary, capital punishment, prison reform, the police and...
Dates:
Jan 1939 - May 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: News of the World articles by WSC 2., May 1938 - Sep 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/615
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Includes annotated proofs, galley proofs and cuttings from the News of the World for: "Peopling the Wide, Open Spaces of Empire" on foreign emigration to parts of the British Empire, factors which prevent the British from emigrating, and developing the Empire through investment and emigration; "Why Not 'The United States of Europe'?" on the harm done by European rivalries and nationalism, fascism and communism, the economic benefits of European integration, and the role of Britain towards...
Dates:
May 1938 - Sep 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: News of the World articles by WSC: 2., May 1939 - Jun 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/643
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Includes annotated proofs, galley proofs, and cuttings from the News of the World for: "Our Rule Britannia Office of State" on the history and structure of the Admiralty, his experience of it during World War I, the replacement of coal-driven ships with oil-powered, the Admiralty yacht, the Enchantress, and praise for the Navy; "The Cinderella of Our Fighting Services" on the War Office, his experiences over demobilisation and mutinies at the end of World War I, and conscription; "Will There...
Dates:
May 1939 - Jun 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: News of the World articles by WSC: 4., Oct 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/617
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Includes annotated proofs, galley proofs and cuttings from the News of the World for: "Workers of Britain Have Come into their Own" on social services, education, National Insurance, savings, the Trade Board, child labour, and hours of work; "Health Comes First in Social Progress" on physical training schemes, improvements in sanitation, building new housing estates, cheap rents, encouraging families, allotments and promoting rural areas; "Necessity is Indeed the Mother of Invention" on the...
Dates:
Oct 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: News of the World articles by WSC: 4., 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/644
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Includes proofs for three unpublished articles (indicated by a 1962 note): "The Mysteries of the Body" on cells, organs, blood, the digestive system, the liver, the nervous system and the brain, the senses, reproduction, and genetics; "Are We Alone in Space?" on the necessary conditions for life to develop outside the Earth; "The River of Life" on the origin of life on Earth up till human life (with a supplement from the Illustrated London News showing human evolution).
Dates:
1939
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: News of the World articles by WSC: 5., Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/618
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Includes annotated proofs and cuttings from the News of the World for: "Memories of Parliament as a Novitiate Member" on the thrill of being an MP, features of the House of Commons, the gulf between the parties in the early years of the century, Joseph Chamberlain, the Free Trade debate, Charles Parnell and the flogging of soldiers; "On Making a Maiden Speech in the House" on the maiden speeches by F E Smith [later 1st Lord Birkenhead] and WSC, the effect of the Irish Nationalists and later,...
Dates:
Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: News of the World articles: correspondence., 19 Feb 1938 - 23 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/602
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Correspondents include: Representatives of the News of the World (11) on WSC's series of articles for the paper, including the Deputy Editor, [David] Percy Davies, and [the Editor] Sir Emsley Carr replying to a letter from WSC on the inadequacy of British air defences.
Dates:
19 Feb 1938 - 23 Dec 1938
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Literary: News of the World articles: correspondence., 21 Feb 1939 - 26 Oct 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/629
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Correspondents include: [David] Percy Davies, Deputy Editor [and Chairman] of the News of the World, on arrangements over articles on air defence, the War Office, the prospects of war and unpublished scientific articles (11); Wing Commander John Hodsoll [Inspector-General of Air Raid Precautions Department] on WSC's article on air defence; Sir Emsley Carr [Chairman and Editor of the News of the World] on his health, topics for articles by WSC, congratulations on WSC's appointment as First...
Dates:
21 Feb 1939 - 26 Oct 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Literary: News of the World articles: correspondence., 21 Jan 1936 - 24 Jun 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/533
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Correspondents include: representatives of the News of the World, including Sir Emsley Carr [Chairman and Editor] (4) and [David] Percy Davies, Deputy Editor (13); "S L" [Shane Leslie] on subjects for the articles (2); Adam Marshall Diston on drafting the articles (3).Subjects include: a complaint by Sir Reginald Bacon about defamatory remarks in WSC's article on 1st Lord Fisher, "The Price of Publicity".
Dates:
21 Jan 1936 - 24 Jun 1937
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Literary: News of the World articles: correspondence., 02 Feb 1937 - 23 Jun 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/551
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Correspondents include: representatives of the News of the World, including [David] Percy Davies, Deputy Editor (13) and Sir Emsley Carr [Chairman and Editor] (2) on the "Great Events of our Time" series, the "Great Events of Tomorrow" series and agreements for articles by WSC up to 1939.
Dates:
02 Feb 1937 - 23 Jun 1937
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Literary: "Not Uneventful": correspondence., 03 Aug 1940 - 15 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/659
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Correspondents include: Charles Eade, Editor of the Sunday Dispatch, on compiling an autobiography of WSC from various sources (8); Daniel MacMillan, [Chairman and Managing Director of] MacMillan and Company, commenting on the proposed book.Also includes: copy letters from WSC's office to those mentioned above and to Lovat Dickson [Director of MacMillan] requesting his views on the book; provisional chapter list, indicating where material has come from, for proposed versions of the...
Dates:
03 Aug 1940 - 15 Jun 1942
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Literary: "Not Uneventful": draft proofs, chapters 1-6., c 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/677
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Covers WSC's life until his escape from imprisonment by the Boers. Compiled from WSC's newspaper and magazine articles by Charles Eade [Editor of the Sunday Dispatch].
Dates:
c 1942
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Literary: "Not Uneventful": draft proofs, chapters 7-12., c 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/678
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Covers WSC's life from his election at Oldham [Lancashire] to the end of World War I. Compiled from WSC's newspaper and magazine articles by Charles Eade [Editor of the Sunday Dispatch].
Dates:
c 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: "Not Uneventful": draft proofs, chapters 13-23., c 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/679
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Covers WSC's life from the aftermath of World War I to the formation of the National Government in 1931. Compiled from WSC's newspaper and magazine articles by Charles Eade [Editor of the Sunday Dispatch].
Dates:
c 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: notes and cuttings for Sunday Dispatch articles., 1934 - 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/673
Scope and Contents
Includes lists of articles by WSC for possible publication in the Sunday Dispatch and cuttings from earlier articles by WSC: "Premiers on the Sick List", dismissing the strains of being Prime Minister; "What's Wrong With Parliament" on the need for parliamentary reform; "I Always Took Chances" on his childhood rashness; "Open Letter to a Communist" on his disapproval of dictatorship in the Soviet Union and Germany; "The Blackcoat Tragedy" on the decline of the middle classes; "India and the...
Dates:
1934 - 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: offers, foreign rights, and miscellaneous correspondence., Feb 1945 - Aug 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/7A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [William] Surrey Dane (2); representatives of the BBC (4); representatives of Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company, solicitors (8); William Chenery, Publisher of Collier's Magazine (20); Charles Eade, [Editor] of the Sunday Dispatch, on "Forever Again"; Guy Schofield, Editor of the Evening News; Charles Curran, Features Editor, Evening Standard, on WSC's opinion of cartoonist David Low; Robert Lusty, director of Michael Joseph Limited (2); [Geoffrey] Mason of Lloyds Bank...
Dates:
Feb 1945 - Aug 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: "Onwards to Victory" and "Dawn of Liberation": correspondence regarding publication of the fourth and fifth collections of WSC's speeches in the United Kingdom and around the world., 04 Jan 1943 - 21 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/806
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: H Aubrey Gentry [Director of Cassell and Company Ltd] (52); Sydney Roberts [Secretary of Cambridge University Press] (3); Sir Edward Marsh (9); Charles Eade (18).
Dates:
04 Jan 1943 - 21 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.