Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874-1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Places
- United Kingdom (nation) (Associated Country)
Found in 4600 Collections and/or Records:
File
Dardanelles Inquiry, 1911-10 - 1916-06
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 16/6
Scope and Contents
Copies of Fisher's papers and correspondence [?] used for the Inquiry, (with some originals), including: pre-war letters from Fisher to Alfred Gardiner [Editor of the Daily News] and Winston Churchill [First Lord of the Admiralty]; the exchange of notes between Fisher and Herbert Asquith [Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith], on Fisher's resignation as 1st Sea Lord, with a letter from Churchill to Fisher; preliminary papers on the Dardanelles (mainly Jan-Feb 1915), including...
Dates:
1911-10 - 1916-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
De Gaulle, 1944-08 - 1946-03
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DUFC 4/13
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence on Charles de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] including: letter from de Gaulle on Winston Churchill’s visit to Algeria, 1944; Duff Cooper’s general reflections on de Gaulle in 1944; Cabinet paper giving an outline of relations between the Government and de Gaulle between June 1940 and June 1943.
Dates:
1944-08 - 1946-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Unknown
"Defence (Government Policy)", 15 Feb 1951
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/40B/269-320
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (House of Commons) on subjects including: recent Government defence policy changes; the disruptive effect of the Iron and Steel Nationalization Act on rearmament; general mismanagement of defence, including demobilization, the dispersion and destruction of weapons, the extension of National Service and the wastage of defence funds; the British inability to produce atom bombs; Government opposition to the rearmament of West Germany [later part of Germany] and a...
Dates:
15 Feb 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Diary, 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/15
Scope and Contents
Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships with Churchill, the War Cabinet, and the Foreign Office; Cadogan's involvement in overseas diplomatic visits, including meetings at Alupka, Athens, Cairo, Washington, and San Francisco; Cadogan's role in the Malta Conference, Yalta Conference, and the United Nations Conference on International Organisation; the Allied invasion of Germany; negotiations over the Polish question and Soviet actions in Eastern Europe; reactions to the death of...
Dates:
1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1941
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/10
Scope and Contents
Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships within the Foreign Office, in particular with Anthony Eden; Cadogan's insight into the Axis campaigns in the Balkans; diplomatic concerns regarding Britain's activities in North Africa and Persia [now Iran]; reception of intelligence in advance of Hitler’s planned attack on Russia; Cadogan's opinions and influence upon Churchill's communications with Roosevelt, the voyage to the USA aboard the H.M.S. Prince of Wales and the drafting of the Joint...
Dates:
1941
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1942
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/11
Scope and Contents
Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships with Churchill, the Foreign Office, War Cabinet, and Special Operations Executive; Cadogan's role and interventions in ongoing strategic discussions between Churchill and Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Stalin, and De Gaulle; Cadogan's opinions on the Allied negotiations over future Soviet frontiers and the second front; Cadogan's involvement in overseas diplomatic visits, and the hosting of Soviet diplomats in Edinburgh and London; plans for an Allied...
Dates:
1942
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1943
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/12
Scope and Contents
Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships with Churchill, the War Cabinet, and the Foreign Office; Cadogan's role as an intermediary between Churchill and statesmen including Anthony Eden and Charles De Gaulle; Cadogan's involvement in overseas diplomatic visits; Turkey's relationship with the Allied powers and strained relations with the Soviet Union, including discussions with Ismet Inönü at the Adana Conference; the increasingly hostile relations between the Soviet Union and Poland...
Dates:
1943
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1944
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/13
Scope and Contents
Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships with Churchill, the War Cabinet, and the Foreign Office; Cadogan's involvement in overseas diplomatic visits; ongoing disputes between the Soviet Union and Poland relating to borders and the Curzon Line; meetings and preparations for Operation Overlord and the D-Day landings; notes on the progress of the Italian Campaign and Allied progress in France, Belgium, and Greece; discussions on 'World Organisation' and post-war planning; concerns...
Dates:
1944
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Dictation tape, 1966 - 1968-05
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 11/13
Scope and Contents
Includes: dictated draft review of Dana Schmidt's book "Yemen: the Unknown War" (cassette 1 side 1); dictated letters relating to an article on air terminal design and a letter to JA's son Leo on Lady Catherine Amery being in a court case and on her health (cassette 1 side 1); dictated note on JA's part in Israeli-Jordanian negotiations on the Middle East peace process (cassette 1 side 2 and cassette 2 side 1); an account of the writing of JA's book "Sons of the Eagle" (cassette 1 side 2 and...
Dates:
1966 - 1968-05
Conditions Governing Access:
Access copy available.
Unknown
"Foreign Affairs", 11 May 1953
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/51C/260-320
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (House of Commons) on subjects including: WSC taking over at the Foreign Office; aims to conclude a truce in Korea and the repatriation of prisoners-of-war; the situation in Indo-China [later Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam]; the evacuation of Abadan, Egypt, the new Egyptian ruling junta and negotiations on the reduction of British forces in the Canal Zone; the Soviet occupation of East Germany [later part of Germany]; relations with West Germany [later part of...
Dates:
11 May 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
"From the Dardanelles", 1915-02-20 - 1915-12-13
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WMYS 7/11/2
Scope and Contents
Written from Paris, M.M. Paquebot, H.M.S. Dartmouth, H.M.S. Hussar, H.M.S. Euryalus, Moudros on Lemnos and H.M.S. Europa.
Subjects include work done to make Lemnos a naval and military base, Wemyss' work at the Court Room on Lemnos, the small loss of life in British naval ships, the censorship of letters, the retirement of Sir Winston Churchill and Sir John Fisher, Wemyss' views of Australian, American and French troops, his hopes that the Bosphorus and Dardanelles will be...
Dates:
1915-02-20 - 1915-12-13
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Item
from Winston S. Churchill, Chartwell, Westerham, Kent, Jun 1955
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/C/22
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.
Dates:
Jun 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Other level
General research correspondence, 1955-1962
Other level
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9429/1B/564-1133
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include R. J. F. Barton (589-598), E. A. Beck (606-622), A. G. Bond (636-647), C. G. Evans (731-742), Sir B. D. Fisher (750-764), Lord Hankey (794-803), Sir E. R. Ludlow-Hewitt (872-910), T. B. Marson (923-933), Sir J. M. Salmond (980-998), J. R. W. Smyth-Pigott (1022-1032), R. Trenchard (1062-1078), Viscount Weir (1101-1119) and R. Wright (1123-1133).
Dates:
1955-1962
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Sub-Series
General Transparencies, 1983 - 1997
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/3
Scope and Contents
Seven boxes with numerous sleeves of 63mm and 35mm photographic transparencies and slides, along with a small amount of photographs, which mostly feature images of Spitting Image puppets. These images were produced for a number of purposes, including use in external publications and corporate literature, and general use by the media. The images found in these transparencies were taken by John Lawrence Jones, Steve Bendelack, Andy de Emmony and other...
Dates:
1983 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Fonds:
See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
File
Hood Battalion war memorial, 1925-04-25
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/RCB/Pr/36
Scope and Contents
Order of service and address by Winston Churchill at the unveiling and dedication of the Hood Battalion war memorial. The archive centre holds multiple copies.
Dates:
1925-04-25
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Illustrations of Political and Royal Figures, c 1956-c 1961
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/1/2/1
Scope and Contents
A file holding four pieces of paper that feature pencil illustrations of British political and royal figures (RL/Pre-/1527 (a)-(d)), by Roger Law. The individuals depicted in the illustrations are: Richard Austen Butler; Winston Churchill, Hugh Gaitskell, Harold Macmillan, and Queen Consort Mary (of Teck). There are two separate portrait drawings of Churchill and Macmillan, and also a piece of paper that contains portraits of Churchill, Gaitskell and Macmillan. On the back of the latter,...
Dates:
c 1956-c 1961
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
Part restricted. Some material are very fragile - access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. See descriptions for further details.
Series
Interviews with former staff of Sir Winston Churchill, 1978 - 1986
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHOH 1
Scope and Contents
Interviews recorded at Churchill Archives Centre in 1986, conducted by Pat Ackerman, with exceptions in CHOH 1/DEKE and RRDS.
Dates:
1978 - 1986
Conditions Governing Access:
Access copies available.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
Churchill Oral History
File
Invitations: Winston Churchill Centenary Dinner, Washington, 1974-10 - 1974-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 4/3/26
Scope and Contents
Cuttings and correspondence on a dinner given to mark the centenary of Churchill's birth, including CS's speech on Churchill, notes by Sir John Colville and Anthony Montague Browne [former Private Secretaries to Churchill], notes on the guestlist by MS, correspondence with Sir Peter Ramsbotham, British Ambassador to the United States, who was hosting the dinner, Sir John Colville and Ronald Scrivener [Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office] on the loan of a...
Dates:
1974-10 - 1974-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Fonds
Jackson and Archer scrapbook
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 114
Scope and Contents
This volume of c. 160 pages was compiled by Arthur C. Hunter, and was later passed to Lady Jackson. It contains material on Sir Frederick Jackson, Governor of Uganda (1911-1917), and his nephew Sir Geoffrey Archer, who served as Governor of Somaliland (1914-1923), Governor of Uganda (1923), and Governor-General of the Sudan (1924-1926). There are a few letters to A. C. Hunter from F. J. Jackson, but most of the items are printed cuttings. The scrapbook provides a record of the...
Dates:
1888 - 1932
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Keyes correspondence, 1939-12 - 1943-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BOWR 1/2
Scope and Contents
Letters from Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes to Bower on subjects including: concerns expressed by Winston Churchill [First Lord of the Admiralty] about the lack of co-operation between the different Air Forces, Churchill's view on the Admiralty's use of aircraft and a memorandum on the subject by Bower; inaccurate broadcasts; Keyes's attempts to advise Churchill on getting what the Navy required; keeping the Fleet Air Arm free of interference from the RAF.
Also includes a...
Dates:
1939-12 - 1943-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Letter from Cyril Clemens to NGA, 1977-09-10
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/NGA/5/1/175
Scope and Contents
1 typed letter signed. This file also includes a photocopy typed letter signed from Winston Churchill to Cyril Clemens, 25 Oct. 1943.
Dates:
1977-09-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some files are closed because they contain personal information. Most files which are marked as restricted access can be read with the written permission of the author. All other files may be consulted in the Archive Centre following the standard registration procedures.
File
Letter from Money to [Winston] Churchill (copy), 16 Nov. 1931
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9259/III/45
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers re Money's work in the blockade of Germany, and his part in advocating and implementing an effective convoy system for Atlantic shipping in response to the German U-Boat offensive during World War I (so-called 'Atlantic Concentration'). Unless otherwise stated, the item is a letter to Money.
Dates:
16 Nov. 1931
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Letter from Money to [Winston] Churchill (copy), 17 Jan. 1933
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9259/III/48
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers re Money's work in the blockade of Germany, and his part in advocating and implementing an effective convoy system for Atlantic shipping in response to the German U-Boat offensive during World War I (so-called 'Atlantic Concentration'). Unless otherwise stated, the item is a letter to Money.
Dates:
17 Jan. 1933
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Letter from Money to [Winston] Churchill (copy), 24 Jan. 1933
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9259/III/53
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers re Money's work in the blockade of Germany, and his part in advocating and implementing an effective convoy system for Atlantic shipping in response to the German U-Boat offensive during World War I (so-called 'Atlantic Concentration'). Unless otherwise stated, the item is a letter to Money.
Dates:
24 Jan. 1933
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Letter from Sir Winston Churchill to J.M. Keynes, 1927-02-14
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/PP/45/67
Scope and Contents
1 autograph letter, signed.
Dates:
1927-02-14
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.