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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 370 Collections and/or Records:

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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: Switzerland (August - September 1946) I - L., 20 May 1946 - 22 Apr 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/242A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents on WSC's visit include: David Lamb; Dennis Larking; H Lefeuvre-Meaulle, French Minister Plenipotentiary in Switzerland (2); Lord Duncannon [later 10th Lord Bessborough, First Secretary, British Embassy, Paris, France]; J Luscher, photographer, on taking photographs of "Choisi", where WSC was staying (4). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by CSC and Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, M Staite, "N S" [Jo Sturdee, later Lady Onslow]...
Dates: 20 May 1946 - 22 Apr 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: the Netherlands (May 1946) correspondence: general public., 19 Mar 1946 - 22 Aug 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/235A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents on WSC's visit include: Sir Frederick Godber, Chairman, Executive Committee, Help Holland Council; Merrick Denton-Thompson, British Consul- General, Amsterdam (2); Walter Fletcher on paint suppliers in the Netherlands; Sir Nevile Bland, British Ambassador to the Netherlands; G van Heuven Goedhart, former Minister of Justice for the Netherlands, on his wartime escape to Britain. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by CSC and Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames], and...
Dates: 19 Mar 1946 - 22 Aug 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: United States (January - March 1946) S - Z., 03 Oct 1945 - 07 Aug 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/230A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents on WSC's visit include: Jorge Sanchez (5); Douglas Robey [British Vice-Consul, New York]; Iriney Georgevitch, Serbian Bishop of Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; Albert Canning, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Special Branch, on WSC's police guard; Charles Scribner; [Walter] Bedell Smith; "Betty", Harold Stark; Sir William Stephenson [Director, British Security Co-ordination] on WSC meeting the lawyer...
Dates: 03 Oct 1945 - 07 Aug 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Speeches: Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 24 Oct 1955 - 16 Dec 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/59A-C
Scope and Contents Speech notes and typescript for WSC's speech (18 November, Monkhams Ward Dinner and Dance, Woodford [Essex]) on the increased Conservative majority, Conservative support for a varied, tolerant society, the current political situation, including the last Budget, the rejection of nationalization by the electorate, and Labour's lack of other policies. Published: Complete Speeches VIII pp 8662 - 3.Speech notes and typescript for WSC's speech (24 November, Harrow [Middlesex]) on receiving the...
Dates: 24 Oct 1955 - 16 Dec 1955
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Oct 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/35/38
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Letter from H E Cashmore (Liberal Club, Birmingham) to WSC asking him to send the design of his crest or monogram for an enamel wedding present to be presented to him by the Club. Signed typescript.

Dates: 13 Oct 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Jan 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/151A/2
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Note relating to the donation of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough's edition of Herodotus to WSC. Typed.

Dates: 19 Jan 1955
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), c 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/151A/3
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Note with instructions to Denis Kelly about WSC's archives including a note by Denis Kelly relating to Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough's edition of Herodotus [CHAR 28/151B-C].

Dates: c 1955
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Aug 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/148/9
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Letter from H de Malet de Campigny (Autingues par Ardres, Pas de Calais [France]) to [WSC] sending him an engraving of [John, 1st] Duke of Marlborough [CHAR 28/148/10] discovered in his family's papers. Signed manuscript (also signed by other members of the de Campigny family).

Dates: 01 Aug 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jul 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/149A/2
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Note from Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford, Secretary to WSC] concerning a gift of Marlborough manuscripts from [1st] Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Maxwell Aitken] to WSC. Typescript signed with initials.

Dates: 01 Jul 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Dec 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94B/255
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Letter from WSC (Casey Villa, Cairo) to King Peter of Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia] thanking him for sending a birthday present and asking him to convey his congratulations to Svetozar Puric on the work he has produced Initialled in typescript. Copy.

Dates: 05 Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 05 Jun 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/96B/147
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Letter from John Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] to Michael Foot (The Evening Standard) thanking him on WSC's behalf for the original David Low cartoon Initialled.

Dates: 05 Jun 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Jun 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/96B/165
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Draft of a telegram from WSC [to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes, Conservative MP for Portsmouth [Hampshire] thanking him for his book Initials in typescript.

Dates: 28 Jun 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Jul 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94A/10
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Letter from WSC to Herbert Evatt [Attorney General and Minister for External Affairs, Australia] thanking him for the gift of a stuffed Duck-billed Platypus called "Splash" and a book about its life and habits given on behalf of the people of Australia Initialled.

Dates: 05 Jul 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 08 Feb 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/137A/67-68
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Letter from WSC to King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia stating that he is sorry that he was not in the country when his two sons visited Great Britain and thanking him for the gift of a sword which was presented to CSC and sending him two framed photographs. Signed.

Dates: 08 Feb 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Sep 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94A/113
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Letter from WSC to Senator Carter Glass (United States Senate, Washington D C, United States) thanking him for forwarding the gift of cigars from Samuel Kaplan and for his kind words of address Signature in typescript. Copy.

Dates: 10 Sep 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 10 Dec 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/2B/149
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Letter from WSC to Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands thanking the Dutch East Indies [later Indonesia] for their generous gift. [Carbon].

Dates: 10 Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Jul 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/22A/2
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Letter from WSC to Monsieur Halbisch [Batavia, now Djakarta, Java, no part of Indonesia] thanking him for the gift of cigars.

Dates: 02 Jul 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Aug 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/22A/57
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Letter from WSC to John Bartholomew [Chairman and Cartographical Head of Geographical Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland] thanking him for the maps.

Dates: 20 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/22A/99
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Letter from WSC to Luke Fawcett [President, Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers] thanking him and [Ernest] George Hicks [former General Secretary, Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers] for the gift of a wallet sent on behalf of their Union.

Dates: 04 Sep 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Oct 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/22B/160-161
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Letter from WSC to Don Guillermo de Blanck [Cuban Minister in London] asking for the enclosed letter to be forwarded to the Cuban Minister for Agriculture [Andres Rivero Aguero] thanking him for the cigars which the Cuban National Tobacco Commission presented to Sir George Ogilvie-Forbes [British Minister at Havana, Cuba].

Dates: 04 Oct 1941
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), 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), 10 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53B/129
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Letter from WSC to 19th Lord Saltoun accepting the gift of a portrait of the 1st Duke of Marlborough by Van der Wer.

Dates: 10 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53B/155
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Letter from WSC to 19th Lord Saltoun advising he has received the picture of 1st Duke of Marlborough.

Dates: 22 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/394/124
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Letter from [Grace Hamblin, Private Secretary to CSC] to A W Southon and Sons, Builders (Edenbridge [Kent]), on their offer of a Permutit Water Softener for Chartwell, stating that WSC and CSC were unable to accept such a costly gift, but that they would be interested in purchasing a softener. [Carbon].

Dates: 12 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open