Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 370 Collections and/or Records:
Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: Switzerland (August - September 1946) I - L., 20 May 1946 - 22 Apr 1947
Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: the Netherlands (May 1946) correspondence: general public., 19 Mar 1946 - 22 Aug 1946
Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: United States (January - March 1946) S - Z., 03 Oct 1945 - 07 Aug 1946
Speeches: Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 24 Oct 1955 - 16 Dec 1955
(Untitled), 13 Oct 1908
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.
(Untitled), 19 Jan 1955
Note relating to the donation of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough's edition of Herodotus to WSC. Typed.
(Untitled), c 1955
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].
(Untitled), 01 Aug 1945
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).
(Untitled), 01 Jul 1947
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.
(Untitled), 05 Dec 1943
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.
(Untitled), 05 Jun 1943
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.
(Untitled), 28 Jun 1943
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.
(Untitled), 05 Jul 1943
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.
(Untitled), 08 Feb 1944
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.
(Untitled), 10 Sep 1943
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.
(Untitled), 10 Dec 1940
Letter from WSC to Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands thanking the Dutch East Indies [later Indonesia] for their generous gift. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 02 Jul 1941
Letter from WSC to Monsieur Halbisch [Batavia, now Djakarta, Java, no part of Indonesia] thanking him for the gift of cigars.
(Untitled), 20 Aug 1941
Letter from WSC to John Bartholomew [Chairman and Cartographical Head of Geographical Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland] thanking him for the maps.
(Untitled), 04 Sep 1941
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.
(Untitled), 04 Oct 1941
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].
(Untitled), 24 Apr 1942
Letter from WSC to Noel Coward thanking him for the copy of "Blithe Spirit".
(Untitled), 08 May 1942
Letter from WSC to John Winant [United States Ambassador to Britain] thanking him for the gift of the United States flag.
(Untitled), 10 Mar 1942
Letter from WSC to 19th Lord Saltoun accepting the gift of a portrait of the 1st Duke of Marlborough by Van der Wer.
(Untitled), 22 Mar 1942
Letter from WSC to 19th Lord Saltoun advising he has received the picture of 1st Duke of Marlborough.
(Untitled), 12 Jun 1945
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].