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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 324 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 28 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/195B/143
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Note [?from Private Office] to WSC informing him of Bernard Baruch's expected arrival in the United Kingdom tomorrow [29 Mar 1945], giving details of Mr Baruch's party, and asking about the arrangements at Chequers for entertaining Mr Baruch, Brendan Bracken [Minister of Information] and John Winant [United States Ambassador in London] [annotated typescript].

Dates: 28 Mar 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.
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(Untitled), 02 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/195B/149
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Note from WSC to his Private Office listing guests for a private dinner party at 10 Downing Street on 4 Apr [1945] [typescript, annotated with details of acceptances and refusals].

Dates: 02 Apr 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.
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(Untitled), 22 Jun 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/133/76
Scope and Contents Letter from [WSC] (Chartwell) to Claude Lowther (43 Catherine Street, [London]) thanking him for thinking of him (WSC) in connection with the vacancy in the Lewes Division of Sussex but stating that he does not wish for the expense and worry of a by-election at present and that he believes that Conservative Central Office will arrange something satisfactory for himself and his supporters at the general election. He would like to come to Herstmonceux [Sussex] but is at present absorbed in...
Dates: 22 Jun 1924
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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(Untitled), 17 Jul 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/106/16
Scope and Contents Letter from Margot Asquith [later Lady Oxford and Asquith] (20 Cavendish Square, [London]) to WSC on: the case of one Dickens; the interesting time "Henry" [Herbert Asquith, later Lord Oxford and Asquith] had with Sir William Robertson in Germany; WSC' s sale of "the farmhouse" [Lullenden]; an address by Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] on "decadence" and a work by William Inge on "the Church and the Age"; the amusing idea of Herbert Asquith and Lord French [earlier Sir John French, later...
Dates: 17 Jul 1919
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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(Untitled), 1921-1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/155/1-2
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WSC's Pass Books for Investment Account with Cox & Co., March-Sept 1921, the books contain extensive notes by WSC on his finances, 1921-23, including details of his Childrens' Trust, his South African investments, Chartwell, estimates of his income and expenditure, and expenses and receipts for The World Crisis [2 items].

Dates: 1921-1923
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Feb 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/153/6
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Letter from John Hunt to WSC, recommending the use of half watt lamps instead of arc lights in the studio at 2 Sussex Square, London W2.

Dates: 22 Feb 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1922]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/157/83-84
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Note - Dissertation on Dining Room Chairs, on the need for 20 new dining room chairs of comfortable and compact design [by WSC] [carbon].

Dates: [1922]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Jul 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/158/38-39
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Letter from CSC to WSC, on his Dissertation on Dining Room Furniture [CHAR 1/157/83-84], and on his election prospects in Dundee.

Dates: 21 Jul 1922
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Nov 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/159/2
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Letter from [Sir Edward Marsh] to Nicholl, Manisty & Co., stating that WSC had no objection to the owner of the Butler's cottage at Chartwell having a right to the water supply of the Gardener's cottage [carbon].

Dates: 04 Nov 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Nov 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/159/3-15
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Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co. to WSC., acknowledging receipt of cheque for £152 18s for stamp duty on purchase of Chartwell, and for the outside effects purchased by WSC, enclosing inventory and valuation of the outside effects taken over by WSC, listing the contents of the Boat House, Gardens, Woodhouse, Outhouses, Toolhouse, Carpenter's Shop, Hayloft, and Loose Boxes etc., total value £102, 18s.

Dates: 08 Nov 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Jun 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/159/19
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Letter from Knight, Frank & Rutley, Estate Agents, to Edward Marsh, Private Secretary to WSC, on timber at Chartwell.

Dates: 02 Jun 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Sep 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/159/21-22
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Letter from WSC to Knight, Frank & Rutley, Estate Agents, offering £4,800 for the Chartwell Estate [ms and ts copy].

Dates: 15 Sep 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Sep 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/159/24
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Letter from Knight, Frank & Rutley to WSC, accepting his offer of £5,000 for the Chartwell Estate.

Dates: 20 Sep 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Sep 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/159/25
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Letter from WSC to Knight, Frank & Rutley, offering £5,000 for the Chartwell Estate [ts copy].

Dates: 20 Sep 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Sep 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/159/27
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Letter from A J Campbell-Colquhoun to WSC, on sale of Chartwell Estate to WSC, hoping that WSC would be able to employ the gardener and coachman.

Dates: 24 Sep 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Sep 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/159/28-31
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Letter from WSC to A J Campbell-Colquhoun, on purchase of Chartwell, and his willingness to employ Colquhoun's gardener, Waterhouse [carbon, with ms annotations by WSC].

Dates: 25 Sep 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Sep 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/159/32
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Letter from Knight, Frank & Rutley to WSC, on shooting and grazing at Chartwell [annotated by WSC].

Dates: 26 Sep 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Sep 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/159/33-38
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Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co. to WSC, on particulars and conditions of sale of Chartwell [annotated by WSC].

Dates: 27 Sep 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Sep 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/159/39
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Letter from Philip Tilden, Architect, to WSC, asking if it would be possible to start work at Chartwell before WSC officially took possession on 11 Nov.

Dates: 28 Sep 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Sep 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/159/41-42
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Letter from A J Campbell-Colquhoun to WSC, on WSC's decision to employ Colquhoun's gardener, Waterhouse at Chartwell.

Dates: 29 Sep 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Sep 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/159/43
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Letter from WSC to A J Campbell-Colquhoun, asking if it would be possible for his architect, Philip Tilden to start work at Chartwell before WSC officially took possession on 11 Nov [carbon].

Dates: 29 Sep 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Sep 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/159/44-46
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Letter from A.J. Campbell-Colquhoun to WSC, giving permission for Philip Tilden to start work at Chartwell before the official completion day.

Dates: 30 Sep 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Oct 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/159/47
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Letter from Knight, Frank & Rutley to WSC, asking if he would be willing to take over gardener's and carpenter's tools, plants in pots and other out-door effects at Chartwell at their valuation price [annotated by WSC "yes"].

Dates: 02 Oct 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Oct 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/159/49
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Letter from [Edward Marsh], Private Secretary to WSC to Knight, Frank & Rutley, Estate Agents, giving WSC's agreement to take over out-door effects at Chartwell [carbon].

Dates: 03 Oct 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Oct 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/159/52-54
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Letter from Philip Tilden, Architect to WSC, on his plan to start the renovation of Chartwell with the children's wing, so that the family could stay there "in a picnicy" way" at Christmas, also enclosing sketch of staff cottage.

Dates: 12 Oct 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open