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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 263 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 21 Nov 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/125/64
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Letter from William Ormsby-Gore [later 4th Lord Harlech] (Colonial Office) to WSC thanking him for his letter [on Gore's appointment as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies], sympathising with him over his appendicitis and his defeat in Dundee [Angus, Scotland], noting "the systematic and thorough way in which revolutionary economics have been taught to the younger men" and taking this as evidence that "sooner or later we shall have a big fight with Socialism in this country.".

Dates: 21 Nov 1922
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), 06 Dec 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/125/81-83
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Letter from 2nd Lord Lytton (Governor's Camp, Bengal, [parts of Bangladesh and India]) to WSC commiserating with him on his illness and election defeat, congratulating him on his achievements, reporting that the break-up of the Coalition came as a surprise in India, wondering what WSC, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] and David Lloyd George will do now, reporting that although he is enjoying his work in India he gets home-sick, and inviting WSC to visit him.

Dates: 06 Dec 1922
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 Nov 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/125/84
Scope and Contents Letter from Jan Smuts (Prime Minister's Office, Pretoria, [South Africa] to WSC commiserating with him on his illness and election defeat, but suggesting that the rest will do him good, criticising David Lloyd George for failing to push for the formation of a new centre party and mistiming the general election, arguing that Andrew Bonar Law should be given a chance, and reporting that the attempt to include Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe] in the Union of South Africa has failed but this...
Dates: 22 Nov 1922
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), 25 Oct 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/125/86
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Letter from Sir John Asser (Government House, Bermuda) to WSC commiserating with him over his operation, hoping that he will soon return to the Colonial Office, describing conditions in Bermuda including the exploitation of tourists and the trouble with mosquitoes and referring to WSC's move [to Chartwell]: "those hills where you are to be take a lot of beating & the neighbourhood has not yet become cockneyfied.".

Dates: 25 Oct 1922
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), [14 Feb 1894]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/4/31
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Letter from "Woom" [Elizabeth Everest], 5 Cranmer Road, [Forest Gate] to WSC, on his toothache and his boils.

Dates: [14 Feb 1894]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Feb 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/4/32
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Letter from "Woom" [Elizabeth Everest], 5 Cranmer Road, [Forest Gate] to WSC, on his health.

Dates: 21 Feb 1894
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 May 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/4/41
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Letter from "Woom" [Elizabeth Everest], St George's Vicarage, Barrow-in-Furness to WSC, advice on his health, and on her stay in Barrow.

Dates: 21 May 1894
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 May 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/81-82
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, 50 Grosvenor Square, To WSC, on visit to Lord Roberts at Grove Park, also on forthcoming visit of the Prince of Wales to Harrow School. Advising WSC to take care with his diet, "Eating fast, as you do is a fertile source of indigestion & heated blood, producing boils". Also advising him to address him as "Dear Father" rather than "Papa" in future letters.

Dates: 28 May 1894
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [02 Feb 1891]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/4/3
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Letter from Elizabeth Everest to [2 Connaught Place, London] WSC, on his appointment to see Sir William MacCormac, [a specialist in hernia surgery].

Dates: [02 Feb 1891]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [28 Apr 1891]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/4/6
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Letter from "Woom" [Elizabeth Everest], to WSC, offering sympathy on his toothache.

Dates: [28 Apr 1891]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Jan 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/1/4
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Letter from Count Charles Kinsky to WSC, thanks for letter. Offering sympathy on having measles.

Dates: 25 Jan 1890
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Feb 1893]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/23
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Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (Harrow School) to WSC, school news, particularly outbreak of scarlet fever.

Dates: [Feb 1893]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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WSC's tribute to President Roosevelt, 17 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/167/206-207
Scope and Contents Printed copy from Hansard recording WSC's tribute on the death of President Roosevelt covering: the start of his friendship with Roosevelt when the President invited WSC to correspond with him; their correspondence of over 1,700 messages, 9 meetings and 120 days of close physical contact; his admiration and affection for Roosevelt; Roosevelt's courage about his physical affliction and 'agony' at the fall of France; a letter from Roosevelt brought to WSC by Wendell Wilkie in which Roosevelt...
Dates: 17 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open