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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 56 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 30 Jan 1898

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/24/33-35
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC (4th Hussars [Bangalore] India) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] discussing financial affairs, his acceptance of liability for a loan provided the amount is shared with "Jack" [John S Churchill], and her extravagance. Envelope present.

Dates: 30 Jan 1898
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), 27 Mar [1898]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/24/65-67
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC (Peshawar [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses financial affairs, expresses relief that "Jack" [John S Churchill] will be jointly liable for a loan which she is taking, asks her to reply to his letters, and makes observations on relations with the tribes which make it likely that there will be no fighting. Includes envelope.

Dates: 27 Mar [1898]
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), 31 Mar [1898]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/24/74-77
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Camp Peshawar [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his feelings about financial affairs and being liable for her loan; his character; Lady [Mary] Jeune's efforts regarding his possible posting to Egypt; his home sickness; a request that she should write to [George] Brasier-Creagh; his intention that a letter he has written to Lord Charles Beresford [see CHAR 28/24/68-72] should be published; his intervention to prevent General [William] Nicholson...
Dates: 31 Mar [1898]
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), 24 Aug 1890

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/10/20
Scope and Contents

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Cliveden, Maidenhead [Buckinghamshire]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] discussing financial matters and asking her to be more careful; describing an expedition to Oxford with [Lady] Sarah [Churchill, later Sarah Wilson], WSC and "Jack" [John S Churchill] and "Jack's" first ride on his pony and discussing arrangements for her to come to Cliveden.

Dates: 24 Aug 1890
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), 18 Sep 1891

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/11/36-38
Scope and Contents Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Hartley Hill [Rhodesia, later Zimbabwe]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he relates their success in speculating for gold and his hopes for a gold field called the "Matchless"; describes game hunting; and expresses his pleasure with letters he has received from WSC although he comments that WSC should adopt "a more simple style of expressing himself". He discusses the effect of his letters to the [Daily] Graphic and the comments of the Pall Mall...
Dates: 18 Sep 1891
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), 20 Jan [1876]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/5/18-21
Scope and Contents

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Marlborough Club, Pall Mall [London]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that his departure [for France] has been delayed by arrangements for a loan and because [Lord] Blandford [later George, 8th Duke of Marlborough] wishes to see him; discusses financial affairs and says that they must live in an "economical manner" and asks for news of [WSC].

Dates: 20 Jan [1876]
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), 05 Jan [1883]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/7/6-7
Scope and Contents Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill ([France] on the notepaper of 2 Connaught Place) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] thanking her for her letter and including: his worry at her illness which has made him ill; concern that she should not tire herself by writing to him; his intention to meet her at Marseilles [France]; a meeting with [John] Gorst at Menton [France]; Lord Randolph's intention to avoid a meeting in Birmingham and lack of interest in politics; financial difficulties and his relief...
Dates: 05 Jan [1883]
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), 29 Mar 1892

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/62
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, 2 Connaught Place, London to WSC, complaining about WSC's spending "I think you have got through about £10 this term. This cannot last, & if you are not more careful should you get into the army six months of it will see you in the Bankruptcy Court".

Dates: 29 Mar 1892
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Jun 1894

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/84-85
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill to WSC, on the state of WSC's finances, and his "pedantic and overgrown schoolboy style of letter writing, and complaining about his use of a typewriter "an objectionable machine calculated to spoil your handwriting.

Dates: 24 Jun 1894
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Sep [1893]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/3/9
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Letter from Clara Hall Jerome [WSC's grandmother], 53 Seymour Street, Portman Square, to WSC, on his finances, and his success in the Sandhurst Entrance examination.

Dates: 04 Sep [1893]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [01 Jul 1894]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/8/4
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Letter from Frances, Duchess of Marlborough, 50 Grosvenor Square, London, to WSC, granting him an allowance of £20 per month.

Dates: [01 Jul 1894]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Nov 1889]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/8/6
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Letter from Lady Randolph Churchill, 2 Connaught Place, to WSC, asking for letter "I suppose when yr exchequer is at a low ebb I shall have the pleasure of hearing from you".

Dates: [Nov 1889]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Oct [1891]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/8/27
Scope and Contents

Letter from Lady Randolph Churchill, Banstead, to WSC, sending £1 and complaining about the state of his finances, also on his toothache, complaining that he had had another tooth out ".

Dates: 28 Oct [1891]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 [Jan 1898]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/8/124
Scope and Contents

Letter from Lady Randolph Churchill, 35a Great Cumberland Place, to WSC, on family finances.

Dates: 14 [Jan 1898]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Jan 1905

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/27/33
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Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street [London]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he has discussed her affairs with "Sunny" [Charles, 9th Duke of Marlborough] and asks her to write a letter authorising him to investigate the matter with Lumley, the solicitor. Manuscript in the hand of Annette Anning signed by WSC.

Dates: 21 Jan 1905
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 Sep 1906

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/27/58-59
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Letter from WSC (Vienna [Austria]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her to give him information about the financial difficulties of George [Cornwallis-West]. Envelope present marked "private".

Dates: 14 Sep 1906
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), 29 Sep 1906

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/27/60-62
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Siena [Italy]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: discussion of the financial difficulties of George [Cornwallis-West]; comment that his visit to see German army manoeuvres was "instructive"; a list of the places he has visited; his contentment [at the Colonial Office] and his decision to remain there until the Colonial Conference, and to settle issues connected with the Orange River Constitution and Nigerian Railway Stock; his confidence that he will win the...
Dates: 29 Sep 1906
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), 27 Jul 1894

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/42/24
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Letter from [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough] (50 Grosvenor Square [London]) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which she discusses the health of [Lord Randolph Churchill] and the high expenses of their travels, she suggests that Jennie should consider cutting down on the number of servants, reports on the wedding of Frances [Wimborne] and gives news of WSC and says that she has been obliged to check him as he needs a "firm hand".

Dates: 27 Jul 1894
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), 12 Nov 1894

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/42/28
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Letter from [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough] (Canford [Wimborne, Dorset]) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which she discusses the health of "R" [Lord Randolph Churchill] and says that she hopes that he will be "prudent & docile"; gives news of "Jack" [John S Churchill] and WSC; discusses financial affairs and a bill from the Munro Club and the abscondment of Healy, a servant.

Dates: 12 Nov 1894
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 Jun [1895]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/42/40-41
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Letter from [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough] (Ramsey [Abbey, Huntingdon) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which she discusses the letters she has received from "Jack" [John S Churchill] and WSC, the death of Sir Samuel Wilson, the possibility of a dissolution of parliament. She also comments on Jennie's financial situation and the expense of renting a house in Portman Square [London].

Dates: 14 Jun [1895]
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 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/33/4-5
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Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill](41 Cromwell Road [London]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] discussing the legal implications of the terms of "Papa's" [Lord Randolph Churchill's] will and its' effect on her financial situation and on his and WSC's wives and children. He begs her to live within her means and says that he has not heard from "G" [George Cornwallis-West].

Dates: 14 Feb 1914
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), 12 Aug 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/145/63
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Copy of a letter from [W Bernau of Lloyds bank] to WSC marked 'private and confidential' discussing Randolph Churchill's finances and expressing concern at his overdraft. He notes that WSC does not want any of Randolph's cheques to be returned but asks "what are we to do if he does not keep his eye on funds". Manuscript.

Dates: 12 Aug 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Oct 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/145/73
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Draft of a letter from [W Bernau of Lloyds bank] to WSC discussing Randolph Churchill's finances and his failure to adhere to an agreement with the bank regarding his overdraft. Unsigned manuscript.

Dates: 08 Oct 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Oct 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/145/74
Scope and Contents

Copy of a letter from [W Bernau of Lloyds bank] to WSC informing him that [Randolph Churchill's] account is overdrawn beyond the limit permitted by the bank and informing him that allowance of 100 pounds will be credited to him. Carbon typescript signed with initials.

Dates: 16 Oct 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Oct 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/145/75
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Letter from WSC (Chartwell, Westerham, Kent]) to W Bernau [of Lloyds bank] promising to speak to Randolph Churchill, instructing Bernau to pay Randolph's allowance and commenting that Randolph's income is increasing. Signed typescript.

Dates: 18 Oct 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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