Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
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Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 175 Collections and/or Records:
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Personal: Financial investments., 31 Dec 1948 - 17 Jul 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/10
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Includes correspondence on the purchase of shares and advice on investment from: representatives of Vickers, da Costa and Company (8); representatives of Lloyds Bank, Cox's and King's Branch, London (68); Geoffrey Mason [formerly at Lloyds]; Christopher Soames. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Maud Stanley, Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, and Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of...
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31 Dec 1948 - 17 Jul 1954
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Personal: Financial: Lloyds Bank., 07 Aug 1945 - 12 Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/11
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Includes correspondence on managing WSC's accounts, literary royalty payments, and arranging money for trips abroad from: representatives of Lloyds Bank, Cox's and King's Branch, London (82); Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Elizabeth Layton, Kathleen Hill, Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], and Elizabeth Gilliatt.Also includes royalty statements from...
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07 Aug 1945 - 12 Dec 1947
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Personal: Financial: Lloyds Bank., 31 Dec 1947 - 13 Nov 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/12
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Includes correspondence from: representatives of Lloyds Bank, Cox's and King's Branch, London, including Geoffrey Mason, on managing WSC's accounts (102); A J Moyes of the House of Commons Fees Office on WSC's salary as an MP (10); Christopher Soames on WSC's betting account. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Lilian Buck [private secretary to Randolph Churchill], Jane Portal...
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31 Dec 1947 - 13 Nov 1951
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Personal: Financial: Lloyds Bank, First National Bank of New York [United States]., Aug 1951 - Jun 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/14A-B
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Includes correspondence from: representatives of Lloyds Bank, Cox's and King's Branch, London, including Geoffrey Mason, on managing WSC's accounts (188); Richard Griffiths [Assistant Secretary, Treasury]; representatives of Fladgate and Company, including Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor] (9); Sverker Astrom [Counsellor at Swedish Embassy, London] on WSC's Nobel prize money; representatives of the First National Bank (4). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo...
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Aug 1951 - Jun 1956
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Personal: Visits and invitations: Aix-en-Provence [France], Monte Carlo [Monaco], (August-October 1948): arrangements etc., 05 Aug 1948 - 29 Oct 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/70
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Correspondents on WSC's visits to Aix and Monte Carlo include: John Snedaker, Business Manager, Time-Life International (4); CSC (3); Christopher Soames; "Bernie" [Bernard Baruch]; William Deakin [WSC's literary assistant].Also includes: bills and accounts of travel expenses; telegrams between WSC's secretaries, Lettice Marston, Elizabeth Gilliatt and Jo Sturdee [later Lady Onslow], between London and France; baggage lists, including letters and lists of proofs for ["The Second World War"];...
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05 Aug 1948 - 29 Oct 1948
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Personal: Visits and invitations: Italy (July - September 1949): arrangements etc., 11 Jul 1949 - 12 Apr 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/75
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Correspondents on WSC's visit to Italy include: CSC (2); Christopher Soames; Charles Wood [literary assistant to WSC] on ["The Second World War"].Also includes: telegrams between WSC's secretaries, Jo Sturdee [later Lady Onslow], Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], Elizabeth Gilliatt, Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford] and Cecily "Chips" Gemmell; baggage lists, including lists of letters and proofs for volume 4 of ["The Second World War"]; accounts of travel expenses and...
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11 Jul 1949 - 12 Apr 1950
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Personal: Visits and invitations: Madeira (January 1950) A - G., 18 Nov 1949 - 29 Mar 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/80
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Correspondents on WSC's visit to Madeira include: "Bill", 1st Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry, Chairman, Amalgamated Press] on subjects including the serialisation of ["The Second World War"] (2); CSC (4); Barry Aikman, Managing Director, Aquila Airways Limited (4); Marshal Antonio Carmona [President of Portugal] welcoming WSC to Madeira; Arthur Christiansen, [Editor] Daily Express, on the use of Daily Express cartoons by the Conservative Party; Duncan Sandys; R Mullins, Manager,...
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18 Nov 1949 - 29 Mar 1950
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Personal: Visits and invitations: Marrakesh [Morocco], (December 1947 - January 1948): A - D., 21 Oct 1947 - 04 Mar 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/68
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Correspondents on WSC's visit to Marrakesh include: Marquis de Montesquiou-Fezensac, President of the Societe des produits d' Armagnac [France]; Clement Attlee [Prime Minister]; A-L Breugnot, L'Echo D'Algers [Algeria] (4); Francois Cogne, on his sculpture of WSC (5); Noel Barber, [Editor], Continental Daily Mail; H Valentine, Assistant Traffic Manager, Thomas Cook and Son Limited, on travel arrangements (13); Stanley Adams, Chairman, Thomas Cook and Son Limited; Sir Edward Bridges [Permanent...
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21 Oct 1947 - 04 Mar 1948
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Personal: Visits and invitations: Monte Carlo [Monaco] (December 1948 - January 1949) H - Z., 29 Nov 1948 - 19 Jan 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/74
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Correspondents on WSC's visit to Monte Carlo include: Louis Detraz, General Manager, Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo (7); Denise, Duchess of Leinster; Prince Rainier of Monaco; James Griffyth Fairfax, President, M C Club; Lady Smith-Gordon; Mary Soames [earlier Mary Churchill]; Florence Stonor (2); "Bendor" [2nd Duke of Westminster]; Edward, Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and Edward VIII] (3); Charles Wood [literary assistant to WSC] on ["The Gathering Storm", volume 1 of "The...
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29 Nov 1948 - 19 Jan 1949
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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers concerning an action brought by William Griffin, editor and publisher of the New York Enquirer, against WSC for slander over WSC's denial of statements attributed to him by Griffin on the United States' entry into World War I allegedly made during a meeting in August 1936., Jan 1940 - Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/408
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Correspondents include: David Hecht and J Arthur Leve of Leve, Hecht, Hadfield and Clarke, WSC's US lawyers (14); David Scott [Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]; [11th] Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr, British Ambassador to the United States] (7); Sir John Simon [Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); Sir Thomas Barnes, Treasury Solicitor (4); "B B" [Brendan Bracken, Prime Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from...
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Jan 1940 - Dec 1940
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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers concerning the action brought by William Griffin, editor and publisher of the New York Enquirer [United States], against WSC., Mar 1942 - Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/454
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Correspondents include: Sir Thomas Barnes, Treasury Solicitor (26); John Foster [First Secretary] (British Embassy, Washington) (4); [Bernard] Sendall [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Information]; Lovat Dickson [Director] of MacMillan and Company (3); Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin], British Ambassador to the United States (2); [Maurice] Bathurst [Legal Adviser, British Embassy, Washington] (2); [Frank] Lawton [Principal Assistant Treasury Solicitor] (3). Also...
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Mar 1942 - Jun 1945
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence C-G., Jul 1929 - May 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/573A-B
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Correspondents include: [1st Lord] Carson on India; "Bertie" [7th Duke of] Leinster [earlier Lord Edward FitzGerald] on his health; Randolph Churchill on his finances; representatives of Nicholl Manistry and Company regarding the division of stock and a settlement to Randolph Churchill; Lord Ivor Churchill on subjects including family affairs including Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough and a statue of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough (5); Neville Chamberlain on opposition to the Finance Bill;...
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Jul 1929 - May 1934
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(Untitled), [May 1901]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/31/59
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Statement from The Lecture Agency Ltd., detailed accounts for WSC's lecture tour, 6 March - 8 May 1901.
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[May 1901]
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(Untitled), [Nov 1901]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/31/90
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Statement from The Lecture Agency Ltd,. accounts for WSC's lecture tour, Oct - Nov 1901.
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[Nov 1901]
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(Untitled), 09 Jul 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/184/54
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Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co. to WSC, on his royalties from The World Crisis, which were to be invested to provide for the education of his daughter, Mary.
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09 Jul 1925
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(Untitled), 10 Jul 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/184/55
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Letter from Sir Edward Marsh to Nicholl, Manisty & Co., on the investment of WSC's royalties from The World Crisis, to provide for the education of his daughter, Mary [carbon].
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10 Jul 1925
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(Untitled), 17 May 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/176/4
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Letter from WSC to Lloyds Bank, on his literary income [carbon].
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17 May 1924
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(Untitled), 11 Jun 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/176/9
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Letter from WSC to Lloyds Bank, on his literary receipts [carbon].
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11 Jun 1924
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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].
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1921-1923
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(Untitled), 30 Jul 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/145/12-15
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Letter from WSC (Chartwell, Westerham, Kent) to W Bernau of Lloyds Bank marked "confidential" on his finances including: an extension of his overdraft; his estimate of his expenses until 15 November (totalling 3,780 pounds) and forthcoming payments; the amounts due from articles he intends to write; his intentions regarding the sale of shares; and a request for a letter of credit for 500 pounds to cover his tour in Canada and the United States. Signed typescript.
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30 Jul 1929
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(Untitled), 16 Nov 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/145/36-38
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Letter from WSC (62, Onslow Gardens [London]) to W Bernau of Lloyds Bank marked "confidential" detailing payments he expects from writing articles and from his estate and proposing reductions of his overdraft; and discussing his shares and arrangements to increase securities held by the bank. Signed typescript.
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16 Nov 1929
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(Untitled), 31 Jul 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152B/189-195
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Letter from WSC (35 A, Great Cumberland Place [London]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] including: news that [Sir Ernest] Cassel would like Jack to return; the marriage of "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] to George Cornwallis West, about which he comments "the whole of the Churchill family from Sunny [Charles, 9th Duke of Marlborough] downwards was drawn in a solid phalanx and their approval ratified the business"; discussion of financial affairs; his decision to contest Oldham [Lancashire]...
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31 Jul 1900
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(Untitled), 15 Jun 1916
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152B/221
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Letter from WSC (Blenheim Palace [Oxfordshire]) to [John S Churchill] in which he says that he has been thinking about [the possibility of his regiment being sent to the Somme] and advises him to "confine yrself strictly to your duties"; comments on the "marvellous devotion and heroism of the troops"; says that he hopes to earn 10-12,000 pounds in the next 6 months and that his salary "beats all records in journalism"; expresses frustration at not being given a position and not being able to...
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15 Jun 1916
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(Untitled), c 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152B/222-227
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Transcript of a letter from WSC (Blenheim Palace [Oxfordshire]) to [John S Churchill] in which he says that he has been thinking about [the possibility of his regiment being sent to the Somme] and advises him to "confine yrself strictly to your duties"; comments on the "marvellous devotion and heroism of the troops"; says that he hopes to earn 10-12,000 pounds in the next 6 months and that his earnings "beats all records in journalism"; expresses frustration at not being given a position and...
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c 1945
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(Untitled), 08 Dec 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/144A/1
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Note about the financial value of the rights of some of WSC's books. Manuscript [in the hand of ?W Bernau of Cox and Company].
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08 Dec 1920
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