Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), [May] [1882]
Letter from WSC (Blenheim Palace) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her to come to Blenheim again and describing riding the pony Rob Roy.
(Untitled), 15 Sep 1883
Letter from [WSC] to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he relates that he has caught his first fish and that he and "Jack" [John S Churchill] are well.
(Untitled), [Nov] [1883]
Letter from WSC (St George's School, Ascot [Berkshire]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] discussing a firework party at which there will be two guys [Charles] Bradlaugh and O'Donovan Rossa [Jeremiah O'Donovan] and giving the names of the songs he sings in the singing class.
(Untitled), 03 Sep 1889
(Untitled), 08 Aug 1890
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Banstead Manor, Newmarket [Suffolk]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] reporting that [WSC and John S Churchill] have been good and that WSC rides well. He also relates his anger about arrangements for racing [his racehorse] Inverness and that WSC has made friends with the servants and is "full of local gossip".
(Untitled), 24 Jan [1885]
Letter from WSC (29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Brighton [Hove, East Sussex]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] describing the weather and a horse riding expedition.
(Untitled), 28 Jan [1885]
Letter from WSC (29 [& 30] Brunswick Road, Brighton [Hove, East Sussex]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] describing his achievements at horse riding, asking after [Lord Randolph Churchill] and commenting that it is "wonderful to think that water is made up of two gases".
(Untitled), 29 Apr 1885
Letter from WSC (29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Brighton [Hove, East Sussex]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her to write to him about the races and describing swimming and cricket matches.
(Untitled), 01 Feb 1887
Letter from WSC (29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Brighton [Hove, East Sussex]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he would like to see "Ruddygore", asks to be given a chess set and describes the characters in "The merry men of Sherwood forest" in which he plays Robin Hood.
(Untitled), [08] [Jul] [1887]
Letter from "Winny" [WSC] ([29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Hove, East Sussex]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking for money, books and autographs and saying that he hopes she is not intending to employ a tutor and "make my holiday miserable".
(Untitled), 12 Jul 1887
Letter from "Winny" [WSC] (29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Brighton [Hove, East Sussex]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he is looking forward to his holidays and asks whether "Bertie" Roose may accompany him and requests books, autographs and money.
(Untitled), 05 Jan 1886
Letter from Marie [Duchess of Edinburgh] (Eastwell [Kent]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] in which she expresses pleasure that Lady Randolph and WSC will visit Eastwell, commenting that she hopes that Lord Randolph Churchill will come too, that they may play the piano together and that [Prince Alfred of Edinburgh] is looking forward to seeing WSC.