Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Literary: miscellaneous correspondence, A-J., Sep 1946 - Feb 1951
Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 2., 03 Mar 1940 - 07 Apr 1940
Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 6., 03 Aug 1941 - 05 Oct 1941
Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 8., 23 Nov 1941 - 28 Dec 1941
Literary: various correspondence., 04 Jan 1945 - 19 Dec 1945
(Untitled), 09 Mar [1897]
(Untitled), c 1945
(Untitled), 31 Mar [1897]
Letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he discusses Jack's Greek friend and advises him to appreciate enthusiasm as "it is the sort of madness that wins great battles and performs great actions", giving examples of achievers "whom you would call 'cracked'" including Garibaldi, Wilberforce, [Lord] Byron, and Raphael. Signed manuscript. Envelope present. Typed transcript at CHAR 28/152A/109-112.
(Untitled), c 1945
Transcript of a letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he discusses Jack's Greek friend and advises him to appreciate enthusiasm as "it is the sort of madness that wins great battles and performs great actions", giving examples of achievers "whom you would call 'cracked'" including Garibaldi, Wilberforce, [Lord] Byron, and Raphael. Typed. 2 copies. Original letter at CHAR 28/152A/107-108.
(Untitled), 28 Apr [1897]
(Untitled), 05 Aug 1898
(Untitled), 11 Dec [1898]
Letter from WSC (S S Shannon, off Aden [later South Yemen, then part of Yemen]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he has made progress with his book ["The River War"], reports that the ship's copies of ["The Story of] the Malakand Field Force" are regularly read, and asks her to send him copies of the Annual Register.