Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
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Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:
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Public and Political: General: Gifts M-Z., [1934] - Apr 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/390
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Correspondents (on gifts to WSC) include: Sir Alfred Munnings; Odette Pol Roger; John Rodgers; Frederic Roe; "Willy" Sax [supplier of paints to WSC]; Sir Alfred Brown, Legal Advisor to the High Commissioner in Germany; Edward Shrapnell-Smith; Colonel Douglas Clifton-Brown [later 1st Lord Ruffside]; George Benson; Sir Jasper Ridley, Chairman of the Trustees of the Tate Gallery; and Sir Francis Beane, Chairman of the Bank of British West Africa Limited.Also includes copies of correspondence...
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[1934] - Apr 1951
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Public and Political: General: Gifts O-R., Dec 1952 - Dec 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/412
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: Roden Orden; Joan, Lady Portal; Henry Pratt Boorman; Sir Carol Reed and [Penelope], Lady Reed; Juliet, Lady Rhys Williams (with notes on taxation); John Tilney; Nellie Romilly [earlier Nellie Hozier]; [6th] Lord Rosebery [earlier Albert Primrose]; Esmond [2nd Lord] Rothermere [earlier Esmond Harmsworth]; Sir William Farren, President of the Royal Aeronautical Society; and Sir Ivison Macadam, editor of the Annual Register of World Events.Also...
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Dec 1952 - Dec 1953
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Public and Political: General: Gifts O-R., 1908 - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/419
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: John O'Donnell (3); Sir Esmond Ovey; Dato Paglar (3) regarding a gift of cigars; Richard Pape (4) regarding his escape from the Netherlands during World War II and the presentation of spoons to WSC; Desmond Crawley [Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations]; Terence Grady [Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary]; Alan Hodge, editor of History Today; A Pratt (3); [Mary] Irene, Lady Ravensdale...
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1908 - 1955
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Public and Political: General: Gifts P-Z., 15 Aug 1951 - 31 Jan 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/397
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: Reginald Paget on the release of German commanders including [Field Marshal Fritz von] Manstein; Frederick Leishman [Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary]; Sarah Beauchamp [earlier Sarah Churchill and Sarah Oliver, later Sarah, Lady Audley]; "Willy" Sax [supplier of paints to WSC]; Barney Seale; [John] Kennedy Thompson, Attache for Colonial Affairs; Ella Sprott (4); Sir Ronald Storrs; Lowell Thomas; [Cyril] George Toogood;...
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15 Aug 1951 - 31 Jan 1952
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Public and Political: General: Gifts S., 1899 - Dec 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/405
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: [Kenneth] Michael Wilford [Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary]; [Charles] Evelyn Shuckburgh [Principal Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary]; Frank Salisbury; Monica, Lady Salmond; Diana Sandys [earlier Diana Churchill, later Diana Bailey] and Duncan Sandys; Willy Sax (3); "Top" [3rd Lord Selborne, earlier Lord Wolmer]; Colonel Ronald Sherbrooke-Walker; Colin Coote [Managing Editor of the Daily Telegraph and Morning Post];...
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1899 - Dec 1952
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Public and Political: General: Gifts S., 1900 - 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/413
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: Colonel Sir Harold Mitchell; Diana Sandys [earlier Diana Churchill, later Diana Bailey] and Duncan Sandys; "Willy" Sax [supplier of paints to WSC]; Dudley Senanayake, Prime Minister of Ceylon [later Sri Lanka]; Charles Vignoles, Chairman of Shell-Mex and British Petroleum Limited; Arnold Silcock; Evelyn Shuckburgh, Foreign Office; Frederick Snow; Anthony Gafftey-Smith, Chairman of the Southern Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe] Currency...
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1900 - 1953
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Public and Political: General: Gifts S., 1707 - 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/420
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: Terence Grady [Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary]; Frank Salisbury; Consuelo Balsan [earlier Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough]; Ronald Belcher of the Commonwealth Relations Office; [Kenneth] Michael Wilford [Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary]; John Priestman [Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary]; A Smalley (4) with poems; John Walker, Keeper of Coins and Medals, British Museum; Ella Sprott (4); and Andrew...
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1707 - 1954
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Public and Political: General: Gifts T-Z., 1908 - Dec 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/406
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: Robert Taylor; Gerald Taylor (3); "Tommy", Charles Thompson [former Personal Assistant to WSC]; Marigold, Lady Thurso [earlier Marigold, Lady Sinclair]; Colonel John Astor [Chief Proprietor of] the Times; William McAdam, Agent-General for the province of British Columbia [Canada]; Leonard Elgood, Director of the Distillers Company Limited; Ava, Lady Waverley [earlier Ava, Lady Anderson and Ava Wigram]; William Weech; Chaim Weizmann; [Edward]...
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1908 - Dec 1952
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Public and Political: General: Gifts T-Z., 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/414
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: Charles Taylor and Constance Taylor; Myron Taylor; Warren Tute; Sig Unander, State Treasurer of the State of Oregon [United States]; Sir Stanley Unwin, Chairman of George Allen and Unwin Limited; Sir Harold Mitchell; J Arthur Walker with details of an astrological chart for WSC (5); Earl Warren, Governor of California [United States]; Frederick Leishman [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary]; Nancy, Duchess of Westminster;...
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1953
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Public and Political: General: Gifts T-Z., 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/421
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: John Priestman [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary], Evelyn Shuckburgh, Foreign Office, Peter Kitcatt [Assistant Private Secretary to Secretary of State for the Colonies], Louis Petch [Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer], and Terence Grady [Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary] on the acceptance of gifts by WSC; Colonel John Astor, [Chief Proprietor of] the Times; Josip Tito; Vladimir Velebit,...
Dates:
1954
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From the Fonds:
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Public and Political: General: Gifts T-Z., 1818 - 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/439
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: Terence Grady and John Graham [Assistant Private Secretaries to Foreign Secretary]; Sidney Toy (3); Catherine Vesey-Fitzgerald; Vera Weizmann; "Orlo" [Orlando] Williams; Sir Edward Bridges, Permanent Secretary to the Treasury; Brigadier-General Sir Ormonde Winter; H Nishi, Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom; Shigeru Yoshida, former Prime Minister of Japan; and Sir Esler Dening, British Ambassador to Japan.Also includes: notes and...
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1818 - 1958
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, A-B. [please note that almost the whole file dates from 1942]., c [1892] - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/440
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Correspondents include: Lady Margaret Alexander on her husband [General Harold Alexander, later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis]; Sir Gifford Fox; John Winant [United States Ambassador to Great Britain] on W Sterling Cole giving WSC the American flag flying over the United States Capitol when he spoke there in 1941; Group Captain [Charles] Anderson; Paul Appleby, United States Under-Secretary of Agriculture; Anthony Rumbold [2nd Secretary], British Embassy, Washington [United States] (2)...
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c [1892] - Dec 1942
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, E-G., Jan 1943 - Jan 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/465
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Correspondents include: Charles Eade [editor] of the Sunday Dispatch and Leslie Graham-Dixon thanking WSC for gifts of his books; Admiral Sir Edward Evans [later 1st Lord Mountevans] sending a book for WSC; General Dwight Eisenhower (2) on receiving a picture of WSC and WSC's illness; James Forrestal [Under Secretary of the United States Navy] on WSC's recovery; "B B" [Brendan Bracken] on "Lee's Lieutenants" by Douglas Freeman; Arthur Grenfell on early flying experiences with WSC; Sir Edward...
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Jan 1943 - Jan 1944
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence, Haile Selassie - Hearst., Mar 1958 - Dec 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/525
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Correspondents include: Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (7); Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone [earlier Quintin Hogg] (2); Joyce Hall, President of Hallmark Cards on subjects including the 'People to People' programme, gifts to WSC, a meeting with Hailsham, Oscar Nemon, the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the United States, a Churchill museum and a project to microfilm WSC's papers (25); Conrad Knickerbocker, Manager of Public Relations at Hallmark Cards on the loan of films to WSC (4);...
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Mar 1958 - Dec 1964
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence Q - Roo., 09 Dec 1940 - 18 Mar 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/196
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Quickswood [earlier Lord Hugh Cecil] on subjects including WSC's career, chances of war with the Soviet Union, and WSC's speeches (6); Admiral Arthur Radford; Prince Rainier of Monaco (2); Raja Sir Maharaj Singh; Habib Rahimtoola, Governor of Sind, Pakistan; J Arthur Rank, Chairman, Rank Organisation Limited, on a film about Douglas Bader; Helen Reid [Chairman], New York Herald Tribune, on the Herald Tribune Forum; 1st Lord Reith, former Chairman, Imperial...
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09 Dec 1940 - 18 Mar 1958
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence, Samuel - Soames., Feb 1954 - May 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/534
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Correspondents include: [2nd] Lord Samuel; [1st] Lord Samuel on subjects including Israel (6); "Hinch", Lord Hinchingbrooke [later 10th Lord Sandwich]; [9th] Lord Sandwich [earlier Lord Hinchingbrooke]; Duncan Sandys on arrangements to meet (5); Willy Sax [supplier of paints to WSC] on subjects including gifts (9); Sir Albert Schweitzer; Sir Herbert Seddon; Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac (3); Horatia Seymour; Sir Hartley Shawcross [Lord Shawcross] on subjects including the Other Club and his...
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Feb 1954 - May 1965
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence with Antonio Giraudier., 08 Nov 1947 - 30 Mar 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/159
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Letters from Antonio Giraudier on his gifts to WSC, of cigars, wine, painting equipment and food parcels for London hospitals, WSC's painting, and on WSC's gifts to him, of books and a picture (49).Other correspondents include: Eleonora Mackenzie, British Legation, Cuba, on sending Giraudier's cigars (12); CSC on the hospital food parcels (3); G Ceris Jones, Matron, Westminster Hospital [London] on the food parcels; Elizabeth Cockayne, Matron, Royal Free Hospital [London] on the food...
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08 Nov 1947 - 30 Mar 1951
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: Cuba (February 1946)., 05 Jan 1946 - 19 Mar 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/231
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Correspondents on WSC's visit to Cuba and invitation to Jamaica include: Frank Clarke (2); Ernest Bevin [Foreign Secretary]; Guillermo de Blanck [Cuban Ambassador to Britain]; Miguel de Leon, Acting-President, Cuban Congress; Albert Nathan, Publisher, Jamaica Daily Express (3); [William] Alexander Bustamente [leader of Government Business, Jamaica] (2); Cecil Bunbury, Press Attache, British Legation, Cuba (4); William Dunlop [Head of Communications Department, Foreign Office]. Also includes...
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05 Jan 1946 - 19 Mar 1946
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: Paris, Brussels and Antwerp (November 1945)., 13 Oct 1945 - 04 Apr 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/222
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Correspondents on WSC's visit to France and Belgium include: 1st Lord Cunningham [Chief of Naval Staff] on transport for WSC (2); Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, British Ambassador to Belgium, on the risks of appearing to support Leopold, King of Belgium, WSC's speech to the Belgian Parliament, and the programme for the visit (9); Edward [Duke of Windsor, earlier Edward Prince of Wales and King Edward VIII]; 13th Lord Reay [earlier Aeneas Mackay], Foreign Office (3); Duff Cooper [later 1st...
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13 Oct 1945 - 04 Apr 1946
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: Switzerland (August - September 1946) G - H., 22 Aug 1946 - 10 Dec 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/241
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Correspondents on WSC's visit include: Charles Gos on a speech by WSC on mountains (6); Clare Sheridan; General Henri Guisan, thanking WSC for a gift of some of his books; Alan Hillgarth [earlier Alan Evans]; Henri Hoppenot, French Ambassador to Switzerland; Sir Ellis Hume-Williams. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt and M Staite, WSC's secretaries. A large proportion of the papers in this file are in French or...
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22 Aug 1946 - 10 Dec 1946
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: Switzerland (August - September 1946) I - L., 20 May 1946 - 22 Apr 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/242A-B
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Correspondents on WSC's visit include: David Lamb; Dennis Larking; H Lefeuvre-Meaulle, French Minister Plenipotentiary in Switzerland (2); Lord Duncannon [later 10th Lord Bessborough, First Secretary, British Embassy, Paris, France]; J Luscher, photographer, on taking photographs of "Choisi", where WSC was staying (4). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by CSC and Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, M Staite, "N S" [Jo Sturdee, later Lady Onslow]...
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20 May 1946 - 22 Apr 1947
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: the Netherlands (May 1946) correspondence: general public., 19 Mar 1946 - 22 Aug 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/235A-B
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Correspondents on WSC's visit include: Sir Frederick Godber, Chairman, Executive Committee, Help Holland Council; Merrick Denton-Thompson, British Consul- General, Amsterdam (2); Walter Fletcher on paint suppliers in the Netherlands; Sir Nevile Bland, British Ambassador to the Netherlands; G van Heuven Goedhart, former Minister of Justice for the Netherlands, on his wartime escape to Britain. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by CSC and Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames], and...
Dates:
19 Mar 1946 - 22 Aug 1946
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