Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 503 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), [Oct] [1891]
Letter from WSC (Harrow on the Hill [Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her to send him money and informing her that he is going to see "Jack" [John S Churchill].
(Untitled), [Oct] [1891]
Letter from WSC ([Harrow School, Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her to reimburse him for money spent on a visit to the doctor's and detailing what he has spent.
(Untitled), [Nov 1891]
Letter from WSC (Harrow on the Hill [Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he explains that the money he had requested had been spent on journeys to [London] and defends his request to be sent ducks from Banstead [Manor, Newmarket, Suffolk] and asks her not to be "wrothful without cause".
(Untitled), [Nov] [1891]
Letter from WSC (Harrow on the Hill [Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he has visited "Jack" [John S Churchill] and asks her to allow them to attend the wedding of [Lady] Sarah [Churchill, later Sarah Wilson to Gordon Wilson], not to send him to a French family for his holidays and to send him some "filthy lucre" [money].
(Untitled), [Nov] [1891]
Letter from WSC (Harrow on the Hill [Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he thanks her for sending him money, asks her to allow him to attend the wedding of [Lady Sarah Churchill, later Sarah Wilson to Gordon Wilson] and begs her not to make him spend his holidays with a "nasty, fusty and beastly" French family.
(Untitled), [22] [Nov] [1891]
Letter from WSC (Harrow on the Hill [Middlesex]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] informing her of his safe return, asking her to allow [Elizabeth] Everest and "Jack" [John S Churchill] to visit him, and commenting on his bad luck in being obliged to leave [the wedding of Lady Sarah Churchill, later Sarah Wilson to Gordon Wilson] when he was "making an impression on the pretty Miss Weaslet".
(Untitled), [06] [Dec] [1891]
Letter from WSC (Harrow on the Hill [Middlesex]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her not to send him to Paris [France] before Christmas warning her that if she does "the holidays will be one continual battle".
(Untitled), [09] [Dec] [1891]
Letter from WSC (Harrow on the Hill [Middlesex]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] concerning the possibility that she might send him to Paris [France] before Christmas, asking her to consider his happiness "There are other and higher things in this world than learning, more powerful agents than the Civil Service Commissioners".
(Untitled), [13] [Dec] [1891]
Letter from WSC (Harrow on the Hill [Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] concerning the possibility that she might send him to Paris [France] before Christmas. He asks her to write to [James] Welldon concerning the date he may return home commenting "Welldon; he is the cause of all my misfortunes" and on arrangements made with Baron [Moritz] H[irsch] "I expect this little French brute will spoil it all".
(Untitled), [16] [Dec] [1891]
Letter from WSC (Harrow on the Hill [Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] concerning her refusal to read his letter [see CHAR 28/16/52] on which he comments "I expect you were too busy with your parties and arrangements for Christmas". He discusses arrangements for her to meet "the Frenchman" and says that if she does not read his letter that he will not write to her in future.
(Untitled), [17] [Dec] [1891]
Letter from WSC (Harrow on the Hill [Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her not to be unkind and to answer his letter and inform him about "the Frenchman".
(Untitled), [17-18 Dec 1891]
Letter from WSC (Harrow on the Hill [Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] informing her that [James] Welldon has given his permission for WSC to go home for Sunday and begging her to let him have additional days at home and not to be angry with his "silly letters".
(Untitled), [27] [Dec] [1891]
Letter from WSC ([Versailles, France]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] describing Christmas day, discussing plans to see Baron [Moritz] Hirsch, the Marquis de Breteuil and [W H] Trafford, reminding her that she promised to allow him an extra week's holiday and saying that he is counting the hours until he returns home.
(Untitled), [29] [Dec] [1891]
Letter from WSC ([Versailles, France]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] reproaching her for not writing to him and for forgetting him. Includes a card wishing her a happy new year illustrated with an ink drawing of a woman holding a menu.
(Untitled), [Jan] [1892]
Letter from WSC ([Versailles, France]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] thanking him for his letter and refusing his offer of money and describing toy soldiers which he has seen at the "Bon Marche".
(Untitled), [08] [Jan] [1892]
Letter from WSC ([Versailles, France]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] thanking her for her telegram, asking about arrangements for his return home and requesting that she should send his love to "Papa" [Lord Randolph Churchill].
(Untitled), [14] [Jan] [1892]
Letter from WSC ([Versailles, France]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] describing a visit to a morgue with Baron [Moritz] Hirsch and reminding her of her promise [to allow him an extra week's holiday].
(Untitled), [Jan] [1892]
Letter from WSC ([Versailles, France]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he promises to send her a copy of the Harrovian which includes a "very feeble" reply to his letter and thanks her (in French) for sending him 50 francs and comments that her letter was "foudrayante et inouie [devastating and unexpected]".
(Untitled), [Feb] [1892]
Letter from WSC (Harrow on the Hill [Middlesex]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] thanking her for her letter and for sending him money, commenting (in French) on the cold weather and reporting that he has received a letter from [Sir] Henry [Drummond] Wolff.
(Untitled), [28] [Feb] [1892]
Letter from WSC (Harrow on the Hill [Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] discussing arrangements for appointments at the dentist and the oculist. He also says that he considered [Lord Randolph Churchill's] recent speech excellent and that he has seen [1st Lord] Rothschild, and promises to send her a copy of the Harrovian which he hopes will include a letter from Junius [Junior, a name under which WSC wrote to the Harrovian].
(Untitled), [16] [Mar] [1892]
Letter from WSC ([Harrow School, Middlesex]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he is "terrified" at the news that her purse has been stolen as he needs more money, bids her to invest her money in him rather than gambling and promises to send her a copy of the Harrovian containing a letter from him.
(Untitled), [08] [May] [1892]
Letter from WSC (Harrow on the Hill [Middlesex]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her to send his birth and Preliminary Examination certificates to the military secretary and reporting that he is working hard.
(Untitled), 14 Jun [1893]
Letter from WSC (50 Grosvenor Square [London]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] informing her that "Missy" [a pet] has recovered and that Captain [Walter] James [tutor at the crammer school to which WSC was sent] has predicted that he will pass [the Sandhurst entrance examination].
(Untitled), 12 Aug [1893]
Letter from WSC (Grand Hotel, Splendide, Lugano [Switzerland]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] describing Lugano and saying that he thinks that he is making progress with his French.
(Untitled), 14 Aug [1893]
Letter from WSC (Continental Hotel, Milan [Italy]) to "Papa" [Lord Randolph Churchill] replying to his letter [see CHAR 1/2/66-68]. WSC says that he will try and alter his father's poor opinion of him through his work and conduct at Sandhurst and describes Milan.