Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
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Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 263 Collections and/or Records:
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence La - Me., 04 Jun 1951 - 09 Sep 1961
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/193
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Correspondents include: Maurice Macmillan [later Lord Macmillan of Ovenden, Group Chairman, Macmillan Limited]; Sir Eric Harrison, High Commissioner for Australia; Henry Luce [Editor], Time and Life, on subjects including covering WSC's retirement, the Suez Crisis [Egypt], Anglo-United States relations, and asking WSC to attend Independence Day in Washington (11); Sir Jocelyn Lucas [Chairman], Empire War Memorial Fund; 2nd Lord Lyle [of Westbourne]; Oliver Lyttelton [later 1st Lord Chandos]...
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04 Jun 1951 - 09 Sep 1961
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence M., 27 Apr 1949 - 10 Nov 1951
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/173
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Correspondents include: William Mabane; George Marshall, United States Secretary of Defence, comparing his current service with wartime (3); Julius Holmes, Charge d'Affaires, United States Embassy, London; Walter Gifford [United States Ambassador to Britain] (2); Lieutenant-General Sir Gifford Martel [former head of Military Mission to Moscow, Soviet Union] on banding the Allied armies together against the Soviet Union, and 1st Lord Montgomery's failure to exploit mobility and armour (2);...
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27 Apr 1949 - 10 Nov 1951
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence M - Q., 31 Oct 1945 - 27 Jan 1950
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/153A-B
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Correspondents include: William Mabane [Director, Kemsley Newspapers] asking if WSC could contribute to the Sunday Chronicle on United Europe and fears of a Socialist State; Marjorie Madan on publishing quotations from WSC (4); Stuart Mais on dedicating a book to WSC; 1st Lord Margesson; Louis Marin, member, French National Assembly; Reginald Marnham [WSC's neighbour] (4); Douglas Marshall, MP for Bodmin [Cornwall] conveying greetings from his constituency; John Martin [former Private...
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31 Oct 1945 - 27 Jan 1950
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Open, except for folios 290 - 297, closed under S40 and S41(1) of the Freedom of Information Act on advice from the Cabinet Office. Review date: 1 Jan 2021.
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence Mi - Mu, Mac., 21 Jan 1947 - 05 Oct 1962
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/194
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Correspondents include: Bridget, Lady Monckton [later Bridget, Lady Ruthven of Freeland] on WSC's kindness to her husband, Sir Walter Monckton; 1st Lord Milford [earlier Sir Laurence Phillipps] on racing; Sir Walter Monckton on subjects including his health and mental health charities (4); Charles Montag; Gerald Montagu (4); Anthony Montague Browne on subjects including his work for the Foreign Office (4); Noel Montague Browne (5); 11th Duke of Devonshire [earlier Lord Hartington]; Dorothy...
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21 Jan 1947 - 05 Oct 1962
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence, Moran - Nixon., Jul 1953 - Dec 1964
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/530A-B
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Correspondents include: various doctors on WSC's health, hearing aids and on gifts from WSC including Charles [1st Lord] Moran [earlier Sir Charles Wilson] (4), Dorothy, Lady Moran [earlier Dorothy, Lady Wilson], Herbert Seddon (5), Dr D Roberts (4), Jacques Vialle (3) and Philip Yeoman; [1st] Lord Morrison of Lambeth; Prince Hassan Ben El Mehdi, Moroccan Ambassador to Great Britain on a disaster in Agadir; Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor]; John Colville on the...
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Jul 1953 - Dec 1964
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence, Reynaud - Salmond., Sep 1956 - Feb 1964
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/533
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Correspondents include: Paul Reynaud; Juliet, Lady Rhys Williams on nuclear deterrents; Jeremy Thomas of the Foreign Office; Cecil Roberts; James Roosevelt on the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute for cancer research; Sir William Rootes; Esmond [2nd Lord] Rothermere [earlier Esmond Harmsworth]; Sir John Rothenstein on his work on WSC's paintings (5); Edmund de Rothschild on the British Newfoundland Corporation and the use of the Hamilton Falls [Canada] as a source of power; Jeanne, Lady de...
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Sep 1956 - Feb 1964
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence Su - Th., 11 Sep 1948 - 14 Mar 1960
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/201
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Correspondents include: Viorel Tilea on subjects including a neutral belt in Central Europe (5); John Tilney; Wolfgang von Tirpitz on his article on WSC, and German prisoners of war at Spandau [Germany] (3); Nawab Sir Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana (2); Kenneth Jamieson, Foreign Office, on the use of a Churchill trademark; Anthony Moir [Churchill's solicitor] on the trademark (10); Michael Wilford [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary] on the trademark (5); Frederick Leishman...
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11 Sep 1948 - 14 Mar 1960
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Public and Political: General: Various: "I guarded Winston" by Ex-Inspector Walter Thompson: typescript., 1939 - 1945
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/494A-B
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Includes a typescript of Ex-Inspector Walter Thompson's book about his experiences working for WSC between 1939 and 1945 covering subjects and events including: WSC as First Lord of the Admiralty and as Prime Minister; WSC's visits to Chequers [Buckinghamshire]; WSC's habits including methods of working and writing speeches; WSC's illnesses during the war; wartime events including the Battle of Britain, the Atlantic Charter, WSC's visits to Washington [United States] and Moscow [Soviet...
Dates:
1939 - 1945
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Public and Political: General: Various: "I worked for Mr Churchill" by Elizabeth Layton, typescript., 1947
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/498A-B
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Includes typescript proofs of a book by Elizabeth Layton [later Elizabeth Nel] published as "Mr Churchill's Secretary" sent for WSC's approval. The book covers her experiences working for WSC between 1941 and 1945 and subjects and events including: WSC's work habits and methods of writing speeches; his personal health during the war; wartime events including the blitz and VE Day; visits to Washington [United States], Quebec [Canada], Cairo [Egypt], Teheran [Iran], Moscow; 10 Downing Street,...
Dates:
1947
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Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., Apr 1951 - 28 Sep 1951
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/42A-C
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (3 July, Grosvenor House Hotel [London]) at the English Speaking Union dinner for General Dwight Eisenhower, on the English Speaking Union as a foundation for peace and an advance towards a united Europe.Speech notes and typescript for WSC's speech (10 July, Royal College of Physicians [London]) entitled "Lord Moran" (for the presentation of his portrait to 1st Lord Moran [earlier Charles Wilson, former President, Royal College of Physicians]), on subjects...
Dates:
Apr 1951 - 28 Sep 1951
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Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 30 Mar 1943 - 08 Jun 1943
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/191A-B
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Speech notes for a speech by WSC (not used) and part of a broadcast about India on calls for Indian independence, the achievements of the Indian army, Gandhi's fast and WSC's illness. Part of the notes form an unused section of WSC's broadcast of 21 March 1943 [see CHAR 9/193]. Source material includes correspondence from Leo Amery, Secretary of State for India and Burma [later Myanmar] (3), Francis Turnbull [Principal Private Secretary to Secretary of State for India] (2); a pamphlet on...
Dates:
30 Mar 1943 - 08 Jun 1943
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Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 01 Feb 1943 - 31 Mar 1943
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/193A-C
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Speech notes for WSC's broadcast (21 March) on post war plans including: his illness; the difficulty of forecasting post war expenditure; anticipation of victory against Germany and Japan; the need for a 4 year plan; the Beveridge report; WSC's conviction of the need for social reform; agriculture; public health; education; unemployment. Extracts from the draft [unused] notes include criticism of Gandhi's fast and of the Beveridge report. See CHAR 9/193A/85-116 for description of draft...
Dates:
01 Feb 1943 - 31 Mar 1943
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Speeches: speech notes., 12 Nov 1946 - 12 Dec 1946
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/10A-C
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Speech notes and Hansard report of WSC's speech (12 November, House of Commons) entitled "The international scene" on subjects including: the cold war, the deterioration of relations with the Soviet Union and the strength of the Soviet army; support for the United Nations; the need to aid Germany but prevent rearmament; the Nuremberg trials and war crimes; Imperial Preference; affairs in countries including India, Egypt and the Suez canal, Palestine, National Service and the armed forces;...
Dates:
12 Nov 1946 - 12 Dec 1946
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(Untitled), 07 Dec [1896]
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/75-76
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Letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] on subjects including: thanks for his letter; his wounded kneecap which was caused by a "sequel to a bearfight" at a dinner the previous evening with instructions not to tell [James] Welldon about the incident "he would be bound to view it with stern disapproval - never having...come into contact with the slightly elevated and inebriated subaltern"; his opinion of hypocrisy within the clergy and of religion; his progress with...
Dates:
07 Dec [1896]
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(Untitled), c 1945
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/77-82
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Transcript of a letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] on subjects including: thanks for his letter; his wounded kneecap which was caused by a "sequel to a bearfight" at a dinner the previous evening with instructions not to tell [James] Welldon about the incident "he would be bound to view it with stern disapproval - never having...come into contact with the slightly elevated and inebriated subaltern"; his opinion of hypocrisy within the clergy and of religion; his...
Dates:
c 1945
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(Untitled), 09 Feb 1899
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152B/168
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Letter from WSC (4th Hussars, India) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] on subjects including: thanks for his letter; his progress at writing and his desire for information; a message for "Frankie" [Frank] Rhodes about a manuscript he has sent and a request that Rhodes should try and get the Sirdar [Sir Herbert Kitchener] to write him a private letter; instructions to visit Omdurman [Sudan] and obtain a map of the battlefield; and news that he has wounded his shoulder and will not be able to play...
Dates:
09 Feb 1899
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(Untitled), c 1945
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152B/169-174
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Transcript of letter from WSC (4th Hussars, India) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] on subjects including: thanks for his letter; his progress at writing and his desire for information; a message for "Frankie" [Frank] Rhodes about a manuscript he has sent and a request that Rhodes should try and get the Sirdar [Sir Herbert Kitchener] to write him a private letter; instructions to visit Omdurman [Sudan] and obtain a map of the battlefield; and news that he has wounded his shoulder and will not be...
Dates:
c 1945
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(Untitled), 24 Dec 1931
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/145/95
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Letter from WSC (The Waldorf Astoria, New York [United States]) to W Bernau of Lloyds Bank in which he discusses the injuries inflicted [by an accident with a car] and says that he intends to "be in full activity" by the middle of January and to stay in New York longer. Signed typescript.
Dates:
24 Dec 1931
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(Untitled), 04 Jan 1932
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/145/98
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Telegram from WSC (Nassau [New York, United States]) to W Bernau of Lloyds Bank informing him that the doctors consider that he will not be able to resume his lecture tour before February and that his "total disablement" continues until then.
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04 Jan 1932
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(Untitled), 14 Jan 1932
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/145/105-106
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Copy of a letter from W Bernau of Lloyds Bank to WSC in which he discusses WSC's articles for the Daily Mail [about his car accident] and the possibility that they may jeopardise his entitlement to compensation for being "totally disabled" from his insurance company. He informs WSC that he has persuaded W B Thomson of the Phoenix Assurance Company to continue paying compensation as the articles were dictated and writing them "was actually conducive to your more rapid and complete recovery"....
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14 Jan 1932
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(Untitled), 26 Jan 1932
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/145/109
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Letter from WSC (The Waldorf Astoria, New York [United States]) to W Bernau of Lloyds Bank thanking him for all the trouble he has taken over his insurance; expressing his opinion that the dictation of articles ought not to affect the cover; and informing him that he intends to resume his lecture tour on the 28th, earlier than advised. Signed typescript.
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26 Jan 1932
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(Untitled), 03 Feb 1893
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/23
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Letter from WSC (50 Grosvenor Square [London]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] including: thanks him for his long letter; his illness and the possibility that he may go to Brighton [Sussex]; news of various friends; a new Chemistry notebooks and an alteration in the period of history to be studied for the Sandhurst examination; and a promise to send money. Signed manuscript.
Dates:
03 Feb 1893
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(Untitled), 29 Nov [1894]
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/31
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Letter from WSC (Royal Military College, Sandhurst [Camberley, Surrey]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] thanking him for a present, discussing arrangements to visit Harrow, and informing him that [Lord Randolph Churchill and Lady Randolph Churchill] are returning [from Japan] to Monte Carlo as [Lord Randolph] has been advised to have "perfect quiet". Signed manuscript. Typed transcripts at CHAR 28/152A/32-33.
Dates:
29 Nov [1894]
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(Untitled), c 1945
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/32-33
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Transcript of a letter from WSC (Royal Military College, Sandhurst [Camberley, Surrey]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] thanking him for a present, discussing arrangements to visit Harrow, and informing him that [Lord Randolph Churchill and Lady Randolph Churchill] are returning [from Japan] to Monte Carlo as [Lord Randolph] has been advised to have "perfect quiet". Typed. 2 copies. Original letter at CHAR 28/152A/31.
Dates:
c 1945
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(Untitled), 29 Nov [1894]
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/34
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Letter from WSC (Royal Military College, Sandhurst [Camberley, Surrey]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] informing him that [Lord Randolph Churchill and Lady Randolph Churchill] are returning [from Japan] to Monte Carlo and commenting on [Lord Randolph's] health "if he keeps perfectly quiet he may yet get well- though he will never be able to go into Politics." Signed manuscript. Typed transcripts at CHAR 28/152A/35-36.
Dates:
29 Nov [1894]
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