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Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1874 - 1965

Found in 263 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 21 May 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/4/41
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Letter from "Woom" [Elizabeth Everest], St George's Vicarage, Barrow-in-Furness to WSC, advice on his health, and on her stay in Barrow.

Dates: 21 May 1894
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Jan 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/1/4
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Letter from Count Charles Kinsky to WSC, thanks for letter. Offering sympathy on having measles.

Dates: 25 Jan 1890
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Feb 1893]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/23
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Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (Harrow School) to WSC, school news, particularly outbreak of scarlet fever.

Dates: [Feb 1893]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Jan 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/399A/19
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Receipt from Dr Foster Kennedy (New York [United States]), for 250 dollars, for treatment of WSC following his road accident.

Dates: 02 Jan 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Dec 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/399A/85
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Telegram from WSC to Dr Hartigan (Gloucester Terrace,[London]), asking if he had details of WSC's normal blood pressure. [Carbon].

Dates: 28 Dec 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Dec 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/399B/151
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Telegram from WSC to F A Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell] (Christ Church, Oxford) on his road accident in New York [United States], asking for the impact or shock to a stationary body weighing 200 pounds hit by a motor car weighing 2500 pounds travelling at 30-35 mph, as he required the figure for a newspaper article: "think it must be impressive". [Carbon] [for reply see CHAR 1/222/20-1 ].

Dates: 24 Dec 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Apr 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/399B/201
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Letter from Dr J B Maguire (Highfield Road, Dublin [Ireland]) to WSC, acknowledging receipt of his cheque for 2l 2s in settlement of his account for medical treatment aboard the SS Majestic in January 1932.

Dates: 18 Apr 1932
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jan 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/48-49
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated], on subjects for his lecture tour of the United States, stating that the "Economic Crisis" lecture had been an immense labour, and there was still a lot of work to be done reducing it to proper limits; also stating that he could prepare a new lecture on the Soviet Union, if there was sufficient demand, but hoping that Alber would not commit him to a new lecture merely to satisfy one or two...
Dates: 17 Jan 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Jan 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/50
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Telegram from Dr Otto Pickhardt to CSC (Nassau, Bahamas), on WSC's health following a road accident in New York [United States], advising postponement of his lecture tour of the United States until 28 January.

Dates: 08 Jan 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Jan 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/59-60
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated], regretting that he was forced to decline speaking engagements in New York [United States] due to ill health, following a road accident: "I am growing in strength every day, but am still astonishingly feeble; even the act of dressing or shaving tires me. I spend eighteen out of the twenty-four hours in bed". Also queries press reports that he had challenged Senator William Borah to a debate on...
Dates: 11 Jan 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Jan 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/69
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Telegram from CSC to Dr Otto Pickhardt (Lenox Hill Hospital, New York), stating that WSC was not fit enough to resume his lecture tour of the United States, but that much pressure was being put on him to resume on 14 January, asking Pickhardt to see Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated]. [Copy].

Dates: 07 Jan 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Jan 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/71
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Telegram from CSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated], stating that WSC was not fit enough to resume his lecture tour of the United States, and that if he were forced to do so, his health might be permanently impaired. [Copy].

Dates: 07 Jan 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Jan 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/74
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Telegram from Dr Otto Pickhardt to WSC, heartily endorsing a postponement of the resumption of his lecture tour of the United States until February, reminding him that mental as well as physical rest was imperative.

Dates: 05 Jan 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Jan 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/77
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Telegram from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated], stating that although his health was improving, he would not be able to resume his lecture tour of the United States on 14 January, proposing resumption on 1 February, continuing until 15 March. [Carbon].

Dates: 03 Jan 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Jan 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/79-80
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Telegram from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated], stating that although his health was improving, he would not be fit to resume his lecture tour of the United States until the end of the month. [Copy].

Dates: 02 Jan 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Dec 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/81
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated], on his intention to resume his lecture tour of the United States, "I shall be able to begin it, and I will go on till I drop", stating that it would be a pity to spoil the opening meeting in Brooklyn on 14 January, or the New York Economic Club meeting on 18 January with questions which were an anticlimax; he intended to speak for over an hour, and to "reach a culmination", and that while he...
Dates: 30 Dec 1931
Conditions Governing Access: open
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(Untitled), 01 Dec 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/23/47
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Letter from Samuel Smethurst (Coldhurst House, Longsight, Oldham, [Lancashire]) to WSC (Canford Manor, [Dorset]) commiserating with him on his ill-health and urging him to rest. Refers to the candidates for the Oldham election and urges the Liberal party to make a definite statement of policy on Ireland.

Dates: 01 Dec 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Mar 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/29/65-66
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Letter from Reginald McKenna (House of Commons) to WSC on: the Small Holdings Bill and Lewis Harcourt's planned promotion to the Cabinet; dinner with the Japanese Minister of Education; therapeutic breathing exercises; appointment of a permanent secretary to the Colonial Conference.

Dates: 27 Mar 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Dec 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/24/69
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Telegram from L H Pariser, Treasurer of the Austro- Hungarian Benevolent Society (35 Faulkner Street, Manchester) to WSC (105 Mount Street) congratulating him on his appointment as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies and wishing him a speedy recovery.

Dates: 14 Dec 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Jun 1921 - 27 Jun 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/133/4-7
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Letter from "M" [Montagu Porch] (8 Cyprian's House, Coomassie, The Gold Coast [later Ghana]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he expresses relief at a telegram from WSC on her improved health; says that he intends to ensure that she receives the best care; reports on his successful business interests associated with a railway and encloses a map of its location [see CHAR 28/133/6]; discusses financial affairs and promises that he will never be angry with her. Envelope present.

Dates: 25 Jun 1921 - 27 Jun 1921
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Dec 1931

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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
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jan 1932

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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.

Dates: 04 Jan 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jan 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/145/105-106
Scope and Contents 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"....
Dates: 14 Jan 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Jan 1932

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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.

Dates: 26 Jan 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Mar [1895]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/53
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Letter from WSC (4th Hussars, Aldershot [Surrey]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he discusses [Thomas] Walden sending a photograph to Harrow; informs him of his accident in a steeplechase; discusses games of "Fives"; and informs him that he was in charge of the squadron "rather dull - but a lot of things to arrange and sign". Signed manuscript.

Dates: 15 Mar [1895]
Conditions Governing Access: Open