Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 263 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 18 Oct 1922
Letter from Charles Hutchings, honorary secretary of the Bristol City National Liberal Council (67 Robertson Road, Eastville, Bristol) to WSC (Colonial Office) expressing regret at his indisposition and hoping that he will be able to visit at a later date.
(Untitled), 25 Oct 1922
Letter from Lord Stamfordham [earlier Sir Arthur Bigge] (Buckingham Palace) to WSC expressing the hope of King George V that WSC's health is improving and his regret that WSC was not able personally to hand over his seal of office. Promises that his submission to the King for a GCMG for Sir John Chancellor will be attended to.
(Untitled), 27 Oct 1922
Letter from Peter Larkin (19 Victoria Street, London) to WSC welcoming the improvement in his health but regretting his resignation as Secretary of State for the Colonies, and remembering WSC's kindness to him when they first met.
(Untitled), 29 Oct 1922
Letter from Sir Herbert Samuel [later Lord Samuel] (High Commissioner's Office, Jerusalem, [Palestine]) to WSC on the largely satisfactory political situation in Palestine over the last two years, Simon's lack of regret that he is not standing in the general election, given the current state of Liberalism, and WSC's recovery from his operation.
(Untitled), 17 Nov 1922
Letter from "Charley" [7th Lord Londonderry] (Christ Church, Oxford) to WSC expressing distress at WSC's defeat at Dundee [Angus, Scotland], describing his own campaigning in County Durham and urging WSC to rest after his operation.
(Untitled), 21 Nov 1922
Letter from [WSC] (2 Sussex Square) to Lord Stamfordham [earlier Sir Arthur Bigge] describing how his campaign was truncated due to his illness, announcing his intention of leaving for the Mediterranean on December 1 and stating that he is available to see King George V any time before then. Carbon copy.
(Untitled), 21 Nov 1922
Letter from William Ormsby-Gore [later 4th Lord Harlech] (Colonial Office) to WSC thanking him for his letter [on Gore's appointment as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies], sympathising with him over his appendicitis and his defeat in Dundee [Angus, Scotland], noting "the systematic and thorough way in which revolutionary economics have been taught to the younger men" and taking this as evidence that "sooner or later we shall have a big fight with Socialism in this country.".
(Untitled), 06 Dec 1922
Letter from 2nd Lord Lytton (Governor's Camp, Bengal, [parts of Bangladesh and India]) to WSC commiserating with him on his illness and election defeat, congratulating him on his achievements, reporting that the break-up of the Coalition came as a surprise in India, wondering what WSC, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] and David Lloyd George will do now, reporting that although he is enjoying his work in India he gets home-sick, and inviting WSC to visit him.
(Untitled), 22 Nov 1922
(Untitled), 25 Oct 1922
Letter from Sir John Asser (Government House, Bermuda) to WSC commiserating with him over his operation, hoping that he will soon return to the Colonial Office, describing conditions in Bermuda including the exploitation of tourists and the trouble with mosquitoes and referring to WSC's move [to Chartwell]: "those hills where you are to be take a lot of beating & the neighbourhood has not yet become cockneyfied.".
(Untitled), [Jul] [1925]
(Untitled), 03 May [1928]
Letter from Robert Boothby [later Lord Boothby] to [WSC] on: the concession [relating to the proposed excise on imported mechanical lighters controversially granted by Arthur Samuel [later Lord Mancroft], the Financial Secretary to the Treasury; the widespread hope that WSC will soon recover [from his influenza].
(Untitled), 09 May 1928
Letter from Henry Liddell Hart (Trays Hill, Highgate, [London]) to WSC noting that they have both suffered from influenza, asking him to read and comment on "Reputations" and commenting on the part of the memoirs of Lord Oxford and Asquith [earlier Herbert Asquith] dealing with WSC's request for an army command.
(Untitled), 17 Feb 1945
(Untitled), 17 Feb 1945
(Untitled), 17 Feb 1943
Letter from WSC to 17th Lord Derby [earlier Sir Edward Stanley] declining an invitation to lunch with the Pilgrim's [Society]. Initialled. Annotated "P S I have a heady cold, sore throat and a temperature and am lying up".
(Untitled), 29 Jun 1942
Letter from WSC to Sir Charles Wilson [President, Royal College of Physicians, later 1st Lord Moran] thanking him for accompanying WSC to Washington [United States] at short notice.
(Untitled), 23 Feb 1942 - 27 Feb 1942
Notes by Anthony Bevir and John Martin [Private Secretaries to WSC] on contacting Sir Charles Wilson [President, Royal College of Physicians, later 1st Lord Moran]; includes correspondence between Bevir and Wilson.
(Untitled), 10 Jan [1883]
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] discussing the possibility that she may meet him in Monte Carlo [Monaco]; expressing concern about the expense; saying that she will be glad to see him; the opinion of Dr Laking about her recovery [from typhoid]; the possibility that Mrs [Lily] Langtry may divorce; and a pantomime which WSC and "Jack" [John S Churchill] visited during which a poodle was introduced as "Lord Randolph Churchill".
(Untitled), 16 Jan [1883]
(Untitled), 09 Jan 1885
(Untitled), 30 Jan [1885]
(Untitled), 17 Dec [1884]
Letter from Charlotte Thomson (29 Brunswick Road [Brighton, Sussex]) to Lady Randolph Churchill concerning an incident at school during which WSC was struck with a knife and asking whether she would like the other boy involved to be punished with expulsion. Covering letter at CHAR 28/99/20-22.
(Untitled), c 1876
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](Blenheim Palace) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which she discusses the sale of a house in Charles Street; reports that "Mama" [Clara Jerome] is to remain in Paris [France] with Clara [Jerome, later Clara Frewen]; discusses plans to travel to Paris with him;and discusses the health of the baby [WSC].