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

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Dates

  • Existence: 1874 - 1965

Found in 122 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), [Jan 1893]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/21
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Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (Harrow School) to WSC, on WSC's failure in the Sandhurst entrance examination.

Dates: [Jan 1893]
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), [15 Jun 1893]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/24
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Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] to WSC, on publication of letter from WSC in "The Harrovian".

Dates: [15 Jun 1893]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Feb 1893]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/51
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Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] to Lady Randolph Churchill, on outbreak of scarlet fever at Harrow, Jack's birthday, and WSC's visit to Harrow.

Dates: [Feb 1893]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Jan 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/60
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, 2 Connaught Place, London to WSC, on the need for WSC to return to Harrow a week early to prepare for the Sandhurst entrance examination, with Lord Randolph's reminiscences about his final examinations at Oxford. Also commenting on the death of the Duke of Clarence "one Of the saddest events I have ever known".

Dates: 15 Jan 1892
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Aug 1893

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/66-68
Scope and Contents Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Kissingen, to WSC, on WSC's disappointing performance in the Sandhurst entrance examination, particularly on WSC's failure to pass well enough to join an infantry regiment, and the extra expense of a commission in the cavalry. Stating that he would not allow him to remain in the Cavalry, and that as soon as possible he would arrange his transfer to an infantry regiment. "I am certain that if you cannot prevent yourself from leading the idle useless...
Dates: 09 Aug 1893
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Aug 1893

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/69
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Telegram from Lord Randolph Churchill to WSC, confirming that he had forwarded Sandhurst papers and a cheque to WSC.

Dates: 31 Aug 1893
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Feb 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/71-73
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Le Nid, Monte Carlo, Monaco, to WSC, urging him to work hard at Sandhurst - to "keep the standard up & keep raising"...Pull yourself together & keep yourself well abreast & even ahead of those you are competing with..Keep down the smoking, keep down the drink & go to bed as early as you can" With postscript suggesting that he should substitute "father" for "papa" in future letters.

Dates: 10 Feb 1894
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/76-77
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, 50 Grosvenor Square, London, to WSC, complaining about WSC's frequent visits to London from Sandhurst, forbidding him to come to London more than once a month, and encouraging him to study at weekends.

Dates: 13 Apr 1894
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 May 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/79
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, 50 Grosvenor Square, to WSC, on WSC's visit to Colonel John Brabazon, 4th Hussars, at Aldershot, and his work at Sandhurst, telling him "not to trouble any more about the watch", [which WSC had damaged] as the rough work of Sandhurst was not suitable for a watch made by Dent. Also advising him not to "attend to moneylenders," put their letters into the waste paper basket".

Dates: 01 May 1894
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Aug 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/87
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Hotel del Monte, California, to WSC, on WSC's desire to join the cavalry rather than the 60th Rifles, pointing out that the Duke of Cambridge would be extremely angry, and that he would also oppose the change strongly, also on Lord and Lady Randolph's visit to the United States, and forthcoming Voyage to Japan.

Dates: 21 Aug 1894
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Nov 1891]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/3/4
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Letter from WSC [letter signed "De Profundis"] to "The Harrovian" on the inadequacy of certain classrooms at Harrow School, recommending that new classrooms be built [copy].

Dates: [Nov 1891]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Sep [1893]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/3/8
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Letter from Frances, Duchess of Marlborough, Ramsey Abbey Huntingdon, to WSC, congratulations on obtaining Infantry Cadetship, also on the progress of the Home Rule Bill in the House of Lords.

Dates: 03 Sep [1893]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Jan [1893]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/5/26
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Letter from Laura, Lady Wilton (later Lady Johnstone), Le Nid, Monte Carlo, to WSC, on the Sandhurst Entrance Examination.

Dates: 22 Jan [1893]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Feb 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/6/4
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Letter from John Milbanke, Depot, Royal Sussex Regiment, to WSC, on WSC's life at Harrow School, and success in the Army Preliminary Examination, and Milbanke's life in the Royal Sussex Regiment.

Dates: 15 Feb 1891
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Feb [1885]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/99/12-14
Scope and Contents Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](London) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] including: the effect of bad news about the Nile Expedition on the position of the Government; a dinner at which the guests included [Lord] Curzon [later 4th Lord Howe], [William] Fellowes [later 2nd Lord De Ramsey]; an invitation from Mrs [Henry] Bischoffsheim; the possibility that [George, 8th Duke of Marlborough, earlier Lord] Blandford might marry; discussion of the money which [Edith, Lady] Aylesford has...
Dates: 06 Feb [1885]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 13 [Feb] [1885]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/99/34-36
Scope and Contents Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill] (London) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] including: disappointment that he has not received her letters; birthday wishes; a visit to WSC at school and her concerns that he looked "pale and delicate"; WSC in a school play in which he played Lady Bertha; political affairs; a meeting with [Lord] Hartington [later 8th Duke of Devonshire]; [William] Gladstone's behaviour about the Nile Expedition; [Joseph] Chamberlain's interest in [Lord Randolph's] letters; a...
Dates: 13 [Feb] [1885]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 23 Nov [1890]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/101/7-8
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Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] including: an invitation from Lady [Laura] Wilton; concern about the health of "Papa" [Leonard Jerome]; observations about Norah Stirling; the opinions of Lord Hartington [later 8th Duke of Devonshire] about [Charles] Parnell; political affairs; an interview with [James] Welldon about WSC and discussion of a new coachman.

Dates: 23 Nov [1890]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 26 Jan [1891]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/101/9-11
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Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] including: her decision not to go to Monte Carlo [Monaco]; the deterioration in the health of "Papa" [Leonard Jerome]; the illness of [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough]; and news that WSC has passed his Preliminary Examination in all subjects and is in a special Sandhurst class, an achievement for which she suggests he should be rewarded.

Dates: 26 Jan [1891]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 27 Nov [1890]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/101/17-19
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Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] including: political news about [Charles] Parnell and the Irish from [Lord] Hartington [later 8th Duke of Devonshire]; her irritation that [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough] has asked her to take [Lady] Sarah [Churchill, later Sarah Wilson] to the theatre; and WSC's improvement at school.

Dates: 27 Nov [1890]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 04 Sep [1894]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/20/34-36
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Royal Military College [Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey] on the notepaper of 50 Grosvenor Square) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he is working hard for the riding prize and that he intends to discuss his wish to enter the cavalry with "Papa" [Lord Randolph Churchill] and describes a meeting with the Duke of Cambridge. He also says that "Grandmamma" [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough] "cares for nothing else in the world but news of & from him [Lord...
Dates: 04 Sep [1894]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [18] [Dec] [1891]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/53/1
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Letter from James Welldon ([Harrow School, Middlesex]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] in which he discusses arrangements concerning WSC and an appointment with [Bernard] Minssen. He observes that WSC must work while he is staying with [Bernard] Minssen to improve his French, and urges that he should only be allowed to see limited numbers of English-speaking people and says that he is determined that WSC should be accepted by Sandhurst.

Dates: [18] [Dec] [1891]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [13] [Jul] [1891]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/53/2
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Letter from James Welldon (Harrow School [Middlesex]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] in which he suggests that WSC should spend part of his holiday in France.

Dates: [13] [Jul] [1891]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [24] [Nov] [1891]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/53/3
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Letter from James Welldon (Harrow School [Middlesex]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] suggesting that WSC should be sent to spend part of his holiday with Madame Elmering in Rouen, France and recommending that he should be urged to work hard to increase his chances of being accepted into Sandhurst.

Dates: [24] [Nov] [1891]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 29 Oct 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/29/47
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Postcard from "Jack" [John S Churchill] to Lady Randolph Churchill asking her to visit him and reporting that "Winey" [WSC] has written to tell him that he is going to take Sandhurst "by storm".

Dates: 29 Oct 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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