Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 138 Collections and/or Records:
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Letters of congratulation on WSC's election as Liberal MP., 14 Nov 1906 - 15 Dec 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/9
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: George Armitage Smith, Henry Spicer, Sir Richard Tangye, 10th Lord Chesterfield, Ivor Guest [later Lord Ashby St Ledgers and 2nd Lord Wimborne], Walter Runciman, Sir George Agnew, Alfred Emmott MP, Sir Algernon West, Sir Alfred Turner, Sir Robert Perks MP, George Buckle, editor of the Times, Lord Althorp [later 6th Lord Spencer], Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon], David Lloyd George, Sir William Holland MP, Pearl Craigie, Lord James of Hereford [earlier...
Dates:
14 Nov 1906 - 15 Dec 1906
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence., 02 Oct 1953 - 23 Dec 1959
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/104A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence on constituency affairs by individuals including: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent (20), John Harvey, Chairman [1954 - 56] (9) and Donald Forbes, Vice-Chairman, later Chairman [1956 - 61] (6), on constituency affairs including finances, meetings, office holders, Barlow-Wheeler's future employment and the 1959 General Election; F J Matthews, Chairman, Industrial Life Insurance Offices,...
Dates:
02 Oct 1953 - 23 Dec 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence, mainly with Alderman Donald Forbes, Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford [1953-54] and Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association [from 1956]., Sep 1951 - May 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/14
Scope and Contents
Other correspondents include: Frederick Bishop [Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; Hugh Ellis-Rees (War Office) (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Lettice Marston (Lettice Shillingford), Joan Prideaux, and Anthony Montague Browne; CSC (President of Woodford Conservative Association).Subjects include: honouring the late Sir James Hawkey [former constituency chairman] and Stuart Mallinson; the 1951...
Dates:
Sep 1951 - May 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
Open (folios 14-24 were opened in 2022).
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence, mainly with representatives of Woodford Conservative Association., Nov 1950 - Dec 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/12A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Cedric] Wordsell, Secretary and Agent [until 1951] (9); Sir James Hawkey, Chairman [until 1952] (18); Kathleen Kemp, Secretary to the Agent (17); W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Secretary and Agent [from 1952] (40); Malcolm McCorquodale; Rowland Arnison, Chairman [1952-1954] (4); John Harvey, Vice-Chairman [1952-1954], Chairman [1954-1956] (9); Squadron Leader Albert Cooper inviting WSC and CSC to lunch; Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary]; George Christ...
Dates:
Nov 1950 - Dec 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folio 50 which has been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about potentially living individuals until review on 1 January 2027.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: papers and correspondence for the general election., Apr 1955 - Jun 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/22A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, WSC's election agent (18); John Harvey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association (9); Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office, on a hoax letter from the "Conservative Propaganda Centre"; George Christ [Parliamentary Liaison Officer, Conservative Party, and Editor Weekly News Letter] (2); Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (2), (1) also from Clarissa Eden [earlier Clarissa...
Dates:
Apr 1955 - Jun 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Series
Potsdam Conference, 1938 - 2001
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/LEGT 1
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection comprises George Leggett's diary of the Potsdam conference, souvenirs and papers connected with his time in Potsdam, and electronic transcripts of the diary.
Dates:
1938 - 2001
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Public and Political: General., 01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/537
Scope and Contents
General Public Correspondence A-B Correspondence dealt with by Kathleen Hill, and Elizabeth Layton, WSC's Personal Private Secretaries, with some notes and replies by Private Office Staff including John Colville, Leslie Rowan, John Peck, Commander Charles Thompson, and Miss E M Watson.Subjects include correspondence on gifts (particularly books, cigars, wines and spirits); requests for signed books and photographs and the General Election campaign and result.
Dates:
01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General., 01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/538
Scope and Contents
General Public Correspondence C-D Correspondence dealt with by Kathleen Hill, and Elizabeth Layton, WSC's Personal Private Secretaries, with some notes and replies by Private Office Staff including John Colville, Commander Charles Thompson, Anthony Bevir, and Miss E M Watson.Correspondents include Captain James Caulfield RN; Baroness Cederstrom and Douglas Chandor, on gift of volume of his portraits; Subjects include correspondence on gifts (particularly books, cigars, wines and spirits),...
Dates:
01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General., 01 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/539
Scope and Contents
General Public Correspondence E-G Correspondence dealt with by Kathleen Hill, and Elizabeth Layton, WSC's Personal Private Secretaries, with some notes and replies by Private Office Staff including John Peck, John Colville, Leslie Rowan, and Miss E M Watson Subjects include correspondence on gifts (particularly books, cigars, wines and spirits), requests for patronage, requests for signed books and photographs, Victory in Europe and the General Election campaign and result.
Dates:
01 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General., 01 Jan 1945 - 30 [Jun] 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/540A-B
Scope and Contents
General Public Correspondence H-K Correspondence dealt with by Kathleen Hill, and Elizabeth Layton, WSC's Personal Private Secretaries, with some notes and replies by Private Office Staff including Miss E M Watson, John Colville, George Harvie Watt and Commander Charles Thompson.Correspondents include Walter Hutchinson,Hutchinson & Co., (Publishers) Ltd, (11) on gifts of books, 1942-45; The Ministry of Information, (16) particularly Charles Gibbs-Smith, B C Sendall, and A S Hodge on...
Dates:
01 Jan 1945 - 30 [Jun] 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: General Election: Press cuttings of broadcasts., 09 Jun 1945 - 01 Aug 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/558
Scope and Contents
Newspaper cuttings (mainly from the Times and the Daily Telegraph) of broadcasts and speeches made during the 1945 General Election campaign by the following: Sir Richard Acland; A V Alexander; Leo Amery; Clement Attlee; Philip Noel-Baker; Harold Balfour; [1st] Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Max Aitken]; Leslie Hore-Belisha; Aneurin Bevan; Sir William Beveridge; Ernest Bevin; Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter, later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury]; Brendan...
Dates:
09 Jun 1945 - 01 Aug 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Public and Political: General: General Election: Tours., 22 Jun 1945 - 18 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/553A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include Conservative candidates either requesting visits from WSC or thanking him for visits including: Major-General Robert Laycock, [3rd] Lord Long, Reginald Manningham Buller [later 1st Lord Dilhorne], [Edward] Spears (3), Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton], Edward Terrell, Randolph Churchill, Donald Somervell, Bernard Sunley, Alfred Denville, George Harvie Watt and Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe]; David [1st Lord] Margesson of Conservative and Unionist...
Dates:
22 Jun 1945 - 18 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, K-Y., May 1941 - Nov 1942
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/449
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Harold] Clifford Smith on the gift of a damask napkin with pictures of [1st] Duke of Marlborough's victories; [3rd] Lord Rothschild [of MI5] on testing honey; [Ben] Russell of Cunard White Star Limited on seeds from the United States (2); [?John] Wood [WSC's accountant] on an old friend whose son is a POW. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from CSC and her secretary [Grace] Hamblin, WSC's secretaries [Kathleen] Hill and [Elizabeth] Layton, and [Prime...
Dates:
May 1941 - Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Public and Political: General: Personal Office Correspondence C-D., 01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/530
Scope and Contents
Correspondence dealt with by WSC's Private Office at 10 Downing Street, (Kathleen Hill) as opposed to the Private Office File also contains copies of notes and letters by Private Office staff including John Colville, B C Sendall, John Martin, Leslie Rowan,.Correspondents include: Lord Camrose; Richard Casey, on election defeat; Henry "Chips" CChannon, on election defeat; Robert Chapman, offering book on Marlborough; Admiral Sir George Chetwode, on Victory in Europe; Noel Coward, asking for...
Dates:
01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, E-G., Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/442
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Charles Eade [Editor] of the Sunday Dispatch (3) and Lovat Dickson [Director] of MacMillan and Company (2) on subjects including Eade going to Egypt and WSC binding copies of his works for him; Sir Crisp English on WSC's acute appendicitis in 1922; Michael Foot, [Acting] Editor, Evening Standard, on Low's cartoon "Winterton's Nightmare"; [Sir Alexander] Erskine-Hill congratulating WSC on his speech of 23 April; Wilfred Fish [WSC's dentist]; [Alan] Hodge [Assistant...
Dates:
Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office Correspondence E-G., 01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/531
Scope and Contents
Correspondence dealt with by WSC's Private Office at 10 Downing Street, (Kathleen Hill, Grace Hamblin and Elizabeth Layton) as opposed to the Private Office File also contains copies of notes and letters by Private Office staff including Commander Charles Thompson, Leslie Rowan and John Colville.Correspondents include: Charles Eade, on electon defeat; Sir Crisp English on Victory in Europe; Irene Wellington (3) on presentation of manuscript copy of "Rule Britannia" to the Gunroom of HMS...
Dates:
01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office Correspondence H-K., 01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/532
Scope and Contents
Correspondence dealt with by WSC's Private Office at 10 Downing Street, (Kathleen Hill and Elizabeth Layton) as opposed to the Private Office File also contains copies of notes and letters by Private Office staff including John Peck and Commander Charles Thompson.Correspondents include: Sir Ian Hamilton; Sir James Hawkey on Victory in Europe; Harry Hopkins, on the election campaign; Lord Horder, on gift of book - "Rebuilding Family Life in the Post-War world"; Lady Howe, on the death of...
Dates:
01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office Correspondence L-M., 01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/533
Scope and Contents
Correspondence dealt with by WSC's Private Office at 10 Downing Street, (Kathleen Hill and Elizabeth Layton) as opposed to the Private Office File also contains copies of notes and letters by Private Office staff including John Colville, John Martin, Anthony Bevir and Paul Beards.Correspondents include: Rene Leon, on Victory in Europe; Eric, Lord Long, on Victory in Europe; Sir Leonard Lyle, sympathy on election defeat; Neville Lytton, on Victory in Europe; Pamela, Lady Lytton, (3) on lunch...
Dates:
01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office Correspondence R-S., 01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/535
Scope and Contents
Correspondence dealt with by WSC's Private Office at 10 Downing Street, (Kathleen Hill and Elizabeth Layton) as opposed to the Private Office File also contains copies of notes and letters by Private Office staff including Commander Charles Thompson; John Martin, Brendan Bracken, Ministry of Information; George Harvie Watt and Anthony Bevir Correspondents include: Frank Richards on Victory in Europe; Rosamond, Lady Ridley, asking for ticket to hear him speak in the House of Commons; the...
Dates:
01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, R-S, many congratulating WSC on becoming Prime Minister and praising his leadership and speeches, Apr 1908 - Dec 1940. [Please note that almost the whole file dates from 1940].
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/398
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay on his knighthood; Sir Eugene Ramsden on Conservative support for WSC; Whitelaw Reid [London correspondent] of the New York Herald Tribune [United States]; [Sir] Robert Renwick sending on memoranda on French banks (by "Birch"), demolition in London, and Albania (by Renwick) (4); [David] Waley [Principal Assistant Secretary] (Treasury) and Philip Allen (Ministry of Home Security) on Renwick's memoranda; Paul Reynaud, French Minister of...
Dates:
Apr 1908 - Dec 1940. [Please note that almost the whole file dates from 1940].
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Public and Political: General: Personal Office Correspondence T-Z., 01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/536
Scope and Contents
Correspondence dealt with by WSC's Private Office at 10 Downing Street, (Kathleen Hill and Elizabeth Layton) as opposed to the Private Office File also contains copies of notes and letters by Private Office staff including John Colville, Anthony Bevir and Commander Charles Thompson.Correspondents include: Vice-Admiral Ernest Taylor MP, on election defeat; General Sir William Thwaites on Victory in Europe; Robert Turton MP on electon defeat; Major-General Sir Hugh Tudor, (2) on Victory in...
Dates:
01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence A-C., Jun 1950 - Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/113A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Richard Acland on the "Churchill Arch" in the House of Commons; Commander Peter Agnew withdrawing his candidacy at Ormskirk [Lancashire]; Patrick Kinna (Foreign Office); representatives of the Conservative Research Department including [Richard] Michael Fraser [later Lord Fraser of Kilmorack] (4); Garry Allighan on his expulsion from the House of Commons; Cuthbert Alport; Leo Amery on Persian [Iranian] oil; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman,...
Dates:
Jun 1950 - Oct 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and material on steel nationalisation., Nov 1948 - Feb 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/79A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Reginald Maudling; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip]; Sir David Maxwell Fyfe [later 1st Lord Kilmuir]; Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (2); Sir Andrew Duncan [Chairman of Executive Committee of British Iron and Steel Federation] (6); John Wilson [Private Secretary to Minister of Supply]; George Christ. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from WSC's secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt.Subjects covered by the file include:...
Dates:
Nov 1948 - Feb 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence C-D., Dec 1948 - Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/81A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Harley Usill of the Naldrett Press Limited (5); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (2); George Rainbird; John Leigh-Pemberton (3); Sir Oswald Birley; Beresford Craddock; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (13); Sir Arnold Gridley [Chairman 1922 Committee]; Sir David Maxwell Fyfe [later 1st Lord Kilmuir]; R A Butler (5); Thelma Cazalet-Kier (2);...
Dates:
Dec 1948 - Dec 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence C-D., Aug 1949 - Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/95A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: 5th Lord Munster [earlier Geoffrey FitzClarence], George [Hubback], Metropolitan of India and Bishop of Calcutta (3), and Desmond Crawley (High Commission, Calcutta), on Anglo-Indians educating their children in the UK; 1st Lord Sandford [earlier Albert Edmondson, Chairman] of the Carlton Club (2); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (5); Clifford Hood, President, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation; Robert...
Dates:
Aug 1949 - Dec 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open