Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 138 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 08 Sep 1900
Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street, Grosvenor Square [London]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he informs her of his decision to accept an invitation to speak to the Institute of Journalists; arrangements for his speaking tour; the future general election and Oldham [Lancashire] where "the situation...will be much complicated by the great depression and struggle in the cotton trade". Signed typescript with manuscript corrections.
(Untitled), 26 Mar 1904
Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street [London]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he explains that he has not been able to come and see her in Bournemouth as he has been invited to contest the Birmingham Central Division. He expresses concern for her health and for their finances.
(Untitled), 02 May 1945
(Untitled), 16 Mar 1884
Letter from WSC ([St George's School, Ascot, Berkshire]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] reporting that Mrs Kynnersley [the headmaster's wife] had visited Birmingham where people were betting that [Lord Randolph Churchill] would be [elected as MP for Birmingham Central] and describing a game in a sand pit. Illustrated with a drawing of a bearded man.
(Untitled), 28 Nov 1885
Letter from WSC (29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Brighton [Hove, East Sussex]) to "Papa" [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he hopes that his father will be elected as MP for Birmingham [Central] and says that if Colonel Tottenham, the father of another school boy, is elected for Winchester, they may have a "supper".
(Untitled), [Jul] [1886]
Letter from WSC ([29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Brighton [Hove, East Sussex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he would like her to visit him and expresses his pleasure that [Lord Randolph Churchill] has been elected as MP for South Paddington.
(Untitled), 18 Jul 1899
Letter from G W Steevens, Merton Abbey, Surrey, to WSC, on the proofs of "The River War", and on WSC's election defeat at Oldham [Lancashire].
(Untitled), 10 Aug 1899
Letter from Lord Cromer, 12A Curzon Street, London to WSC, on use of photograph of Cromer in The River War, also offering sympathy on election defeat at Oldham.
(Untitled), 03 Mar 1942 - 27 Mar 1942
Correspondence between Randolph Churchill and William Connor, "Cassandra" of the Daily Mirror, on Randolph Churchill's recent unopposed election success at Preston [Lancashire] and his criticism of Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Chatfield but not Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] and Sir Kingsley Wood as former advocates of appeasement; includes covering notes by Lilian Buck, Secretary to Randolph Churchill and John Martin [Private Secretary to WSC].
(Untitled), 09 Oct 1900
(Untitled), 29 Jun 1899
Card from Douglas Straight (Pall Mall Gazette, 18 Charing Cross Road, London) to Lady Randolph Churchill thanking her for a copy of the Anglo-Saxon Review which he says will be reviewed in the paper shortly and advising her to read a report of [WSC's electoral campaign] at Oldham [Lancashire.