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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 450 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 29 Mar 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/62
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, 2 Connaught Place, London to WSC, complaining about WSC's spending "I think you have got through about £10 this term. This cannot last, & if you are not more careful should you get into the army six months of it will see you in the Bankruptcy Court".

Dates: 29 Mar 1892
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Oct 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/64
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, 50 Grosvenor Square, London to WSC and John S Churchill, on Lady Randolph's illness and on the death of his brother-in-law, the Duke of Roxburgh.

Dates: 25 Oct 1892
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Nov 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/65
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, 50 Grosvenor Square, London to WSC, on WSC's visit to London and on Lady Randolph's illness.

Dates: 04 Nov 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), 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), 21 Feb 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/74
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, 50 Grosvenor Square, London, to WSC, on the success of WSC's riding instruction with Captain C H Burt, and recommending that he should visit Lord Randolph's dentist, Pritchard, of 9 Albemarle St., London.

Dates: 21 Feb 1894
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Mar 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/75
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Telegram from Lord Randolph Churchill to WSC, asking WSC not to come up to London as Lord and Lady Randolph were going to Tring.

Dates: 10 Mar 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), 21 Apr 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/78
Scope and Contents Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, 50 Grosvenor Square, London to WSC, complaining about WSC's "misuse" of the "very valuable watch" which had been given to him by Lord Randolph, stating that he would have to repay the repair costs of £3 17s. "I could not believe you could be such a young stupid. It is clear that you are not to be trusted with a valuable watch. Commenting that his brother Jack was "vastly your superior" "in all qualities of steadiness taking care of his things & never...
Dates: 21 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), 07 May 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/80
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, 50 Grosvenor Square, London, to WSC, sending cheque to cover WSC's allowance.

Dates: 07 May 1894
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 May 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/81-82
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, 50 Grosvenor Square, To WSC, on visit to Lord Roberts at Grove Park, also on forthcoming visit of the Prince of Wales to Harrow School. Advising WSC to take care with his diet, "Eating fast, as you do is a fertile source of indigestion & heated blood, producing boils". Also advising him to address him as "Dear Father" rather than "Papa" in future letters.

Dates: 28 May 1894
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Jun 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/83
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, 50 Grosvenor Square, to WSC, criticising him for addressing him as "Papa" rather than "Father" in letters "This is idiotic".

Dates: 13 Jun 1894
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Jun 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/84-85
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill to WSC, on the state of WSC's finances, and his "pedantic and overgrown schoolboy style of letter writing, and complaining about his use of a typewriter "an objectionable machine calculated to spoil your handwriting.

Dates: 24 Jun 1894
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Jul 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/86
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Bar Harbour Malvern Hotel, Maine, to WSC, on Lord and Lady Randolph's visit to the United States and Canada, and on WSC's proposed visit to Germany.

Dates: 18 Jul 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), 27 Feb 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/3/1
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Letter from Frances, Duchess of Marlborough, [WSC's grandmother], 50 Grosvenor Square, to WSC, family news, visit to the Gaiety Theatre to see Ruy Blas by A C Torr, picture of Lord Randolph Churchill in "Punch", and Lord Randolph's Temperance Bill.

Dates: 27 Feb 1890
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jan [1891]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/3/3
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Letter from Frances, Duchess of Marlborough, Woodlands, Uxbridge, to WSC, family news.

Dates: 17 Jan [1891]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Aug [1893]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/3/7
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Letter from Frances, Duchess of Marlborough, Ramsey Abbey, Huntingdon to WSC, his success in the Sandhurst Entrance Examination, Lord and Lady Randolph's visit to Germany, and other family news.

Dates: 27 Aug [1893]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Sep [1893]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/3/9
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Letter from Clara Hall Jerome [WSC's grandmother], 53 Seymour Street, Portman Square, to WSC, on his finances, and his success in the Sandhurst Entrance examination.

Dates: 04 Sep [1893]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Apr [1895]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/3/15
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Letter from Frances, Duchess of Marlborough, Canford Manor, Wimborne, Dorset, to WSC, family news.

Dates: 04 Apr [1895]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Feb 1890]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/4/1
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Letter from "Woom" [Elizabeth Everest] 2 Connaught Place, London to WSC, family news.

Dates: [Feb 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), [21 Jan 1891]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/4/2
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Letter from "Woom" [Elizabeth Everest] [2 Connaught Place, London] to WSC, family news and advice, hoping to visit him shortly at Harrow.

Dates: [21 Jan 1891]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [24 May 1891]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/4/7
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Letter from "Woom" [Elizabeth Everest], Banstead, to WSC, on his finances, and family news.

Dates: [24 May 1891]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [11 Jun 1891]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/4/8
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Letter from "Woom" [Elizabeth Everest], Banstead, to WSC, family news.

Dates: [11 Jun 1891]
Conditions Governing Access: Open