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

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1874 - 1965

Found in 450 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

(Untitled), [1921]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/150/73-76
Scope and Contents

Statement of the effect of the dispositions contained in WSC's draft will.

Dates: [1921]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Aug 1921

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/142/87
Scope and Contents

Letter from Reginald McKenna to WSC, on the death of Marigold Churchill.

Dates: 24 Aug 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jul 1921

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/142/98
Scope and Contents

Telegram from The Duke of Marlborough to WSC, on the death of Lady Randolph Churchill.

Dates: 01 Jul 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Jul 1921

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/142/99
Scope and Contents

Telegram from The Duke of Marlborough to WSC, on the funeral of Lady Randolph Churchill.

Dates: 02 Jul 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 [Mar 1916]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/118A/141-142
Scope and Contents

Letter from CSC to WSC, domestic news. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/133.

Dates: 27 [Mar 1916]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 1921-1923

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/155/1-2
Scope and Contents

WSC's Pass Books for Investment Account with Cox & Co., March-Sept 1921, the books contain extensive notes by WSC on his finances, 1921-23, including details of his Childrens' Trust, his South African investments, Chartwell, estimates of his income and expenditure, and expenses and receipts for The World Crisis [2 items].

Dates: 1921-1923
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 May 1922

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/157/31-34
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to Charles Sims, commenting unfavourably on Sims' portrait of Diana and Sarah Churchill, particularly the expressions on the faces of the children [2 carbon copies].

Dates: 16 May 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Jul 1922

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/157/51
Scope and Contents

Letter from Charles Sims to WSC, on his portrait of Diana and Sarah Churchill.

Dates: 11 Jul 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [Aug 1922]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/157/57
Scope and Contents

Letter from Diana Churchill to WSC, on holiday at Frinton, enclosing three photographs of Randolph, Diana and Sarah Churchill, Penelope and Angela Dudley-Ward and Giles and Esmond Romilly.

Dates: [Aug 1922]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [Aug 1922]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/157/58
Scope and Contents

Letter from Randolph Churchill to WSC, on holiday at Frinton.

Dates: [Aug 1922]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Aug 1922

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/157/59
Scope and Contents

Letter from Sarah Churchill to WSC, on holiday at Frinton.

Dates: 17 Aug 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jan 1922

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/158/1-5
Scope and Contents

Letter from CSC, 2 Sussex Square, London, to WSC, on her health, and that of the children, asking him not to open a letter written to him on "Black Monday" [2 January].

Dates: 04 Jan 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Feb 1922

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/158/10-14
Scope and Contents

Letter from CSC, Hotel Mont-Fleury, Cannes, France, to WSC, on success in Cannes tennis tournament, and on her decision to tell her mother and Venetia Montagu about her pregnancy, also on building work at 2 Sussex Square, and account of conversation with Lord Derby on Lord and Lady Curzon, describing Curzon as a "fat sneak".

Dates: 03 Feb 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Aug 1922

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/158/44-48
Scope and Contents

Letter from CSC to WSC, on the possibility of buying a house at Frinton; the imminent arrival of the new "kitten" [Mary Churchill, later Lady Soames] and WSC's stay in France.

Dates: 08 Aug 1922
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Aug 1922

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/158/49-50
Scope and Contents

Letter from CSC to WSC, on WSC's stay in France; French politics and the death of Arthur Griffith and its effect on Irish politics.

Dates: 14 Aug 1922
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Aug 1922

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/158/51
Scope and Contents

Letter from CSC to WSC, on the possibility of buying a house in Frinton, and on Diana and Randolph's booby prize in the Frinton tennis tournament.

Dates: 17 Aug 1922
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Sep 1922

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/158/52-53
Scope and Contents

Letter and telegram from CSC to WSC, wedding anniversary greetings; on the possibility of buying a county house, with account of visit to her aunt, Mary Hozier.

Dates: 12 Sep 1922
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [09 Nov 1922]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/158/54-59
Scope and Contents

Letter from CSC to WSC, on the election campaign in Dundee.

Dates: [09 Nov 1922]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Jun 1942

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/264
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to Jean [Ivan] Maisky [Soviet Ambassador to Britain] thanking him for his enquiry about Randolph Churchill's injury.

Dates: 05 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Jul 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/41/3
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Oliver Lyttelton [Minister of State, Middle East, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC requesting permission to overrule WSC's objections and appoint Randolph Churchill as liaison between themselves.

Dates: 13 Jul 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Jul 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/41/19
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] rejecting appointment of Randolph Churchill as liaison between them and recommending he return to active service.

Dates: 20 Jul 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Nov 1930

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/263-265
Scope and Contents Letter from R Halford Forster, Representative of Randolph Churchill in the United States, to WSC, on his proposed lecture tour of the United States in the autumn of 1931, also on Randolph Churchill's current tour; commenting that Randolph had made a great impression, but had been handled very badly, blaming William Feakins, his agent, who was "not accustomed to meeting genius and charm" and had "hawked" Randolph round the country at ridiculously low fees, and that the host institutions had...
Dates: 13 Nov 1930
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Aug 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/362/28-32
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Randolph Churchill, news of discussions with Brigadier Eric Shearer on the Middle East campaign, also on meeting with Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States, in [Placentia Bay], Newfoundland [Canada], where they made a deep and intimate contact of friendship, commenting of the difficulty of bringing the United States boldly and honourably into the War, also on the health of CSC, the work of Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames] as an anti-aircraft gunner, and the...
Dates: 29 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Aug 1942 - 12 Nov 1942

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/64/46-53
Scope and Contents

Letter to WSC and CSC from Gladys Gough, enclosing a cutting from the New York Times on Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames] being spanked by a United States soldier at an ATS [Auxiliary Territorial Service] party; also includes press transcripts and notes by John Martin [Private Secretary to WSC] and D Parker-Bowles, Duty Officer, Ministry of Information, on whether the incident should be prevented from appearing in British newspapers.

Dates: 01 Aug 1942 - 12 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Feb 1942 - 26 Feb 1942

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/65/1-2
Scope and Contents

Note from Francis Brown [Private Secretary to WSC] to Randolph Churchill enclosing a War Cabinet report on foreign propaganda broadcasts: report includes undermining of WSC with a quote from Randolph Churchill on WSC keeping his money safely in the United States, and the suggestion that Sir Stafford Cripps, Lord Privy Seal, is a Bolshevist sympathiser and possible agent.

Dates: 21 Feb 1942 - 26 Feb 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open