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

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1874 - 1965

Found in 823 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 01 Feb 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/237-238
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, on the terms of the contract for WSC's lecture tour of the United States, stressing the depth of the financial depression in the United States, and asking if he would be prepared to accept a lower fee of 45,000 dollars for 45 lectures.

Dates: 01 Feb 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Jan 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/240
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC on the terms of the contract for WSC's lecture tour of the United States, suggesting limiting WSC's liability to 10,000 dollars if the contract was voided after 1 June.

Dates: 09 Jan 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Jan 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/241
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] on the terms of the contract for his lecture tour of the United States: stating that he had every intention of fulfilling the contract when signed, that he would know the political situation by June, and was willing to pay a substantial forfeit if forced to cancel, but asking for his liability to be limited in case of a sudden General Election, or being asked to undertake "exceptional...
Dates: 08 Jan 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Dec 1930

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/242-243
Scope and Contents

Letter from Louis Alber, President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated, to WSC on the contract for WSC's lecture tour of the United States, stating that he was willing to pay 50,000 dollars for the two months, 15 Oct - 15 Dec 1931, and giving WSC the right to cancel up to 1 June, but that there should be no cancellation clause after this date.

Dates: 20 Dec 1930
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Dec 1930

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/244
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated], stating that only a General Election, or appointment to ministerial office in October or November 1931 would cause him to cancel his lecture tour of the United States, but insisting on a figure limiting his liability if he was forced to cancel at short notice.

Dates: 23 Dec 1930
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Dec 1930

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/247-248
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, on the contract for his lecture tour of the United States.

Dates: 16 Dec 1930
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Dec 1930

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/251
Scope and Contents

Letter from R Halford Forster, (Times Building, New York) to WSC, on his contract with Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] for a lecture tour of the United States.

Dates: 01 Dec 1930
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Nov 1930

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/252-255
Scope and Contents

Draft contract between Louis Alber, President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated, and WSC, for a lecture tour of the United States, consisting of 45 lectures between 15 October and 15 December 1931, at a fee of 35,000 dollars plus 25 per cent of profits. [2 typescript copies, with significant manuscript annotations by WSC, suggesting a flat fee of 50,000 dollars rather than the percentage].

Dates: 28 Nov 1930
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Oct 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/278-279
Scope and Contents

Letter from R Halford Forster (Times Building, New York) to WSC, on his proposed lecture tour of the United States in 1931, stating that Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] had offered to meet WSC's terms of 5,000 pounds per month for a two month tour.

Dates: 24 Oct 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Oct 1930

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/281-282
Scope and Contents

Telegram from R Halford Forster (New York) to WSC, asking if he would be willing to make a lecture tour of the United States in 1931, at a fee of 5,000 pounds per month.

Dates: 20 Oct 1930
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Oct 1930

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/286
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to R Halford Forster, stating that the Association would take a lecture tour by WSC, for one or two months in the autumn of 1931, [at a rate of 5,000 pounds per month].

Dates: 10 Oct 1930
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Feb 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/287-290
Scope and Contents

Draft contract between the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association and WSC, for a lecture tour of the United States consisting of 45 lectures between 15 October and 15 December 1931, at a fee of 10,000 pounds, with a memorandum by WSC on the terms of the contract. [Carbon].

Dates: 18 Feb 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Feb 1932

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/399B/142
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Hotel Biltmore, Atlanta, Georgia [United States]) to Louis Levy [WSC's attorney], on problems he was having with [the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Agency Incorporated], as three of their checks for 1,111 dollars had been refused by the bank; stating that he felt them to be honest people, but working on a perilously small margin, that he intended to take all the proceeds from future lectures until the deficit had been made good, and that if everything was paid the profits...
Dates: 23 Feb 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Jan 1924

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/132/7
Scope and Contents

Letter from C B Fernald (The London Play Company, 51 Piccadilly, London) to WSC (2 Sussex Square) asking whether he would be interested in giving a lecture tour in the United States to be organised by George Whipple, commenting that such a tour would be good for international relations and would be lucrative for WSC. Signed typescript.

Dates: 02 Jan 1924
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), 01 May 1916 - 13 Sep 1916

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/140-144
Scope and Contents

Statement of WSC's bank account with Lloyd's Bank (Cox's Branch). [Copy made in connection with the proceedings against Lord Alfred Douglas for criminal libel arising from his claim that WSC misreported the Battle of Jutland to allow Jewish interests led by Sir Ernest Cassel to profit on the stock market].

Dates: 01 May 1916 - 13 Sep 1916
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), 1900 - 1917

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/145-149
Scope and Contents

Statement of WSC's share dealing account with Sir Ernest Cassel. [Copy sent with CHAR 2/127/1 in connection with the legal proceedings in 1923 arising from Lord Alfred Douglas's claim that WSC misreported the Battle of Jutland to allow Jewish interests led by Sir Ernest Cassel to profit on the stock market].

Dates: 1900 - 1917
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), 28 Apr 1901

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/36/37-38
Scope and Contents

Letter from [George Cornwallis-West] (Ruthin Castle, North Wales) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses WSC's amendment relating to army reform and her lack of financial success with [The Anglo-Saxon] Review and describes his journey [by motor car]. Includes a note from Patsy [Cornwallis-West] concerning [George's] absorption with his engine.

Dates: 28 Apr 1901
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), [1883]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/98/3-5
Scope and Contents Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill] (2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] including: the poor weather; a meeting with "Wolffino" [Sir Henry Drummond Wolff]; a walk with "Mama" [Clara Jerome], Clara [Frewen, earlier Clara Jerome] and Leonie [Jerome, later Lady Leslie]; gossip from Mr Craven; [Henry] Chaplin's gambling losses; failures of horses belonging to HRH [Albert Edward, Prince of Wales] and [Count Charles] Kinsky; news of WSC and "Jack" [John S Churchill] and...
Dates: [1883]
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), 10 Jan [1883]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/98/32-34
Scope and Contents

Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] discussing the possibility that she may meet him in Monte Carlo [Monaco]; expressing concern about the expense; saying that she will be glad to see him; the opinion of Dr Laking about her recovery [from typhoid]; the possibility that Mrs [Lily] Langtry may divorce; and a pantomime which WSC and "Jack" [John S Churchill] visited during which a poodle was introduced as "Lord Randolph Churchill".

Dates: 10 Jan [1883]
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), 05 Dec [1884]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/99/15-16
Scope and Contents Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](London) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] including: her safe return with [WSC and John S Churchill]; a meeting with Fanny [Lady Marjoriebanks, later Lady Tweedmouth earlier Lady Fanny Churchill] during which she (Lady Randolph) had criticised [7th Duke of] Roxburghe [earlier Lord Bowmont]; news of WSC and "Jack" [John S Churchill] and her fear that [Elizabeth] Everest may not be able to manage WSC; problems between [George, 8th Duke of Marlborough, earlier...
Dates: 05 Dec [1884]
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), [1876]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/102/19-20
Scope and Contents

Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](Paris [France]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which she gives instructions for [Elizabeth] Everest and the care of the baby [WSC]; expresses approval for his letter to [John, 7th] Duke [of Marlborough concerning Lord Blandford, later George, 8th Duke of Marlborough]; comments on the behaviour of [W H] Trafford; discusses financial affairs and the attachment between Clara [Jerome, later Clara Frewen] and Prince de Claremont.

Dates: [1876]
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), 17 Nov 1907

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/111/4-7
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Kisumu, British East Africa [later Kenya]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] including: thanks for financial advice in the light of the New York crisis; his decision to accept an offer from the Strand Magazine to write 5 articles for 750 pounds; a description of wild boar hunting on [3rd] Lord Delamere's estate; the sucess of his tour and official business; discussion of where he could live and the state of a motor car belonging to "Freddy" [?Frederick Guest]. Signed typescript....
Dates: 17 Nov 1907
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), 14 Aug 1916

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/120/13-14
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC (41 Cromwell Road) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses arrangements to see her and financial affairs. Envelope present.

Dates: 14 Aug 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1919]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/120/16
Scope and Contents

Financial calculations in the hand of WSC detailing payments from Lady Randolph Churchill to Montagu Porch.

Dates: [1919]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1915]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/121/22
Scope and Contents

Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill](General Headquarters, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) to WSC discussing financial affairs and holdings of stocks and shares.

Dates: [1915]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open