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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Personal: Business: correspondence with representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Few [WSC's solicitors] on financial matters., 1946 - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/27
Scope and Contents
Other correspondents include: Brendan Bracken and CSC. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Elizabeth Gilliatt, Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford] and Maud Stanley.Subjects covered by the file include: arranging agricultural mortgages on Chartwell [Kent] properties; managing various trust funds, including Miss Cornelia Churchill's trust, John S Churchill's marriage...
Dates:
1946 - 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell: Bardogs Farm, Toy's Hill [Kent]., Sep 1946 - Aug 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/34
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Fox and Manwaring, Auctioneers (4); representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Few [WSC's solicitors] (5). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from CSC and secretaries Grace Hamblin, Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], and Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow].Subjects include: the purchase and management of Bardogs Farm and accommodation belonging to it; the mortgage on the Well Street Cottage, Chartwell; electrical, telephone,...
Dates:
Sep 1946 - Aug 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
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Personal: Chartwell House and Estate: Newchapel Stud and Chartwell Farm., 04 Mar 1960 - 15 Jan 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/133
Scope and Contents
Correspondents on the affairs of the stud include: Percy Cox [agent for WSC's farms] (5); Christopher Soames (8); Arnold Carey Foster on subjects including the purchase of Laylands Farm (14); Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company (WSC's solicitor) on subjects including the value of the stud (24); J Wood of Wood, Wiley and Company on the accounts (9). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to WSC], Doreen Pugh [Secretary to WSC], Violet...
Dates:
04 Mar 1960 - 15 Jan 1965
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Folios 89-90, 93-101, 105-107, and 208 closed as they contain personal information about members of WSC's staff. Open date: 1 Jan 2040.
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Personal: Chartwell House and Estate: Wells Street and Puddleduck Cottages., Apr 1949 - May 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/132
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to purchase of land and the construction of the cottages by the Chartwell Literary Trust and their purchase by WSC. Correspondents include: L Graham-Dixon on the investment by the Trust; A W Southon and Sons relating to building and repair work; Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor] (9); Nicholl Manistry and Company; Fladgate and Company on the Trust's affairs; and Guy Hanscombe (4). Also includes notes from WSC, CSC and Christopher Soames; notes and copies of correspondence...
Dates:
Apr 1949 - May 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] correspondence., Aug 1945 - Nov 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/32A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Lloyds Bank, including Geoffrey Mason and T E R Harris, (3); representatives of Massey-Harris Limited, including its President James Duncan, (4); Percy Cox [agent for WSC's farms] (12); Major Reginald Marnham [WSC's neighbour] (9); Robert Hudson; representatives of the Sevenoaks [Kent] and District Electricity Company Limited (4); "Top" [ 3rd Lord Selborne, earlier Lord Wolmer]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries...
Dates:
Aug 1945 - Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open (folios 287-8 were opened in 2022)
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] correspondence., Apr 1953 - Nov 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/37
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of the Commonwealth Relations Office, including Eric Vines and John Morrison [later 2nd Lord Dunrossil, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations], on collecting acorns from Chartwell for Melbourne [Australia] Botanic Gardens (6); Percy Cox, Manager of the Chartwell Estate (10); General Sir Ian Hamilton (2); representatives of Fladgate and Company, including Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor] (19); Richard Cave...
Dates:
Apr 1953 - Nov 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell: Parkside Farm (French Street, Westerham [Kent])., Dec 1946 - Nov 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/35
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Few [WSC's solicitors] (8); Guy Hanscomb, estate agent (8); representatives of Knight, Frank and Rutley [estate agents] (6). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Grace Hamblin and Elizabeth Gilliatt.Subjects include: the purchase of the farm; details of plants intended to be grown in the greenhouses.Also includes: details and map of the farm; inventory and valuation.
Dates:
Dec 1946 - Nov 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Family etc.: Correspondence A - Churchill, John., Apr 1955 - May 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/135
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Henry, Lord Audley (3); Sarah, Lady Audley [earlier Sarah Churchill, Sarah Oliver and Sarah Beauchamp] (16) on subjects including her acting career, her finances, her marriage to Lord Audley and his death; Arabella Churchill (6); CSC (28) on subjects including her visit to Paris [France] in 1956, the success of an exhibition of WSC's paintings, concern about Sarah [Lady Audley] and her arrest in Liverpool in 1959, a statue of WSC by David McFall, WSC's visit to the...
Dates:
Apr 1955 - May 1964
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Family etc.: Correspondence Churchill, Pamela - Z., Feb 1954 - Nov 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/136
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Pamela Churchill [later Pamela Harriman] on family news (3); Randolph Churchill (18) on subjects including best wishes on Blenheim Day, a law suit against Private Eye concerning a cartoon about the official biography of WSC written by Randolph, Winston Churchill's marriage to Minnie D'Erlanger [later Minnie Churchill] and financial provisions for Winston; Sally Churchill (2); Christopher Booker, editor of Private Eye; "Dickie" [1st Lord] Mountbatten [of Burma];...
Dates:
Feb 1954 - Nov 1964
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Financial Affairs, Lloyds Bank: Statement of account., Jan 1931 - Oct 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/229
Scope and Contents
Statement of WSC's current account with Lloyds Bank Limited, Cox's & King's Branch.
Dates:
Jan 1931 - Oct 1932
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Financial Affairs: Lloyds Bank: Statement of account., 26 Oct 1932 - 05 Nov 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/241
Scope and Contents
Statement of WSC's current account with Lloyds Bank Ltd, Cox's & King's Branch, Pall Mall.
Dates:
26 Oct 1932 - 05 Nov 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Financial affairs: Lloyds Bank: Statement of Account., 06 Nov 1934 - 28 Nov 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/269
Scope and Contents
Statement of WSC's current account with Lloyds Bank Ltd, Cox's & King's Branch, Pall Mall.
Dates:
06 Nov 1934 - 28 Nov 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Financial Affairs: Lloyds Bank: Statement of Account., Nov 1936 - Oct 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/297
Scope and Contents
Statement of WSC's current account with Lloyds Bank Limited, Cox's & King's Branch.
Dates:
Nov 1936 - Oct 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Financial Affairs: Lloyds Bank: Statement of Account., Oct 1937 - May 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/321
Scope and Contents
Statement of WSC's current account with Lloyds Bank Limited, Cox's & King's Branch.
Dates:
Oct 1937 - May 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Financial affairs: Lloyds Bank: Statement of Account., May 1939 -Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/354
Scope and Contents
Statement of WSC's current account with Lloyds Bank Limited, Cox's & King's Branch.
Dates:
May 1939 -Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Financial: income tax and surtax correspondence., 06 Mar 1940 - 22 Oct 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/7
Scope and Contents
Correspondents on WSC's tax, financial, and investments position include: representatives of Fladgate and Company, particularly Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor], (20); representatives of Lloyds Bank, particularly Geoffrey Mason, (29); representatives of Cassell and Company, including a Director, Desmond Flower, (2); Andrew Heiskell, [General Manager] of Life Magazine; John Wood of Wood, Willey, and Company [WSC's accountants] (50); Henry Luce [owner of Time magazine]; William Whitney, London...
Dates:
06 Mar 1940 - 22 Oct 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Financial: income tax, surtax, property, salary: statements, accounts, memoranda, and forecasts prepared by Wood, Willey and Company [WSC's accountants]., 19 Oct 1951 - 16 Apr 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/8
Scope and Contents
Includes: accounts for Chartwell Farm [Kent] (September 1951 to September 1954) and 10 Downing Street (April 1952 to April 1954); financial statements (April 1951 to February 1954); turf account (August 1949 to October 1951); forecasts of living and other expenses (June 1952 to April 1953); profit and loss account for stud and valuation of horses (September 1953 to September 1954); particulars of income for 1952-3 surtax return and 1953-4 income tax return; estimated savings in taxes by...
Dates:
19 Oct 1951 - 16 Apr 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Financial investments., 08 Nov 1945 - 24 Dec 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/9
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence on the purchase of shares and advice on investment from: representatives of Lloyds Bank, particularly the Manager of the Cox's and King's Branch, London, T E R Harris, (72); representatives of Vickers, da Costa and Company, including John S Churchill, (13); Charles Spicer, Manager of the Grosvenor Gardens Branch of the Westminster Bank (5); Brendan Bracken (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow],...
Dates:
08 Nov 1945 - 24 Dec 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Financial investments., 31 Dec 1948 - 17 Jul 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/10
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence on the purchase of shares and advice on investment from: representatives of Vickers, da Costa and Company (8); representatives of Lloyds Bank, Cox's and King's Branch, London (68); Geoffrey Mason [formerly at Lloyds]; Christopher Soames. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Maud Stanley, Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, and Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of...
Dates:
31 Dec 1948 - 17 Jul 1954
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Financial: Lloyds Bank., 07 Aug 1945 - 12 Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/11
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence on managing WSC's accounts, literary royalty payments, and arranging money for trips abroad from: representatives of Lloyds Bank, Cox's and King's Branch, London (82); Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Elizabeth Layton, Kathleen Hill, Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], and Elizabeth Gilliatt.Also includes royalty statements from...
Dates:
07 Aug 1945 - 12 Dec 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Financial: Lloyds Bank., 31 Dec 1947 - 13 Nov 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/12
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from: representatives of Lloyds Bank, Cox's and King's Branch, London, including Geoffrey Mason, on managing WSC's accounts (102); A J Moyes of the House of Commons Fees Office on WSC's salary as an MP (10); Christopher Soames on WSC's betting account. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Lilian Buck [private secretary to Randolph Churchill], Jane Portal...
Dates:
31 Dec 1947 - 13 Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Financial: Lloyds Bank: current account., 01 Jul 1942 - 05 Apr 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/1
Scope and Contents
Statements of WSC's current account with Lloyds Bank Limited, Cox's & King's Branch, 6 Pall Mall, London, for July 1942 to December 1944 and April 1948 to April 1949.Also includes notes from the Bank and filing notes.
Dates:
01 Jul 1942 - 05 Apr 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Financial: Lloyds Bank: current account., 14 Aug 1952 - 01 Jan 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/2
Scope and Contents
Statements (including duplicates) of WSC's current account with Lloyds Bank Limited, Cox's & King's Branch, 6 Pall Mall, London, for August 1952 to January 1957.Also includes notes from Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company and filing notes.
Dates:
14 Aug 1952 - 01 Jan 1957
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Financial: Lloyds Bank: current account., 03 Jan 1957 - 08 Jul 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/3
Scope and Contents
Statements of WSC's current account with Lloyds Bank Limited, Cox's & King's Branch, 6 Pall Mall, London, for January 1957 to July 1959.Also includes statements from Houghton Mifflin Company, Messrs Tattersall, and a note from Wood, Willey and Company, Chartered Accountants.
Dates:
03 Jan 1957 - 08 Jul 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Financial: Lloyds Bank, First National Bank of New York [United States]., Aug 1951 - Jun 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/14A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from: representatives of Lloyds Bank, Cox's and King's Branch, London, including Geoffrey Mason, on managing WSC's accounts (188); Richard Griffiths [Assistant Secretary, Treasury]; representatives of Fladgate and Company, including Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor] (9); Sverker Astrom [Counsellor at Swedish Embassy, London] on WSC's Nobel prize money; representatives of the First National Bank (4). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo...
Dates:
Aug 1951 - Jun 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
Open