Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
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- Existence: 1874 - 1965
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Personal: Visits and invitations: Monte Carlo [Monaco] (December 1948 - January 1949) H - Z., 29 Nov 1948 - 19 Jan 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/74
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Correspondents on WSC's visit to Monte Carlo include: Louis Detraz, General Manager, Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo (7); Denise, Duchess of Leinster; Prince Rainier of Monaco; James Griffyth Fairfax, President, M C Club; Lady Smith-Gordon; Mary Soames [earlier Mary Churchill]; Florence Stonor (2); "Bendor" [2nd Duke of Westminster]; Edward, Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and Edward VIII] (3); Charles Wood [literary assistant to WSC] on ["The Gathering Storm", volume 1 of "The...
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29 Nov 1948 - 19 Jan 1949
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Public and Political: General: Committee to promote Hapsburg claims., May 1931 - Sep 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/588
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Correspondents on the claims of the Hapsburg family (the Royal family of Austria-Hungary) to lands in Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia] include: [1st Lord] Southborough [earlier Francis Hopwood] on subjects including arrangements for WSC to meet members of the Hapsburg family (5); E Rechnitzer on subjects including the claims of the family and his contacts with Prince Max Hohenlohe (27); E Dalby, Private Secretary to Rechnitzer (4); "Van", Sir Robert Vansittart, Under...
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May 1931 - Sep 1932
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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers concerning an action brought by William Griffin, editor and publisher of the New York Enquirer, against WSC for slander over WSC's denial of statements attributed to him by Griffin on the United States' entry into World War I allegedly made during a meeting in August 1936., Jan 1940 - Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/408
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Correspondents include: David Hecht and J Arthur Leve of Leve, Hecht, Hadfield and Clarke, WSC's US lawyers (14); David Scott [Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]; [11th] Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr, British Ambassador to the United States] (7); Sir John Simon [Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); Sir Thomas Barnes, Treasury Solicitor (4); "B B" [Brendan Bracken, Prime Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from...
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Jan 1940 - Dec 1940
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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers concerning the action brought by William Griffin, editor and publisher of the New York Enquirer [United States], against WSC., Mar 1942 - Jun 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/454
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Correspondents include: Sir Thomas Barnes, Treasury Solicitor (26); John Foster [First Secretary] (British Embassy, Washington) (4); [Bernard] Sendall [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Information]; Lovat Dickson [Director] of MacMillan and Company (3); Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin], British Ambassador to the United States (2); [Maurice] Bathurst [Legal Adviser, British Embassy, Washington] (2); [Frank] Lawton [Principal Assistant Treasury Solicitor] (3). Also...
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Mar 1942 - Jun 1945
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence C-G., Jul 1929 - May 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/573A-B
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Correspondents include: [1st Lord] Carson on India; "Bertie" [7th Duke of] Leinster [earlier Lord Edward FitzGerald] on his health; Randolph Churchill on his finances; representatives of Nicholl Manistry and Company regarding the division of stock and a settlement to Randolph Churchill; Lord Ivor Churchill on subjects including family affairs including Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough and a statue of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough (5); Neville Chamberlain on opposition to the Finance Bill;...
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Jul 1929 - May 1934
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence, L-M., May 1929 - Sep 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/575A-B
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Correspondents include: Oliver Locker Lampson on subjects including an invitation to give a lecture (2); Sir John Lavery on the Artists' General Benevolent Institution; Nathan Laski requesting an invitation with the Home Secretary; Shane Leslie on WSC's "Marlborough: His life and times" and on family news (3); Commander Augustus Agar on a possible lecture by WSC; Leonie Leslie [earlier Leonie Jerome]; Frederick Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell] on subjects including the Conservative Party,...
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May 1929 - Sep 1934
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Winston Churchill Birthday Trust., 30 Sep 1954 - 19 Jan 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/431A-B
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Correspondents (concerning the Winston Churchill birthday trust) include: Brian Goddard, Secretary of the Winston Churchill birthday fund; Edward Martell, Chairman of the Fund (and Editor of the Recorder) (10) on subjects including a register of donors and the amounts given; Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company (WSC's solicitor) on subjects including investments, the establishment of the Trust and the presentation to WSC (23); A L Ball, Manager of Lloyds Bank (Cox's and King's branch) (4);...
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30 Sep 1954 - 19 Jan 1959
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Public and Political: General: Kitchener of Khartoum film., 18 May 1938 - 20 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/353
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Correspondents on the film include: Curtis Brown [Managing Director] of Curtis Brown Limited, International Publishing Bureau, asking WSC to act as adviser for a film on the life of 1st Lord Kitchener (2); Henrietta Hilton, Manager, Film Department, Curtis Brown Limited, on WSC's financial terms for the film, his contract with Premier Sound Film Productions Limited, and widening publicity for the film (9).Also includes: note from Curtis Brown Limited on the proposal for the film; copy of a...
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18 May 1938 - 20 Dec 1938
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Public and Political: General: Political: Conservative conference, Blackpool [Lancashire], October 1954., 27 Mar 1954 - 08 Feb 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/134
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Correspondents on WSC's attendance of the Conservative Party conference include: 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office]; Geoffrey Drewe [Assistant to Honorary Treasurers, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] on WSC's expenses (2); representatives for E W Arkle, Commercial Superintendent, British Transport Commission, on WSC's journey to Blackpool (4);.Other subjects include: accommodation, travel and expenses.Also includes: notes...
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27 Mar 1954 - 08 Feb 1955
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence D - G., 29 Sep 1951 - 19 Oct 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/128A-B
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Correspondents include: Guy Schofield [Editor], Daily Mail (2); Joaquim Paco D'Arcos, Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on his lecture on WSC; John Dodge; Burnaby Drayson, on the effect on Europe had WSC stayed as Prime Minister after 1945 (2); Clement Attlee [Leader of the Labour Party, and Prime Minister] (2); Sir Thomas Dugdale [later 1st Lord Crathorne, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries] on the effect of the Rating and Valuation Bill on racecourses, and the National Farmers'...
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29 Sep 1951 - 19 Oct 1957
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence T - Z., 15 Jan 1951 - 12 Feb 1961
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/131
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Correspondents include: Geoffrey Drewe [Assistant to Honorary Treasurers, Conservative and Unionist Party] on WSC's expenses; Kenneth Thompson; John Hare, Vice-Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office, on subjects including the local election at High Wycombe [Buckinghamshire] (2); Sir Edward Bridges, [Permanent Secretary], Treasury, on WSC's salary and Prime Minister's pension (2); Sir Edward Beddington-Behrens [Vice-Chairman, European Movement] on WSC's speech at a European...
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15 Jan 1951 - 12 Feb 1961
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence Sa - Sk., 06 Apr 1946 - 26 Oct 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/155
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Correspondents include: F Heiser, Principal, St Aidan's College, Birkenhead [Liverpool]; Sir Edward Bridges [Permanent Secretary, Treasury] on WSC's salary; Frank Salisbury on his portrait of WSC; CSC; "Bobbety" [5th Lord Salisbury, earlier Lord Cranborne] on subjects including the death of his father (5); Sir Andrew Salter, asking for WSC's opinion on his book ["Personality in Politics"] and on the death of former United States Ambassador to Britain, John Winant (3); 1st Lord Samuel,...
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06 Apr 1946 - 26 Oct 1948
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Public and Political: General: Various: Churchill Endowment Fund and the Sonning Prize., Feb 1951 - Apr 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/620A-B
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Correspondence and papers accumulated by Trustee Colonel William Deakin and Jo Sturdee [later Lady Onslow], Secretary to the British Section, on the setting up and administration of the Fund for educational and cultural exchanges between Britain and Denmark, including a donation towards an Anglo-Danish expedition to North Greenland, 1952-53.Other correspondents include: [Harvey] Druitt, Assistant Treasury Solicitor (4); Count Eduard Reventlow, Danish Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2); Sir...
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Feb 1951 - Apr 1957
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: United States (January - March 1946) L - M., 14 May 1945 - 25 Apr 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/228
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Correspondents on WSC's visit include: Fiorello LaGuardia, outgoing Mayor of New York (2); Frederick Leathers [Director, William Cory and Son Limited] on WSC's journey; 1st Lord Leathers [Minister of War Transport] on WSC's journey (2); Harold Peat, offering WSC a lecture tour (4); Clark Getts, offering WSC a lecture tour (4); Sol Hurok, offering WSC a lecture tour; [Marie-Rene] Alexis Leger ["St John Perse"]; Walter Lippmann (2); Clare Luce; Henry Luce [publisher, Time and Life] on a dinner...
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14 May 1945 - 25 Apr 1946
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(Untitled), 10 Sep 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/149/19-20
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Letter from WSC to John S Churchill, on Lady Randolph Churchill's American estate, and on his investments [carbon].
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10 Sep 1921
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(Untitled), 03 Dec 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/149/62-64
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Letter from WSC to Cox & Co., Bankers, London, on expected payment of Lady Randolph's settlement on 9 December, and on the state of his overdraft, which stood at £4,000 [carbon].
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03 Dec 1921
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(Untitled), 22 Feb 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/150/1-5
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Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co., Solicitors, London to WSC, on CSC's fund of £20,000 under the marriage settlement of her parents, Sir Henry and Lady Blanche Hozier.
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22 Feb 1921
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(Untitled), 08 Jun 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/150/6-7
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Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co. to WSC, enclosing statement of account of WSC and CSC's Children's Settlement Trust as at 6 Dec 1920, also on the lease of 2 Sussex Square, London W2 from Lord Randolph Churchill's Will Trustees to CSC.
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08 Jun 1921
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(Untitled), 20 Jun 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/150/8-10
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Letter from Taylor and Humbert, Solicitors, London, to WSC, on the insurance policies included in his marriage settlement.
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20 Jun 1921
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(Untitled), 22 Jun 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/150/11-12
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Letter from WSC to Taylor & Humbert, on the insurance policies included in his marriage settlement [carbon].
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22 Jun 1921
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(Untitled), 30 Jun 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/150/13
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Letter from Taylor & Humbert to WSC, on the death of Lady Randolph Churchill, and on the payment of WSC's share in her American Settlement to the trustees of his own marriage settlement [annotated by WSC].
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30 Jun 1921
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(Untitled), 13 Jul 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/150/14-15
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Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co., Solicitors, London to WSC, on the possible sale of 309 and 310 High Holborn by Lord Randolph Churchill's Settlement Trust [annotated by WSC].
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13 Jul 1921
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(Untitled), 15 Jul 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/150/16
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Letter from H A Beckenham, Private Secretary to WSC, to Nicholl, Manisty & Co., Solicitors, London, on the possible sale of 309 and 310 High Holborn by Lord Randolph Churchill's Settlement Trust [carbon].
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15 Jul 1921
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(Untitled), 28 Jul 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/150/18
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Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co., Solicitors, London to WSC, on his Children's Settlement Trust.
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28 Jul 1921
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(Untitled), 05 Aug 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/150/19
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Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co. to WSC, on offer of £3750 from Shorts Ltd. for Lord Randolph Churchill's Settlement Trustees interest in 309-310 High Holborn.
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05 Aug 1921
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