Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 300 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 02 Apr [1897]
Letter from Lady Randolph Churchill, Hotel du Rhin, Paris, to WSC, on WSC's return from India, and on her visit to Monte Carlo and Paris, including account of dinner with the Prince of Wales, who advised WSC to stay in India and see something of the country.
(Untitled), 09 Sep [1897]
Letter from Lady Randolph Churchill to WSC, on the publication of letters from WSC on the situation on the North West Frontier of India in the Daily Telegraph.
(Untitled), 21 Sep [1897]
Letter from Lady Randolph Churchill, Langwell, Berriedale, Caithness, to WSC, on the war in India, including account of meeting with Lord Morley of Blackburn, also on the prosecution of James Cruikshank for financial fraud.
(Untitled), 30 Sep [1897]
Letter from Lady Randolph Churchill, Minto House, Hawick to WSC, on the war in India.
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1897
Letter from Lady Randolph Churchill [Edinburgh] to WSC, on the publication of WSC's letters from India in the Daily Telegraph.
(Untitled), 29 Oct [1897]
Letter from Lady Randolph Churchill, Bridlemere, Newmarket, to WSC, on the war in India.
(Untitled), 11 Nov [1897]
Letter from Lady Randolph Churchill, Highclere Castle, to WSC, on the war in India, and on WSC's letters to the Daily Telegraph.
(Untitled), 10 Dec [1897]
Letter from Lady Randolph Churchill, 35a Great Cumberland Place, to WSC, on the war in India, and on the Christmas celebrations at Blenheim Palace, particularly the "theatricals they were putting on for charity, commenting that the "whole of Oxford may turn up, or any vulgarian from London who chooses to pay 10s to see the Churchills playing the fool.
(Untitled), 13 Jan [1898]
Letter from Lady Randolph Churchill, Chatsworth, Derbyshire, to WSC, suggesting that he should write to the Prince of Wales [later King Edward VII] about his experiences in India, on the publication of The Story of the Malakand Field Force, on the possibility of WSC joining Kitchener's force in Egypt, and on John S Churchill's future career, stating that he would go to Germany for a year, learn book- keeping & German, & one of these days make a fortune".
(Untitled), 21 Feb 1896
Statement of WSC's claim for £20,000 damages for libel against A C Bruce Pryce, [Printed, 2 copies].
(Untitled), 19 Mar 1896
Letter from Sir George Lewis [WSC's solicitor] to WSC, On libel action against A C Bruce Pryce, sending Pryce's retraction and apology, and a cheque for £400.
(Untitled), 12 Mar 1896
Retraction and apology by A C Bruce Pryce, withdrawing "all and every imputation" against WSC's character [Pryce had accused WSC of "acts of gross immorality of the Oscar Wilde type".
(Untitled), 06 Oct [1898]
(Untitled), 12 Mar 1898
Printed orders of General Sir William Lockhart, for the Tirah Expeditionary Force, including the appointment of WSC as Orderly Officer to the General Officer Commanding the Force.
(Untitled), 30 Nov 1899
Report from Captain Aylmer Haldane, Pretoria, South Africa to the Chief of Staff, Natal Field Force, on the capture of an armoured train at Frere, including praise of WSC's actions in saving the engine "he was frequently exposed to the full fire of the enemy. I cannot speak too highly of his gallant conduct".
(Untitled), 28 Nov 1899
Letter from P J Joubert to F W Reitz, advising against WSC's release from captivity, [in Afrikaans].
(Untitled), 13 Dec 1899
Search Warrant following WSC's escape from the Boers, with photograph taken in Egypt, 1898 [in Afrikaans, with translation].
(Untitled), 20 Dec 1899
Letter from [H C Breaul], Acting Commissioner of Police, Pretoria, to Justice of the Peace Schweizer-Reneke, description of WSC with photograph [in Afrikaans, with translation].
(Untitled), 28 Dec 1899
Letter from [H C Breaul], Acting Commissioner of Police Pretoria, South Africa, to ?, on WSC's escape to Durban via Lorenco Marques [in Afrikaans, with translation].
(Untitled), 20 Dec 1899
Letter from [H C Breaul], Acting Commissioner of Police, Pretoria, to Justice of the Peace Schweizer-Reneke, description of WSC [typescript copy, in Afrikaans, with translation].
(Untitled), 20 Feb 1895
WSC's Commission as a Second Lieutenant in the 4th Hussars (signed by Queen Victoria and Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Secretary of State for War).
(Untitled), 08 Oct 1895
Letter from Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, British Ambassador to Spain, to WSC, on his efforts to obtain permission from the Spanish authorities for WSC to visit Cuba.
(Untitled), 11 Oct 1895
Letter from Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, British Ambassador to Spain, to WSC, sending letter of introduction from General Marcelo de Azcarraga y Palermo, Spanish Minister of War, to Marshal Arsenio Martinez de Campos, Spanish Captain General, Cuba.
(Untitled), 31 Oct 1895
Letter from Lord Salisbury, Prime Minister, to WSC, sending letter of introduction for WSC's visit to Cuba, at the request of Sir Henry Drummond Wolff.
(Untitled), 31 Oct 1895
Letter from Sir Donald Wallace, Foreign Department, The Times to WSC, sending letter of introduction to C E Akers, Times Correspondent in Cuba.