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

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Dates

  • Existence: 1874 - 1965

Found in 537 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 17 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/40/1
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Telegram from General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC congratulating him on his Rochester [University] broadcast which coincided with the expulsion of German consuls from the United States.

Dates: 17 Jun 1941
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), 22 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/43/8-13
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Telegram from WSC to the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] advising on his speech as Governor of the Bahamas to the Dollar Press Club, concentrating on partnership with the United States. [See CHAR 20/42B/139 for Windsor's letter].

Dates: 22 Sep 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 May 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/11/6
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Letter from Edward, Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, Foreign Secretary] to WSC congratulating him on a recent broadcast; asks if he would see [1st] Lord Trenchard.

Dates: 21 May 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Nov 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/45/5
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Telegram from General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC expressing gratitude for "tonic effect" of Mansion house speech [10 Nov 1941].

Dates: 11 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/123
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Letter from WSC to Lord Halifax [British Ambassador, to the United States, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] declining to donate a manuscript of his speech to the Senate (January 1942) to the Library of Congress.

Dates: 07 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Jul 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/6A/76
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Letter from 1st Lord Lloyd to WSC admiring a recent speech [? 4 July, on destruction of the French fleet].

Dates: 05 Jul 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Mar 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/16/45-46
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] with congratulations on WSC's speech on the Naval Estimates [18 March]. [Typescript copy; see CHAR 13/14/92-93 for original].

Dates: 22 Mar 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Mar 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/21/8-9
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] with congratulations on his speech [in the House of Commons] on the Navy Estimates; Fisher also encourages WSC to continue putting obsolete guns in merchant ships and comments on the bid by the Standard Oil Company for China oil. [Carbon copy; see CHAR 13/21/51-55 for original].

Dates: 31 Mar 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Mar 1914 - 22 Mar 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/28/105-108
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Press cutting from the Globe, praising a speech by WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the Naval Estimates; includes extract on the theft of funds by an Admiralty employee. [Typescript copy].

Dates: 20 Mar 1914 - 22 Mar 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Jan 1912 - 13 Feb 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/16/22-26
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] with congratulations on his speech [to the Clyde Navigation Trustees, 9 February] on the Navy in Glasgow [Scotland]; Fisher comments on warship design and construction, advising strongly against announcing building programmes two years ahead, and building ships known to be obsolete; includes report of a press cutting from the Times on ship design. [Typescript copy; originals at CHAR 13/14/53-58].

Dates: 19 Jan 1912 - 13 Feb 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Mar 1912 - 05 Mar 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/16/33-40
Scope and Contents Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher (Hotel Excelsior, Naples [Italy]) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on subjects including: relations with Germany; praising WSC's speech in Glasgow [Scotland] on Naval Defence [to the Clyde Navigation Trustees, 9 February]; criticising the visit by 1st Lord Haldane [Secretary of State for War] to Germany; warship design and construction, particularly of the "Super-Swift" and "Super-Active" classes; the importance of aircraft and submarines;...
Dates: 02 Mar 1912 - 05 Mar 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [May] 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/45/104-118
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Statement by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the House of Commons on the resignation of Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher as 1st Sea Lord over differences arising from the Dardanelles campaign. WSC goes through the stages of the campaign, Fisher's grounds for resigning and states his own position as First Lord. [Carbon].

Dates: [May] 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Dec 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/10/36-38
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Letter from J.H. Whitley to WSC, congratulations on speech on the fiscal campaign at Halifax [Yorkshire].

Dates: 22 Dec 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Dec 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/12/56-58
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Letter from Walter T. Williams to WSC, on the success of his speech in Cardiff [Wales] on the fiscal question, asking if he would be willing to address annual dinner of the Higher Grade Old Boys Club.

Dates: 11 Dec 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Nov 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/101
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Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, on arrangements for his lecture tour of the United States, January - March 1932.

Dates: 20 Nov 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Nov 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/104-105
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Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, on the itinerary for his lecture tour of the United States.

Dates: 26 Nov 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Nov 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/110
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Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC on arrangements for his lecture tour of the United States, and demands for damages from organizations on the Pacific Coast if WSC fails to speak there.

Dates: 20 Nov 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Nov 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/118-119
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Telegram from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] on his proposed lecture tour of the United States, offering five lectures before Christmas, and a further twenty between mid-January and mid-February, possibly returning in the autumn of 1932 if all went well. [Copy and draft].

Dates: 04 Nov 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Nov 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/120
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Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, on a possible lecture tour of the United States in December and January.

Dates: 08 Nov 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Sep 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/122-123
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Letter from Louis Alber, President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated, to WSC, on the postponement of his lecture tour of the United States because of the General Election.

Dates: 19 Sep 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Jul 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/19-20
Scope and Contents Letter from Louis Alber, President of the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated, to WSC, on a possible lecture tour of the United States, stating that it was impossible to secure bookings for him at a 2,000 dollar fee, and that he was also having difficulties securing bookings for Sir Austen Chamberlain at 1,500 dollars, and Katharine, Duchess of Atholl at 600 dollars, commenting that the recession was growing deeper, and that they had been forced to close their Cleveland...
Dates: 12 Jul 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Feb 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/28
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Letter from Louis Alber, President of the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated, to WSC, on an itinerary for his lecture tour of the United States.

Dates: 18 Feb 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Aug 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/3
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Letter from Louis Alber [President of the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated], to WSC, on the success of his lecture tour of the United States in 1931, referring to him as a "prophet", expressing pleasure that WSC was contemplating a visit to Japan, which would fit in well with a lecture tour of the Pacific Coast of the United States.

Dates: 25 Aug 1933
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Feb 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/31
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Letter from WSC to Harry Leonard, Chairman, Fountain Street Baptist Church [Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States], asking for a fee for his lecture to be paid to him directly. [Copy].

Dates: 26 Feb 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Mar] [1932]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/36
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List of expenses chargeable against WSC during lecture tour of the United States, 468.51 dollars, mainly expenses for Sarah Churchill [later Sarah Oliver, Sarah Beauchamp and Sarah, Lady Audley].

Dates: [Mar] [1932]
Conditions Governing Access: Open