Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 4519 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 22 Mar 1942
Letter from WSC to 19th Lord Saltoun advising he has received the picture of 1st Duke of Marlborough.
(Untitled), 24 Mar 1942
Letter from WSC to William Darling, Lord Provost of Edinburgh accepting the Freedom of the City.
(Untitled), 29 Jun 1942
Letter from WSC to Sir Charles Wilson [President, Royal College of Physicians, later 1st Lord Moran] thanking him for accompanying WSC to Washington [United States] at short notice.
(Untitled), 28 Jul 1942
Letter from WSC to Admiral Harold Stark thanking him for the record of "Home on the Range".
(Untitled), 06 Sep 1942
Letter from WSC to A V Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, thanking him for the use of Admiralty House as a room at 10 Downing Street was unusable.
(Untitled), 03 Oct 1942
Letter from WSC to Christopher Nevinson thanking him for the gift of his painting "Battlefields of Britain" which will hang in the Air Ministry.
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1942
Letter from WSC to Sir Edwin Lutyens [President of the Royal Academy] thanking him for the bust of WSC by Sir William Reid Dick presented in the name of the Royal Academy.
(Untitled), 22 Sep 1941
Letter from WSC [to King George VI] accepting the appointment of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, but suggesting he does not take up the position until the war has ended. [carbon].
(Untitled), 08 Jan 1941
Letter from WSC to the President of the Royal Institute of British Architects [William Ansell] accepting his election to an Honorary Fellowship.
(Untitled), 14 Jul 1941
Letter from Louise Cross to WSC on her journey to the United States; reports the success in Canada of his speech of 10 June; thanks him for hospitality during their stay in Britain; includes filing note.
(Untitled), 19 May 1941
Letter from Joseph Davies, Chairman of the President [Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States]'s Committee on War Relief Agencies, to WSC expressing admiration for WSC's speeches and commending the work being done by Roosevelt to bring about national unity of purpose; with telegram from Davies.
(Untitled), 10 Feb 1941
Letter from [Charles] Thompson [Personal Assistant to WSC] to [Frederick] Root [Private Secretary to Minister of Works and Buildings] on WSC's views of a modified scheme for an air-raid shelter at Chartwell [Kent]. Carbon copy.
(Untitled), 14 Feb 1941
Letter from [Frederick] Root [Private Secretary to Minister of Works and Buildings] (Lambeth Bridge House, London) to [Charles] Thompson [Personal Assistant to WSC] on time and costs for a modified scheme for an air-raid shelter [at Chartwell, Kent]. Signed typescript.
(Untitled), 19 Feb [1941]
Notes from "C R T" [Charles Thompson, Personal Assistant to WSC] to [Eric] Seal [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] on who will pay and time and costs for an air-raid shelter at Chartwell [Kent]. Manuscript notes with Seal's annotated replies.
(Untitled), Jan 1941
Note from WSC (10 Downing Street) to [Charles] Thompson [Personal Assistant to WSC] dated 12 January on an air-raid shelter for Chartwell [Kent]. Initialled. Typed reply from Thompson dated 23 January on proposed scheme and costs. Further annotated reply from WSC.
(Untitled), 02 Feb 1941 - 25 Feb 1941
Notes from "C R T" [Charles Thompson, Personal Assistant to WSC] to WSC and [Eric] Seal [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] on timing, costs, and payment for an air-raid shelter at Chartwell [Kent]. Manuscript notes with WSC's annotated replies.
(Untitled), 28 Feb 1941 - 01 Mar 1941
Note by [Eric] Seal [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] on a discussion with the Treasury over the scheme for an air-raid shelter at Chartwell [Kent] and commenting on WSC varying his whereabouts at weekends, followed by a carbon copy of a letter from Seal to [William] Douglas [Under-Secretary, Treasury] on the cost of the shelter, and a file note.
(Untitled), 05 Mar 1941
Letter from "C R T" [Charles Thompson, Personal Assistant to WSC] to [Frederick] Root [Private Secretary to Minister of Works and Buildings] on WSC's approval and Treasury support for a modified scheme for an air-raid shelter at Chartwell [Kent]. Carbon copy.
(Untitled), 08 Mar 1941 - 11 Mar 1941
Notes from "C R T" [Charles Thompson, Personal Assistant to WSC] to [Eric] Seal [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] and WSC on WSC turning down an air-raid shelter at Chartwell [Kent] and the suggestion of an Anderson shelter instead. Manuscript notes with brief annotated replies.
(Untitled), 12 Mar 1941
Letter from "C R T" [Charles Thompson, Personal Assistant to WSC] to [Frederick] Root [Private Secretary to Minister of Works and Buildings] on providing an Anderson shelter at Chartwell [Kent]. Carbon copy.
(Untitled), 25 Feb 1941
Minute from "C R T" [Commander Charles Thompson, Personal Assistant to WSC] to WSC with notes on various matters concerning Chartwell [Kent]: accommodation, an air-raid shelter, a guard, a "Jim Crow Party", and telephones. Annotated with instructions by WSC.
(Untitled), 05 Mar 1941 - 12 Mar 1941
Correspondence between Commander [Charles] Thompson [Personal Assistant to WSC] and [Eric] Speed (War Office) on arrangements for a guard to be mounted at Chartwell [Kent] during WSC's residence. Carbon copies and signed manuscript.
(Untitled), 26 Mar 1941
Minute from Commander [Charles] Thompson [Personal Assistant to WSC] to General [Sir Hastings] Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] on the camouflage of a monument north-east of Chequers [Buckinghamshire], an oddly ploughed field near the house, and provision of "mobile guns" to protect WSC. Copy.
(Untitled), 17 Jun 1941 - 18 Jun 1941
Minute from Commander [Charles] Thompson [Personal Assistant to WSC] to WSC on withdrawing the Chequers [Buckinghamshire] guard "during, or immediately preceding, active operations in this country" and WSC's reply agreeing to this if he gets "definite prior notice". Copies.
(Untitled), 23 Jun 1941
Letter from "C R T" [Commander Charles Thompson, Personal Assistant to WSC] to [Vernon] Bovenizer [Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War] (War Office) stating that WSC has no objection to the guard being withdrawn from Chequers [Buckinghamshire] in circumstances of "imminent active operations". Copy.