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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 4519 Collections and/or Records:

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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), 11 Sep 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/18/18
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Letter from Lord George Hamilton (Fenton, Wooler, Northumberland) to WSC on research for the biography of Lord Randolph Churchill and the break-up of the Unionist party, which he blames on Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] even more than Joseph Chamberlain.

Dates: 11 Sep 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Dec 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/393A/111
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Letter from H J Pilbrow to WSC, declining offer to share cesspool at Chartwell, advising him to build his new one above the pigsties and high enough on the bank so that the bottom was below the lake.

Dates: 08 Dec 1934
Conditions Governing Access: 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), 13 Nov 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/111
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Sir Ernley Blackwell [Legal Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Home Office], on security precautions for WSC's forthcoming lecture tour of the United States in the light of the impending failure of the Round Table Conference [on India]; also asking if his old detective Sergeant Walter Thompson could accompany him, at WSC's expense, "He is a very trustworthy man, and knows my ways and I am used to him"; mentions Indian secret society [the Ghada Party, which had threatened...
Dates: 13 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
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(Untitled), 10 Oct 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/286
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Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to R Halford Forster, stating that the Association would take a lecture tour by WSC, for one or two months in the autumn of 1931, [at a rate of 5,000 pounds per month].

Dates: 10 Oct 1930
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Feb 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/287-290
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Draft contract between the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association and WSC, for a lecture tour of the United States consisting of 45 lectures between 15 October and 15 December 1931, at a fee of 10,000 pounds, with a memorandum by WSC on the terms of the contract. [Carbon].

Dates: 18 Feb 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Jan 1905]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/18/134
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Letter from 5th Lord Rosebery (38 Berkeley Square, [London]) referring to proofs of WSC's life of Lord Randolph Churchill and good reports of a recent speech by WSC.

Dates: [Jan 1905]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jan 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/399A/8
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Letter from WSC (Nassau, Bahamas) to Violet Pearman [Secretary to WSC] (Chartwell [Kent]), confirming that he had received a cheque for 7l 18s 3d, from the sale of a sow at Westerham Market, asking if it was the sow which had won prizes, and what the prizes were worth [typescript letter, initialled by WSC, and annotated "not the prize pig"].

Dates: 17 Jan 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Dec 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/399A/9-10
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Notice of sale of a sow at Westerham Market [Kent] by Alfred Friend, for 7l 18s 3d, with note that the cheque had been sent to WSC.

Dates: 14 Dec 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Dec 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/399A/15
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Letter from Michael Florinsky, Associate Editor of the Russian Series, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to WSC, sending a gift of General Golovine's account of the struggles of the Russian Army in the First World War.

Dates: 23 Dec 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Jan 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/399A/19
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Receipt from Dr Foster Kennedy (New York [United States]), for 250 dollars, for treatment of WSC following his road accident.

Dates: 02 Jan 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Dec 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/399A/25-28
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Letter from Colonel Stuart Graham (Bangalore, India) to WSC, expressing pleasure at reading "My Early Life", and reminiscing about his own service, particularly in India, and on present day conditions in India, suggesting that Mohandas Gandhi and his supporters should be deported to "some out of the way spot like St Helena" and not allowed any communication with India; includes visiting card.

Dates: 26 Dec 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Dec 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/399A/35-36
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Letter from Maggie Gooderidge, former servant of WSC's family, "better known as Maggie from Blenheim" (Chadderton Street, London W1) to WSC, with sympathy on his road accident in New York [United States] and a reminiscence about his childhood.

Dates: 15 Dec 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open