Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (Headquarters, 5th Army, British Expeditionary Force, France) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that WSC has given him a full account of her wedding [to Montagu Porch]; describes a visit to Paris and anticipates victory with the arrival of American troops; reports that he has been awarded the Companion of the Distinguished Service Order and comments that John [G Churchill] has settled down at school.

Letter from "Clemmie" [CSC](Admiralty, Whitehall) to "B M" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which she says that the children have bronchitis, expresses sympathy that she has influenza, comments "as for poor Winston [WSC] his sorrows & anxieties are known to you by the halfpenny Press" and says hat she hopes that she is enjoying her stay with Madame van Andre.

Letter from "Clemmie" [CSC](Admiralty Yacht "Between Portsmouth [Hampshire] and Queenstown [South Africa]") to "B M" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which she says that she hopes that [Lady Randolph] is better; describes her stay on the "Enchantress"; comments that Diana [Churchill, later Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys] is enjoying herself; and reports that WSC has been flying twice and that she has flown once with Lieutenant Spenser Grey.

Letter from Clementine [CSC](Admiralty, Whitehall) to "B M" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which she apologises for losing her temper, explains that it was because [Lady Randolph] appeared to ignore "Goonie" [Gwendeline Churchill], and invites her to dine with WSC.

Note detailing amounts paid [for WSC's life assurance policy] during 1914 and 1915. Manuscript.

Draft of a letter from Cox and Company to WSC informing him of the premiums payable to his life assurance policy and the terms of cover for him while he is in the trenches. Manuscript. Copy of letter at CHAR 28/142/68.

Letter from WSC (Duchy of Lancaster Office, Lancaster Place, Strand [London]) to [Reginald] Cox on financial arrangements during his visit to the Dardanelles including: premiums on his life assurance policy and transfers to CSC's bank account. Signed manuscript annotated with notes about the completion of WSC's instructions.

Copy of a letter from Cox and Company to WSC acknowledging receipt of his letter and informing him that an additional premium has been paid on his life assurance policy to cover him on his visit to the Western Front and undertaking to transfer money to CSC's bank account. Typescript. Carbon. Additional copy at CHAR 28/142/73.

Copy of a letter from Cox and Company to WSC acknowledging receipt of his letter and informing him that an additional premium has been paid on his life assurance policy to cover him on his visit to the Western Front and undertaking to transfer money to CSC's bank account. Typescript. Carbon. Additional copy at CHAR 28/142/72.

Draft of a letter from Cox and Company to WSC acknowledging receipt of his letter and informing him that an additional premium has been paid on his life assurance policy to cover him on his visit to the Western Front and undertaking to transfer money to CSC's bank account. Manuscript. Copies of the letter at CHAR 28/142/72-73.

Letter from WSC to King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia stating that he is sorry that he was not in the country when his two sons visited Great Britain and thanking him for the gift of a sword which was presented to CSC and sending him two framed photographs. Signed.

Copy of a letter from WSC to King George VI in which he thanks the King for offering to give him the Order of the Garter but suggests that the honour might come to him on his retirement; suggests that [Anthony] Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] and Lord Cranborne [later 5th Lord Salisbury] might be awarded the Order of the Garter and that Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham might be awarded the Order of the Thistle; and thanks the King for awarding an Earldom to David Lloyd George. Carbon typescript.

Letter from "B" [Brendan Bracken] (Ministry of Information, Malet Street [London]) to WSC quoting an account by Speaker [John] Denison [later Lord Ossington] of a lavish dinner given to him by [3rd] Lord Palmerston [earlier Henry Temple] during which Palmertson ate nine dishes of meat and commenting "I do not think you are quite living up to the precedent set by your eminent predecessor!".Typescript signed with initial.

Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal" thanking him for his gifts of Russian products. Copy.

Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal" thanking him for his greetings on WSC's 70th birthday and for the framed quotation from Abraham Lincoln.

Letter from John Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] to Anthony Brooke marked "private" thanking him for the book "Who Dies Fighting" which reached him in the Crimea [Yalta, Soviet Union] , and commenting that WSC has expressed an interest in reading it [carbon].

Letter from 5th Lord Clanwilliam (Carlton Club, 69 St James's Street, SW1 [London]) to WSC writing in his capacity as Steward of the Carlton Club asking WSC once more whether he will sit for a portrait for the Club [manuscript].

Letter from John Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to 5th Lord Clanwilliam acknowledging his letter of 16 May [1945] which will be shown to WSC as soon as possible: states that he is sure that WSC would like to fall in with his wishes but explains that the portrait of WSC for the House of Commons by Captain Oswald Birley must have priority over all others, and that even the sittings for Birley have been hanging fire owing to the great pressure of work [carbon].

Letter from John Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to 5th Lord Clanwilliam informing him that WSC has now had the opportunity of seeing his letter of 16 May [1945] about a portrait for the Carlton Club: explains that WSC will not be able to find the time for the necessary sittings; states that WSC will be sitting for a portrait for the House of Commons by Captain Oswald Birley and suggests that the Carlton Club commission Birley to produce a replica [carbon].

Letter from John Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to Captain Oswald Birley informing him that the 5th Lord Clanwilliam has written to WSC about the possibility of him sitting for a portrait for the Carlton Club: states that Birley's portrait is the only priority and explains that he (Colville) has "rashly suggested" to Lord Clanwilliam that Birley might be prepared to do a replica for the Carlton Club [carbon] Annotated by Colville: "and you cannot say no!".

Letter from Captain Oswald Birley (The Corner House, 62 Wellington Road, NW8 [London]) to John Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] stating that he is very willing to produce a replica [of his portrait of WSC] for the Carlton Club but commenting that they may not want a replica and the Speaker may not view the scheme in a kindly light [manuscript].

Letter from 5th Lord Clanwilliam (Secretary's Office, Carlton Club, 69 St James's Street, SW1 [London]) to John Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] stating that the plan for WSC to sit for a portrait for the Carlton Club "had best be dropped as it is obvious that Mr Churchill will not be able to afford time for a sitting" [signed typescript].