Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 4519 Collections and/or Records:
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Literary: "Into Battle": correspondence regarding publication in the United Kingdom and around the world of a collection of WSC's speeches., 03 Apr 1940 - 19 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/803
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: H Aubrey Gentry [Director of Cassell and Company Ltd] (55); Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador in the United States] (2); Sir Geoffrey Callender [Director of the National Maritime Museum] (3); Brendan Bracken (7); Randolph Churchill [son of WSC] (4); Sir Newman Flower [Director of Cassell and Company Ltd] (2); 11th Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr] (1); Desmond Flower [Director of Cassell and Company Ltd] (4); George Harvie Watt...
Dates:
03 Apr 1940 - 19 Apr 1945
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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Literary: Lawrence of Arabia article: correspondence., 24 May 1935 - 04 Jul 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/507
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the achievements of T E Lawrence; praise of WSC's article in the News of the World on Lawrence's death; comparisons between WSC and Lawrence; the "National League" against the British Mandatory Government in Palestine; Lawrence's "Seven Pillars of Wisdom".
Dates:
24 May 1935 - 04 Jul 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: Letters of congratulation to WSC or letters thanking him for complimentary copies of "My Early Life"., 1930 - 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/269
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: General Jan Smuts; Mouche Baring; J L Garvin; T E Shaw [Lawrence of Arabia]; [1st Lord] Hailsham [earlier Sir Douglas Hogg]; James Hawkey; Ramsay Macdonald; "Eddie" [Edward Marsh]; [Sir] Abe [Bailey]; [Brigadier General James] Edmonds; Edward [Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII]; Donald Fergusson; Sir James Grigg; Sir Bindon Blood; Austen Chamberlain; Sir Lamington Worthington-Evans; [Lord] Stamfordham [earlier Sir Arthur Bigge] on behalf of King George V; Leonie...
Dates:
1930 - 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: Letters of congratulation to WSC or letters thanking him for complimentary copies of "The Aftermath", Volume 4 of "The World Crisis"., 15 Apr 1929 - 26 Apr 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/224
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Edward [Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII]; Mermeix; [the Maharajah of Alwar, India]; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans; Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley]; Charles [7th Lord] Londonderry; [Brigadier General] James Edmonds [of the Military Branch of the Historical Section]; [Sir] Arthur Steel-Maitland; Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence]; [Walter, 2nd Lord Rothschild]; William Bridgeman [First Lord of the Admiralty]; [Major]...
Dates:
15 Apr 1929 - 26 Apr 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: Letters of congratulation to WSC or letters thanking him for complimentary copies of Volume 1 of "Marlborough: His Life and Times"., Oct 1933 - Dec 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/326
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Sir] Abe [Bailey]; John Burns; [Herbrand, 11th Duke of] Bedford; Consuelo [Balsan, earlier Duchess of Marlborough]; Bernard Baruch; Bindon Blood; Lord Blandford [later John, 10th Duke of Marlborough]; [1st Lord] Beatty; Stanley Baldwin; Arthur [Penn]; Victor [Spencer, later 2nd Lord Churchill]; [Lord] Ivor [Churchill]; Lady Violet Bonham-Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter, later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury]; 1st Lord Camrose [earlier Sir...
Dates:
Oct 1933 - Dec 1933
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: Letters of congratulation to WSC or letters thanking him for complimentary copies of Volume 3 of "The World Crisis"., 11 Feb 1927 - 01 Oct 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/211
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Walter Faber; [General Sir Ian] Hamilton; Ralph Blumenfeld, Editor of the Daily Express; [Sir James] Fortescue-Flannery; John Buchan; Tim Harington; Ernest Moir; Clarice Fisher; William Bridgeman [First Lord of the Admiralty]; Lord Stamfordham [earlier Sir Arthur Bigge]; Austen Chamberlain; Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence]; [Brigadier General] James Edmonds [of the Military Branch of the Historical Section]; "Freddie" [Frederick...
Dates:
11 Feb 1927 - 01 Oct 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: lists of recipients of complimentary copies of United States and British editions of volume 6 ("Triumph and Tragedy") of WSC's war memoirs ("The Second World War")., Dec 1953 - Apr 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/65
Scope and Contents
Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from WSC's secretaries Elizabeth Gilliatt, Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], and Gillian Maturin.
Dates:
Dec 1953 - Apr 1954
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: lists of recordings by WSC and cuttings from "Into Battle" and "The Unrelenting Struggle"., [1941] - 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/3
Scope and Contents
Includes lists of recordings from the above books, "The Gathering Storm" [volume 1 of "The Second World War"], and "The World Crisis"; pages cut from: "Into Battle" featuring WSC's speeches (13 May, 28 May, 4 June, 18 June, and 20 August 1940) on becoming Prime Minister, the fall of Belgium, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk [France], and the role of the RAF in the Battle of Britain; and "The Unrelenting Struggle" featuring WSC's joint messages with President...
Dates:
[1941] - 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: lists of WSC articles, lectures, etc. for 1894/1895 and 1923-1939., c 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/656
Scope and Contents
Includes lists of articles for Amalgamated Press Limited (Answers and Pictorial Weekly), Bell Syndicate (United States), Collier's magazine, the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror, the Daily Sketch, the Daily Telegraph and the Morning Post, the Evening Standard, William Randolph Hearst newspapers, Illustrated magazine, International Magazine USA, Jewish Telegraph Agency, John Bull magazine, John O'London's Weekly, Nash's magazine, the New Statesman and Nation, George Newnes Limited, the News...
Dates:
c 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: London Film Productions: correspondence., 01 Jan 1935 - 29 Nov 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/514
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of London Film Productions, including Alexander Korda, Managing Director (2) on a film on the reign of George V to commemorate the Silver Jubilee and a film on the history of aviation; representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Company, solicitors (17).Also includes: a general scheme for "King George V"; an annotated copy of the contract between London Film Productions and WSC for "King George V".
Dates:
01 Jan 1935 - 29 Nov 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: London Film Productions: correspondence., 07 Feb 1934 - 31 Dec 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/495A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of London Film Productions Limited including George Grossmith, Chairman (2) and Alexander Korda, Managing Director (3), on WSC's advisory role in a series of short films; representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Company [solicitors] (16); Randolph Churchill on the film scenarios (9); Frederick Ponsonby [Keeper of the Privy Purse, later 1st Lord Sysonby] on a film commemorating the Silver Jubilee (3); Walter, 1st Lord Runciman [President of the Board of...
Dates:
07 Feb 1934 - 31 Dec 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: London to Ladysmith., 01 Jan 1900 - 31 Dec 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/11
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft in WSC's own hand.
Dates:
01 Jan 1900 - 31 Dec 1900
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: MacMillan and Company Limited and Charles Scribner's Sons: business correspondence., 17 Jan 1942 - 24 Nov 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/700
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Daniel MacMillan, [Chairman and Managing Director], and Lovat Dickson, [Director], of MacMillan, on managing those works by WSC where he holds the copyright (20); Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador in the United States] on a window display featuring WSC's books at Scribner's in New York [United States].Other subjects include: WSC's sales and royalties in the United States and elsewhere; requests to publish extracts from WSC's works in...
Dates:
17 Jan 1942 - 24 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: MacMillan and Company Limited: business correspondence., 16 Jan 1941 - 02 Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/686
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Daniel MacMillan [Chairman and Managing Director], and Lovat Dickson, [Director] of MacMillan (8); Brendan Bracken.Subjects include: an agreement with MacMillan to publish WSC's works where he owns the copyright; matters arising from the liquidation of Thornton Butterworth Limited; permission to quote extracts from WSC's works; WSC's United States royalties and an American law suit; a new edition of "Thoughts and Adventures"; MacMillan re-issuing other works by...
Dates:
16 Jan 1941 - 02 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: MacMillan and Company Limited: business correspondence., 04 Mar 1943 - 01 Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/708
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Arthur Megaw [Arthur Stanley]; representatives of MacMillan and Company including Daniel MacMillan, [Chairman and Managing Director], and Lovat Dickson, [Director] (12); [Geoffrey] Mason of Lloyds Bank (5); representatives of Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company [solicitors] (8); Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] (2); John S Churchill; Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [solicitors] (6).Subjects include: printing extracts from WSC's works; WSC selling his...
Dates:
04 Mar 1943 - 01 Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: MacMillan and Company Limited: business correspondence., 07 Jan 1944 - 21 Dec 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/714
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of MacMillan and Company including Daniel MacMillan, [Chairman and Managing Director], and Lovat Dickson, [Director] (17); representatives of Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company [solicitors] (5).Subjects include: the publication and rights of various works by WSC abroad, including concern over regulations regarding "trading with the enemy"; the re-assignment to WSC of copyrights acquired by MacMillan; the termination of WSC's contract with MacMillan...
Dates:
07 Jan 1944 - 21 Dec 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: MacMillan and Company Limited: business correspondence., 02 Feb 1945 - 11 Dec 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/722
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Daniel MacMillan [Chairman and Managing Director], Lovat Dickson [Director], and Harold MacMillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] of MacMillan and Company (17); representatives of Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company [solicitors] (3).Subjects include: the publication, rights, and royalties of various works by WSC abroad; matters arising out of the termination of WSC's contract with MacMillan, including income tax difficulties; MacMillan's problems in keeping titles in print...
Dates:
02 Feb 1945 - 11 Dec 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: "Marlborough: His Life and Times."., [1936] - [1938]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/359
Scope and Contents
Draft proofs from various sections of the book. Annotated by WSC.
Dates:
[1936] - [1938]
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: "Marlborough His Life and Times"., c 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/822
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Material for volume 3, comprising: assorted typescript and galley proofs, some with annotations by WSC and others; transcriptions of documents and notes on sources; manuscript notes by William Deakin on Port Mahon and the campaign of 1708 in Spain; letters and notes by Lieutenant-Commander J H Owen and Ridley Pakenham Walsh.
Dates:
c 1933
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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Literary: "Marlborough His Life and Times"., 1935 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/823
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous notes and proofs relating to volume III annotated by WSC and others.
Dates:
1935 - 1937
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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Literary: "Marlborough: His Life and Times": correspondence., 16 Dec 1929 - 31 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/595
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Representatives of George G Harrap and Company (41) including Charles Wood on proof-reading matters for volume 4 of "Marlborough" (35), and George Harrap and Walter Harrap; "Waldyram" [12th Lord Waldegrave] on papers possibly relevant to WSC's research; Ridley Pakenham-Walsh on illustrations and proof-reading for the book (9); "Rock" [5th Lord Cholmondeley, earlier Lord Rocksavage] on an illustration for the book and his exercise programme for CSC; Keith Feiling (2)...
Dates:
16 Dec 1929 - 31 Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: "Marlborough: His Life and Times": correspondence., 10 Jan 1939 - 05 Dec 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/625
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: William Deakin [WSC's literary assistant] on an enquiry by the 9th Duke of Rutland [earlier Lord Granby] and the case of a German Jewish couple seeking residence in the United Kingdom; Cyril Alders [Secretary to the Duke of Rutland's Household] on the source of a reference in volume 4 of the book; [Henry] Saxe Wyndham giving WSC an autograph of 1st Lord Godolphin (3); representatives of George G Harrap and Company on subjects including issuing a limited edition of...
Dates:
10 Jan 1939 - 05 Dec 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times": correspondence., 06 Jan 1936 - 31 Jul 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/529A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Ridley Pakenham-Walsh on research for volume 3 of "Marlborough" (25); John Wheldon (7); representatives of George G Harrap and Company Limited, including George G Harrap [Managing Director] (4) on volume 3 of "Marlborough" (75); Keith Feiling; Lieutenant-Commander J H Owen on revisions of volume 3 of "Marlborough"; Lord Ivor Churchill; "L E" [Sir Lionel Earle] on Marlborough House [London]; Maurice Ashley [WSC's literary assistant] on research for volume 3 of...
Dates:
06 Jan 1936 - 31 Jul 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times": correspondence., 28 Jul 1936 - 28 Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/530A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of George G Harrap and Company Limited including George G Harrap [Managing Director] (4) on volume 3 of "Marlborough" (58); Richard Raynsford, Editor of the Fighting Forces (2); John Wheldon on illustrations for volume 3 of "Marlborough"; Ridley Pakenham-Walsh on illustrations and research for volumes 3 and 4 of "Marlborough" (7); William Deakin on proof revisions for volume 3 of "Marlborough" (4); "Eddie" [Edward Marsh] on proof revisions for volume 3...
Dates:
28 Jul 1936 - 28 Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times": correspondence., 15 Mar 1944 - 28 Dec 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/712
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of George G Harrap and Company including Walter Harrap (7); David Minlore (2) and Charles Adams, [Assistant Keeper] of the National Portrait Gallery, on a portrait of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough; A Merens, a Consul-General of the Netherlands in India, on an ancestor of his who fought alongside Marlborough; Lovat Dickson, [Director] of MacMillan and Company (3).Also includes copy letters from officials of WSC's Private Office including John Martin...
Dates:
15 Mar 1944 - 28 Dec 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.