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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Official: Committee of Imperial Defence: correspondence., 09 Jan 1912 - 18 Oct 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 24/4
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith, Prime Minister] on a naval memorandum by 2nd Lord Esher [earlier Reginald Brett, member of the Committee of Imperial Defence] and a projected meeting of the Committee of Imperial Defence at Malta on naval strategy (3); Sir Charles Ottley, Secretary to the Committee, on recognition for the services of the Committee's officers, particularly Adrian Grant-Duff [Assistant Secretary (Military)], and on the suitability of...
Dates:
09 Jan 1912 - 18 Oct 1912
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Prime Minister: African, Mediterranean, and Middle East theatres, 1939-43: proofs of contemporary despatches and reports, to be published as supplements to the London Gazette, and a copy of a pamphlet on the New Zealand Division in Egypt and Libya in 1942, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"]., 1942 - 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/246
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
1942 - 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Prime Minister: Air Operations in Britain and North-West Europe, 1940-45: proofs of mainly contemporary despatches and reports for publication, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"]., Jun 1946 - Sep 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/245
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
Jun 1946 - Sep 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Prime Minister: copies of WSC's correspondence., 14 Oct 1954 - 07 Apr 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 6/6A-C
Scope and Contents
Carbons of letters from WSC to a variety of prominent individuals including Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament, Lords, foreign Heads of State, foreign ambassadors, British High Commissioners, Conservative parliamentary candidates, and others.Includes correspondence with Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter, later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury], Sir Ian Jacob [Director General of the BBC], 2nd Lord Camrose [earlier...
Dates:
14 Oct 1954 - 07 Apr 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Official: Prime Minister: correspondence between WSC and President Dwight D Eisenhower [President of the United States]., 29 Jan 1953 - 31 Mar 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 6/3A-C
Scope and Contents
ff 1- 139 are copies of letters and telegrams from WSC to President Dwight D Eisenhower, 07 Feb 1953 - 31 Mar 1955.ff 140 - 214 are copies of letters from President Dwight D Eisenhower to WSC, 02 Feb1953 - 29 Mar 1955.ff 215 - 282 are copies of correspondence between WSC and President Dwight D Eisenhower, 29 Jan 1953 - 24 Mar 1955. Includes original letters from Dwight D Eisenhower, James D Moffett (2nd Secretary, United States Embassy in Britain) and Winthrop Aldrich (United States...
Dates:
29 Jan 1953 - 31 Mar 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Prime Minister: correspondence mainly relating to change of administration., 24 Aug 1953 - 31 Mar 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 6/4
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Gordon Wilson and Paul Beards (Private Secretaries, War Office) on South African war graves; Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (6); R A Butler [Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); Harold Macmillan [later Lord Stockton, Minister of Housing and Local Government]; Duncan Sandys [Minister of Supply] (2); Christopher Soames [Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister]; John Colville [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] on subjects...
Dates:
24 Aug 1953 - 31 Mar 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Prime Minister: Far East theatre, 1940-42: proofs of mainly contemporary despatches and reports for publication, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"]., 1946 - 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/250A-B
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
1946 - 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Prime Minister: Far East theatre, 1941-42: proofs of mainly contemporary despatches and reports for publication, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"]., 1947 - 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/251
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
1947 - 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Prime Minister: Far East theatre, 1942-46: proofs and copies of mainly contemporary despatches and reports for publication, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"]., 1946 - 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/252A-B
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
1946 - 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Prime Minister: Land Operations in North-West Europe, 1940-45: copy of a published despatch and proofs of reports for publication, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"]., 1941 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/243
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
1941 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Prime Minister: Mediterranean and Middle East theatres, 1943-45: proofs of mainly contemporary despatches and reports for publication, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"]., 1946 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/249A-B
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
1946 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Prime Minister: Naval Operations, 1940-45: proofs of contemporary despatches and reports, to be published as supplements to the London Gazette, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"]., 1947 - 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
1947 - 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Prime Minister: Naval Operations, 1943-45: proofs of contemporary despatches and reports, to be published as supplements to the London Gazette, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"]., 1947 - 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/242
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
1947 - 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on rating relief proposals., 30 Apr 1928 - 31 May 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/90
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (3); Alfred Hurst [Principal Assistant Secretary, Treasury] (3); Sir Horace Hamilton [Permanent Secretary, Board of Trade] (3); Sir Richard Hopkins [Controller of Finance and Supply Services, Treasury] (2); Sir George Courthope MP (2); William John MP; Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC]; Graham Vincent [Private Secretary to the Prime Minister]; Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister] (2); James...
Dates:
30 Apr 1928 - 31 May 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: notes and correspondence., 20 Jan 1940 - [May] [1940]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 23/3
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: defence organisation, as in the procedures of the Military Co-ordination Committee and Chiefs of Staff Committee; Lord Halifax [earlier Lord Irwin and Edward Wood, Foreign Secretary] on his disapproval of a broadcast by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on neutral countries; extracts from the press on foreign reaction to WSC's broadcast on neutrals; notes from Cabinet, including WSC and Neville Chamberlain [Prime...
Dates:
20 Jan 1940 - [May] [1940]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Fonds
Other Deposited Collections Relating to Sir Winston Churchill
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WCHL
Scope and Contents
The 'Churchill Additional' collection is distinct from Sir Winston Churchill's own papers because the 'Churchill Additional' material has a different provenance (it was not maintained with Sir Winston's own archive) and cannot be considered as having been generated by the same processes as Sir Winston's papers. Much of the collection was not generated, accumulated or received by Churchill, but came from various different sources. It includes a diverse range of material: correspondence, with...
Dates:
1693 - 2012
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Closures are noted in the catalogue.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Papers and photographs relating to his career in the Auxiliary Air Force, 1936 - 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MISC 82
Scope and Contents
Comprising a photocopy pilot's certificate of competency and licence, 6 January 1936; a curriculum vitae of his career in the Auxiliary Air Force from 1937 to 1944, with a photocopy manuscript draft, undated; a certificate of appointment to the rank of Pilot Officer, 7 March 1938; a letter from Winston Churchill congratulating 615 Squadron on their recent record of enemy kills, 7 June 1940; a certificate recording the award of a Mentioned in Despatches (MID), 29 September 1940; and copies of...
Dates:
1936 - 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Some material within the collection is closed to researchers.
Series
Papers of Lady Randolph Churchill, mainly letters to her son, John S Churchill [known as "Jack"], 1893 - 1927
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/PCHL 1
Scope and Contents
The letters included in this section of the collection shed light on the closeness of Lady Randolph and her sons, especially the letters in PCHL 1/5 which touch on her plans to marry George Cornwallis West, and she freely and frequently confides details of her financial worries. She reflects also on Winston Churchill's career plans and encourages Jack to further his own career and to think carefully about the options which are available to him. The letters also provide evidence of the highly...
Dates:
1893 - 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Papers relating to German ship building in the run up to the First World War, 1909-01 - 1911-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCKN 3/31
Scope and Contents
Includes: originals of reports by Commander Sir [Arthur] Trevor Dawson to McKenna while he was First Lord of the Admiralty, 1909-11; Cabinet memoranda by McKenna and Winston Churchill [President of the Board of Trade] on naval matters, particularly requirements for a naval war staff, naval estimates and European battleship building programmes; paper from the Sea Lords supporting McKenna's view that Germany might have 21 dreadnoughts (or at least 17) by 1912; memorandum by McKenna in tribute...
Dates:
1909-01 - 1911-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Personal, 1945 - 1965
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1
Scope and Contents
This class of papers includes correspondence and papers relating to WSC's business, financial, and legal affairs, including permission for the exhibition and reproduction of his paintings, to the Chartwell estate, including Frenchstreet and Bardogs farms, and to his family, medical advisors, illnesses and pets.There are also sections relating to his staff, to private visits abroad and invitations received, and to his racing interests. There is, finally, a considerable number of photographs...
Dates:
1945 - 1965
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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Personal: Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association: (visit to the United States, 1931-1932)., 01 Feb 1931 - 31 Aug 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on WSC's lecture tour of the United States, mainly with Louis Alber [President of the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated]. [The tour was initially postponed due to the General Election, and disrupted because of WSC's road accident in New York in December 1931].
Dates:
01 Feb 1931 - 31 Aug 1933
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Bank Pass Book., Jun 1924 - Dec 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/177
Scope and Contents
Pass Book for WSC's for WSC's current account with Lloyds Bank Ltd., Cox's & King's Branch.
Dates:
Jun 1924 - Dec 1924
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Bank Pass Book., Mar 1925 - Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/187
Scope and Contents
WSC's Pass Book for current account with Cox's & King's Branch, Lloyds Bank Ltd.
Dates:
Mar 1925 - Apr 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Bank Pass Book., Apr 1926 - Jun 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/193
Scope and Contents
WSC's Pass Book for current account with Cox's & King's Branch, Lloyds Bank Ltd.
Dates:
Apr 1926 - Jun 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Bank Pass Book., Jan 1929 - Jan 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/213
Scope and Contents
WSC's Pass Book for current and loan accounts with Cox's & King's Branch, Lloyds Bank Ltd.
Dates:
Jan 1929 - Jan 1931
Conditions Governing Access:
Open