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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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Birthday and Christmas gifts:., Nov 1949 - Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/382
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Correspondents (on gifts to WSC) include: Willy Sax on gift of orchid; Thelma Cazalet-Keir on gift of plant; Ava, Lady Anderson (later Lady Waverley) on gift of book; Sir Alexander King o gift of cigars; Lord Queensbury on gift of book "Oscar Wilde and Black Douglas"; Audrey Pleydell Bouverie, on gift of pate de fois gras;.Christmas greeting telegrams from R A Butler, W Mackenzie King, Sir James Dunn and Sir Khizar Hayat Tiwana.File also includes list of birthday gifts, and copies of letters...
Dates:
Nov 1949 - Dec 1949
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Birthday and Christmas Gifts., 1955 - 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/440
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: Viola Garvin; Oliver [1st] Lord Chandos [earlier Oliver Lyttelton]; "Willy" Sax; Major Henry Spence; Jane Welby; Stavros Niarchos; Sylvia Henley; "Prof" [1st Lord Cherwell, earlier Frederick Lindemann]; "Bernie" [Bernard] Baruch; Frank Rose; Brendan [1st Lord] Bracken; Charles [1st Lord] Moran [earlier Charles Wilson] and Diana [Lady] Moran [earlier Diana Wilson]; Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham...
Dates:
1955 - 1956
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Birthday and Christmas gifts., 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/441
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: Sir [Alfred] Chester Beatty; Tommy", Charles Thompson [former Personal Assistant to WSC]; Rhoda, Lady Birley; [8th] Lord Dynevor [earlier Charles Rhys]; "Willy" Sax; Peregrine Churchill; Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien, Lady Olivier [earlier Vivien Leigh]; Patrick Kinna [former Secretary to WSC]; Sir Alexander King; John G Churchill; Clement Flower; [Frank] Rose; Nicholas [Soames]; Pamela Churchill [later Pamela Harriman] and Winston...
Dates:
1957
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Birthday and Christmas gifts., Oct 1960 - Jan 1961
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/445
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: Clement Flower; Robert Lusty of John Lusty Limited; Lord Rupert Nevill; 1st Lord Chandos [earlier Oliver Lyttelton]; Peregrine Churchill and Yvonne Churchill; Anthony Montague Browne; "Pug" [1st Lord Ismay] and Kathleen [Lady] Ismay; Julian Sandys; Edwina Sandys; "Willy" Sax [supplier of paints to WSC]; Sir Derek Greenaway; [8th] Lord Dynevor [earlier Charles Rhys]; Diana Sandys [earlier Diana Churchill, later Diana Bailey]; Sylvia Henley;...
Dates:
Oct 1960 - Jan 1961
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Birthday and Christmas gifts., Oct 1961 - Jan 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/446
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: Lady Juliet Duff; Arnold Carey Foster; Jack Billmeir; Peter [Patrick] Kinna [former Secretary to WSC]; Frank Sawyers [former valet to WSC]; Ava, Lady Waverley [earlier Ava, Lady Anderson and Ava Wigram]; [Frank] Rose; Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook]; Captain Sir Richard Pim; "Rock", 5th Lord Cholmondeley [earlier Lord Rocksavage]; "Max" [1st] Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Max Aitken]; "Hinch" [Lord Hinchingbrooke, later 10th Lord...
Dates:
Oct 1961 - Jan 1962
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Birthday cake., 1959 - 1960
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/444
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Correspondents (mainly comprising representatives of various countries on their contribution of ingredients for a cake for WSC) include: Frederick Floris on the manufacture of the cake; [1st] Lord Hailes [earlier Patrick Buchan-Hepburn], Governor General and Commander in Chief West Indies; Sir Hugh Foot, Governor of Cyprus; Sir Evelyn Baring [later 1st Lord Howick], Governor General and Commander in Chief Kenya; Walter Nash, Prime Minister of New Zealand; Guy Barton, Acting Governor of...
Dates:
1959 - 1960
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Birthday Gifts., 02 Dec 1947 - 03 May 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/387
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: Robert Becker (4); Stella Daly (3); Lieutenant-Commander Frank de Vine-Hunt [former staff, Map Room] (2); Alfred Bossom; Percy Cox [agent for WSC's farms]; Elsie Blomfield; Mary Nankivell; Sir Oswald Birley and Rhoda, Lady Birley; "Bill" 1st Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry]; Lady Juliet Duff; Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon]; Desmond Flower, Literary Director of Cassell and Company Limited; Joan, Lady Davidson; Sylvia Henley; "Pug"...
Dates:
02 Dec 1947 - 03 May 1951
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Birthday gifts., 1920 - 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/443
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Correspondents (concerning birthday and Christmas gifts to WSC) include: Clement Flower; the Sultan of Brunei; Loudon Sainthill; Robert Lusty, Chairman of Hutchinson Publishing Group; Sir Roland Turnball, Governor of North Borneo [part of Malaysia]; Princess Mary; Rhoda, Lady Birley; Nicholas Soames; Emma Soames; Jeremy Soames; Charlotte Soames [later Charlotte Hambro and Charlotte, Lady Peel]; June Churchill; Oliver [1st] Lord Chandos [earlier Oliver Lyttelton]; Arnold Carey Foster; Ava,...
Dates:
1920 - 1959
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Birthday gifts A-B., 1954 - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/422
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Correspondents (mainly concerning 80th birthday gifts to WSC, the acceptance of invitations, and presentations to WSC) include: R A Butler, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Sir Desmond Morton; "Monty" [1st Lord Montgomery]; Nancy Rodd [Nancy Mitford]; 1st Lord Simonds and Mary, Lady Simonds; 1st Lord Alexander and "Maggie" [Margaret, Lady Alexander]; 1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Field Marshal Alan Brooke] and Benita, Lady Alanbrooke; Terence Grady [Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign...
Dates:
1954 - 1955
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Birthday gifts C-E, 1874 - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/423
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Correspondents (mainly concerning 80th birthday gifts to WSC) include: Harold Smedley [Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations], James Armstrong [Agent General for Ontario, Canada, in the United Kingdom], 1st Lord Alexander, Ronald Belcher of the Commonwealth Relations Office, Frederick Hudd of the office of the High Commissioner for Canada (3) on gifts from Canada; Freda, Marquesa de Casa Maury [earlier Freda Dudley Ward] (2); Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier...
Dates:
1874 - 1955
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Birthday gifts F-L, 1915 - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/424
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Correspondents (mainly concerning 80th birthday gifts to WSC) include: Captain Alwyne Farquarson; [2nd Lord] Fisher of Kilverstone; Oswald Frewen (with a letter from [Moreton] Frewen dating to 1915); Roger Frewen and Alexandra Frewen; Herbert Haseltine (3); Sylvia Henley; Kathleen Hill [former Secretary to WSC]; Edward Martell, Chairman of the Winston Churchill 80th Birthday Presentation Fund; John Graham [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary]; Sir Bruce Ingram; Nora, Lady...
Dates:
1915 - 1955
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Birthday gifts: General public A-H., 1952 - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/427A-F
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Correspondents (concerning 80th birthday gifts to WSC) include: Harriet Aldrich; Terence Grady (3) and John Graham [Assistant Private Secretaries to Foreign Secretary]; Frederick Biggs (3); R Barnes, President of the British Beekeepers' Association (5); Lieutenant-General Sir Ian Jacob, Director General of the BBC; Ian Bancroft [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Carmelita Burgers (3); John Stacpoole of the Colonial Office (4), Peter Kitcatt and Barry Smallman [Assistant...
Dates:
1952 - 1955
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Birthday gifts: General public I-Z., 1864 - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/428A-G
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Correspondents (concerning 80th birthday gifts to WSC) include: Helmut Isenberg, Export Director, Paper-Mate Eastern (3); Terence Grady (2) and John Graham (3) [Assistant Private Secretaries to Foreign Secretary]; King Peter II of Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; Ludwig Koch; Leslie Pine, Managing Editor of Burke's Peerage (2); Geoffrey Lane; Claude Muncaster; [William] Gladstone Murray; [Leonard] David Gammans;...
Dates:
1864 - 1955
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Open except for folios 482-497 which have been removed from the file on grounds of data protection as they contain sensitive information about named individuals. Closed for 75 years until 1 Jan 2030.
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Birthday gifts M-R., 1954 - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/425
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Correspondents (mainly concerning 80th birthday gifts to WSC) include: Abdel Rahman El Mahdi; Lieutenant-Commander Michael Parker [Private Secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh]; Mary, Duchess of Marlborough; Percy Cox; Somerset Maugham; Paul Maze; Admiral [1st] Lord Mountbatten of Burma., Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean; Donald Byford, Chairman of the Melton [Leicestershire] Conservative and Unionist Association; Sir Charlton Lane of the Mercers' Company; Christopher Holland-Martin, Honorary...
Dates:
1954 - 1955
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Birthday gifts: S-Z., 1954 - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/426
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Correspondents (mainly concerning 80th birthday gifts to WSC) include: [5th] Lord Munster [earlier Geoffrey FitzClarence], Minister without Portfolio; and Martin Lynch [Private Secretary to Munster]; Andrew Stark [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary]; Spyros Skouras (5), President, and J Pattison (3), Director, of 20th Century Fox, regarding the installation of Cinemascope film equipment at Chartwell [Kent]; Priscilla, Lady Tweedsmuir [earlier Priscilla, Lady Grant]; Richard...
Dates:
1954 - 1955
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Public and Political: General: Gifts C-D., 1899 - 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/408A-B
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: Jean, Lady Campbell; Thelma Cazalet-Keir; 1st Lord Cherwell [earlier Frederick Lindemann]; Ronald Belcher of the Commonwealth Relations Office; "Rock", 5th Lord Cholmondeley [earlier Lord Rocksavage]; Richard Church; Peregrine Churchill; John Colville and Mary Colville; Adrian Conan Doyle; [George] 3rd Lord Cromer [earlier Lord Errington] and Esme, Lady Cromer [earlier Esme Harmsworth]; Brigadier George Davy; William Deakin; Captain Sir...
Dates:
1899 - 1953
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: C-E., 1714 - Dec 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/400
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: Desmond Crawley [Principal Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations]; Major John Chandos-Pole; "C" [1st Lord Cherwell, earlier Frederick Lindemann]; John G Churchill; Peregrine Churchill; Hugh Wonter; Sir William Darling; Major-General Sir Francis de Guingand; James de Rothschild; Thomas Dewey; [Beatrix], Lady Dunalley; James Duncan, Chairman and Managing Director of the Massey Harris Company (4) and John Cleland,...
Dates:
1714 - Dec 1952
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Public and Political: General: Gifts C-F., [1880] - 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/416
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: Rafton Pounder, Chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association; Richard Casey, Australian Minister for External Affairs; [5th Lord] Cholmondeley [earlier Lord Rocksavage]; John G Churchill and Hilda Churchill; Terence Grady, Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary; Geoffrey Cumberlege, Publisher, Oxford University Press; Sir James Dunn, Chairman and President of the Algoma [Canada] Steel Corporation Limited; Dr Ludwig...
Dates:
[1880] - 1954
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Public and Political: General: Gifts C-G., 01 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/522
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Correspondents (on gifts to WSC) include Admiral Harold Stark (2), on gift of food from Amon Carter; J Hay Colligan, offering piece of the original Atlantic Cable (declined); Brig-General Alfred Critchley(2); Don Guillermo de Blanck, Cuban Minister, London, on gift of cigars; Nancy Cunard, on giift of books; Lord Davidson, (Hispanic Council) on gift of book "Spanish now" by Allison Peers; Vice-Admiral Sir John Edgell, Hydrographer of the Navy, on gift of "The English Channel Handbook"; Sir...
Dates:
01 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Christmas gifts., Nov 1962 - Jan 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/447
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Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: Sir Charles Taylor; Sir Michael Fraser, Director of Conservative Research Department; and Herbert Jerichow, Director of Tuborg Breweries.Also includes copies of correspondence from WSC and CSC to the individuals mentioned above; summaries of gifts received; Christmas cards; and notes and copies of correspondence from Catherine Snelling and Doreen Pugh [Secretaries to WSC].
Dates:
Nov 1962 - Jan 1963
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Christmas Gifts, 1950., [Oct] [1928] - 24 Jan 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/388
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Correspondents (on Christmas gifts to WSC) include: Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor] regarding turkeys from Elwood Whitney; Herbert Jerichow, Managing Director of Tuborg Breweries; Colonel John Astor, [Chief Proprietor of] the Times; Colonel William Whitbread, Chairman of Whitbread Investment Company; David Hunt [Private Secretary to Prime Minister] regarding a cheese for WSC; Geoffrey Crowther [Editor of the Economist]; Lewis Douglas; Sir James Dunn, Chairman and...
Dates:
[Oct] [1928] - 24 Jan 1951
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Correspondence A-C., 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/563
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Correspondents concerning gifts to WSC include: [William] Andrews, Editor of the Yorkshire Post; Vincent Lawford of the Foreign Office, [John] Nicholas Henderson, Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, Guy Millard of the Foreign Office advising WSC on overseas gifts; Harold Balfour; Princess Jean de Caraman-Chimay; Thanassis Aghnides, Greek Ambassador to Great Britain; Don de Blanck, Cuban Minister in London and Reginald Ashford, Private Secretary to the Chairman of the Board of...
Dates:
1945
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Correspondence D-J., 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/564
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Correspondents concerning gifts to WSC include: Daisy, Lady Essendon; Leonard Pike, Agent General for Queensland [Australia]; George Mercer Nairne [8th Lord Lansdowne], Private Secretary to the British Ambassador to France on presents from French admirers of WSC; Dingle Foot; Vincent Lawford of the Foreign Office and [John] Nicholas Henderson, Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, advising WSC on overseas gifts; Sir Joseph Nall; and Malcolm Robertson, Chairman of the British...
Dates:
1945
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Public and Political: General: Gifts Correspondence - General Public., Dec 1955 - Sep 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/591A-C
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C Adams (Harrow Tankard); Seymour Adelman (copy of letter by Lord Randolph Churchill enclosed); Gerado Thomas Albanir, Cuban Minister of Communications, (stamps enclosed); R Allen (cigar); Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company (record "His Finest Hour"); George Andrews (book "The Pageant of the Mediterranean"); J S Arnold (sirloin of beef); Australian Wool Bureau (medical sheepskins); H J Bailey (door stop); Colonel Ballantyne (copy of Nelson letter enclosed); David Barkley (book "Give him to...
Dates:
Dec 1955 - Sep 1964
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Public and Political: General: Gifts: Correspondence K-N., 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/565
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Correspondents concerning gifts to WSC include: Guy Millard of the Foreign Office, [John] Nicholas Henderson, Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary advising on gifts from abroad; Leonard Henry, British Consul General at Istanbul [Turkey]; Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich], British Ambassador to France; Admiral Sir Arthur Lumley Lyster on the use of tankers as aircraft carriers; and Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, Chairman of the Navy League.Also includes: copies of correspondence...
Dates:
1945
Conditions Governing Access:
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