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: Patronage: Fourth Queen's Own Hussars P-Z., 1943 - 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/366
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Correspondence and papers on WSC's activites as Honorary Colonel of the 4th Hussars including: Letter from Major C M Clements c/o of the regiment, 1946, on shortage of junior officers; correspondence with James Chuter Ede, Home Secretary and Lt-Colonel R S G Smith on desire of Polish soldiers serving with the 4th Hussars to become naturalised British citizens, 1949, including draft letter, signed by WSC correspondence with Frank Salisbury (4) and Lt-Colonel George Kidston-Montgomerie (2)on...
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1943 - 1951
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Freedoms and Honorary Degrees outstanding A-N., 1945 - 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/363
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File includes: Annotated lists of offers of freedoms and honorary degrees outstanding, correspondence and press cuttings on offer of Freedom of the Borough of Caernarvon, 1947-48; letter from Lord Alexander of Tunis, on the possibility of WSC receiving an honorary degree from the University of California, 1954; correspondence on offer of Freedom of Canterbury, Kent, 1947-48, particularly with with Evelyn Hews, Mayor, (2) and John Baker White MP; correspondence on offer of the Freedom of...
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1945 - 1956
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Freedoms and honorary degrees outstanding O-Z., 1946 - Jan 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/364
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File includes correspondence with: The Burgh of Stirling, Scotland, particularly Town Clerk, Charles Norman (10), and Walter Elliot MP, on offer of Freedom, 1951-63, including press cuttings on postponement of visit in 1952 and 1953; The Borough of Worthing, particularly Ernest Townsend, (16) Town Clerk, on offer of Freedom, 1947-63; The Borough of Oldham, Lancashire, 1941-60, with letters from Leslie Hale MP, 1946 (3), Frank Lord, Chairman, Oldham Conservative and Unionist Association,...
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1946 - Jan 1963
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Freedoms received A-Be., 1941 - 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/356
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File includes: Correspondence and papers on Freedom of Aberystwyth, 1945-1951, particularly arrangements for presentation ceremony at 28 Hyde Park Gate, London, May 1951, with letter from Lord Lisburne, Aug 1945 making initial offer.Correspondence and papers on Freedom of Aldershot, 1944-48, particularly arrangements for admission ceremony, July 1948, with letters from Oliver Lyttelton MP, (later Lord Chandos), 1947-48 (4), booklet "Aldershot and the War 1939-1945" and programme and menu for...
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1941 - 1951
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Freedoms received E-M., 1941 - 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/359
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File includes: Correspondence and papers on Freedom of Eastbourne, 1946-48, particularly admission ceremony at the Dorchester Hotel, London, Apr 1948, with letters from Charles Taylor MP (2);.Correspondence and papers on freedom of the London Borough of Kensington, 1949, with notes on Kensington's contribution to the War Effort, 1939-45, with letter from Richard Law (later Lord Coleraine, MP for South Kensington), text of speeches by the Mayor, Councillor J H Huxley and Alderman Robert...
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1941 - 1951
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Freedoms received N-R., 1941 - 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/360
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File includes: Correspondence and papers on award of Citizenship of Honour of Nancy, France, particularly with Lionel Pelerin (6), Senateur-Maire, 1950;.Correspondence and papers on Freedom of Perth, Scotland, 1948, particularly with Lord Provost, John Ure Primrose, (6), including draft of his speech at admission ceremony, May 1948, with press cuttings (13) on announcement of award;.Correspondence and papers on Freedom of Portsmouth, 1941-50, particularly with successive Lord Mayors, R J...
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1941 - 1951
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Freedoms received S:., 1941 - 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/361
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Correspondence and papers on Freedom of Sheffield, 1943-51, particularly with John Heys, Town Clerk, (12) and Alderman Keeble Hawson, Lord Mayor, (5), mainly on arrangements for admission ceremony, Sheffield City Hall, Apr 1951, letters from Lord Woolton, Chairman of the Conservative Party, (2) on the political situation in Sheffield, 1947, urging him to go to Sheffield to receive the freedom accepted in 1943, correspondence with Stella, Lady Reading, Women's Voluntary Service for Civil...
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1941 - 1951
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Freedoms received W:., 1941 - 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/362
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Correspondence and papers on Freedom of Westminster, 1945-46, particlarly with successive Mayors, Douglas Wood (2) and Edward Keeling MP, (7) and Town Clerk, Sir Parker Morris (4), on admission ceremony, Church House, Westminster, May 1946;.Correspondence and papers on Freedom of Worcester, 1945-50, including correspondence with Conservative and Unionist Central Office, and British Railways on travel arrangements and expenses, printed programme for admission ceremony, Guildhall, Worcester,...
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1941 - 1951
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Public and Political: General: Patronage Garter., 1953 - 1960
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/335
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File includes Correspondence with Sir Ivan De La Bere, Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood (4), on return of Garter Insignia after WSC's death, 1953 and the replacement of his "Lesser George Badge" following burglary at 28 Hyde Park Gate, 1959; Sir Alan Lascelles, PS to Queen Elizabeth II, on covenant to return Garter Insignia after WSC's death, 1953; The Ministry of Education on loan of the 1st Duke of Marlborough's Garter George from Apsley House for WSC to wear at the Coronation,...
Dates:
1953 - 1960
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Honorary American Citizen., Jul 1962 - Mar 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/539A-B
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Correspondents concerning WSC being made an honorary citizen of the United States and of several other states include: John Wyndham [later 1st Lord Egremont] and Sir Philip Zulueta, Private Secretaries to Prime Minister (6) with advice on the opinions of Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton], Prime Minister; United States senators including Jennings Randolph, Ralph Yarborough (4) and Sam Klaver; United States congressmen including Frances Bolton, William Colmer, Claude Pepper, Frank...
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Jul 1962 - Mar 1964
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Honorary United States Citizenship: general public correspondence., Apr 1963 - May 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/588A-B
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Letters of congratulation on WSC's being made an honorary citizen of the United States. Correspondents include: Richard Poff; Professor Patrick Horsburgh; Sir Sadiq Mohammed Khan; Roger Bertholier; Henry Stanford, President of the University of Miami; Antonio Armendariz, Mexican Ambassador to Great Britain; William Clark, Chairman of the Political Council of the Junior Carlton Club; Philip [Woodfield, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister]; Thomas McIntyre, United States Senator; Sir...
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Apr 1963 - May 1963
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Public and Political: General: Patronage Ra-Royal Academy., Apr 1952 - 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/345
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File includes correspondence with: The Railway Benevolent Institution, on donation, 1953; The Reader's Digest on message to mark 35th anniversary, 1956; The British Red Cross Society on support for appeal 1952-54; Christabel, Lady Aberconway (2) on support for appeal to acquire Renoir's house and garden at Cagnes-sur-Mer, 1956; Eric Harrison, Australian High Commissioner, London, on membership of the Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmens' League of Australia, 1957-58; Sir Eugen...
Dates:
Apr 1952 - 1963
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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Westminster College, Fulton [Missouri, United States]., Mar [1946] - Jan 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/566A-C
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Includes correspondence from various individuals on a memorial to WSC's speech "The Sinews of Peace". The memorial consisted of the church of St Mary Aldermanbury, City of London, which was rebuilt at Westminster College. Correspondents include: Christopher Everett and Robert Ford of the Foreign Office; representatives of Westminster College including Robert Davidson, President (19) and Joseph Staples, Administrative Assistant (3); Joyce Hall of Hallmark cards (5); Patrick Horsbrugh (7);...
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Mar [1946] - Jan 1965
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office: Correspondence A - B., 05 Jun 1918 - 27 Dec 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/363
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Correspondents include: [Samuel] Vyvyan Adams on WSC's broadcast (18 December [on the scuttling of the Graf Spee]); Herwald Ramsbotham [later 1st Lord Soulbury], 1st Commissioner of Works, on WSC's occupation of Admiralty House; 17th Duke of Alba [Spanish Ambassador to Britain] on false allegations about WSC in the French and Spanish press (2); 1st Lord Alness [earlier Robert Munro], congratulating WSC on his appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty; Leo Amery on subjects including...
Dates:
05 Jun 1918 - 27 Dec 1939
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, A-B., Jan 1941 - Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/416
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Correspondents include: [2nd] Lord Aberdeen [and Temair, earlier Lord Haddo] on [Mary] Churchill [later Lady Soames]; [Bernard] Sendall [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Information]; Vice-Admiral [Sir] Guy Royle [Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty] on his knighthood and the death of [Rear-]Admiral [?John] Fitzgerald; Captain Maurice Mansergh [Director of Trade Division, Admiralty] and Rear-Admiral Stuart Bonham-Carter on receiving honours; Mabell, Lady Airlie;...
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Jan 1941 - Dec 1941
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, A-B, many congratulating WSC on becoming Prime Minister and praising his leadership and speeches. [please note that almost the whole file dates from 1940]., Jun 1903 - Feb 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/392A-B
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Correspondents include: Vyvyan Adams (4) including (2) on his attending a meeting addressed by WSC; [John] Sandeman Allen on [David Lloyd George]; [1st] Lord Alness [earlier Robert Munro]; Julian Amery [Attache HM Legation, Belgrade] on articles by WSC for publication in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia] (4); Leo Amery [Secretary of State for India and Burma, later Myanmar] sending on a 1903 letter from WSC to him on...
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Jun 1903 - Feb 1941
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, A-B, many on WSC's health, his travels abroad, and offering support for his leadership. [please note that most of the file dates from 1943]., Mar 1941 - Aug 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/463
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Correspondents include: Major-General [2nd] Lord Rennell [earlier Francis Rodd] (15 Army Group) and General [Sir Harold] Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis] forwarding the first Union Jack to fly on the mainland of liberated Europe; Ava, Lady Anderson [earlier Ava Wigram, later Ava, Lady Waverley] commenting on and sending on notes on Ralph Wigram and the German breaking of the Treaty of Locarno including extracts from letters by [Pierre] Flandin [former French Foreign Minister];...
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Mar 1941 - Aug 1947
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, A-B. [please note that almost the whole file dates from 1942]., c [1892] - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/440
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Correspondents include: Lady Margaret Alexander on her husband [General Harold Alexander, later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis]; Sir Gifford Fox; John Winant [United States Ambassador to Great Britain] on W Sterling Cole giving WSC the American flag flying over the United States Capitol when he spoke there in 1941; Group Captain [Charles] Anderson; Paul Appleby, United States Under-Secretary of Agriculture; Anthony Rumbold [2nd Secretary], British Embassy, Washington [United States] (2)...
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c [1892] - Dec 1942
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office Correspondence C-D., 01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/530
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Correspondence dealt with by WSC's Private Office at 10 Downing Street, (Kathleen Hill) as opposed to the Private Office File also contains copies of notes and letters by Private Office staff including John Colville, B C Sendall, John Martin, Leslie Rowan,.Correspondents include: Lord Camrose; Richard Casey, on election defeat; Henry "Chips" Channon, on election defeat; Robert Chapman, offering book on Marlborough; Admiral Sir George Chetwode, on Victory in Europe; Noel Coward, asking for...
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01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, C-D., Jan 1943 - Jun 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/464
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Correspondents include: "E R" [Eleanor Roosevelt] and John Russell [2nd Secretary] (British Embassy, Washington [United States]) (2) on communications with a US sculptor Stirling Calder and his bust of WSC; [1st] Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry], High Commissioner for Canada [in the United Kingdom] Vincent Massey, Chilean Ambassador [to Great Britain] Manuel Bianchi, and Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia] Jan Sramek, on WSC's health problems; Sir...
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Jan 1943 - Jun 1944
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office: Correspondence C - D., 11 Sep 1914 - 29 Dec 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/364
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Correspondents include: Richard Casey [Australian Minister for Supply and Development]; John Boland, General Secretary, Catholic Truth Society, on allegations in the United States press on WSC's opposition to the entry of the United States into the First World War (3); Sir Charles Petrie on using letters by WSC in his biography of Sir Austen Chamberlain (2); Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister, on speaking in the House of Commons; Sir Evan Charteris on WSC's broadcast (1 October ["The First...
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11 Sep 1914 - 29 Dec 1939
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, C-D., Jan 1941 - Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/417
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Correspondents include: [4th] Lord Camden [John Pratt] on rationing on the Riviera, France; [1st] Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry] (2); [Arnold] Heeney, Clerk of the Privy Council, Canada, on the Privy Council oath; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin] and "B B" [Brendan Bracken, Prime Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary] on the death of Ronald Cartland; Freda, Marquesa de Casa Maury [earlier Freda Dudley Ward], on a "health-giving lamp" and the Feathers Club (2); Robert...
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Jan 1941 - Dec 1941
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, C-D., Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/441
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Correspondents include: Sir Edward Campbell on the death of his son; Malcolm MacDonald, British High Commissioner in Canada, passing on a request for WSC's autograph; "Porchy", [6th] Lord Carnarvon [earlier Lord Porchester] (2), Sir Philip Chetwode, and Sir Stafford Cripps sending birthday greetings; Victor Cazalet; "R C" [1st Lord] Cecil [of Chelwood, earlier Lord Robert Cecil] on WSC's "two Archbishops"; [Rodney] Gallop (Foreign Office); "Bobbety", Lord Cranborne [earlier Robert Gascoyne...
Dates:
Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, C-D, many congratulating WSC on becoming Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party and praising his leadership., Jan 1940 - Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/393
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Correspondents include: Monsieur Campinchi, French Minister of Marine; [1st] Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry, Editor-in-Chief] of the Daily Telegraph sending on a United States article published in the Telegraph; Robert Cary; [1st] Lord Cecil of Chelwood [earlier Lord Robert Cecil] (?2) including (1) on the League [of Nations]; Lord Hugh Cecil [later 1st Lord Quickswood]; Neville Chamberlain (5) on subjects including his health, government policy, and his resignation; Sir Evan...
Dates:
Jan 1940 - Dec 1940
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, E-G., Jan 1943 - Jan 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/465
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Correspondents include: Charles Eade [editor] of the Sunday Dispatch and Leslie Graham-Dixon thanking WSC for gifts of his books; Admiral Sir Edward Evans [later 1st Lord Mountevans] sending a book for WSC; General Dwight Eisenhower (2) on receiving a picture of WSC and WSC's illness; James Forrestal [Under Secretary of the United States Navy] on WSC's recovery; "B B" [Brendan Bracken] on "Lee's Lieutenants" by Douglas Freeman; Arthur Grenfell on early flying experiences with WSC; Sir Edward...
Dates:
Jan 1943 - Jan 1944
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