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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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: the Netherlands (May 1946) correspondence: general public., 19 Mar 1946 - 22 Aug 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/235A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents on WSC's visit include: Sir Frederick Godber, Chairman, Executive Committee, Help Holland Council; Merrick Denton-Thompson, British Consul- General, Amsterdam (2); Walter Fletcher on paint suppliers in the Netherlands; Sir Nevile Bland, British Ambassador to the Netherlands; G van Heuven Goedhart, former Minister of Justice for the Netherlands, on his wartime escape to Britain. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by CSC and Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames], and...
Dates:
19 Mar 1946 - 22 Aug 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: the Netherlands (May 1946): newspapers, press reports., 08 May 1946 - 17 May 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/236
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Includes: reports from the British and Dutch press on WSC's visit; texts of speeches by individuals including Berend Escher, Rector of Leyden University, on WSC receiving an honorary doctorate (10 May 1946), Baron Willem Lodewijk de vos van Steenwijk, Chairman, Upper House of the Parliament of the Netherlands, on WSC's visit to the States-General [the Hague, 9 May], Professor Rudolf Cleveringa, Leyden University (10 May) and Alderman W Schokking on WSC's visit to Amsterdam, and Amsterdam's...
Dates:
08 May 1946 - 17 May 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: United States (January - March 1946) C - D., 30 Jul 1945 - 10 Apr 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/225
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Correspondents on WSC's visit include: Francis Rundall, British Consulate, New York; Appolonia Cassidy, on photographing WSC and inviting him to an art gallery (5); Douglas Chandor on his portrait of WSC (2); J C Thomson, British Consul, Miami (4); Frank Clarke on providing accommodation for WSC, the programme for his visit, WSC losing the 1945 General Election, and the effect in the United States of WSC's warnings about the Soviet Union (11); John Lockhart, Private Secretary to the British...
Dates:
30 Jul 1945 - 10 Apr 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: United States (January - March 1946) E - G., May 1945 - 10 Sep 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/226
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Correspondents on WSC's visit include: General Ira Eaker, Deputy Commander, United States Army Air Forces (2); Dwight Eisenhower on subjects including the death of Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to Franklin Roosevelt], and histories of the Second World War (5); Harry Butcher, former naval aide to Eisenhower, on publishing his diaries; J C Thomson [British Consul, Miami] (3); Sir Francis Evans [British Consul-General, New York]; Clarence Streit, President, Federal Union; Millard...
Dates:
May 1945 - 10 Sep 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: United States (January - March 1946) L - M., 14 May 1945 - 25 Apr 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/228
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Correspondents on WSC's visit include: Fiorello LaGuardia, outgoing Mayor of New York (2); Frederick Leathers [Director, William Cory and Son Limited] on WSC's journey; 1st Lord Leathers [Minister of War Transport] on WSC's journey (2); Harold Peat, offering WSC a lecture tour (4); Clark Getts, offering WSC a lecture tour (4); Sol Hurok, offering WSC a lecture tour; [Marie-Rene] Alexis Leger ["St John Perse"]; Walter Lippmann (2); Clare Luce; Henry Luce [publisher, Time and Life] on a dinner...
Dates:
14 May 1945 - 25 Apr 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: United States (January - March 1946) N - R., 29 Nov 1945 - 17 May 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/229
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Correspondents on WSC's visit include: James Angell, Public Service Counsellor, National Broadcasting Company Incorporated [NBC] on recordings of WSC's speeches (2); Gilbert Grosvenor, President, National Geographic Society, on maps given to WSC; Bruce Bliven, President, New Republic magazine, on a special Franklin Roosevelt issue (2); Douglas Robey, British Vice-Consul, New York, on subjects including a reception for WSC (5); Sir Francis Evans [British Consul-General, New York] (3);...
Dates:
29 Nov 1945 - 17 May 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: United States (January - March 1946) S - Z., 03 Oct 1945 - 07 Aug 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/230A-B
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Correspondents on WSC's visit include: Jorge Sanchez (5); Douglas Robey [British Vice-Consul, New York]; Iriney Georgevitch, Serbian Bishop of Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; Albert Canning, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Special Branch, on WSC's police guard; Charles Scribner; [Walter] Bedell Smith; "Betty", Harold Stark; Sir William Stephenson [Director, British Security Co-ordination] on WSC meeting the lawyer...
Dates:
03 Oct 1945 - 07 Aug 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Quebec Conference diary, 5-26 September 1944, 1944-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHI/2/3/2
Scope and Contents
Marked 'To Canada with the Prime Minister and Chiefs of Staff' inside front cover. A small pocket diary, about 30 pages of writing, written to his wife Ethel Whitby in his absence. Describes lunch with the Prime Minister on the train on the way to board the Queen Mary, 5 September, where Whitby joined Sir Alan Brooke, Admiral Cunningham and Sir Charles Portal. He refers to the 'noble Lord' (Churchill's physician, Lord Moran) and describes a sumptuous dinner on board on 6 Sept. Entries...
Dates:
1944-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Generally open.
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Scrapbook, 1928 - 1983
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KMBR 1
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Containing letters, photographs, press cuttings and printed ephemera about the RAF.
Including photographs of Winston Churchill at RAF Biggin Hill, undated (1), and in Cairo, 1942 (1).
Also with many documents and photographs about RAF rowing crews of the 1950s.
Dates:
1928 - 1983
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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Scrapbook, 1950 - 2007
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SALM 1/1A
Scope and Contents
Material relating to work at Chartwell, Cliveden and Fairlawne, Kent. Contains some photographs of members of the Royal Family.
Dates:
1950 - 2007
Sub-Series
Sir Winston Churchill, 1952 - 1975
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FICA 2/2
Scope and Contents
Papers and articles on Churchill, particularly on his funeral.
Dates:
1952 - 1975
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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Sir Winston Churchill, 1953-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FICA 5/1
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Press photographs of Sir Winston Churchill, including the Order of the Garter Ceremony at. Windsor [Berkshire].
Dates:
1953-08
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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Sir Winston Churchill, 1961 - 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PJGG 14/2
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection includes personal documents and honours (PJGG 1); general correspondence (PJGG 2 and 12); material relating to India including finance papers (PJGG 3), political papers (federation and defence) (PJGG 4), miscellaneous reports (PJGG 5), War Office papers about India (PJGG 8); Lady Grigg's correspondence (PJGG 6 and 7); War Office correspondence (PJGG 9); Committee papers (PJGG 10); literary material (PJGG 13-15).Perhaps the most interesting papers are those...
Dates:
1961 - 1963
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Individual closures of files are indicated in the catalogue.
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Sir Winston Churchill: appreciations, 1934 - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/42
Scope and Contents
Includes: annotated typescript for Sir Winston Churchill's obituary by LSA; articles written by LSA to mark Churchill's seventieth and eightieth birthdays; galley proof for 'Winston Spencer Churchill, Servant of Crown and Commonwealth'.
Dates:
1934 - 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Sub-Series
Sir Winston Churchill: Press Cuttings, 1930 - 1965
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/RDCH 8/2
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection includes: Randolph Churchill's correspondence, with his own friends and those of his father; personal papers, particularly on a book to commemorate his parents' golden wedding anniversary and on his house in Suffolk; correspondence, source material and proofs for his many books, particularly his autobiography, 'Twenty-One Years' and the biography of his father; correspondence and texts relating to Randolph's journalistic career; papers relating to his various election...
Dates:
1930 - 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. The catalogue includes details of some material in the collection which is currently too fragile to be produced and researchers should seek advice from Archives Centre staff about accessing this material.
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Sir Winston Churchill Society of Canada, 1976-07 - 1987-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 11/32
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, mainly on various memorial banquets, also including CS's speech on Churchill to the Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver branches, 1979. Correspondents include 1st Lord Mountbatten (2) and Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone [earlier Quintin Hogg and 2nd Lord Hailsham] on their own experiences of speaking to the Society.
Dates:
1976-07 - 1987-04
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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Special correspondence: Sir Winston Churchill, 1940-05 - 1955-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/2/4
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Sir Winston Churchill on subjects including: organisation of the War Cabinet; the value of air transport, and LSA's view that the Air Ministry did not give it enough importance; averting famine in India; monetary and commercial policy and the possibility of this causing a split in the Conservative Party; the lifelong friendship between Churchill and LSA; honours for LSA; policy on European Union and India after the war; Army reform; Palestine; the possibility of India...
Dates:
1940-05 - 1955-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Speech notes., Jun 1945 - 30 Jul 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/7A-D
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (11 July 1946, Livingstone Hall, Westminster, London) for a confidential meeting of the Executive Committee of Conservative and Unionist Associations including: his decision not to resign as Leader of the Conservative Party; criticisms of the Labour government; the need for organised opposition; and local party organisation. Source material includes: press cuttings; papers and notes on a variety of subjects including the organisation of the Conservative party,...
Dates:
Jun 1945 - 30 Jul 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speech notes: House of Commons., 26 May 1942 - 25 Jun 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/6A-C
Scope and Contents
Speech notes and Hansard report of WSC's speech (5 June 1946, House of Commons) on foreign affairs on various subjects including: the cold war and the deterioration of relations with the Soviet Union; Communism; the report of the Trade Union delegation to Athens [Greece] and the elections held there; affairs and events in Spain, Italy, Germany, France and Poland; a broadcast delivered by Field Marshal Jan Smuts; reconstruction in Belgium and the Netherlands; and the United Nations. Source...
Dates:
26 May 1942 - 25 Jun 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches, 1953-04 - 1955-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 7/20
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and typescript speech notes on subjects including: Roger Bannister; the success of the Institute of Directors; ELS’s own writing work; the mistake of being bound too closely to France; has France a future?; Winston Churchill, including a review of the final volume of his war memoirs; a review of Major-General Gerald Verney’s history of the Seventh Armoured Division, the 'Desert Rats'; Marshal Philippe Petain and the 1917 mutinies in the French army.
Dates:
1953-04 - 1955-11
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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Speeches, 1897 - 1945
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9
Scope and Contents
The papers in this class have been assigned as far as possible to particular speeches, but certain papers remain unassignable, partly because notes and material were used for more than one occasion and partly because of inextricable confusion. The class includes material for speeches which is not unlike some of the papers in CHAR 2 (Public and Political: General) and CHAR 8 (Literary) classes, together with notes, drafts, speaking notes, press releases, press cuttings, Hansard, copies from...
Dates:
1897 - 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.
Series
Speeches, 1942 - 1960
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5
Scope and Contents
This class of papers mainly covers WSC's post-war speeches, from 1945 up to his final years, and follows on from the earlier speeches contained in CHAR 9. Within each year, the papers are arranged in chronological order, and are divided into House of Commons and non-House of Commons speeches. They chiefly consist of speaking notes, drafts, notes and source material, press cuttings reporting the speeches, copies of Hansard and prints.Originally the material for each speech was stored in an...
Dates:
1942 - 1960
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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Speeches., [1904] - [1909]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/14
Scope and Contents
Undated manuscript speech notes by WSC Mainly on free trade, protection and the fiscal question.
Dates:
[1904] - [1909]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches., 1904 - 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/15
Scope and Contents
Undated manuscript speech notes by WSC Subjects covered include free trade, taxation, general elections, colonial affairs, education, Ireland.
Dates:
1904 - 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches:., 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/19
Scope and Contents
Cutting from Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury, report of speech by WSC to Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, 5 May, on the Government's Colonial policy, railway and river development, the cotton trade and the needs of Lancashire. Published Complete Speeches I, pp.618-624, under the title, "The Development of the Crown Colonies".Printed pamphlet, speech by WSC "Liberalism and Socialism", St Andrew's Hall, Glasgow. Published Complete Speeches I, pp.671-677...
Dates:
1906
Conditions Governing Access:
Open