Churchill, Randolph Henry Spencer, Lord, 1849 - 1895 (politician)
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- Existence: 1849 - 1895
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Son of 7th Duke of Marlborough and father of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill.
Found in 116 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 16 May [1877]
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (House of Commons) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his pleasure at the future visit of Clara [Jerome, later Clara Frewen]; advice that she should not continue using snuff as a cure for her cold; a dinner he is to attend at the Junior Naval and Military Club with Campbell aide-de-camp; and discussion of a wedding present and the [financial settlement for marriage of Lady Rosamund Churchill, later Lady Fellowes and Lady De Ramsey].
(Untitled), c 1880
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Hotel Constantinople, Paris [France]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] thanking her for her letters; describing his visit to Pau and the Pyranees, the illness of [John, 7th Duke of Marlborough]; his own illness through indigestion; and discussions he has had with [Sir Henry Drummond] Wolff concerning the leadership of the [Conservative] Party.
(Untitled), c 1880
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his hope that she has settled at Brighton [East Sussex]; his lack of success at fishing; the improvement in his health; and an argument he has had with [Lady Wimborne, earlier Lady Cornelia Churchill and Cornelia, Lady Guest] about her invitation to [the Duke of] Connaught [and Srathearn], brother of [Albert Edward, Prince of Wales] which has forced him to leave the house.
(Untitled), 11 Oct [1882]
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] thanking her for her letters and remarking on [a letter] from WSC. He also discusses: the future marriage of [Lord] Curzon [later 4th Lord Howe] to "Georgie" [Lady Georgiana Churchill, later Lady Curzon and Lady Howe] which he describes as "brilliant"; his poor health; and his opinion that it would be undesirable for her to have dinner with Mrs Beauclere alone; and arrangements for moving into a house.
(Untitled), 01 Jan 1883
(Untitled), 05 Jan [1883]
(Untitled), 06 Jan [1883]
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill ([France] on the notepaper of 2 Connaught Place) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his concern at her illness; meetings with [John] Gorst and [William] Coddington, Conservative MP for Blackburn [Lancashire] and with [Frederick] Hunt, Conservative candidate for Marylebone [London].
(Untitled), 16 Jan [1883]
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Villa Carmen [Monte Carlo, Monaco]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: the bad weather which "follows me like my shadow"; his doctor's opinion that [Monte Carlo] is good for his health; the disappointment of [4th Lord] Dorchester that he had not been admitted to see her; and financial difficulties.
(Untitled), 17 Jan [1883]
(Untitled), 04 Dec 1884
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (SS Rohilla) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including his ill health and the suffering of [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough] in the bad weather.
(Untitled), 06 Sep 1885
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill ([Scotland] on the notepaper of the India Office) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including descriptions of those he has met and a request for her opinion about a speech he made [on 4 September]. In a post script Lord Randolph adds that he has informed "C" that his doctor has ordered him to take complete rest.
(Untitled), 26 Jan 1894
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Le Nid, Monte Carlo, [Monaco] on the notepaper of 50 Grosvenor Square) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] describing the people he has met, who include [1st Lord] Dufferin [and Ava] and complaining of a cold.
(Untitled), 29 Jan 1894
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Le Nid, Monte Carlo [Monaco]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] complaining of a cold, speculating on the likelihood that the "stupid old Lords" will not pass the Employers' Liability Bill and thus damage his position in Bradford [Yorkshire], commenting on the "dissolute" lifestyle of Mrs [Lily] Langtry and the huge gambling losses of [5th Lord] Rosslyn [earlier James St Clair-Erskine].
(Untitled), 03 Feb 1893
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Le Nid [Monte Carlo, Monaco]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] reproaching her for not writing to him, complaining of a cold, relating an argument between Lady Wilton and "that abominable Duchess [of Montrose]" and his intention to speak to the Duke of Cambridge about "Jack" [John S Churchill], discussing arrangements to return to England and asking her to thank WSC for his letter.
(Untitled), 23 Dec 1889
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (23 Rue Francois I [Paris, France]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he relates his recovery from a fever and discusses arrangements for his return to London on the following day.
(Untitled), 1890
Telegram from Lord Randolph Churchill (Aix les Bains [France]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] expressing his concern at the news that she has been ill and asking her to send him a telegram informing him of her health.
(Untitled), 21 Jan 1885
Letter from WSC (29 [& 30] Brunswick Road, Brighton [Hove, East Sussex]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] informing her of the date of the school play, asking whether it is "heaven upon earth" without him and of the date that Dr Rouse [Robson Roose] is going to take him to see Dr Woaks [Woakes] and saying that he wants to write to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in India.
(Untitled), 28 May 1894
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, 50 Grosvenor Square, To WSC, on visit to Lord Roberts at Grove Park, also on forthcoming visit of the Prince of Wales to Harrow School. Advising WSC to take care with his diet, "Eating fast, as you do is a fertile source of indigestion & heated blood, producing boils". Also advising him to address him as "Dear Father" rather than "Papa" in future letters.
(Untitled), 22 Jan 1895
Letter from [1st Lord] Goschen (Seacox Heath, Hawkhurst [Kent]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] expressing sympathy and anxiety about [Lord Randolph Churchill's] health".
(Untitled), 25 Jun 1894
Letter from Dr Thomas Buzzard and Dr Robson Roose (74 Grosvenor Square [London]) to Lady Randolph Churchill recording their objection to Lord Randolph Churchill's journey to the United States and suggesting that he should return in the event of "any fresh symptom pointing possibly to disturbance of the Mental faculties".
(Untitled), 18 May 1891
Letter from Gwynydd Williams [secretary to Lord Randolph Churchill] (Government House, Cape Town [South Africa]) to Lady Randolph Churchill in which he says that "R" [Lord Randolph Churchill] is writing to her so he will not write about the poor conditions and food on the boat and reassures her that [Lord Randolph's] health is good except for a sore throat.
(Untitled), 06 Jun [1891]
Letter from Gwynydd Williams [secretary to Lord Randolph Churchill] (Johannesburg [South Africa]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] in which she reassures her about [Lord] Randolph [Churchill's] health, describes his dislike of Boer food and says that they are staying with [Alfred] Beit.
(Untitled), 26 Jun [1891]
Letter from Gwynydd Williams [secretary to Lord Randolph Churchill] (Johannesburg [South Africa]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] in which she says that she has been on a shooting party with [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] which he has described in an article for the D[aily] G[raphic] and describes their experiences.
(Untitled), 25 Jan [1895]
Letter from [1st Lord] Dufferin [and Ava] (The British Embassy, Paris [France]) to Lady Randolph Churchill expressing sympathy [on the death of Lord Randolph Churchill] and commenting on how "changed" he was last time he saw him.
(Untitled), 10 [Feb] [1895]
Letter from George Curzon [later Lord Curzon of Kedleston] to Lady Randolph Churchill in which he expresses sympathy on the death of Lord Randolph Churchill and on her unselfishness and devotion in caring for him.
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