Churchill, Randolph Henry Spencer, Lord, 1849 - 1895 (politician)
Dates
- Existence: 1849 - 1895
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Son of 7th Duke of Marlborough and father of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill.
Found in 102 Collections and/or Records:
Acquired Papers. Letters from Lady Randolph Churchill to Lord Randolph Churchill. Includes material relating to Lady Randolph Churchill's illness with typhoid. All items are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described and several letters are incomplete., 1882 - 1885
Personal: Family etc.: correspondence A - L., 16 Oct 1943 - 16 Sep 1947
Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, C-D. [please note the majority of the file dates from 1943]., Nov 1941 - Dec 1943
Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence, L., Apr 1952 - May 1964
(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), 13 Mar 1874
Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill](Paris [France]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] including: a reprimand for forgetting enclosures to his letters; her cold; dancing with Count Zeilirenher; an engagement that evening at which Khinenbuller is to be present and her dresses. Envelope present.
(Untitled), 15 Mar 1874
Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill](Paris [France]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which she apologises for writing a short letter, complains of a cold, comments on her opinion of [Lord] Blandford [later George, 8th Duke of Marlborough] and reports that some pearls have arrived from New York. Envelope present.
(Untitled), [Mar] [1874]
(Untitled), [1876]
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill] to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which she expresses alarm at a report from Oliver Montagu that he had been "seriously ill" and the fact that he had not told her.
(Untitled), [1877]
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill] to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which she says that her cold has got worse since she has stopped taking snuff; discusses the death of Lord Shrewsbury and its effect on the social calendar of [Lord] Castlereagh [later 6th Lord Londonderry]; promises to pay the coachman and says that she does not want to go to Constantinople [Istanbul, Turkey].
(Untitled), [1882]
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill] (2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] saying that she is ill. Pencil.
(Untitled), 19 [Dec] [1882]
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill] (2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] saying that she is ill [with typhoid] and that she has seen two doctors, including Dr Laking. She asks him not to worry and thanks him for his letter. Pencil.
(Untitled), 29 [Dec] [1882]
Part of a letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill] (2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which she says that she was upset by his telegram and apologises for sending a telegram to the wrong address and instructs him not to worry about her. Pencil.
(Untitled), [Dec] [1882]
Part of a letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill] (2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which she reports that [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough] has been nicknamed "the baby snatcher" because of a "young Curzon", describes her kindness and instructs him not to worry about her. Pencil.
(Untitled), 03 Jan [1883]
Part of a letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill] (2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] including: her distress that he has been worried about her health, financial difficulties and the payment of bills for the house, and her boredom with the "slops" she is given. Pencil.
(Untitled), 08 Jan [1883]
Part of a letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill] (2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] including: her recovery; thanks for a birthday present; her decision not to make it public that she is 29 years old, commenting "26 is quite enough"; and her desire to be with him at Nice [France] or Monte Carlo [Monaco].
(Untitled), [Jan] [1883]
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] including: Dr Laking's opinion of her recovery; the tediousness of being ill; a request for instructions about the payment of bills; the prosperity of Moreton [Frewen] and Clara [Frewen, earlier Clara Jerome]; and rumours of an affair between Lady Grace Lane and Hugh Lowther.
(Untitled), 10 Jan [1883]
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] discussing the possibility that she may meet him in Monte Carlo [Monaco]; expressing concern about the expense; saying that she will be glad to see him; the opinion of Dr Laking about her recovery [from typhoid]; the possibility that Mrs [Lily] Langtry may divorce; and a pantomime which WSC and "Jack" [John S Churchill] visited during which a poodle was introduced as "Lord Randolph Churchill".
(Untitled), 11 Jan [1883]
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] expressing concern about his health; recommending that he should not try a new treatment; discussing problems in sending letters to him and assuring him that she will be able to travel to him at Monte Carlo [Monaco].
(Untitled), 12 Jan [1883]
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] referring to enclosures [not present], discussing financial affairs and saying that her health has improved and she has been allowed to eat a meal.
(Untitled), 16 Jan [1883]
(Untitled), 18 Jan [1883]
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which she says that Dr Laking has given permission for her to travel, discusses arrangements to go to Paris [France] and says that she has tried to discourage [Lord] Blandford [later George, 8th Duke of Marlborough] from joining them in Monte Carlo [Monaco].
(Untitled), 09 Jan 1885
(Untitled), 30 Jan [1885]
(Untitled), 04 Nov 1894
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