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), 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.
(Untitled), 15 [Feb] [1895]
Letter from Basil Chamberlain (Tokyo [Japan]) to Lady Randolph Churchill in which he expresses sympathy on the death of Lord Randolph Churchill and says that she must have looked forward to Randolph's death.
(Untitled), 30 Dec 1894
Letter from Maria Bell (Bell's Original Register for Servants, Scotia House, Highfield Street, Leicester) to Lady Randolph Churchill expressing sympathy on the illness of Lord Randolph Churchill and recommending a remedy based on turpentine.
(Untitled), 11 Jan 1895
Letter from Karl Ponnow (Pohannesgat, Stockholm [Sweden]) to Lord Randolph Churchill expressing sympathy on his illness and recommending a cure using nitric acid for diseases of the chest.
(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), [1876]
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill] to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which she urges him not to be "imprudent" about his illness; describes skating and a visit from [?Henry] Trafford who had informed her that [Randolph] was the only person who did not have a single black ball at the Union [Club] and asks him to write more frequently.
(Untitled), 29 Nov [1894]
Letter from WSC (Royal Military College, Sandhurst [Camberley, Surrey]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] thanking him for a present, discussing arrangements to visit Harrow, and informing him that [Lord Randolph Churchill and Lady Randolph Churchill] are returning [from Japan] to Monte Carlo as [Lord Randolph] has been advised to have "perfect quiet". Signed manuscript. Typed transcripts at CHAR 28/152A/32-33.
(Untitled), c 1945
Transcript of a letter from WSC (Royal Military College, Sandhurst [Camberley, Surrey]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] thanking him for a present, discussing arrangements to visit Harrow, and informing him that [Lord Randolph Churchill and Lady Randolph Churchill] are returning [from Japan] to Monte Carlo as [Lord Randolph] has been advised to have "perfect quiet". Typed. 2 copies. Original letter at CHAR 28/152A/31.
(Untitled), 29 Nov [1894]
Letter from WSC (Royal Military College, Sandhurst [Camberley, Surrey]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] informing him that [Lord Randolph Churchill and Lady Randolph Churchill] are returning [from Japan] to Monte Carlo and commenting on [Lord Randolph's] health "if he keeps perfectly quiet he may yet get well- though he will never be able to go into Politics." Signed manuscript. Typed transcripts at CHAR 28/152A/35-36.
(Untitled), c 1945
Transcript of letter from WSC (Royal Military College, Sandhurst [Camberley, Surrey]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] informing him that [Lord Randolph Churchill and Lady Randolph Churchill] are returning [from Japan] to Monte Carlo and commenting on [Lord Randolph's] health "if he keeps perfectly quiet he may yet get well- though he will never be able to go into Politics." Typed. 2 copies. Original letter at CHAR 28/152A/34.
(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].
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