Scope and Contents Letters, mainly between Clementine, Lady Churchill and MS, with one from MS to Sarah Beauchamp [earlier Sarah Churchill and Sarah Oliver, later Sarah, Lady Audley] on subjects including: Christmas 1952; Diana Sandys [earlier Diana Churchill and Diana Bailey] having a nervous breakdown; various summer shooting parties, including at Swinton Park, Yorkshire and Lochmore, Scotland; Sir Winston Churchill's failing health and depression; staying at La Capponcina in Cap d'Ail, France, with...

Scope and Contents Letters between Clementine, Lady Churchill and MS on subjects including: Christmas 1953; MPs' pay; Clementine's visit to France, July-Aug 1954; Sir Winston Churchill's decision to stay on as Prime Minister; the failing health of Clementine's sister Nellie Romilly [earlier Nellie Hozier]; Churchill's sittings for Graham Sutherland; MS's baby Charlotte Soames. Also includes: sale catalogue for the Soames family home, Sheffield Park, Sussex; photograph of Charlotte Soames's...

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Photo shows Diana Sandys [earlier Diana Churchill] holding Celia Sandys, as a baby, in her arms. To the left of the photo is Duncan Sandys and WSC is to the right. Two children are also in the group [?Edwina Sandys and Julian Sandys].

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Includes: Diana Sandys [earlier Diana Churchill and Diana Bailey] on her gratitude for CSC's support, and her stay in a clinic in Italy [following a nervous breakdown]; Randolph Churchill on subjects including his book ["They Serve the Queen"] and his financial affairs; Sarah Beauchamp [earlier Sarah Churchill and Sarah Oliver, later Sarah, Lady Audley] on her television work for Hallmark ["Hall of Fame"] and her separation from Antony Beauchamp.

Scope and Contents Mainly copies of letters to CSC from Sarah Beauchamp [earlier Sarah Churchill and Sarah Oliver, later Sarah, Lady Audley] on subjects including: her television work [Hallmark's "Hall of Fame"]; her depression at the failure of her marriage to Antony Beauchamp; American coverage of Sir Winston Churchill's resignation as Prime Minister; her painting and writing; being invited to witness a (postponed) atomic bomb test in Nevada; difficulties with Beauchamp; touring with the play ["No Time for...

Scope and Contents Letters from CSC to her former secretary, Margery Street on subjects including: Sarah Churchill's debut [later Sarah Oliver, Sarah Beauchamp and Sarah, Lady Audley] and her crashing CSC's car; Winston Churchill's work on the grounds at Chartwell [Kent]; CSC's affection for Sarah; amateur dramatics at Chartwell, Christmas 1933; MS's progress at riding and tennis; Sarah's stage career; Diana Bailey [earlier Diana Churchill, later Diana Sandys] and her engagement and marriage to Duncan Sandys;...

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Copies of letters from Randolph Churchill, Sarah Churchill [later Sarah Oliver, Sarah Beauchamp and Sarah, Lady Audley] and Diana Churchill [later Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys] to CSC and to Winston Churchill. Includes a copy of a photograph of 'Maryland', the house at Frinton-on-Sea [Essex] where the Churchills went on holiday in 1922.

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Copies of letters from Randolph Churchill, Sarah Churchill [later Sarah Oliver, Sarah Beauchamp and Sarah, Lady Audley] and Diana Churchill [later Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys] to CSC and to Winston Churchill.

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Letters (mainly copies) from Randolph Churchill and Diana Churchill [later Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys] to CSC and to Winston Churchill.

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Copies of letters from Randolph Churchill, Sarah Churchill [later Sarah Oliver, Sarah Beauchamp and Sarah, Lady Audley] and Diana Churchill [later Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys] to CSC and to Winston Churchill.

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Letters (mainly copies) from Randolph Churchill and Diana Churchill [later Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys] to CSC and to Winston Churchill. Subjects include the General Strike and Diana's visit to Paris [France].

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Letters (copies and originals) from Randolph Churchill and Diana Churchill [later Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys] to CSC and to Winston Churchill. Subjects include Diana's stay in Paris [France].

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Letters (copies and originals) from Randolph Churchill and Diana Churchill [later Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys] to CSC and to Winston Churchill. Subjects include CSC's treatment [for mastoiditis] and Churchill's Budget speech.

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Copies of letters from Randolph Churchill and Diana Churchill [later Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys] to CSC and to Winston Churchill, mainly from Randolph to CSC describing his tour of the United States and Canada with Churchill, including a visit to MGM Studios and his impression of William Randolph Hearst.

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Letters (mainly copies) from Sarah Churchill [later Sarah Oliver, Sarah Beauchamp and Sarah, Lady Audley] and Diana Bailey [earlier Diana Churchill and later Diana Sandys] to CSC on subjects including Sarah's visits to Panshanger [Hertfordshire] and Blenheim Palace [Oxfordshire] for Christmas, Randolph Churchill's by-election campaigns in Wavertree [Liverpool] and Norwood [London] and Diana's divorce from John Bailey.

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Copies of correspondence between Diana Sandys [earlier Diana Churchill and Diana Bailey] and CSC on subjects including: Diana's work in a munitions factory; her children; a possible move to the Churchills' former home, 11 Morpeth Mansions [London]; Winston Churchill's health.

Scope and Contents Letters from Diana [also Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys] on subjects including: school days and holidays; campaigning for the 1923 General Election; staying in Paris [France], 1926; visiting Italy,1927; visiting Disraeli's house at Hughenden [Buckinghamshire]; whether she and Duncan Sandys might like to live at 11 Morpeth Mansions [London]; Churchill's health, Sept 1944; settlements from the family trust; Diana's stays at a clinic in Alassio, Italy, 1953, and in hospital in Scotland, 1954;...

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Letters (mainly copies) from Randolph Churchill, Sarah Churchill ["Bumblebee", later Sarah Oliver, Sarah Beauchamp and Sarah, Lady Audley], Diana Churchill ["the Gold-cream kitten", later Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys] and MS to CSC and to Winston Churchill. Includes one letter from MS to Churchill congratulating him on a speech, c 1940, and a copy of a letter from him to MS while he was touring the United States, c 1929.

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Notes and copies of press cuttings on the divorce of Diana [earlier Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys] from Duncan Sandys in 1960 and her later suicide.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Source material on the Churchill family which does not appear to be specific to any particular book. This includes a copy of the Prime Ministerial engagement diary, 1951-55, supplementary extracts from the Times (and other sources) relating to the Churchill family 1908-65, which were used for the biography of Clementine Churchill, and the annotated transcripts of correspondence between Winston Churchill and Clementine, 1908-65. These were also originally made for MS's biography of...

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Photographs of WSC's daughter Diana [Diana Sandys].

Scope and Contents Letters sent while Clementine was aboard the steam yacht the Rosaura with 1st Lord Moyne [earlier Walter Guinness] and his party, on a cruise to the Dutch East Indies [later Indonesia]. Subjects include: landing in Madras [India] and Rangoon [Burma, later Myanmar]; impressions of Sumatra and Malacca [Melaka]; Churchill's landscaping work at Chartwell [Kent]; Singapore, particularly the new naval dockyard; the divorce of Diana Bailey [earlier Diana Churchill, later Diana Sandys]; visiting...

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Correspondents include: 'Bob' [Sir Pierson Dixon, British Ambassador to France]; 1st Lord De L’Isle [earlier 6th Lord De L’Isle and Dudley]; 1st Lord Boyd of Merton [earlier Alan Lennox-Boyd]; [Charles] Patrick Jenkin; 'Nana' [Maryott Whyte]; June Churchill [earlier June Osborne]; 1st Lord Montgomery of Alamein; 2nd Lord Camrose [earlier John Berry]; Martin Gilbert; Lord Shawcross; Sir Jocelyn Lucas.

Scope and Contents Subjects include: work on their new house [33 Eccleston Square, London]; the progress of Churchill's Trade Boards Bill; his Unemployment Insurance plan; Clementine's pregnancy [with Diana Churchill, later Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys]; the financial affairs of Churchill's cousin Ivor Guest [later 1st Lord Wimborne]; a field day with the Oxfordshire Yeomanry and Churchill's wish to try handling large forces; the birth of Jack [John S] Churchill's and 'Goonie' [Lady Gwendeline Churchill]'s...

Scope and Contents Photograph of WSC and his daughter Diana Churchill [also Diana Bailey, later Diana Sandys] emerging from a car through a crowd of onlookers on each side, presumably before entering the church. The photograph is taken from above and shows them both looking straight ahead; WSC is smiling and wearing formal dress, with a top hat and spotted bow tie, and is holding a cane in one hand, and gloves in the other. Diana, just behind him, is wearing a white dress and a close white hat, with...