Colville, John Rupert, Sir, 1915-1987 (Knight, civil servant)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1915 - 1987
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Series
Diaries, 1939-09-10 - 1957
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CLVL 1
Scope and Contents
Diaries covering Colville's time as Assistant Private Secretary to Prime Ministers Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, and Clement Attlee.
Dates:
1939-09-10 - 1957
Conditions Governing Access:
Open except for CLVL 1/10.
File
Jock Colville, 1951-12 - 1952-01
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 3/84
Scope and Contents
Letters to Clementine from [John] Jock Colville [Joint Principal Private Secretary to Churchill] during his trip to the United States with Churchill, on subjects including: their journey out to the United States and Canada, December 1951, commenting that he'd never heard anyone talk such rot as 1st Lord Mountbatten [4th Sea Lord] about foreign affairs, and also on the good spirits of [Robert] Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon]; plans for the visit and general American...
Dates:
1951-12 - 1952-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Digital copies of CSCT 1 are available, while CSCT 5/1-10 are available online (see the individual sections for more information).
File
"Letters about Jock's address", 1987-09 - 1988-01
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 2/44
Scope and Contents
Correspondents on MS's address at Sir John Colville's memorial service include: Lord Charteris of Amisfield; Lord Peyton of Yeovil; Raymond Bonham Carter; 6th Lord Malmesbury [earlier Lord Fitzharris]; Lady Margaret Colville (2); Sir [John] Nicholas Henderson; David Montagu [later 4th Lord Swaythling]; Sir Hermann Bondi, Master of Churchill College, University of Cambridge; Ian Beer; Angus Ogilvy; Martin Gilbert; Ion Trewin, Editorial Director of Hodder and Stoughton. Includes the text of...
Dates:
1987-09 - 1988-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Item
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1963-1974
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9429/2A/1-21
Dates:
1963-1974
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
MS speeches, 1986-08 - 1988-11
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 7/6
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund; MS's memories of D-Day; her memories of Winston Churchill (for the Churchill Society, Toronto, Canada, 1987); the memorial service for Sir John Colville, 1988; the work of the Churchill Memorial Trust; the 50th anniversary of the WRVS (Women's Royal Voluntary Service), 1988; tribute to the journalist Sam White, Paris correspondent for the Evening Standard; the work of AJEX [The Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women].
Dates:
1986-08 - 1988-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Item
Research correspondence, 1971-1974
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9429/1E/1-128
Dates:
1971-1974
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Research correspondence, 1976-1979
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9429/1G/1-220
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include Sir H. Butterfield (21-30), Lord Hartwell (107-117), T. E. B. Howarth (119-136) and Lord Rothschild (189-197).
Dates:
1976-1979
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
The Papers of Sir John Colville
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CLVL
Scope and Contents
The material held at Churchill Archives Centre mainly consists of Colville's diaries. They provide an insight into the decision-making of three Prime Ministers and the meetings held with other top officials, as well as the lives of key figures during World War II, and its aftermath.
Dates:
1939 - 1987
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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- Archival Object 7
- Collection 1
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- Second World War (1939-1945) 2
- Armed forces 1
- Battle of Britain (1940) 1
- Conferences 1
- Diplomacy 1
- Foreign policy 1
- Government policy 1
- International relations 1
- Military operations 1
- Monarchy 1
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