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Churchill, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer, 1849-1895 (politician)

 Person

Biography

Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (1849-95), Conservative statesman; third son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough; M.P. for Woodstock, 1874-85, and for South Paddington, 1885-94; Secretary of State for India, 1885-86, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1886; and father of Sir Winston Churchill.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Letter from James Corry to Lord Randolph Churchill, 31 July 1877

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9271/4/108
Scope and Contents

He has sounded out Mayor of Belfast; if Marlborough offered him an honour, Mayor would not refuse it; he has been 'a steady and active friend to party not only in Belfast but neighbouring counties.'

Dates: 31 July 1877
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

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, 1878 (Circa, undated)

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9271/4/104
Scope and Contents

Report of Bentinck's views: Bentinck thinks Marlborough was deliberately snubbed on University question; Beaconsfield's conduct was similar to that in Connaught matter; if Marlborough did not resign, he was likely to be dismissed in autumn; no successor would be appointed until after Duke of Connaught's wedding; if Marlborough resigned, his position in Ireland and England would be perfectly intelligible

Dates: 1878 (Circa, undated)
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

Lord Randolph Churchill: 12 letters to Charles Milthorp

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9460
Scope and Contents

Includes letters to Charles Henry Milthorp of Bradford, on local political matters, 'heresy' of bimetallism and other political subjects, condolences, etc.

Dates: 1893-1894
Conditions Governing Access: 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

Lord Randolph Churchill: Correspondence and Papers

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9248
Scope and Contents Political and personal correspondence, including letters from most leading political figures of the time, Joseph Chamberlain, the Lord Justice Gerald Fitzgibbon, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, third Marquis of Salisbury, and Sir Henry Drummond Wolff. The correspondence with Gerald Fitzgibbon sheds much light on Churchill's own career. Comprises letters written to Churchill by political and personal associates, and copies of letters written by him, covering the period 1870 - 1895,...
Dates: 1870-1894
Conditions Governing Access: 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).
 Series — Box: MS Add.8856: Box 1

Lord Randolph Churchill: sheet of sketches drawn at a sitting of the Royal Commission on Naval and Military Administration, Nov. 1888

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8856/115
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.

Dates: Nov. 1888
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).

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