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Literary: correspondence, mainly readers' comments, on volume 1 ("The Gathering Storm") of WSC's war memoirs ("The Second World War")., Apr 1948 - May 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/48A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Reverend Andrew Blair on Pierre Laval [former head of government, Vichy France]; Belgian General Boels; Robert Boothby; George Bosworth on WSC's role in the 1930s and arms exports to Germany; Timothy Breen (2); Camille Chautemps defending his actions; William Clarke [member of Room 40, naval intelligence]; Kenneth de Courcy on British policy in the years before the war (2); Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz]; "Sidney", Lord Herbert [later 16th Lord Pembroke and 13th...
Dates:
Apr 1948 - May 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the betting tax., 10 Feb 1928 - 20 Jul 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/79
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Correspondents include: Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise] (2); John Davidson [Conservative Party Chairman]; Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (9); Attorney-General, Sir Douglas Hogg [later 1st Lord Hailsham]; Sir Ernest Gowers [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue]; bookmakers' representatives, including Ladbroke and Company (4), the Northern Bookmakers' and Backers' Protection Association (2), the National Sporting League, and the Betting Duty Reform...
Dates:
10 Feb 1928 - 20 Jul 1928
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Open
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Personal: Family: biographical material and information file., 1891 - 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/38A-B
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Includes details of WSC's filing system, broadcasts, speeches, favourite songs, agricultural patronage, books, orders and decorations, honorary degrees, fellowships, freedoms, medals, ministerial appointments, service titles, degrees offered but not yet received, parliamentary seats, paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy [London], and annual subscriptions; copies of various items by WSC including a letter to the Times under the pseudonym "Scorpio" on prayers for rain, and a lecture...
Dates:
1891 - 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence O-R., 03 Jan 1939 - 08 Aug 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/58
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Correspondents include: J Butler Ormond (5); E Sylvia Pankhurst, Editor of the New Times and Ethiopia News, on the singer Herman Simberg and the transport of naval ratings' wives from Malta (4); 1st Lord Luke, [earlier George Johnston] Chairman of the Revenue Committee for the King Edward's Hospital Fund for London; Mary Relton, Secretary of Epping Division Conservative Association (5); Ernest Brown, Minister of Labour and National Service; Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division...
Dates:
03 Jan 1939 - 08 Aug 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence A-C., Oct 1951 - Jul 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/127A-B
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Correspondents include: William Reid, Lord Provost of Aberdeen [Scotland] on WSC's visit there in 1952; David Pitblado [Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden] (3); Frank Glaves-Smith [Principal Private Secretary to President of the Board of Trade]; Konrad Adenauer [Federal Chancellor of Germany]; Sir Frederick Hoyer Millar [later 1st Lord Inchrya, British Ambassador to West Germany, later part of Germany]; John Perrin, [Principal] Private Secretary to Minister of...
Dates:
Oct 1951 - Jul 1962
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence A., 05 Jan 1946 - 30 Jun 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/145A-B
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Correspondents include: Haile Selassie, Emperor [of Ethiopia] (2); Grant Duff Ainslie on the loss of India; "Brookie" [1st Lord Alanbrooke, earlier Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of Imperial General Staff] on subjects including the evacuation of British troops from Egypt (6); "Jimmy", 17th Duke of Alba, on subjects including Andres Revesz's biography of 1st Duke of Marlborough, and being prevented from leaving Spain (7); 1st Lord Altrincham [earlier Sir Edward Grigg] on the country's need for WSC's...
Dates:
05 Jan 1946 - 30 Jun 1949
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Open
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence B., 13 Nov 1945 - 27 Oct 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/146A-B
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Correspondents include: Hugo Baring; 2nd Lord Baldwin of Bewdley; Consuelo Balsan [earlier Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough] (2); Don Domingo de las Barcenas, Spanish Ambassador to Britain, on the attitude of the United Nations to Spain, and worsening relations with Britain; Gunilla, Lady Barnes, on the death of Sir Reginald Barnes; "Reggie" [Sir Reginald Barnes] (3); Herman Baruch, United States Ambassador to the Netherlands; Beverley Baxter; Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands; 10th Duke...
Dates:
13 Nov 1945 - 27 Oct 1948
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Open
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: United States (January - March 1946) H - K., 03 Dec 1945 - 21 Aug 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/227
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Correspondents on WSC's visit include: 1st Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin], British Ambassador to the United States, on subjects including arrangements for WSC's visit, trade negotiations, the illness of Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to Franklin Roosevelt], invitations, the Anglo-American Loan, and WSC speaking at Williamsburg and before Congress (16); Frank Clarke (2); Winthrop Aldrich; Eugene Meyer; Sir Harold Butler [Minister at the British Embassy,...
Dates:
03 Dec 1945 - 21 Aug 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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