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Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, R-S, many congratulating WSC on becoming Prime Minister and praising his leadership and speeches, Apr 1908 - Dec 1940. [Please note that almost the whole file dates from 1940].

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/398

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay on his knighthood; Sir Eugene Ramsden on Conservative support for WSC; Whitelaw Reid [London correspondent] of the New York Herald Tribune [United States]; [Sir] Robert Renwick sending on memoranda on French banks (by "Birch"), demolition in London, and Albania (by Renwick) (4); [David] Waley [Principal Assistant Secretary] (Treasury) and Philip Allen (Ministry of Home Security) on Renwick's memoranda; Paul Reynaud, French Minister of Finance (2); Charles Corbin, French Ambassador to Great Britain, sending on a telegram from Reynaud; Ava, Lady Ribblesdale; [1st] Lord Rothermere [earlier Harold Harmsworth] on the conduct of the war (4); "Jimmy" [James] de Rothschild; Mary, Princess Royal, sending on a card; Sir Thomas Russell, [Commandant] Cairo City Police [Egypt]; Kathleen, Duchess of Rutland; [Reginald] Servaes on being honoured; Vincent Sheean on United States opinion on the war and his new play; [1st] Lord Horne of Slamannan; "Louis" [Edward] Spears suggesting WSC needs a "strong organising mind" working with him; Sir Malcolm Stewart (4) including (1) sending on information from a "prominent German industrialist" on the mood inside Germany; Sir Henry Strakosch (2); Brigadier-General George Strong [United States Special Observer, London]; Hugh Cudlipp, Editor of the Sunday Pictorial, on dispute over a statement by WSC on Norway; Eileen, Duchess of Sutherland, on government use of a house belonging to her family; Hannen Swaffer sending encouragement and a verse; Sir Charles Sykes. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from "C R T" [Charles Thompson] and [Desmond] Morton [Personal Assistants to WSC], [Brendan Bracken, Prime Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary], WSC's secretaries [Kathleen] Hill and "M S" [Mary Shearburn], and [Admiralty] Private Secretary [John] Higham; and from WSC to some of those mentioned above and to Sir John Reith.Other subjects include: the death of John Rathbone; various dining arrangements; various gifts sent and received, including a book by Francis Beeding, pen-name of Hilary Saunders; changes in the Cabinet; a cheque from Rothermere for 600 pounds; birthday wishes; a 1908 letter from Jennie Cornwallis West [Lady Randolph Churchill] on WSC losing his Manchester seat; Strakosch's health.Also includes: poem by W G Rayne entitled "The Call to Arms"; extracts from the Sunday Pictorial and Hansard on WSC's statement on Norway.

Dates

  • Creation: Apr 1908 - Dec 1940. [Please note that almost the whole file dates from 1940].

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 file(s) (122 folios)

Language of Materials

English

Existence and Location of Copies

Folios 70-71 and 111: Copyright holders (Duchess of Rutland and Trinity Mirror for Cecil King) have withheld permission for online publication. Available at Churchill Archives Centre.

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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