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Public and Political: General:., 01 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/492

Scope and Contents

Personal Office Correspondence C-D Correspondence dealt with by WSC's Private Office at 10 Downing Street, (Kathleen Hill) as opposed to the Private Office, file also contains copies of letters by Private Office staff including John Colville and J C B Dodds.Correspondents include Lord Clanwilliam (2) on portrait of WSC for the Carlton Club; Sir Noel Charles, High Commissioner in Italy; V K Wellington Koo, Chinese Ambassador, London, birthday greetings; General Mark Clark, gift of Union Flag raised in Rome, on the night of its capture by the Allies, 5 June 1944; Alice, Lady Clifford, on gift of eye shade; St John Ervine, request to include quotations by Lord Randolph Churchill, WSC, and Randolph Churchill in biography of James Craig, 1st Lord Craigavon; Don Guillermo de Blanck, Cuban Minister, London, on gift of cigars; Ettie, Lady Desborough, birthday greetings; Lady Margaret Douglas-Home, Home & Van Thal Ltd, Publishers, on reprint of "Lord Randolph Churchill"; Tom Driberg [later Lord Bradwell], gift of bottle of "Church Ale", a beer brewed in Belgium during the German occupation.

Dates

  • Creation: 01 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 file(s) (1 bound file, 38 folios)

Language of Materials

English