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(Untitled), 09 Aug 1893

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/66-68

Scope and Contents

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Kissingen, to WSC, on WSC's disappointing performance in the Sandhurst entrance examination, particularly on WSC's failure to pass well enough to join an infantry regiment, and the extra expense of a commission in the cavalry. Stating that he would not allow him to remain in the Cavalry, and that as soon as possible he would arrange his transfer to an infantry regiment. "I am certain that if you cannot prevent yourself from leading the idle useless unprofitable life you have had during your schooldays & later months, you will become a mere social wastrel one of the hundreds of the public school failures, and you will degenerate into a shabby unhappy & futile existence.".

Dates

  • Creation: 09 Aug 1893

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Peregrine Churchill

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Bibliography

Published: Winston S Churchill I, pp.196-198 & Winston S Churchill : Companion Volume I, Part 1, pp.390-391

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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