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(Untitled), 01 Jan 1897

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/23/4-5

Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC ("In the train", Sioni [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he and Hugo [Baring] met [Winifred and Victoria] Kennard, Arnold Morley, Sir Francis McLean, Baker Russell; reports that he received her messages from [Lord] Fincastle; comments on the unpopularity of [Victor, 9th Lord] Elgin as Viceroy of India; apologises for his writing and says that he hopes to be able to go to Egypt [to serve under Sir Herbert Kitchener]. Pencil.

Dates

  • Creation: 01 Jan 1897

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Winston Churchill MP

Extent

2 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Bibliography

Published: Winston S Churchill : Companion Volume I, Part 2, pp 718-20

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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