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Personal: Horseracing., 1951 - 1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/93

Scope and Contents

Correspondence A-J on WSC's activities as a racehorse owner and breeder File includes correspondence with Frank Salisbury (5) and Sir Humphrey de Trafford [Steward of the Jockey Club] (2) on portrait of WSC for the Jockey Club, Newmarket; Arnold Carey Foster (6) mainly on the management of WSC's Newchapel Stud; correspondence and cuttings on Colonist II, including letters from Raoul Millais (5) on portrait of Colonist II [now hanging in the Drawing Room at Chartwell], Lord Derby; and correspondence (120 items) on dinner at 10 Downing Street for members of the Jockey Club, 1953.

Dates

  • Creation: 1951 - 1956

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 file(s) (1 unbound file, 348 folios)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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