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Public and Political: General: Patronage: N-Prim., 1939 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/306

Scope and Contents

Correspondence on Patronage: File includes correspondence with: The National Poets Memorial of the United States of America, 1942; Lord Mackintosh of Halifax on the National Savings Committee, 1948; The National Society of Conservative and Unionist Agents, on subscription as Vice President, 1944; The town of Naupactos, Greece, on freedom of the town, 1946; Admiral Sir Harold Burrough on election as an Honorary Life Member of the Naval and Military Club, Piccadilly, London, 1946; Sir Graham Greene, on subscription to the Navy Records Society, 1941-46; Lt-Col Anthony Muirhead MP (1) and Lt-Col A T Coltart (3) on The 63rd (Oxfordshire Yeomanry Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, 1940-46 (13pp); Anthony Wedgwood Benn (later 2nd Lord Stansgate and Tony Benn), President, Oxford Union Society, invitation to WSC to address Society, 1947 (declined); Sir John Miles, Warden, Merton College Oxford on election to Honorary Fellowship (3), with comments by Brendan Bracken and Lord Cherwell, 1942; Oxford University on visit for award of honorary degree, 1946; The City of Paris, France, on election as Honorary Citizen by the Comite Parisien de la Liberation, 1944 (12pp); The Province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba [the principal tobacco growing area] on election as a Citizen of Honour, including cutting from "Revista Tabacco", "Churchill, El Intoxicado Genial", 1942-43 (15pp); Charles Rhys on election as Honorary Member of The Pitt Club, London, 1946; The City of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on the opening of the Churchill Dam, with copy of souvenir brochure and the Eastern Province Herald, 1948; Archibald D Findlay, Seed Merchant, Strathmiglo, Fife, Scotland, on naming of the "Churchill" potato, 1948 (8); Admiral Sir Charles Little, (5) on Memorial Fund to Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, particularly donation of £1000 from H R Turner of Buxton, Derbyshire, 1947 (26pp); The Parliamentary Press Gallery Trust 1940-41; Sir Richard Wells (2), Lord Croft, Lord Woolton (3), Lord Ebbisham (4) and others on WSC's actvities as Grand Master of the Primrose League, including publications and drafts of WSC's messages1939-48 (160pp).

Dates

  • Creation: 1939 - 1948

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 file(s) (1 unbound file, 340 folios)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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