Public and Political: General: Patronage: S., 1940 - 1948
Scope and Contents
File includes correspondence with: St Andrews University, particularly The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, Chancellor (2) and David Ritchie, Secretary (3) on award of honorary degree, 1948 (12pp); St Dunstan's for men and women blinded on war service, on presentation of engraved walking stick to Sir Ian Fraser, to commemorate his 25 years as Chairman, 1947, with notes for WSC's broadcast on behalf of the Wireless for the Blind Fund in 1929 (31pp); Squadron Leader Rev. Cecil King (5), on support for appeal of Biggin Hill Memorial Committee for the rebuilding of St George's Chapel of Remembrance, with copies of appeal literature, 1947; Anthony de Rothschild, asking for permisson to name new wing of St Mary Hospital, Paddington the Winston Churchill Wing, 1945; St Paul's Cathedral Restoration Fund, on donation of 10 pounds, 1946; St Stephen's Club, Westminster, on election as Honorary Member, 1946; William Whitelaw, on election as Honorary Member of the Scottish Conservative Club, Edinburgh, with covering notes by George Harvie Watt and James Stuart, and printed list of members, 1945; Admiral Sir Aubrey Smith, Deputy Chairman, King George's Fund for Sailors, agreeing to become patron of nautical magazine "Sea-Pie" (2), 1940; The University of Sheffield, paricularly J I O Masson, Vice-Chancellor (2) on award of honorary degree, 1946; The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, particularly Sir Edward Wilshaw, Prime Warden (2), on award of Honorary Freedom of the Company to WSC and CSC, 1945-47; The British Empire Service League on WSC's election as an honorary member of the South African Union, 1948; Sir Eustace Missenden, General Manager, Southern Railway, on naming new "Battle of Britain" class locomotive "Winston Churchill", (2) 1947; Sir Ralph Verney, Secretary to The Speaker, House of Commons, and Muriel Fitzroy, Lady Daventry (on memorial to Edward Algernon Fitzroy, Speaker, 1928-43, with copy of "Hansard", 10 Mar 1943, on the death of Speaker Fitzroy, 1946; Colonel David Stirling (2) on the Special Air Service (SAS) Regimental Association, with copy of diary, membership card, newsletter, and annual report and accounts, 1946; The Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association on message for Kent County Magazine, 1946; Brendan Bracken, on meeting of the Stevenson Trust, 1946; Sir Alfred Webb-Johnson, on election as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, 1945.
Dates
- Creation: 1940 - 1948
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
1 file(s) (1 unbound file, 212 folios)
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087
archives@chu.cam.ac.uk