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Public and Political: General: Patronage: C-Ch., 1949 - Apr 1952

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/314

Scope and Contents

File includes correspondence with: The Friends of Canterbury Cathedral, 1951; The Lord Mayor of Cardiff, enclosing printed petition of the Corporation of Cardiff, requesting that Wales should have a Capital and that Capital should be Cardiff, 1949; 1st Lord Sandford [earlier Albert Edmondson] on the financial situation of the Carlton Club, with printed Report and Accounts for 1945-49; Major General William Dimoline, on naming of new Army married quarters "Chartwell Gardens", 1951; The Royal United Services Institution on award of the Chesney Gold Medal for Military History, 1950; Church Army Housing Ltd on funding of "Churchill Homes for elderly people, 1948-51, with notes by Mary Soames and Sarah Churchill; Lt-Col L Cromwell, on signed photograph for Churchill Barracks, Lippstadt Garrison, Germany, 1949; Robert Crouch MP, on opening of Churchill Close, Sturminster Marshall, Dorset, 1951; British Legion, Churchill Court, Sevenoaks, Kent, on visit, 1946, with note by Mary Soames (formerly Mary Churchill) on possible drive through the town of Sevenoaks; Henry Hopkinson MP on establishment of "Churchill Fund" in Sweden, 1950; Sir Parker Morris, Town Clerk, Westminster (6), on naming of Churchill Gardens, Pimlico, 1951; William Jordan, New Zealand High Commissioner, London (3), on naming of "Churchill Heights", Plymouth, New Zealand, 1950; Hugh Machell (2), John Edwards (3) Councillor A V Nicholls General Sir Leslie Hollis, William Teeling MP and others , on opening of Churchill House, Brighton, and dissatisfaction about the way it was being run 1950-51; St John's Housing Corporation, Newfoundland, Canada, on naming of "Churchill Park" Housing Estate; Herbert Williams MP on naming of Churchill Pumping Station, Staffordshire, 1951; Julian Crossley (2) and Lord Portal of Hungerford on naming of the "Churchill Room" for the Dominion Students Hall Trust, London, 1951; Bromwell Ault (4), on establishment of proposed Churchill Scholarships, with WSC's reply stating that they should not be started in his lifetime, 1951; The Church of England Children's Society (formerly "Waifs and Strays", on patrionage, 1947-51.

Dates

  • Creation: 1949 - Apr 1952

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 file(s) (1 unbound file, 237 folios)

Language of Materials

English

Existence and Location of Copies

Folios 25, 27, 31, 37, 39: Copyright holder (RUSI) has withheld permission for online publication. Available at Churchill Archives Centre.

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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