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Public and Political: General: Gifts P-S., 1812 - 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/438

Scope and Contents

Correspondents (concerning gifts to WSC) include: C Albert Paine (5) regarding songs he has sent to WSC; Miss St Clair Conway Poole (3); Brian Goddard, Secretary of the Winston Churchill 80th Birthday Presentation Fund; Hubert Gladwyn-Jebb, British Ambassador to France; Evan Maude [Principal Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer]; R Morley of the Northern Transport Agency (5); Rachel, Lady Stuart; James Rosenberg (4); Terence Grady [Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary]; General Sir Roy Bucher; Frank Salisbury; Captain Lancelot de Giberne Sieveking; and Mable Stevens (3).Also includes copies of correspondence from WSC to the individuals mentioned above; newspaper cuttings; poems; photographs (including a photograph of Herbert Hoover); two copies of the Gazetta Britannica (dating to 1812 and 1813); pages from the Graphic (dating to 1886) depicting Lord Randolph Churchill's visit to Ulster [Ireland]; and a cigarette card depicting WSC's escape from Pretoria [South Africa]; and notes and copies of correspondence from R McHale, Gillian Maturin, Doreen Pugh, "N S" ["Jo" Sturdee, later Lady Onslow] and Grace Hamblin [Secretaries to WSC], Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to WSC], and Christopher Soames [Parliamentary Private Secretary to WSC].Most of the material in the file dates between 1955 and 1958.

Dates

  • Creation: 1812 - 1958

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 item(s) (1 file (254 loose folios))

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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