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Public and Political: General: Greetings: Birthday greetings., Nov 1945 - Dec 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/448

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Correspondents include: Baron Cartier de Marchienne, Belgian Ambassador to Great Britain; Charles, Prince Regent of Belgium; Sir William Collins, Chairman of Fortnum and Mason Limited; "Brookie" [1st Lord Alanbrooke, earlier Field Marshal Alan Brooke]; Sir Harry Lauder; Julian Sandys; Averell Harriman; Sir Richard Pim; Venetia Montagu [earlier Venetia Stanley]; Queen Mary; Ivan Maisky; Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe] Chairman of the Conservative Party; Lady Lilian Grenfell [earlier Lady Lilian Spencer-Churchill]; Charles Nicholl; Charles Eade; Mary, Duchess of Marlborough; "Freddie" [2nd Lord Birkenhead, earlier Frederick Smith]; Reginald Barnes; [Herbert] Evatt; Patrick Kinna [former Private Secretary to WSC]; "Bill" [1st Lord Camrose, earlier Sir William Berry]; Harold [1st] Lord Balfour of Inchrye; Sir Kenneth Clark; "Eddie", 6th Lord Winterton [earlier Edward Turnour]; Walter Citrine; Desmond Leslie; Sir Newman Flower; "Paddy" [Sir Patrick] Hannon; Field Marshal Harold Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis]; Camille Gutt; Major-General [Robert] Laycock; [General Sir Frederick] Pile; Pamela [Lady Lytton, earlier Pamela Plowden]; Thomas Meagher, Lord Mayor of Perth [Australia]; Reginald Fellowes; Arthur Bateman; "Violette", Lady Leconfield; Sir Cyril Newall; [1st] Lord Killearn [earlier Miles Lampson]; Marina, Duchess of Kent; 7th Lord Spencer [earlier Lord Althorp]; Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter, later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury]; [1st] Lord Cherwell [earlier Frederick Lindemann]; Lionel Curtis; John Remer; Brigadier John Smyth; [1st] Lord Portal of Hungerford; [1st] Lord Southborough [earlier Francis Hopwood]; Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso]; Prince Mohammed Ali; George Cornwallis-West; Major George Marshall; Wallace Pol Roger; Count Edward Raczynski; General Georges Catroux; Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada]; King George VI; "Tommy", Charles Thompson [former Personal Assistant to WSC]; "Bendor" [2nd Duke of Westminster]; Henry [2nd] Lord Melchett [earlier Henry Mond]; Albert Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Hillsborough]; [15th] Lord Strathmore and Kinghorne [earlier Patrick Bowes-Lyon]; [Benno] Moiseiwitsch; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis]; Lovat [Dickson]; [Edward] George Churchill; James de Rothschild; Lord Ivor Churchill; Arnold Gridley; the [5th] Duke of Palmella, Portuguese Ambassador to Great Britain; Alfred Bossom; Eric [3rd Lord] Long; Norman Holden; and John Peck [former Private Secretary to WSC].Also includes copies of correspondence from WSC to the individuals mentioned above; summaries of gifts received; an illustration of Whitehall [London]; and notes and copies of correspondence from Kathleen Hill, "N S " ["Jo" Sturdee, later Lady Onslow] and Elizabeth Gilliatt [Secretaries to WSC].

Dates

  • Creation: Nov 1945 - Dec 1945

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 item(s) (1 file (174 loose folios))

Language of Materials

English