Public and Political: General: Greetings: Birthday greetings., 1948
Scope and Contents
Correspondents (concerning birthday wishes to WSC) include: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth; "Betty", Admiral Harold Stark; Robert Hudson; Prince Mohammed Ali; Sir Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana; Mary, Duchess of Beaufort [earlier Lady Mary Cambridge]; Sir Kenneth Clark; Frank Sawyers; Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi; Horatia Seymour; Peter Fraser; Diana Sandys [earlier Diana Churchill, later Diana Bailey] and Duncan Sandys; Lady Lilian Grenfell [earlier Lady Lilian Spencer-Churchill]; "Freddy" [2nd Lord Birkenhead, earlier Frederick Smith]; Edward, Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward Prince of Wales and Edward VIII] and Wallis, Duchess of Windsor [earlier Wallis Simpson]; Julian Sandys; Consuelo Balsan [earlier Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough and Consuelo Vanderbilt] and Jacques Balsan; Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands; Frances, Lady Lloyd George; Cheng Tien-Hsi, Chinese Ambassador to Great Britain; Anthony Bevir; [5th] Duke of Palmella, Portuguese Ambassador to Great Britain; Neil Maclean; Sir Harry Lauder; Esmond [2nd Lord] Rothermere [earlier Esmond Harmsworth]; Sir [George] Leighton Seager; Sir Francis Whitmore; [2nd] Lord Melchett [earlier Henry Mond]; "Prof" [F A Lindemann later 1st Lord Cherwell]; William, 6th Lord De L'Isle and Dudley [earlier William Sidney, later 1st Lord De L'Isle]; 1st Lord Simon; Jan Smuts; Sir Alexander Korda; John McCloy; Sir James Dunn; Frederick [Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis and later 1st Lord Woolton]; Harry [1st Lord] McGowan; Lord Ivor Churchill; "Crankie" [Sir Edward Crankshaw]; Charles Eade; Leslie Hore-Belisha; Joan, Lady Camden; Mary, Duchess of Marlborough; [Rene] Massigli; Allan Noble; Desmond Flower; Frank Sawyers; Princess Arthur of Connaught; Alfred Bossom; Lord Leathers [later 1st Lord Leathers]; Sir Piers Legh; Odette [Pol Roger]; Robert Menzies; Moniz de Aragao, Brazilian Ambassador to Great Britain; [14th Duke of] Hamilton [Chancellor of St Andrews University, Scotland]; Frank Owen, Editor of the Daily Mail; Lewis Douglas; Charles Rhys [later 8th Lord Dynevor] and Hope Rhys [later Hope, Lady Dynevor]; Ava, Lady Waverley [earlier Ava, Lady Anderson and Ava Wigram]; Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter, later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury]; Charles Wood [former literary assistant to WSC]; Leslie Rowan; "Ettie" [Ethel, Lady Desborough]; Sir James Hawkey; Patrick Kinna; Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone; Clement Attlee; "Bernie" [Bernard Baruch]; [1st Lord] Balfour of Inchrye; George Harrap; Sir Ernest Swinton; "Elsie" [Elizabeth] Lady Salisbury [earlier Elizabeth, Lady Cranbourne]; Harry Truman; Walter Graebner; [1st Lord] Montgomery of Alamein; "Porchey" Lord Porchester [later 7th Lord Carnarvon]; Vice-Admiral Ernest Taylor; Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz]; "Bendor" [2nd Duke of Westminster]; Ivor Thomas; Sir Frederick Whyte; 1st Lord Swinton [earlier Philip Lloyd Graeme and Philip Cunliffe Lister]; Theodore Feilden; Sir Arthur Salter; Sir Arnold Gridley; "Mollie" [Margaret], Duchess of Buccleuch [earlier Margaret, Lady Dalkeith]; ]; Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso]; Dorothy, Lady Moran [earlier Dorothy Wilson]; Lady Juliet Duff; and Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon].Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from Elizabeth Gilliatt and "N S" ["Jo" Sturdee, later Lady Onslow], Secretaries to WSC; summaries of gifts and letters received and copies of correspondence from WSC to the individuals mentioned above.
Dates
- Creation: 1948
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
1 file(s) (314 loose folios)
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Existence and Location of Copies
Folios 117 and 310: Copyright holders (De L'Isle and Moran) have withheld permission for online publication. Available at Churchill Archives Centre.
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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