Literary: correspondence, mainly thanking WSC for complimentary copies and congratulating him on volumes 1-4 ("The Birth of Britain", "The New World", "The Age of Revolution" and "The Great Democracies") of "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples"., Apr 1956 - Jun 1958
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Doreen Henderson of Cassell and Company (6); David Pitblado (2) and Sir Leslie Rowan [former Private Secretaries to WSC]; Oliver, 1st Lord Chandos [earlier Oliver Lyttelton] (3); Josephine Schwarz, WSC's cook; Lettice Shillingford [earlier Lettice Marston] (3), Jane Welby (2), Jo Sturdee [later Lady Onslow] (2), Elizabeth Gilliatt (3), Grace Hamblin (2), Delia Morton, Gillian Maturin (2), Jill Lynam (2), and Jane Darwin [WSC's secretaries]; Lady Diana Cooper [earlier Lady Diana Manners, Lady Diana Duff Cooper and Diana, Lady Norwich]; Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie (3); Edwina Sandys [later Edwina Dixon] (2); Rhoda, Lady Birley (2); "Johnny", John G Churchill; "Hinch" [Lord Hinchingbrooke, later 10th Lord Sandwich and Victor Montagu] (2); Herbert Swope (3); Julian Sandys (2); 1st Lord Leathers (3); Joel Hurstfield (4); Lady Juliet Duff (4); Charles Wood [WSC's proof reader] (2); "Brookie", 1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Sir Alan Brooke] (4); Victor Vincent [WSC's gardener] (2); 1st Lord Simonds (4); Sir Shane Leslie (2); Anne Chamberlain (4); Patrick Buchan-Hepburn (1st Lord Hailes) (3); "Archie", 1st Lord Thurso [earlier Sir Archibald Sinclair]; Esmond, 2nd Lord Rothermere [earlier Esmond Harmsworth] (4); Alan Lennox-Boyd [later 1st Lord Boyd of Merton] (4); Andre de Staercke (3); Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor] (4); [George] Gordon Allen (3); "Tommy", Charles Thompson [former Personal Assistant to WSC] (4); Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall (4); Patrick Graham; Antonio Giraudier (5); Eleanor Roosevelt (2); Seymour, 2nd Lord Camrose [earlier John Seymour Berry]; [Herbert] Ziman; Colin Coote; Robert MacKenna (3); Herbert Morrison; George Young; James Stuart; 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood [earlier Lord Robert Cecil] (2); Lewis Einstein (2); "Nancy" [Anne], Duchess of Westminster (3); Lord Goddard (4); R A Butler (2); Stroud Milsom (2); John Plumb (3); 1st Lord Swinton [earlier Philip Lloyd Greame and Philip Cunliffe Lister] (3); Vivian Galbraith, also on sixteenth century lawyers; Lord Kilmuir [earlier Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe] (2); 1st Lord Hankey (3); Clare Sheridan (2); 1st Lord Attlee (3); Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter, later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury]; Sir Edward Spears (3); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis] (3); Sir Walter Monckton (1st Lord Monckton) (3); Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone; Keith Feiling (3); Sir Alan Lascelles (2); Mary, Duchess of Marlborough [earlier Mary, Lady Blandford]; Alan Hodge (7); Lewis Rosenstiel; Sir Edward Bridges; Odette Pol Roger; Sir Hugh Tudor (2), also on Canadian affairs; Herbert Haseltine; 1st Lord Bracken; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother [earlier the Duchess of York] (2); "Dido" (2); Bernard Baruch; Denis Kelly [WSC's literary assistant] (2); George Trevelyan (3); Sir Edwin Plowden (2); Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook]; Winthrop Aldrich, John Whitney, and Lewis Douglas (also on Churchill College, Cambridge) [United States Ambassadors to the United Kingdom]; Pamela, Lady Lytton [earlier Pamela Plowden] (4); Martin Gilliat [Private Secretary to the Queen Mother] (2); Edward Ford and Martin Charteris [Assistant Private Secretaries to Queen Elizabeth II]; Gwilym Lloyd George (1st Lord Tenby) (2); Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton]; George Christ (2); Charles, 1st Lord Moran [earlier Charles Wilson]; "Alex", 1st Lord Alexander [of Tunis]; Arnold Carey Foster; Harry Truman; A L Rowse; 1st Lord Ismay; Duncan Sandys; Denis Brogan. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Doreen Pugh and Anthony Montague Browne.Other subjects include: arranging the complimentary copies; readers' comments on errors and matters covered including the Vikings and Scottish history.Also includes: lists of recipients of complimentary copies of volumes 1, 3, and 4; cuttings including United States review.
Dates
- Creation: Apr 1956 - Jun 1958
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
2 file(s) (472 loose folios)
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Existence and Location of Copies
Folio 421: Copyright holder (Lord Moran) has withheld permission for online publication. Available at Churchill Archives Centre.
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