Lady Churchill's letters to Sir Winston, 1923

File

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 1/12

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Clementine's stays at the Villa Rêve d’Or, Cannes [France], January 1923, and Cromer, Norfolk, August 1923; Clementine's belief that all it took to be a statesman or a strategist was cool common sense and "to be born into trousers instead of petticoats!"; the question of war reparations; an infection in Clementine's throat; her disappointment with the slow progress of work on their house at Chartwell [Kent]; Clementine's pessimism about the League of Nations and its attitude to Benito Mussolini; an earthquake in Japan.

Dates

Creation: 1923

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.