Lady Churchill's letters to Sir Winston, 1923-01, 1924
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: Clementine's stay at the Villa Rêve d’Or, Cannes [France], January 1923; American serial rights to Churchill’s “The World Crisis”; plans for alterations to their new house at Chartwell [Kent]; a visit from Clementine’s mother [Lady Blanche Hozier] and Clementine’s disapproval of her gambling in the casino at Monte Carlo [Monaco]; Clementine’s stay at Lou Sueil, Eze, with Jacques Balsan and Consuelo Balsan [earlier Consuelo Vanderbilt and Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough], February 1924; Clementine's admiration of Mary Borden's book "Jane, our Stranger"; Churchill's decision to stand as a candidate in the Abbey division of Westminster by-election and Clementine's view of his return to the Conservative Party; Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames] having measles and influenza; admiration for the French Prime Minister, Raymond Poincaré amongst the non-political classes in France; staying in Dieppe, April 1924 and Lady Blanche's decision to move there in Clementine's childhood; the move to Chartwell; the effect of gambling on Lady Blanche and both Clementine's sister Nellie Romilly [earlier Nellie Hozier] and her brother Bill Hozier; a stay in Anglesey, Wales, August 1924.
Dates
- Creation: 1923-01
- Creation: 1924
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Extent
1 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
C/WSC/24
Finding aid date
2004-03-24 14:39:26.793000+00:00
Subject
- Chartwell Manor (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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Churchill College
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