Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1912-01 - 1912-08, 1914-09
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: objections from the Belfast Orangemen, to a speech on Home Rule that Churchill was to give to the Ulster Liberal Association, February 1912; a miscarriage suffered by Clementine and her slow recovery; a coal strike; the Navy's war plans; cutting waste in the naval dockyards; the progress of Diana Churchill [later Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys] and Randolph Churchill; the gambling of Clementine's brother William Hozier; the Titanic disaster; a house party at Taplow Court, Buckinghamshire; a visit to the Fleet by King George V, and taking him and the prince [later King George VI] down in a submarine, May 1912, and the King's attitude to the Navy; criticism of Rear-Admiral Charles Briggs; visiting the port at Queenstown [later Cóbh, County Cork, Ireland]; naval manoeuvres, July 1912; a speech [?] on the Naval Estimates; Clementine's courage in letting Churchill go [to Antwerp, Belgium, September 1914].
Also includes a press cutting of a cartoon from the Daily Dispatch, relating to Churchill's Naval Estimates, on Britain's naval shipbuilding programme compared to Germany.
Dates
- Creation: 1912-01 - 1912-08
- Creation: 1914-09
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
WSC/C/12
Finding aid date
2004-03-31 10:18:33.247000+00:00
Subject
- Royal Navy (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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