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Various correspondence, The majority of folios date from July-Sept 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 3/56

Scope and Contents

Letters to Clementine, mainly letters of sympathy after the General Election, with correspondents including: Sir Archibald Clark Kerr [British Ambassador to the Soviet Union, later 1st Lord Inverchapel], on his own distress at the result, and the reaction of the Russians at the Potsdam Conference; Sir Cyril Asquith; General Sir Hastings Ismay; Sir Edward Marsh; Gertrude, Lady Grigg; 1st Lord Altrincham, earlier Sir Edward Grigg; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Eric Crankshaw; Sir William Fletcher Shaw; Eleanor Rathbone; Ada, 3rd Lady Roberts; Margaret, 2nd Lady Rhondda; John McConnell, President of the Montreal Star; Muriel, Lady Wood; 1st Lord Moran [earlier Charles Wilson, Churchill's doctor], also on the good that Churchill's holiday in Italy was doing him, and on his having to wear a truss (2); Violet Carruthers [Violet Markham]; Gunilla, Lady Barnes. Also includes a poem by [Alfred] Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich] which he had written in tribute to Churchill.

Other correspondents include John G Churchill on painting [the Marlborough Pavilion, Chartwell], 1949.

Dates

  • Creation: The majority of folios date from July-Sept 1945

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.

Extent

1 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2004-04-07 12:12:55.610000+00:00

Subject

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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