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Various material, 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 3/73

Scope and Contents

Letters to Clementine from correspondents including: 1st Lord Ismay on running the kitchen garden at Chartwell [Kent] on a commercial basis before handing the house over to the National Trust; Lady [Helen] Cynthia Colville [Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary], ordering Christmas puddings and mincemeat for herself and Queen Mary from Clementine's YWCA stall; Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, thanking Clementine and Churchill for a telegram; Sir Piers Legh [Extra Equerry to King George VI], asking Churchill to sign a book for an American friend (2); Grace Hamblin [former personal secretary to Clementine] on a visit to Canada (3); Consuelo Balsan [earlier Consuelo Vanderbilt and Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough] on subjects including Churchill's experiments with farming and writing her own memoirs; [Charles] Desmond MacCarthy, literary critic for the Sunday Times, congratulating Churchill on his work as a historian [? after receiving the Sunday Times Literary Award and Medal], and on "My Early Life"; Mary, Princess Royal [Lady Harewood], thanking Clementine for her congratulations on the engagement of her elder son [7th Lord Harewood, earlier Lord Lascelles]; Sydney Butler [earlier Sydney Courtauld], sending Clementine a copy of her father, Samuel Courtauld's book of speeches, "Ideals and Industry", and on his influence on her husband, R A Butler's view of industrial problems; 6th Lord Winterton [earlier Lord Turnour] thanking Clementine and Churchill for their congratulations on his silver wedding anniversary and on his pride in having worked with Churchill.

Dates

  • Creation: 1949

Creator

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

2004-04-13 11:31:03.623000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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