Nellie Romilly, 1954 - 1955
Scope and Contents
Letters about the illness and death of Clementine's sister, Nellie Romilly [earlier Nellie Hozier], including letters from her and letters of condolence from correspondents including: Antony Beauchamp; Queen Elizabeth II; Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe [later 1st Lord Kilmuir]; R A Butler; Marigold, Lady Thurso [earlier Marigold Sinclair]; Lady Violet Astor; John G Churchill; Horatia Seymour; 1st Lord Montgomery of Alamein; Sylvia Henley; Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith, later Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury]; [Winifred] Freda, Marquesa de Casa Maury [earlier Freda Dudley Ward]; Sir Anthony Bevir; 1st Lord Bracken; Ava, Lady Waverley [earlier Ava Wigram and Ava, Lady Anderson]; Randolph Churchill; Muriel Warde [earlier Muriel Wilson]; [Nina] Jo Sturdee [former secretary to Churchill, later Jo, Lady Onslow]; Lettice Shillingford [former secretary to Churchill, earlier Lettice Marston]; Gwen Davies [former secretary to Churchill]; Margaret, Lady Birkenhead; [Richard] Denis Kelly [former literary assistant to Churchill]; Barbara, Lady Freyberg; Sir John Smyth; David Pitblado [former Principal Private Secretary to Churchill]; Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to Churchill]; Alan Lennox-Boyd [later 1st Lord Boyd of Merton]; Lady Juliet Duff; Elizabeth Gilliatt [former secretary to Churchill]; Violet Markham [Violet Carruthers]; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes]; Magdalene Stenhouse [former secretary to Churchill]; Patricia Churchill; Hope Rhys; Anthony Moir; Sir John Kotelawala, Prime Minister of Ceylon; Sir Godfrey Huggins, Prime Minister, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland [later 1st Lord Malvern]; Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand; Mohammed Ali, Prime Minister of Pakistan; 5th Lord Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne]; Clarissa, Lady Eden [earlier Clarissa Churchill, later Clarissa, Lady Avon]; Grace Hamblin, private secretary to Clementine; [Arthur] Christopher Soames; Winston Churchill; Florence Amery; Pamela, Lady Lytton [earlier Pamela Plowden].
Also includes a lock of hair from Sarah Beauchamp [earlier Sarah Churchill, then Sarah Oliver, later Sarah, Lady Audley].
Dates
- Creation: 1954 - 1955
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
Finding aid date
2004-04-13 11:53:37.937000+00:00
Subject
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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