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Various correspondence, 1956-01 - 1956-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 3/106

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: June Churchill [earlier June Osborne] on her sadness at the failure of her marriage to Randolph Churchill; 1st Lord Montgomery of Alamein on subjects including Clementine's health, visits to Chartwell [Kent], his view of the Suez Crisis and the Soviet repression in Hungary (5); Lady Dorothy Macmillan on Clementine's health, the move into 11 Downing Street [London] and her regret about [Maurice] Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] leaving the Foreign Office to become Chancellor of the Exchequer; R A Butler on seeing Churchill in the south of France with Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz] and Wendy Reves, January 1956; Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith, later Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury] on her nephew Luke Asquith, Churchill's "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples" and the great effect of his speech [to the Primrose League] at the Royal Albert Hall, April 1956.

Dates

  • Creation: 1956-01 - 1956-11

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 11:54:31.890000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
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