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Miscellaneous, c 1950-62

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 3/114

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous undated letters to Clementine from correspondents including: Ava, Lady Waverley [earlier Ava Wigram and Ava, Lady Anderson] inviting her to the ballet; René Massigli, French Ambassador to Britain, thanking Clementine for some partridges; Diana Guest [Diana de la Valdène] on her sculpture exhibition in Paris [France]; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis] on his retirement from politics; Sir Anthony Bevir [former Private Secretary to Churchill] on his first meeting with Churchill at the Colonial Office; Oliver Stanley; André de Staercke, Belgian Ambassador to NATO on meeting Clementine and Churchill, whose "wisdom and vision will be much needed to get out of our difficulties"; Douglas Savory, sending Clementine some Ulster stamps; "Hinch" [Alexander Victor Montagu, Lord Hinchingbrooke] thanking Clementine for a party and the pleasure of hearing Churchill and Julian [? Sandys] speaking up for rising generations; [Claude] Nigel Davies [MP for Epping, Essex]; Harry Crookshank; Elizabeth, Lady Salisbury on the death of 1st Lord Quickswood [earlier Lord Hugh Cecil]; "Bobbety" [5th Lord Salisbury, earlier Lord Cranborne] on paying tribute to Churchill.

Also includes a list of Clementine's own furniture at No 10 Downing Street [London] and the guest list for a garden party at Blenheim Palace [Oxfordshire], c 1953.

Dates

  • Creation: c 1950-62

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

Date information

DateText: undated.

Finding aid date

2004-04-13 11:59:48.843000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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