Letters from Lady Diana Cooper to Conrad Russell, 1936-01 - 1936-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DIAC 1/1/7
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: visiting King Edward VIII [later the Duke of Windsor] at Fort Belvedere [Surrey] and at Blenheim Palace [Oxfordshire]; visiting Morocco; going to France with the Imperial War Graves Commission; Winston Churchill’s hatred for Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister]; a Mediterranean cruise aboard the Nahlin with the King and Wallis Simpson [later the Duchess of Windsor] [see also DUFC 2/17]; visiting Aix [France].
Includes contemporary transcripts of some of the letters which describe the King.
Dates
- Creation: 1936-01 - 1936-12
Creator
- From the Fonds: Cooper, Diana Olivia Winifred Maud, Lady, 1892 - 1986 (née Manners, wife of 1st Viscount Norwich) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
2 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2013-05-15 11:00:12.170000+00:00
Subject
- Windsor, Bessie Wallis, 1896 - 1986 (nee Warfield, afterwards Spencer, then Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, wife of Edward, Duke of Windsor) (Person)
- Edward, VIII, 1894 - 1972 (King of Great Britain and Ireland, afterwards Duke of Windsor) (Person)
- Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087
archives@chu.cam.ac.uk
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087
archives@chu.cam.ac.uk