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Two letters from Violet Asquith [later Violet, Lady Bonham Carter, Lady Violet Bonham Carter and Lady Violet Asquith of Yarnbury] (10 Downing Street, Whitehall, [London]) to WSC, 13-16 Nov 1915

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/1/1/2/2-4

Scope and Contents

Subjects are WSC leaving the Government and going to France [with the Army], congratulating him on a speech ["Resignation as First Lord of the Admiralty" in the House of Commons, 15 Nov 1915], and asking if he needs any supplies for the "front".

Dates

  • Creation: 13-16 Nov 1915

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Extent

2 item(s)

External Documents

Former/Other Reference

WCHL 14/1/4-6

Custodial History

These items are not stamped with a “Chartwell Trust” or “W.S.C.” stamp, so were not part of the Chartwell or Churchill papers which were stamped by the Public Record Office in 1961-1964.

Related Materials

Related to the Churchill Papers, similar to material in CHAR 1/117.

Bibliography

Both letters (though just an extract of the letter from 13 Nov) are published in 'Winston S. Churchill' volume III 'The Challenge of War' by Martin Gilbert, pp. 566 and 570. Both letters are published in full in 'The Churchill Documents' volume 7 'The Escaped Scapegoat, May 1915-December 1916' by Martin Gilbert, pp.1254-1255 and 1272.

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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