Letter from Lady Randolph Churchill (72 Brook Street, [London]) to WSC, with an envelope annotated in CSC's hand, 19 Dec 1915

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/1/1/3/15-17

Scope and Contents

On subjects including worrying about WSC; WSC not getting command of a brigade; sitting next to Lovat Fraser [journalist for the Times] at a dinner; plans to dine with George Warrender and to try to find out "what they think in the Navy"; CSC and "Goonie" [Lady Gwendeline Churchill, earlier Lady Gwendeline Bertie] visiting Nellie [Hozier, later Romilly]; not knowing where Jack Churchill was or whether Gallipoli was being evacuated; and hearing that WSC was well from [2nd] Lord Esher [earlier Reginald Brett].

Dates

Creation: 19 Dec 1915

Creator

From the File: Churchill, Jennie Spencer (1854-1921, née Jerome, Lady Randolph Churchill) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Extent

2 item(s)

External Documents

The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions

Additional Description

Former/Other Reference

WCHL 14/1/17-19

Bibliography

An extract of this letter is published in 'Winston S. Churchill' volume III 'The Challenge of War' by Martin Gilbert, p. 618. The letter is published in full in 'The Churchill Documents' volume 7 'The Escaped Scapegoat, May 1915-December 1916' by Martin Gilbert, pp.1337-1338.