Letter from Lady Randolph Churchill (72 Brook Street, [London]) to WSC, 28 Mar 1916

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/1/1/3/27-28

Scope and Contents

On subjects including WSC having decided to come back [from the trenches] as soon as possible; Colonel [Troker] receiving command of a brigade rather than WSC; criticism of the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith]; United Kingdom loans to Italy; Clare Sheridan [née Frewen] and Oswald [Frewen, WSC's cousins], staying with Lady Randolph Churchill; Clara and Moreton [Frewen, Lady Randolph Churchill's sister and brother-in-law] being ill; a telegram from Jack [Churchill] in Alexandria [Egypt]; Lady Randolph Churchill trying to sell her house; Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] dining that evening; and the unpopularity of the Government and what WSC might do.

Dates

Creation: 28 Mar 1916

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

1 item(s)

Additional Description

Former/Other Reference

WCHL 14/1/31-32

Bibliography

An extract of this letter is published in 'The Churchill Documents' volume 7 'The Escaped Scapegoat, May 1915-December 1916' by Martin Gilbert, p.1470, where the reference is given as [CHAR] 28/120.