Diary, 1939
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: riding and hunting (on MS's new horse, Patsy); the worsening international situation; the conscription debate, Apr 1939; her pride in her father; the Thetis submarine disaster, Jun 1939; visiting Paris [France]; leaving Manor House school; visits from General Sir Edmund Ironside [Chief of Imperial General Staff] and Noel Coward, Aug 1939; the arrival of evacuees at Chartwell [Kent]; the outbreak of war; moving to London; Randolph Churchill's wedding to Pamela Digby [later Pamela Churchill, Pamela Hayward and Pamela Harriman].
Dates
- Creation: 1939
Creator
- From the Fonds: Soames, Mary, Dame, 1922 - 2014 (née Churchill, writer, wife of Baron Soames) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Also available in a digital format, and as an edited transcript. Please contact the Archives Centre for further information.
Extent
1 volume(s)
Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2015-03-11 09:09:06+00:00
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Repository Details
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