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"Clementine Churchill": funeral, 1965, 1965-01 - 1991-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 5/1/203

Scope and Contents

Notes, papers and correspondence on the State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill, with correspondents including: Anthony Montague Browne [former Private Secretary to Churchill], also writing on how much of "A History of the English Speaking Peoples" was written by Churchill himself (3); 2nd Lord Montgomery of Alamein on references to the funeral in his father's diaries; Winston Churchill; Sir David Floyd Ewin, Registrar of St Paul’s Cathedral.

Also includes: copies of press cuttings, particularly reporting the speech by Sir Robert Menzies from the crypt of St Paul's; notes of a conversation with Rodney Dennys, Somerset Herald of Arms, on arrangements for the funeral; a copy of the order of service; commemorative issues of the Listener and the Sunday Telegraph Memorial Supplement.

Dates

  • Creation: 1965-01 - 1991-11

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

1 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2016-01-27 13:40:30.200000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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