"A Daughter's Tale": family correspondence, 1951, 1951-01 - 2000-08
Scope and Contents
Copies and originals of family correspondence between MS, Clementine Churchill, CS and Winston Churchill on subjects including: the return of Sarah Beauchamp [earlier Sarah Churchill and Sarah Oliver, later Sarah, Lady Audley] to London; Clementine's Easter spent in Seville, Spain, Mar 1951; MS and CS's stay with 2nd Duke of Westminster [earlier Lord Belgrave] at Lochmore in Sutherland [Scotland]; MS's worries about fuel shortages in the winter; rumours of a coalition government; news of Chartwell farm and of Churchill's racehorses, particularly Colonist II; the financial settlement on MS's children; finding a new house larger than Chartwell Farm.
Dates
- Creation: 1951-01 - 2000-08
Creator
- From the Fonds: Soames, Mary, Dame, 1922 - 2014 (née Churchill, writer, wife of Baron Soames) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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
2016-05-24 12:24:31.483000+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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