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"A Daughter's Tale": family correspondence, 1962, 1962-03 - 2000-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 5/7/56

Scope and Contents

Letters (mainly copies), between Clementine, Lady Churchill, MS, Sarah Beauchamp [earlier Sarah Churchill and Sarah Oliver, later Sarah, Lady Audley] and Sir Winston Churchill on subjects including: Sarah's engagement to 23rd Lord Audley; Churchill's broken hip; the death of CS's father Arthur Soames, and Churchill's feelings for his own father; MS's holiday in Scotland; the death of Churchill's poodle Rufus; Churchill's views on joining the Common Market (following a statement to the press by 1st Lord Montgomery of Alamein on the subject); Sarah's arrest and stay in a nursing home in Brighton [Sussex].

Also includes a pamphlet on the photographs of Milton Gendel [husband of MS's cousin Judy Montagu].

Dates

  • Creation: 1962-03 - 2000-08

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

2016-06-07 11:34:27.787000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087