Subjects include: a family weekend at Chequers [Buckinghamshire], June 1954; a crisis within the Conservative Party caused by stagnation with the Cabinet; feeling within the Party about Churchill stepping down as Prime Minister; Churchill's investments; horse racing and the stud.

Also includes: a letter from 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Max Aitken] thanking CS for his care of Churchill [following his stroke, June 1953]; photograph of CS at Chartwell Farm;