Childhood
Found in 524 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 24 Jan 1885
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Residency Lucknow [India]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: thanks for her letters and a request that she thank "little Winny" [WSC] for his letter which Lord Randolph describes as well written; his annoyance at a letter from [Sir Henry Drummond] Wolff; his poor opinion of the English in Lucknow; and observations on a meeting with the natives of Lucknow.
(Untitled), [22] [Nov] [1891]
Letter from WSC (Harrow on the Hill [Middlesex]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] informing her of his safe return, asking her to allow [Elizabeth] Everest and "Jack" [John S Churchill] to visit him, and commenting on his bad luck in being obliged to leave [the wedding of Lady Sarah Churchill, later Sarah Wilson to Gordon Wilson] when he was "making an impression on the pretty Miss Weaslet".
(Untitled), [06] [Dec] [1891]
Letter from WSC (Harrow on the Hill [Middlesex]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her not to send him to Paris [France] before Christmas warning her that if she does "the holidays will be one continual battle".
(Untitled), [09] [Dec] [1891]
Letter from WSC (Harrow on the Hill [Middlesex]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] concerning the possibility that she might send him to Paris [France] before Christmas, asking her to consider his happiness "There are other and higher things in this world than learning, more powerful agents than the Civil Service Commissioners".
(Untitled), [Dec] [1892]
Letter from WSC ([Harrow School, Middlesex] on the notepaper of Banstead Manor, Newmarket) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he apologises that he has not had the time to write as he has been busy with the "assault at arms", informs her that he is depressed that the examinations have finished and encloses an account of his necessary end of term expenses. Envelope present which includes a note "Mind and come on Thursday and slang me and kiss me Mummy".
(Untitled), [Nov] [1892]
Letter from WSC ([Harrow School, Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her to come and visit him on Thursday and suggesting that they should go to the King's Head for lunch. The letter "M" at the start of the letter is composed of an illustration depicting a boy kicking a football.
(Untitled), [Jul] [1887]
Letter from WSC ([29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Hove, East Sussex]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he details the terms under which he would be prepared to have a tutor during the holidays (including "That I don't do a stoke of work").
(Untitled), [Jul] [1887]
Letter from WSC ([29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Hove, East Sussex]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] responding to the news that "Mr Pest" [James Best] is to be his tutor during the holidays and promising to behave well provided that he is not made to work.
(Untitled), 01 Oct 1887
Letter from WSC (29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Brighton [Hove, East Sussex]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he asks where [Lord Randolph Churchill] is and describes his financial situation and progress at swimming and with Euclid.
(Untitled), 04 Oct 1887
Letter from WSC (29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Brighton [Hove, East Sussex]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he reminds her to send him a copy of "She" and says that he is contemplating writing a play to be performed at Christmas.
(Untitled), 17 Apr 1886
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] thanking her for her letter and discussing his future visit to Paris [France] with [Henry] Chaplin and "Tommy" [WH] Trafford. He also reports on WSC's health and enjoyment of a locomotive steam train; a successful speech he has made in Parliament which had pleased the Whigs; and comments about "GOM" [Grand Old Man, William Gladstone] "He is the wickedest old devil any country ever produced".
(Untitled), c 1888
Letter from WSC ([29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Hove, East Sussex]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he reports that he has nearly recovered and asks whether he may return to school late in order to see her during his holidays as "a week would make no difference to any one but you & me".
(Untitled), [25 Jun 1888]
Letter from WSC to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that "Womany" [Elizabeth Everest] says that he is looking well that he is looking forward to seeing her and describes his symptoms.
(Untitled), 16 Mar 1888
Letter from WSC (29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Brighton [Hove, East Sussex]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] reporting that he has passed the entrance examination for Harrow School and describing the examination and a meeting with [James] Welldon. Envelope present.
(Untitled), 23 Mar 1888
Letter from WSC ([29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Hove, East Sussex]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he has had mumps but hopes that he will be able to return home for easter.
(Untitled), [23] [Oct] [1890]
Letter from WSC ([Harrow School, Middlesex]) to "Papa" [Lord Randolph Churchill] thanking him for sending him game, reporting that the army class master thinks that he will pass his examination and that he has been forced to wear a truss and commenting on the Eccles [Lancashire] by election [in which a Conservative lost the seat to a Liberal].
(Untitled), 04 Sep 1887
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Novar, Evanton, Ross-shire [Ross and Cromarty, Scotland]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] thanking her for her letters to him and requesting that she should thank WSC for his letter, approving of her decision to send "Jack" [John S Churchill] to Brighton [East Sussex] and predicting that [Sir] Charles Legard's letter [to the newspapers] will not harm him.
(Untitled), [11] [Jun] [1891]
Letter from WSC (The Head Master's, Harrow School [Middlesex]) to "Mummy"[Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he informs her that his [toothache] has got better, asks about the health of various animals and says that [Elizabeth] Everest has sent him a hamper.
(Untitled), [19] [Jun] [1891]
Letter from WSC (The Head Master's, Harrow School [Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he informs her that he has had his tooth taken out and asks her to send him money.
(Untitled), [21] [Jun] [1891]
Letter from WSC ([Harrow School, Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her to meet him and to send him money to pay a "bicycle debt" and to repair [factory] windows which he had smashed.
(Untitled), [25] [Jun] [1891]
Letter from WSC (The Head Master's, Harrow School [Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her to send him money.
(Untitled), [29] [Jun] [1891]
Letter from WSC (The Head Master's, Harrow School [Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he was not disappointed at not seeing her on Saturday, that he hopes to be permitted to attend her concert and that he has copied a letter from [Lord Randolph Churchill] for "Jack" [John S Churchill].
(Untitled), 23 Feb 1887
Letter from "Winny" [WSC] (29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Brighton [Hove, East Sussex]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he describes the weather and a visit to the Marine Parade.
(Untitled), [17-18 Dec 1891]
Letter from WSC (Harrow on the Hill [Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] informing her that [James] Welldon has given his permission for WSC to go home for Sunday and begging her to let him have additional days at home and not to be angry with his "silly letters".
(Untitled), [Jan] [1892]
Letter from WSC ([Versailles, France]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] thanking him for his letter and refusing his offer of money and describing toy soldiers which he has seen at the "Bon Marche".