Sport
Found in 287 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 05 Jul 1885
Letter from WSC (29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Brighton [Hove, East Sussex]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her to allow him to continue riding, informing her that his cricket team has won their first match and thanking her for a postal order.
(Untitled), 06 Oct 1885
Letter from "Winny" [WSC] (29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Brighton [Hove, East Sussex]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] thanking her for her letter, describing the weather and a visit to the swimming baths during which he swam a width of the pool.
(Untitled), 28 Sep 1886
Letter from WSC (29 & 30 Brunswic[k Road], Brighton [Hove, East Sussex]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he describes a visit to the swimming baths and improvements being made to the Parade in Brighton which he considers a "great waste of money".
(Untitled), 05 Oct 1886
Letter from WSC (29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Brighton [Hove, East Sussex]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] describing his pleasure in writing "'Ye sealed Epistle' unto thee" and promising to use the best possible language. He refers to a visit to the swimming baths and a lecture about Shakespeare.
(Untitled), 23 Nov 1886
Letter from WSC (29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Brighton [Hove, East Sussex]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her not to forget to write to Miss Thomson to allow him to come home and reporting on his success in a gymnastic examination.
(Untitled), [Sep 1887]
Letter from "Winny" [WSC] ([29 & 30 Brunswick Road, Hove, East Sussex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he is occupied with the football team and reproaches her for not writing to him.
(Untitled), 05 Aug 1898
Letter from "G" [George Cornwallis-West] (Warwick Castle) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that Lady [Daisy] W[arwick] has informed him that she had "put off the ladies of the party"' discusses his plans and describes a cricket match.
(Untitled), 29 Nov [1894]
Letter from [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough] (50 Grosvenor Square [London]) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which she says that the boys [WSC and John S Churchill] are well although they were disappointed that the cricket at Lords was cancelled, reports that "Ferdy" [Ferdinand de] Rothschild is to marry Miss Peel, and comments on a dinner given by the Duchess of Manchester and preparations for the royal christening [of the later King Edward VIII].
(Untitled), 20 [Oct] [1873]
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to "Jeannette" [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill) including: his journey back from Paris [France]; his intention not to hunt that year and request that she should not go to Pau [France] to hunt.
(Untitled), 02 Dec [1896]
Letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] on subjects including: the news that his butterfly collection has been destroyed by a rat; a forthcoming polo match; thanks for copies of the Strand magazine and comments on a story by [Arthur] Conan Doyle; a pony race meeting in which he was placed third 3 times; the arrival of "Lily" [his pony]; the plants in his garden; and the deaths of soldiers. Signed manuscript. Typed transcript at CHAR 28/152A/69-74.
(Untitled), c 1945
Transcript of a letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] on subjects including: the news that his butterfly collection has been destroyed by a rat; a forthcoming polo match; thanks for copies of the Strand magazine and comments on a story by [Arthur] Conan Doyle; a pony race meeting in which he was placed third 3 times; the arrival of "Lily" [his pony]; the plants in his garden; and the deaths of soldiers. Typed. 2 copies. Original letter at CHAR 28/152A/68.
(Untitled), 07 Dec [1896]
(Untitled), c 1945
(Untitled), 28 Oct 1897
Letter from WSC (4th (The Queen's Own) Hussars, Bangalore, Madras [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he discusses his butterfly collection, a polo match and a future match at Hyderabad. Signed manuscript.
(Untitled), 27 Jan 1898
Letter from WSC (4th Hussars, India) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he discusses the publication of ["The Malakand Field Force"] by Longmans; comments on the stupidity of the songs in a play [performed at Blenheim Palace]; comments on a reconnaissance mission he is to accompany and a polo tournament; and expresses regret that the son of Madame de Jancourt is unlikely to visit him in India. Signed manuscript. Typed transcript at CHAR 28/152A/133-140 and CHAR 28/152B/141-143.
(Untitled), c 1945
(Untitled), c 1945
(Untitled), 16 Feb 1898
Letter from WSC (4th Hussars, India) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he discusses his financial worries and a future polo tournament at Meerut and recommends that Jack reads a letter he wrote to "Reggie" [Sir Reginald Barnes]. Signed manuscript. Envelope present.
(Untitled), 24 Dec [1898]
Letter from WSC (Bengal Club, Calcutta [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he says that his leg has improved; discusses horse races and his hopes for "Lily" [his pony]; promises to send him 5 pounds as a Christmas present; and informs him that Hewett "who shot you in the eye at Deepdene" is with him. Signed manuscript.
(Untitled), 26 Oct [1896]
(Untitled), 14 Jan 1897
(Untitled), 16 Feb 1899
Letter from WSC (Meerut [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he has been able to play in a polo tournament as his shoulder has recovered, that he is staying with Sir Bindon Blood, that he will discuss the title of a magazine with [James] Welldon and will write a preface for it.
(Untitled), 23 Feb 1899
Letter from WSC (Meerut [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] discussing: the publication of a magazine; his disapproval of the title of the "Anglo Saxon"; the format in which he would like "The River War" to be bound; the polo tournament and possible venues at which he hopes to speak. Envelope present.
(Untitled), 14 Feb 1890
Letter from [John] S Churchill (Elstree School [Hertfordshire]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses a football match. Envelope present.
(Untitled), 03 Mar 1898
Letter from WSC (Meerut [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he did not write articles in the Pioneer, but criticises the Indian bureaucracy for "jobbery" and the mismanagement of the Tirah campaign. He discusses ["The Story of the Malakand Field Force"], says that he has been disappointed on re-reading the manuscript and reports that his team was defeated in the polo tournament.