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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 287 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 01 Jun [1890]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/30/18
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Letter from "Jack" [John] S Churchill ([Elstree School, Hertfordshire]) to "Papa" [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which he congratulates his father on the success of the Abbesse [one of Lord Randolph's racehorses] in the Manchester cup and discusses the school's success at cricket.

Dates: 01 Jun [1890]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [1890]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/30/36
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Letter from "Jack" [John] S Churchill ([Elstree School, Hertfordshire]) to "Papa" [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses the weather and a football match and says that he has not spent all his money.

Dates: [1890]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 11 Jan 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/2
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Letter from WSC (4th Hussars [Bangalore] India) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] discussing: the spread of plague; polo; the progress of his book ["The River War"]; politics; Joseph Chambelain's loss of popularity and his own political ambitions; financial affairs and a suggestion that they should leave London to save money.

Dates: 11 Jan 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 16 Feb 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/6-7
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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.

Dates: 16 Feb 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 23 Feb 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/9-10
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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.

Dates: 23 Feb 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 23 Mar 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/98-100
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street [London]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he thanks her for a picture; reports that he has earnt o220 through delivering lectures, intends to play polo and that he has lost the names [of those who helped him to escape from the Boers] who are to receive watches; gives details of his future lectures; describes the dissatisfaction in the [Conservative] Party and "Joe's" [Joseph Chamberlain] concentration on relations with the Boers. Signed...
Dates: 23 Mar 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [1893]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/30/102
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Letter from "Jack" [John] S Churchill (Banstead Manor, Newmarket [Suffolk]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he asks her to write and tell him whether he may return home for [the cricket] at Lords and says that "Winny" [WSC] reported that she had cheered the Prince [Albert Edward, Prince of Wales].

Dates: [1893]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 12 Jun 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/31/24
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Letter from [John S Churchill] (Harrow [School, Middlesex]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he could not write last week as he was in bed due to a boil, discusses arrangements to visit Lords, asks her to send a cycling book to him and a photograph of her.

Dates: 12 Jun 1895
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 31 Aug 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/27/42-43
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Ashby St Ledgers, Rugby [Warwickshire]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: the progress of [his biography of Lord Randolph Churchill] which is nearly finished; his stay in Switzerland; polo; his support for [Lord] Curzon [later Lord Curzon of Kedleston] against [Sir Herbert] Kitchener and "for Constitutional Authority against military power"; Liberal Party policy on India; comments on the appointments of [4th Lord] Minto and [Sir John] Brodrick. Manuscript in...
Dates: 31 Aug 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 26 Sep 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/10/92-93
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Letter from George Wilson (Laleham, Middlesex) to WSC marked "private" concerning the forthcoming fight between Wells and Johnson. He is concerned at the effect on the "native mind" of the conquest of a white man by a black man. Signed manuscript.

Dates: 26 Sep 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Jan 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/180A/40-45
Scope and Contents Letter from R P Cobbold (Wakes Colne Hall, near Colchester, Essex) to WSC congratulating him on his speech in Manchester on India, criticising the Betting Tax and the extension of the vote to women under 30, claiming that the Indian National Congress extracts financial contributions by threats, criticising the Viceroy [of India, Lord Irwin, earlier Edward Wood, later 1st Lord Halifax] as a visionary, asserting the need for summary justice to be imposed in India against disorder, and...
Dates: 31 Jan 1931
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 12 Oct 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/37/28
Scope and Contents Letter from Pembroke Wicks (Conservative and Unionist Central Office, Palace Chambers, Bridge Street, Westminster, [London]) to John Davidson [Parliamentary Secretary, Admiralty] about likely political embarrassment over the Betting Tax, asking him to try and ensure that Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] has information available for the public, especially that the licenses cannot "operate as a cloak for dishonest bookmakers", and asking for advance copies of the...
Dates: 12 Oct 1926
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Nov 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/37/41-42
Scope and Contents Copy of a letter from Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] to Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Home Office] about betting duty offences, explaining that WSC would like there to be minimal change in prosecutions and administration of the betting laws following the introduction of the tax, so that cases of illegal betting houses would be prosecuted but government departments will need to work together to establish which...
Dates: 13 Nov 1926
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Mar 1892]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/7/5
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Letter from Murland Evans to WSC, on the Harrow Fencing Cup.

Dates: [Mar 1892]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Jul 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/7/8
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Letter from Chester Dawson, St Catherine's School, Broxborne to WSC, congratulations on winning the Public Schools Fencing Competition. Stating that he was leaving St Catherine's School And was hoping to get a job with an illustrated newspaper.

Dates: 22 Jul 1892
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Mar 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/1/5
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Letter from Jack Milbanke, Eartham, Chichester, to WSC, on WSC's troubles at Harrow, hunting, and on Milbanke's Commission in the Sussex Militia.

Dates: 09 Mar 1890
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Nov 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/13
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Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (Elstree School) to WSC, account of meeting of hunt at Elstree, with sketches of huntsman and hounds.

Dates: 13 Nov 1891
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Mar 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/19
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Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (Elstree School, Herts) to WSC, on the Harrow Fencing Cup.

Dates: 27 Mar 1892
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Mar 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/61
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, 2 Connaught Place, London, to WSC, congratulations on WSC's success in the Harrow School Fencing competition. "I only hope fencing will not too much divert your attention from the Army Class.

Dates: 25 Mar 1892
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Apr 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/37/49
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mark) Postcard from an "admirer" to WSC congratulating him [on his appointment as President of the Board of Trade] and wishing him success [in the North-West Manchester by- election]. Humorous illustration of a boy playing cricket on other side of card. Dated using postmark.

Dates: 14 Apr 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Jul 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/28
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Letter from Sir George Kemp (26 Harley House, Regents Park, [London]) to Edward Marsh asking why the King [George V] did not grant the title of "Royal" to the Manchester Golf Club.

Dates: 26 Jul 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Sep 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/33-35
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Letter from David Lloyd George (Brynawelon, Criccieth, [Carnarvonshire, Wales] to WSC inviting him and CSC to stay with him at Criccieth to play golf and, if he wishes, to go motoring or sea fishing. Complains of the Government's aimlessness and mentions that he has ideas to rectify the situation which he wishes to discuss with WSC. Thanks him for his present and advises him on what train to catch to Criccieth. Signed typescript.

Dates: 25 Sep 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 May 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/17/46
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Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street) to Percy Lawrence approving the influence of debating societies such as the one of which Lawrence is a member: "People are nowadays far too much inclined to think about football and far too little inclined to think about social and political questions." MS copy in the hand of Annette Anning.

Dates: 04 May 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Dec 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/24/3
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Letter from Gordon Wilson (Rotherby, Leicester,) to WSC congratulating him on his appointment as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies and enclosing a letter (not present) from a former correspondent for the Times in Mafeking, Manchuria [part of China] and Central Asia. Refers to the Quorn pack hunting in the Belvoir Vale.

Dates: 11 Dec 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Mar 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/26/32
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Letter from Rev J Stratton, [honorary secretary of the sports committee of the Humanitarian League] (Wokingham, Berkshire), to WSC thanking him for being prepared to support the Spurious Sports Bill.

Dates: 23 Mar 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open