Diseases
Found in 331 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 17 Dec [1884]
Letter from Charlotte Thomson (29 Brunswick Road [Brighton, Sussex]) to Lady Randolph Churchill concerning an incident at school during which WSC was struck with a knife and asking whether she would like the other boy involved to be punished with expulsion. Covering letter at CHAR 28/99/20-22.
(Untitled), 24 Sep 1894
Letter from [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough] (Grand Hotel, Scarborough [Yorkshire]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] in which she says that she is unsure where to send letters to him; says that she thinks that "Jack" [John S Churchill] has enjoyed spending time with her; recommends that he should advise WSC about "diligence & hard work...economy & self denial" and expresses anxiety about his health.
(Untitled), 04 Nov 1894
(Untitled), 04 Aug 1894
(Untitled), 20 Jun 1921
Letter from [Queen] Alexandra (Marlborough House [London]) to Lady Randolph Churchill in which she says that she hopes that Lady Randolph recovers from her accident quickly. Envelope present.
(Untitled), 24 Apr 1922
Copy of a letter from WSC ("Still in bed") to [Lord] Northcliffe [earlier Alfred Harmsworth] marked private thanking him for his [telegram] of sympathy [on his polo accident] and commenting that he is glad not to be at [the Genoa Conference, Italy]. Original at CHAR 1/157/24.
(Untitled), 20 Aug 1885
(Untitled), c 1876
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](Blenheim Palace) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which she discusses the sale of a house in Charles Street; reports that "Mama" [Clara Jerome] is to remain in Paris [France] with Clara [Jerome, later Clara Frewen]; discusses plans to travel to Paris with him;and discusses the health of the baby [WSC].
(Untitled), 21 Nov [1894]
(Untitled), 25 Nov 1873
Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill](Paris [France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] including: sympathy with his anger at missing a train; thanks from [Leonard Jerome] for cigarettes; and her illness with a headache. Envelope present.
(Untitled), [1876]
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill] to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which she urges him not to be "imprudent" about his illness; describes skating and a visit from [?Henry] Trafford who had informed her that [Randolph] was the only person who did not have a single black ball at the Union [Club] and asks him to write more frequently.
(Untitled), 26 Sep 1898
Letter from [Albert Edward, Prince of Wales](Mar Lodge, Braemar [Aberdeenshire, Scotland]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he thanks her for copying out a letter by WSC about his escape [from the Boers] which he describes as "most interesting" and says that he hopes that her ankle is better. Envelope present.
(Untitled), 15 Jan 1885
Letter from Frank Thomas [Secretary to Lord Randolph Churchill] (The Residency, Indore [India]) to [Frances] Duchess [of Marlborough] reporting on Lord Randolph Churchill's health and including a description of their journey from Bombay to Indore, Lord Randolph's interview with the Maharajah Holkar, and game hunting. He discusses their planned itinerary and the excitement amongst the natives aroused by Lord Randolph's visit.
(Untitled), 12 Feb [1897]
Letter from WSC ("In camp", 4th (The Queen's Own) Hussars, Bangalore, Madras [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses: the likelihood that he may be posted to Egypt, a recommendation made by the colonel, his intention to return to England if he is not quarantined, sufferings from sunburn and his position as brigade major and adjutant about which he comments "responsibility is an exhilarating drink".
(Untitled), [10] [May] [1891]
Letter from WSC ([Harrow School, Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] informing her that his toothache has gone, asking after "poor Grandmamma Duchess" [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough] and requesting that she should send him money for subscriptions Annotated "Hurrah for Nunthorpe" [a racehorse which had won the Great Jubilee Stakes at Kempton Park races].
(Untitled), 26 Jun 1899
(Untitled), 04 Sep [1894]
(Untitled), 25 Jan [1895]
Letter from [1st Lord] Dufferin [and Ava] (The British Embassy, Paris [France]) to Lady Randolph Churchill expressing sympathy [on the death of Lord Randolph Churchill] and commenting on how "changed" he was last time he saw him.
(Untitled), 10 [Feb] [1895]
Letter from George Curzon [later Lord Curzon of Kedleston] to Lady Randolph Churchill in which he expresses sympathy on the death of Lord Randolph Churchill and on her unselfishness and devotion in caring for him.
(Untitled), 15 [Feb] [1895]
Letter from Basil Chamberlain (Tokyo [Japan]) to Lady Randolph Churchill in which he expresses sympathy on the death of Lord Randolph Churchill and says that she must have looked forward to Randolph's death.
(Untitled), 30 Dec 1894
Letter from Maria Bell (Bell's Original Register for Servants, Scotia House, Highfield Street, Leicester) to Lady Randolph Churchill expressing sympathy on the illness of Lord Randolph Churchill and recommending a remedy based on turpentine.
(Untitled), 11 Jan 1895
Letter from Karl Ponnow (Pohannesgat, Stockholm [Sweden]) to Lord Randolph Churchill expressing sympathy on his illness and recommending a cure using nitric acid for diseases of the chest.
(Untitled), 27 Aug 1903
Letter from Earl Hodgson (Craigruie, Lochearnhead [Perthshire, Scotland]) to Mrs Cornwallis West [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses an illustration [for the Anglo Saxon Review] and says that he hopes that her neuritis has not returned.
(Untitled), 10 Apr 1904
Letter from Louise Margaret [Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn](Royal Hospital, Dublin [Ireland]) to Mrs West [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which she recommends Dr Rees who has treated the Duke [of Connaught and Strathearn] and says that she hopes that she has recovered from flu.
(Untitled), 22 Jan 1895
Letter from [1st Lord] Goschen (Seacox Heath, Hawkhurst [Kent]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] expressing sympathy and anxiety about [Lord Randolph Churchill's] health".