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Official: War Cabinet: Foreign Office cables., 12 Sep 1917 - 14 Sep 1917
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/22
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Includes copies of telegrams from Foreign Office representatives including: [Esme] Howard [British Minister in Sweden] on subjects including the transmission of German telegrams (9); [1st] Lord Bertie [British Ambassador to France] on the composition of the French ministry (9); Sir Walter Townley [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Queen of the Netherlands] on subjects including the press and the possibility of peace negotiations with Germany (15); Sir Lancelot Carnegie...
Dates:
12 Sep 1917 - 14 Sep 1917
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Official: War Cabinet: Foreign Office cables., 15 Sep 1917 - 16 Sep 1917
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/23
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Includes copies of telegrams from Foreign Office representatives including: Sir Rennell Rodd [later 1st Lord Rennell, British Ambassador to Italy]; Sir Horace Rumbold [British Minister in Switzerland] (3); [Esme] Howard [British Minister in Sweden] on subjects including the Swedish press and Great Britain's mistrust of the Swedish navy (14); Hugh Gurney; Sir Walter Townley [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Queen of the Netherlands] on subjects including the press (22);...
Dates:
15 Sep 1917 - 16 Sep 1917
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Official: War Cabinet: Weekly Intelligence Reports: Eastern., 19 Sep 1917 - 26 Sep 1917
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/30
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Includes printed summaries of affairs in various countries including Russia and Egypt with notes by William Ormsby-Gore [later 4th Lord Harlech, Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet].Subjects covered include: T E Lawrence [later T E Shaw, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia"] and the Arab movement in Syria; affairs in Russia including [Alexander] Kerensky's ministerial crisis and the surrender of General Korniloff; the political and religious situation in Sudan and East Africa; and enemy...
Dates:
19 Sep 1917 - 26 Sep 1917
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Personal: Family etc.: Correspondence Churchill, Pamela - Z., Feb 1954 - Nov 1964
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/136
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Correspondents include: Pamela Churchill [later Pamela Harriman] on family news (3); Randolph Churchill (18) on subjects including best wishes on Blenheim Day, a law suit against Private Eye concerning a cartoon about the official biography of WSC written by Randolph, Winston Churchill's marriage to Minnie D'Erlanger [later Minnie Churchill] and financial provisions for Winston; Sally Churchill (2); Christopher Booker, editor of Private Eye; "Dickie" [1st Lord] Mountbatten [of Burma];...
Dates:
Feb 1954 - Nov 1964
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Personal: Visits and Invitations: Cruises in Yacht Christina., Sep 1958 - Aug 1959
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/151
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Correspondents include: various individuals welcoming WSC to Gibraltar [Spain], the Canary Islands, and the Greek islands including Jose Martinez; John Addis [Counsellor in the Foreign Office] on arrangements for the cruise; Sir Roger Allen [British Ambassador to Greece]; Arnold Carey Foster on the successes of WSC's racehorses; Konstantinos Karamanlis [Prime Minister of Greece]; Bernard Burrows [British Ambassador to Turkey]; and John Blakeway.Also includes notes and copies of...
Dates:
Sep 1958 - Aug 1959
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence., 20 Dec 1924 - 05 Nov 1925
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/2
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Correspondents include: Sir Harry Goschen [Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association] (6).Subjects include: pension queries from WSC's constituents; the League of Nations; press criticism of WSC; constituency business.
Dates:
20 Dec 1924 - 05 Nov 1925
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: By election defeat., Apr 1908
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/18
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Letters expressing disappointment at WSC's defeat from correspondents including: George Cornwallis West; Lord Loreburn; Captain [Ronald] Kincaid-Smith; [Sir William] Ronaldson-Nicoll; H G Spicer; Lady Kitty Somerset; Frederick Verney MP; 2nd Lord Dudley; Dr J Dulberg; William Royle, Chairman of the Manchester Liberal Federation; Charles Masterman; Frederic Mackarness MP; Austin Taylor, MP; and W P Byles.Other subjects include the Licensing Bill; WSC's popularity with the Manchester Jewish...
Dates:
Apr 1908
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: By election defeat., Apr 1908
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/19
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Letters expressing disappointment at WSC's defeat from correspondents including: E Crosfield Pearson; Frank Southern; Reginald Barnes; Lord James of Hereford; John Morley [later Lord Morley of Blackburn]; Sir Edward Grey; Cornelia [Lady] Wimborne [earlier Lady Guest and Lady Cornelia Churchill]; Lady Sarah Wilson [earlier Lady Sarah Churchill]; Ian Malcolm; Hugh Massingham, editor of the Nation; Thomas Garnett; Consuelo [Duchess of Marlborough, later Consuelo Balsan]; Levy Davis of the...
Dates:
Apr 1908
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Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire]: correspondence., 12 Feb 1903 - 25 Aug 1903
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 3/4
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Correspondents include: James Travis Clegg [Chairman of Oldham Conservative Association] (15); Samuel Smethurst [Vice Chairman of Oldham Conservative Association] (10); Sir Albert Stephenson [newspaper proprietor] (3); 6th Lord Londonderry [President of the Board of Education] (4).Subjects include: Free trade; WSC's relationship with local Conservative party and political clubs; patronage of Oldham churches; Oldham schools, particularly East Crompton National School and the Wesleyan...
Dates:
12 Feb 1903 - 25 Aug 1903
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From the Fonds:
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A - J., 06 Apr 1950 - 27 Sep 1951
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/59
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including Sir James Hawkey, Chairman (2), and Kathleen Kemp, Secretary (7); Percy Cohen, [Joint Director] Conservative Research Department (4); Anthony Phelps, Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (2); Derek Stephen, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War; James Webb, Assistant Principal, Board of Inland Revenue; Cyril Walker, Director of Housing and Valuer, London...
Dates:
06 Apr 1950 - 27 Sep 1951
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Press cuttings, 1940 - 1952
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BEVN 8
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From the Fonds:
The Papers consist of political papers, correspondence, speeches and press cuttings, mainly relating to Trade Unions, the Ministry of Labour and National Service, and the Foreign Office.
Dates:
1940 - 1952
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From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Press cuttings of articles and reviews in "The Times" by Kennedy and others, mainly relating to world affairs, 1923-01 - 1941-06
Reference Code: GBR/0014/LKEN 2
Scope and Contents
With Kennedy's handwritten notes
Dates:
1923-01 - 1941-06
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From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Press: misc letters, 2001-09 - 2003-06
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 21/39
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Press material released on fraud and administrative reform of the European Commission and the euro, including: press statements by NK; transcripts of press interviews; letters to the press from NK.
Dates:
2001-09 - 2003-06
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From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Public and Political: General: Abdication of Edward VIII: American press cuttings., 12 Apr 1936 - 04 Dec 1936
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/265
Scope and Contents
Includes cuttings on the abdication of King Edward VIII [earlier Edward Prince of Wales, later Duke of Windsor] and his marriage to Wallis Simpson [later Wallis, Duchess of Windsor], from United States' and Canadian newspapers, including the New York Journal, the New York Post, the Los Angeles Examiner, the Kansas City Star, the Topeka State Journal and Hush.
Dates:
12 Apr 1936 - 04 Dec 1936
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 17 Nov 1936 - 26 Feb 1937
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/294
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood [President, League of Nations Union, earlier Lord Robert Cecil] on signatories to [?] a declaration by the union; Marie Belloc Lowndes [Marie Lowndes] on the effect of the press campaign by William Randolph Hearst on behalf of the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] and Wallis, Duchess of Windsor [earlier Wallis Simpson] during the Abdication Crisis; Yvonne de Rothschild, asking WSC to support an appeal for...
Dates:
17 Nov 1936 - 26 Feb 1937
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 05 Oct 1937 - 31 Mar 1938
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/328
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] on the French financial capability for war; Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon]; 1st Lord Craigavon [earlier Sir James Craig], Prime Minister of Northern Ireland; Samuel Hood [Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India]; Lord Ednam [later 4th Lord Dudley], President, Eton Political Society (2); Brigadier-General Sir Henry Page Croft on a meeting of the Friends of Spain group,...
Dates:
05 Oct 1937 - 31 Mar 1938
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 01 Aug 1938 - 30 Sep 1938
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/331
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Correspondents, mainly on Czechoslovakia and the Munich Crisis, include: Lord Halifax ("E") [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin], Foreign Secretary (4); Admiral Sir William Goodenough on WSC's part in raising naval morale; Neville Chamberlain [Prime Minister]; Sir John Haslam; Robert Boothby on subjects including announcing negotiations with France and the Soviet Union to deter Hitler from invading Czechoslovakia, the leak of his and WSC's idea to use a message from King George VI as a way...
Dates:
01 Aug 1938 - 30 Sep 1938
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 31 Oct 1938 - 06 Dec 1938
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/333
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Correspondents include: [Richard] Eric Long on his differences with WSC over the Munich Pact; Walter Elliot [Minister of Health]; Ramsay Muir [Vice-President, Liberal Party Organisation]; Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi [President, Pan-European Union] (2); Josiah Wedgwood; 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood [earlier Lord Robert Cecil], on the supporting the candidature of Eduard Benes [former President of Czechoslovakia] for the Nobel Peace Prize; "Charley" [7th Lord Londonderry, earlier Lord...
Dates:
31 Oct 1938 - 06 Dec 1938
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 12 Jun 1939 - 31 Jul 1939
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/360
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Correspondents include: Marshal of the RAF 1st Lord Trenchard, on sending a joint letter to the Times on Government policy towards Germany; Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] on keeping Parliament in session during times of crisis; Thomas Horabin, Liberal candidate for North Cornwall, on support for WSC among his electorate (3); Sir Philip Gibbs; "George L" [1st Lord Lloyd, Chairman], British Council; 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] on subjects including the...
Dates:
12 Jun 1939 - 31 Jul 1939
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 01 Sep 1939 - 28 Dec 1939
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/362
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Correspondents include: Major-General Sir Alfred Knox, comparing the invasion of Poland with the beginning of the First World War; Count Dino Grandi on Randolph Churchill's engagement; Rubeigh Minney, Editor of [the War Weekly], asking WSC to contribute a message (3); Nina, Duchess of Hamilton, on WSC's broadcast [? 1 October "The First Month of War"], the possible dangers of Communism after Nazism and the need for increased British propaganda; Ivan Soubbotitch [Soubotic], Yugoslav Minister...
Dates:
01 Sep 1939 - 28 Dec 1939
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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers concerning an action brought by William Griffin, editor and publisher of the New York Enquirer, against WSC for slander over WSC's denial of statements attributed to him by Griffin on the United States' entry into World War I., Jan 1941 - Oct 1941
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/431
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Correspondents include: [6th] Lord Hood [Private Secretary to the Minister of Information]; HM Consul-General, New York [Godfrey Haggard]; [Nevile] Butler [Minister at HM Embassy] (Washington [United States]); [Eric] Seal [Deputy Secretary of the Admiralty (North America)]; John Foster [First Secretary] (British Embassy, Washington) (2); Sir Thomas Barnes, Treasury Solicitor (3); Sir Geoffrey Peto on a broadcast by Senator Rush Holt; Christopher Hollis; Guy Innes, American Division, Ministry...
Dates:
Jan 1941 - Oct 1941
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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers concerning the Conservative and Unionist Party., Feb 1942 - Dec 1942
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/450
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Correspondents include: Sir Douglas Hacking resigning as Chairman of the Party; Sir Robert Topping, General Director of Conservative and Unionist Central Office and Honorary Secretary of the Post-War Problems Central Committee (6), James Stuart [Government Chief Whip] (5), and Thomas Dugdale [later 1st Lord Crathorne], Chairman of the Party [from March 1942], sending on copies of and commenting on reports and resolutions. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from [George]...
Dates:
Feb 1942 - Dec 1942
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Public and Political: General: correspondence from the general public mainly abroad, particularly the United States, on the Munich Crisis, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Anglo-American relations and other international affairs; mostly supporting WSC's stance, praising his broadcasts and articles, some making appeals concerning personal matters., 19 Oct 1938 - 05 Dec 1938
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/609A-B
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Correspondents include: N Lidall sending copies of 5 letters from him concerning his dismissal from a consular post; Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Smith; Lindsay Rogers; [Lionel] Miles Mander; James Woods (4); Raymond Swing on broadcasting; Oswald Garrison Villard sending a published open letter to WSC entitled "Issues and Men".Other subjects include: William Randolph Hearst's attitude.Also includes: cuttings, mainly US, including articles by Walter Lippman and Douglas Jerrold; file note by WSC's...
Dates:
19 Oct 1938 - 05 Dec 1938
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Public and Political: General: correspondence from the general public on the abdication crisis, L-Z, mainly supporting WSC's stance., Dec 1936
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/598A-B
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Correspondents include: ?[Oliver Locker-Lampson] sending on a letter; [John] Walton Newbold; [Arthur] Nicholson on the constitutional position; Stephen Taylor offering to stand in north Lambeth [London] for WSC and the King [Edward VIII, earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, later the Duke of Windsor]; [Harold] Hamel Smith, Editor of Tropical Life and Stockfarming, sending on a letter from him to the Daily Mirror on comments by the Archbishop of Canterbury [Cosmo Lang].Other subjects include:...
Dates:
Dec 1936
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Public and Political: General: correspondence with or about Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz]., Sep 1939 - Sep 1941
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/386
Scope and Contents
Other correspondents include: Major-General Sir Vernon Kell [MI5] (3); Monsieur Berthoin, Secretary General of the French Ministry of the Interior; Lord MacMillan [of Aberfeldy, Minister of Information] (3) and [1st] Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry, Principal Adviser to Ministry of Information] on WSC's recommendation to make use of Reves' services; Paul Reynaud, French Minister of Finance.Subjects covered by the file include: Reves distributing articles and Allied propaganda in the...
Dates:
Sep 1939 - Sep 1941
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