Literature
Found in 2141 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 02 Aug 1898
Letter from "G" [George Cornwallis-West] (Latimer, Chesham [Buckinghamshire]) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he describes a cricket match, says that he misses her and that he is reading ["The Story of the] Malakand [Field Force"].
(Untitled), 02 Sep 1898
Letter from "G" [George Cornwallis-West] (1st Brigade, 1st Division, Northern Army, Salisbury [Wiltshire]) to "Missus" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he loves her and that she can trust him; comments on a letter from WSC in the newspaper; discusses arrangements to see her; and describes army manoeuvres and bathing in a reservoir.
(Untitled), 02 Jan 1899
Letter from "G" [George Cornwallis-West] (Newlands Manor, Lymington, Hampshire) to "Missus" [Lady Randolph Churchill] wishing her success with her magazine ["The Anglo-Saxon Review"] and discussing his part in "The Profligate".
(Untitled), 05 Jan 1899
Letter from "G" [George Cornwallis-West] (50 Park Street, Grosvenor Square [London]) to "Missus" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he has decided to go hunting and that his mother [Patsy Cornwallis-West] has suggested that [Lady Randolph] should include a gardening feature in ["The Anglo-Saxon Review"].
(Untitled), 19 Oct 1889
(Untitled), 05 Mar 1888
Letter from George Smalley (8 Chester Place, Hyde Park Square [London]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] in which he makes suggestions about a manuscript which she had sent him.
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1885
Letter from [Sir Henry Drummond] Wolff (on the notepaper of the Foreign Office) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] in which he says that he would like to give her a setting for a looking glass, that he fears that she has forgotten him, and that he liked her preface about the Primrose League.
(Untitled), 29 Jun 1885
Letter from George Elliott (The American Rural Homes Company, Rochester, New York [United States]) to Lady Randolph Churchill in which he says that there is a great deal of local interest in the career of Lord Randolph Churchill, says that he wishes her success in [the Woodstock by-election which she canvassed on behalf of Lord Randolph], and asks her whether she would be prepared to write an article on women's influence in British politics.
(Untitled), 14 Feb 1897
(Untitled), c 1945
(Untitled), 09 Mar [1897]
(Untitled), c 1945
(Untitled), 31 Mar [1897]
Letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he discusses Jack's Greek friend and advises him to appreciate enthusiasm as "it is the sort of madness that wins great battles and performs great actions", giving examples of achievers "whom you would call 'cracked'" including Garibaldi, Wilberforce, [Lord] Byron, and Raphael. Signed manuscript. Envelope present. Typed transcript at CHAR 28/152A/109-112.
(Untitled), c 1945
Transcript of a letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he discusses Jack's Greek friend and advises him to appreciate enthusiasm as "it is the sort of madness that wins great battles and performs great actions", giving examples of achievers "whom you would call 'cracked'" including Garibaldi, Wilberforce, [Lord] Byron, and Raphael. Typed. 2 copies. Original letter at CHAR 28/152A/107-108.
(Untitled), 10 Nov 1897
(Untitled), c 1945
(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), 03 May 1898
Part of a letter from WSC (4th (The Queen's Own) Hussars, Bangalore, India) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he expresses sorrow that "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] has not written to him, asks Jack to find out why she is "so unkind", and says that the mistakes in ["The Malakand Field Force"] have caused him "acute pain". Manuscript.
(Untitled), 09 Feb 1899
(Untitled), c 1945
(Untitled), 31 Jul 1900
(Untitled), 24 Aug 1902
Letter from WSC ([Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire] on the notepaper of 105 Mount Street) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he says that he has heard from "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] that Jack is better, discusses his progress on his [biography of Lord Randolph Churchill] and says that by the end of the following week "there will remain nothing but to flesh the skeleton" and reports on a car accident involving Sunny [Charles, 9th Duke of Marlborough]. Signed manuscript.