Animals
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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 139 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the totalisator and the Race Course Betting Bill., 09 Apr 1928 - 30 May 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/82
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (5); Frank Newsam [Private Secretary to the Home Secretary]; 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell [Jockey Club Steward] (4); Sir William Joynson Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford, Home Secretary] (2); Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (2); 1st Lord Hailsham [earlier Sir Douglas Hogg, Lord Chancellor]; Sir Samuel Scott; Rupert Howorth [Cabinet Office]; Donald Fergusson [Private...
Dates:
09 Apr 1928 - 30 May 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the totalisator and the Race Course Betting Bill., 30 May 1928 - 25 Jul 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/83
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (5); Ralph Glyn MP (4); Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Home Office]; Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell [Chairman of the Joint Committee of the Jockey Club and the National Hunt Committee] (2); Lord Wodehouse [later 3rd Lord Kimberley].Also includes: Standing Committee A on...
Dates:
30 May 1928 - 25 Jul 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Treasury: correspondence mainly from WSC and James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (carbon copies)., 12 Jul 1927 - 21 Dec 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/44
Scope and Contents
Recipients include: the Lord Chancellor, 1st Lord Cave, on civil service disciplinary regulations; King George V on House of Commons business (3); John Gretton MP; Edwin Konstam, Sir Frederick Liddell [1st Parliamentary Counsel], Reginald Hills [Junior Counsel to Inland Revenue], and Sir John Shaw [Solicitor of Inland Revenue] on serving on a committee on income tax law; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans [Secretary of State for War] (2); Joseph Kenworthy MP [later 10th Lord Strabolgi]; 7th Lord...
Dates:
12 Jul 1927 - 21 Dec 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Series
Papers relating to plants and wildlife in the garden, 1950 - 1976
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/BG 47
Scope and Contents
Cover, among other things, importation of plants, Elizabethan herb garden, snowdrops, scented garden, roses, chronological border, rock garden, floral decoration and water fowl.
Dates:
1950 - 1976
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Among the archives of the Botanic Garden, personal records are closed to scholars for 80 years from the date of creation under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
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Personal: Business correspondence., Nov 1948 - Apr 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/20
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Miles-Martin Pen Company on the pen WSC used to annotate "The Second World War" (4); Christopher Hewer on WSC's medical bill; Robert MacKenna on WSC's medication (2); Douglas Parbury on fish at Chartwell [Kent] (6); John Baber and his wife offering WSC a stay at their home in Portofino [Italy]; Herbert Gfroerer of the Soundscriber Corporation (10), James Killian, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [United States], and George...
Dates:
Nov 1948 - Apr 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Business correspondence., Jan 1949 - Aug 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/21
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Hugh Newman on butterflies at Chartwell [Kent] (4); Sir Alexander Roger (2) and Colin Coote [Managing Editor of the Daily Telegraph and the Morning Post] (6) on procuring brandy for WSC; Frederic Bates, Chairman of Cunard White Star Limited; Douglas Parbury on fish for ponds at Chartwell (8); Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor] (4); representatives of Anthony Juer Lighting Limited on studio lighting (4); Frank Juler on WSC's eyesight; Christopher...
Dates:
Jan 1949 - Aug 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Business correspondence A-D., Jul 1945 - Jul 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/15
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Lloyds Bank including Geoffrey Mason and T E R Harris (3); Rosemary McEntire of the British Embassy in Paris [France] (4) and Thomas Bromley (Foreign Office) on repairs to WSC's Breguet watch; Claus Vogel on WSC's visit to Switzerland in 1946; representatives of Cassell and Company (2), including a director, Desmond Flower, on the publication of WSC's war memoirs in the Daily Telegraph; Colonel Frank Clarke (4), HM Customs and Excise (5), and Alfred...
Dates:
Jul 1945 - Jul 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Business correspondence A-F., Nov 1945 - Mar 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/18
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Few [WSC's solicitors] (24) and J C Tweed [an Irish solicitor] (4) on subjects including WSC selling the Carnlough [Antrim, Ulster, Ireland] estate to 13th Lord Antrim [earlier Randall McDonnell]; representatives of Berry Brothers and Rudd Limited on WSC's orders for champagne and whisky (9); 1st Lord Sandford [earlier Sir Albert Edmondson]; Sir William Rootes (2) and Christopher Soames on providing cars; Ben Russell, [Director]...
Dates:
Nov 1945 - Mar 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Business correspondence E-Z., Jul 1945 - Jul 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/16
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Howard Thomas, Producer in Chief, Pathe Pictures Limited, on film of WSC receiving the freedom of Ayr [Scotland]; Percy Cole, Editor, Official Report of Debates, House of Commons [Hansard] on reprints of WSC's speeches (2); Eleanor Goole of St Dunstan's [Institute for the Blind] on Braille editions of WSC's books (4); representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Few [WSC's solicitors] (8); representatives of Twiss, Brownings and Hallowes Limited (8) and Sir Eric Crankshaw,...
Dates:
Jul 1945 - Jul 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] correspondence., Aug 1945 - Nov 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/32A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Lloyds Bank, including Geoffrey Mason and T E R Harris, (3); representatives of Massey-Harris Limited, including its President James Duncan, (4); Percy Cox [agent for WSC's farms] (12); Major Reginald Marnham [WSC's neighbour] (9); Robert Hudson; representatives of the Sevenoaks [Kent] and District Electricity Company Limited (4); "Top" [ 3rd Lord Selborne, earlier Lord Wolmer]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries...
Dates:
Aug 1945 - Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open (folios 287-8 were opened in 2022)
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] correspondence., Apr 1953 - Nov 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/37
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of the Commonwealth Relations Office, including Eric Vines and John Morrison [later 2nd Lord Dunrossil, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations], on collecting acorns from Chartwell for Melbourne [Australia] Botanic Gardens (6); Percy Cox, Manager of the Chartwell Estate (10); General Sir Ian Hamilton (2); representatives of Fladgate and Company, including Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor] (19); Richard Cave...
Dates:
Apr 1953 - Nov 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent]: correspondence A-N., Aug 1945 - Dec 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/30
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Hugh Newman on butterflies (6); Percy Cox [agent for WSC's farms] (3); representatives of the Sevenoaks [Kent] and District Electricity Company Limited (8); John Wood of Wood, Willey, and Company [WSC's accountants] (4); General Sir Ian Hamilton on cattle breeding (2); representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Few [WSC's solicitors] (4); Major Reginald Marnham [WSC's neighbour] (10); representatives of the War Department Land Agent and Valuer, West Kent Area (4). Also...
Dates:
Aug 1945 - Dec 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent]: correspondence O-Z., Aug 1945 - Dec 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/31
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of the Paterson Engineering Company (6); representatives of the Sevenoaks [Kent] and District Electricity Company Limited on electrical supplies (11); Horatio Seymour. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, and Grace Hamblin.Other matters covered by the file include: a purification plant for dealing with the lake water;...
Dates:
Aug 1945 - Dec 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Family etc.: Pets and other animals: Black swans, 1-18 Jun 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/1/13
Scope and Contents
Comprising WSC's correspondence with Sir Robert Menzies (Prime Minister of Australia) and Sir Eric Harrison (High Commissioner for Australia) on the Australian Government sending a new pair of black swans for Chartwell after the old flock (originally from a pair of black swans sent from Australia) had been depleted by foxes.
Dates:
1-18 Jun 1964
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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Personal: Financial: income tax and surtax correspondence., 06 Mar 1940 - 22 Oct 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/7
Scope and Contents
Correspondents on WSC's tax, financial, and investments position include: representatives of Fladgate and Company, particularly Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor], (20); representatives of Lloyds Bank, particularly Geoffrey Mason, (29); representatives of Cassell and Company, including a Director, Desmond Flower, (2); Andrew Heiskell, [General Manager] of Life Magazine; John Wood of Wood, Willey, and Company [WSC's accountants] (50); Henry Luce [owner of Time magazine]; William Whitney, London...
Dates:
06 Mar 1940 - 22 Oct 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Financial: income tax, surtax, property, salary: statements, accounts, memoranda, and forecasts prepared by Wood, Willey and Company [WSC's accountants]., 19 Oct 1951 - 16 Apr 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/8
Scope and Contents
Includes: accounts for Chartwell Farm [Kent] (September 1951 to September 1954) and 10 Downing Street (April 1952 to April 1954); financial statements (April 1951 to February 1954); turf account (August 1949 to October 1951); forecasts of living and other expenses (June 1952 to April 1953); profit and loss account for stud and valuation of horses (September 1953 to September 1954); particulars of income for 1952-3 surtax return and 1953-4 income tax return; estimated savings in taxes by...
Dates:
19 Oct 1951 - 16 Apr 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Financial: Weatherby and Sons: racing account., 1957 - 12 May 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/6
Scope and Contents
Statements of WSC's racing account for Spring 1957 to Spring 1959, including stud costs and winnings.Also includes notes annotated by Christopher Soames.
Dates:
1957 - 12 May 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Photograph album, 1929 - 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 6/1/1
Scope and Contents
Album of small family snaps, including: MS, Sarah Churchill [later Sarah Oliver, Sarah Beauchamp and Sarah, Lady Audley], Clarissa Churchill [later Clarissa Eden and Clarissa, Lady Avon] and Diana Churchill [later Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys] as children at Chartwell [Kent], with various dogs and cats; Amy Johnson's arrival at [London Airport], Croydon in her Gipsy Moth aeroplane "Jason" [following her solo flight from Britain to Australia, 1930]; "Nana" [Maryott Whyte] and various members...
Dates:
1929 - 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Photographs of Churchill at Chartwell [Kent] with his poodle Rufus II, 1950-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW V 3/7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes: modern copies of photographs from Churchill's youth; albums of private and press photographs from the Second World War; souvenir albums of various events; photographs of Churchill at various times aboard Aristotle Onassis's yacht Christina; various loose photographs of Churchill.
Dates:
1950-08
Conditions Governing Access:
Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original
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Photographs of WSC’s racehorses, 1949 - 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/RDCH 9/3/27
Scope and Contents
Includes Colonist II, Loving Cup and Non-Stop.
Dates:
1949 - 1952
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. The catalogue includes details of some material in the collection which is currently too fragile to be produced and researchers should seek advice from Archives Centre staff about accessing this material.
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Pigeons, 1983 - 1985-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 9/2/30
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on vaccination of racing pigeons in Northern Ireland, with correspondents including William Ross.
Dates:
1983 - 1985-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence., 31 Jan 1928 - 06 Dec 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/5
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (11); George Tryon [Minister of Pensions] (2).Subjects include: the Drug Protection Bill; WSC's illness; a pension query from one of WSC's constituents; traffic noise; receiving honours from Poland; work permits; greyhound racing; constituency business.
Dates:
31 Jan 1928 - 06 Dec 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence A-B., Mar 1934 - Dec 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/10
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Vyvyan Adams [MP for West Leeds] on speaking in WSC's constituency (3); George Tryon [later Lord Tryon, Minister of Pensions] on the liability for private treatment of a war injury; Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association, on retaining two RAF corporals in service; Sir John Gilmour [Home Secretary] on a driving offence by one of WSC's constituents; Ralph Bury.Other subjects include: arranging visits to the Houses of Parliament;...
Dates:
Mar 1934 - Dec 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence A-B., Jan 1938 - Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/43
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Norman Angell requesting WSC make a speech; Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (4).Subjects include: international affairs, particularly Japanese actions in China, the Spanish Civil War and campaigns for world peace; a local sewage matter; employment and property queries; animal rights; a potential refugee from persecution in Germany; requests for support from local groups; pension and road transport policy; general...
Dates:
Jan 1938 - Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence C., Jan 1938 - Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/44
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Clifford Heyworth, Clerk to Chingford [Essex] Council (7); Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (3).Subjects include: local playing fields; equipment for ARP firemen; requests for support from local groups; Chingford becoming a Chartered Borough; the case of a constituent convicted of procuring abortion; the site of Chingford High School; animal rights; local bus services; local electricity supply; road transport licence fees;...
Dates:
Jan 1938 - Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open