Domestic animals
Found in 166 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 08 Aug 1890
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Banstead Manor, Newmarket [Suffolk]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] reporting that [WSC and John S Churchill] have been good and that WSC rides well. He also relates his anger about arrangements for racing [his racehorse] Inverness and that WSC has made friends with the servants and is "full of local gossip".
(Untitled), 13 Aug 1890
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Banstead Manor, Newmarket [Suffolk]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] describing a day spent watching the breaking in of yearlings and reporting that he will be spending the following week at Cliefden [Cliveden, Buckinghamshire].
(Untitled), 14 Aug 1890
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Banstead Manor, Newmarket [Suffolk]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] discussing financial affairs and his pleasure with a bay pony he has purchased, reporting that [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough, WSC and John S Churchill] are leaving to go to Cliefden [Cliveden, Buckinghamshire] where he will join them and enclosing newspaper cuttings [not present].
(Untitled), 16 Aug 1890
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Cliveden, Maidenhead [Buckinghamshire]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] reporting his safe arrival at Cliveden; describing an evening spent at Moulton [Paddocks, Newmarket, Suffolk] where "Lady G" was amusing about her lovers and his success at the races at Windsor [Berkshire]; and commenting that [WSC and John S Churchill] are well and "permit us to lead a fairly tranquil existence".
(Untitled), 24 Sep 1890
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Banstead Manor, Newmarket [Suffolk]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] thanking her for her letter and reporting that [his racehorse] the Abbesse is racing but is unlikely to win.
(Untitled), 05 Oct 1890
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Banstead Manor, Newmarket [Suffolk]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] describing his hopes for his racehorses, the failure of [4th Lord] Dunraven to arrive, the guests who are to come to lunch that day and his success at hunting.
(Untitled), 17 Nov 1890
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Le Grand Hotel, Monte Carlo [Monaco]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] informing her that he has bought a horse which he is sending to Banstead [Manor, Newmarket, Suffolk] and that [Count Charles] Kinsky should make arrangements for transporting a chestnut mare.
(Untitled), 23 Nov 1891 - 24 Nov 1891
(Untitled), 09 Mar 1884
Letter from WSC (St George's School, Ascot [Berkshire]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] describing a visit to Bagshot [Surrey] and asking about the pony. Illustrated with a drawings of a man and a face.
(Untitled), [May] [1890]
Letter from WSC ([Harrow School, Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] informing her that he has secured his remove and has started learning German and commenting on the success of the "Habbesse" [the Abbesse, one of Lord Randolph Churchill's racehorses].
(Untitled), [Jun] [1890]
Letter from WSC ([Harrow School, Middlesex]) to "Papa" [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which he informs him that he has been congratulated about the "flukey filly" [the Abbesse, one of Lord Randolph Churchill's racehorses]; says that he would like to enter the army through the militia as he does not enjoy being in the army class at Harrow and reports comments he has heard about his father's parliamentary bill [concerning licensing regulations].
(Untitled), [08] [Jun] [1890]
Letter from WSC ([Harrow School, Middlesex]) to "Papa" [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which he informs him that he is not able to sit his preliminary examination this term and that he has been celebrating the success of the Abbesse [one of Lord Randolph's racehorses].
(Untitled), [28 Sep 1891]
Letter from WSC (The Head Master's, Harrow School [Middlesex]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he reproaches her for not replying to his last three letters, asks her to make a surgeon's appointment for him, and discusses his intention to sell his bicycle to buy "Dodo", a bull dog.
(Untitled), 14 Jun [1893]
Letter from WSC (50 Grosvenor Square [London]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] informing her that "Missy" [a pet] has recovered and that Captain [Walter] James [tutor at the crammer school to which WSC was sent] has predicted that he will pass [the Sandhurst entrance examination].
(Untitled), 24 Feb [1895]
Letter from WSC (4th Hussars, East Cavalry Barracks, Aldershot [Hampshire]) to "Mummy" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he is no longer suffering from stiffness, reports that [Lilian, Duchess of Marlborough, later Lady William Beresford] has given him "carte blanche" to get a charger, that he has seen [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough whom he describes as "not particularly malevolent" and that he has declined an invitation to speak to the electors of Barnesbury.
(Untitled), 23 Mar [1895]
Letter from WSC (4th Hussars, Aldershot [Hampshire]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] discussing financial affairs and his search for a charger; saying that he had made friends and that Dudley Marjoribanks [later 3rd Lord Tweedmouth] has been sent to Canada because of an "inconvenient desire" for an actress.
(Untitled), 19 Apr [1895]
Letter from WSC (4th Hussars, Aldershot [Hampshire]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that his leg is improving, apologises for not being able to deliver her messages to Sir Henry [Drummond] Wolff or Lord Wolverton, reports that Colonel [John] Brabazon has been ill and asks her to reconsider allowing a horse to run under his name.
(Untitled), 27 Apr [1895]
Letter from WSC (4th Hussars, Aldershot [Hampshire]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] concerning financial affairs in which he details the amounts he has spent and asks her to send him money to buy a charger. He also reports that his leg is improving, that he has ridden in a point to point, comments that he is glad that he has made friends and discusses horse racing and the possibility that a colt may run under his name.
(Untitled), 02 May [1895]
Letter from WSC (4th Hussars, Aldershot [Hampshire]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses financial affairs and asks her to send him money, describes the wedding of Duchess Lily [Lady William Beresford, earlier Lilian, Duchess of Marlborough] to [Lord William Beresford] and a visit to Newmarket [Suffolk] where he saw the "Allotment colt".
(Untitled), 08 May [1895]
Letter from WSC (4th Hussars, Aldershot [Hampshire]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] thanking her for sending him a cheque and discussing financial affairs, reporting that he has met Prince Alfred of Cobury and the Duke of Connaught and on progress in buying a charger.
(Untitled), 17 Jun [1895]
Letter from WSC (4th Hussars, Aldershot [Hampshire]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he describes the charger bought for him by Duchess Lily [Lady William Beresford, earlier Lilian, Duchess of Marlborough]; discusses his plans for Ascot [races, Berkshire] and scandal over "Ronny" [Ronald] Moncrieffe; speculates about the finances of Sarah [Wilson, earlier Lady Sarah Churchill] and expresses pleasure at "Jim" [James] Baillie's electoral success.