India (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 7957 Collections and/or Records:
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(Untitled), 10 Feb 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/7/44-46
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Government House, Calcutta [India]) to Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his reaction to the news that she intends to sell their house at 2 Connaught Place [London] and request that she should wait until his return before buying another one; a description of the hospitality he has enjoyed with [1st Lord] Dufferin [and Ava, Viceroy of India]; confusion created by contradictory Government instructions telegraphed to Dufferin; and Lord Randolph's intention...
Dates:
10 Feb 1885
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
/
Acquired Papers
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Acquired Papers: Letters and telegrams from Lord Randolph Churchill to Lady Randolph Churchill. Several items relate to Lord Randolph's visit to India and the file includes a letter from Frank Thomas to Frances, Duchess of Marlborough. All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 17 Feb 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/7/48-50
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Rewa [India]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his relief that she has not sold their house at 2 Connaught Place [London]; observations on a speech made by [Joseph] Chamberlain in Birmingham in which he mentioned the Aston [Birmingham] riots [of 1884]; comments on a rumour that Lord Randolph is to stand [as parliamentary candidate] for Salford [Manchester]; discussion of his visit to Calcutta [India] and the information he has obtained through...
Dates:
17 Feb 1885
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Acquired Papers
/
Acquired Papers: Letters and telegrams from Lord Randolph Churchill to Lady Randolph Churchill. Several items relate to Lord Randolph's visit to India and the file includes a letter from Frank Thomas to Frances, Duchess of Marlborough. All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 24 Feb 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/7/51-53
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Benares [India]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his opinions of Benares which he describes as "the most distinctly Hindoo city I have yet seen"; his opinion of bathing in the Ganges, the cremation of the dead and religious beliefs; a party given by the Maharajah which was attended by "Baboos"; general observations on his visit to India; and his intervention in a conflict between the police and water carriers about which he asks her to inform...
Dates:
24 Feb 1885
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Acquired Papers
/
Acquired Papers: Letters and telegrams from Lord Randolph Churchill to Lady Randolph Churchill. Several items relate to Lord Randolph's visit to India and the file includes a letter from Frank Thomas to Frances, Duchess of Marlborough. All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 03 Mar 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/7/54-55
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Jeypore [India]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: descriptions of the city of Jeypore and the sight of the Taj [Mahal] by moonlight; comments on the foolishness of [British] officials avoiding contact with the natives; and an undertaking to write to [1st Lord] Dufferin [and Ava] concerning a vacancy for "Jack" [2nd Lord] Leslie.
Dates:
03 Mar 1885
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Acquired Papers
/
Acquired Papers: Letters and telegrams from Lord Randolph Churchill to Lady Randolph Churchill. Several items relate to Lord Randolph's visit to India and the file includes a letter from Frank Thomas to Frances, Duchess of Marlborough. All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 27 Sep 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/7/67-68
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Auchnashellach, Dingwall [Ross and Cromarty, Scotland] on the notepaper of the India Office) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his pleasure that Leonie [Leslie, earlier Leonie Jerome] has overcome difficulties with the Leslie family due to the birth of a son; approval of her plans with regard to Lady Dufferin's fund; conversations on Indian issues with Sir Frederick Roberts and Lord Randolph's planned itinerary.
Dates:
27 Sep 1885
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Acquired Papers
/
Acquired Papers: Letters and telegrams from Lord Randolph Churchill to Lady Randolph Churchill. Several items relate to Lord Randolph's visit to India and the file includes a letter from Frank Thomas to Frances, Duchess of Marlborough. All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 15 Jan 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/7/70-71
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
15 Jan 1885
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Acquired Papers
/
Acquired Papers: Letters and telegrams from Lord Randolph Churchill to Lady Randolph Churchill. Several items relate to Lord Randolph's visit to India and the file includes a letter from Frank Thomas to Frances, Duchess of Marlborough. All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 03 Mar 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/24/44
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (Meerut [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he did not write articles in the Pioneer, but criticises the Indian bureaucracy for "jobbery" and the mismanagement of the Tirah campaign. He discusses ["The Story of the Malakand Field Force"], says that he has been disappointed on re-reading the manuscript and reports that his team was defeated in the polo tournament.
Dates:
03 Mar 1898
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Acquired Papers
/
Letters from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill. Several letters relate to the publication of WSC's first book "The Story of the Malakand Field Force" and the file also contains newspaper cuttings of reviews of the work. The file also contains material relating to the Tirah Expeditionary force and the majority of items date between January and April 1898. All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 27 Mar [1898]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/24/65-67
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (Peshawar [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses financial affairs, expresses relief that "Jack" [John S Churchill] will be jointly liable for a loan which she is taking, asks her to reply to his letters, and makes observations on relations with the tribes which make it likely that there will be no fighting. Includes envelope.
Dates:
27 Mar [1898]
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Acquired Papers
/
Letters from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill. Several letters relate to the publication of WSC's first book "The Story of the Malakand Field Force" and the file also contains newspaper cuttings of reviews of the work. The file also contains material relating to the Tirah Expeditionary force and the majority of items date between January and April 1898. All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 30 Mar 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/24/68-73
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (Mamani, Barah Valley [India]) to Lord Charles Beresford in which he discusses criticism of the Tirah campaign. He describes the extensive press coverage of events; the criticism in England of public servants who serve in India; the acceptance of all reports from the frontier; the criticism by some soldiers serving in India of their senior officers; a "higher mood" which also exists in the army which is evidenced by the example of bravery of demonstrated by James Clow; and...
Dates:
30 Mar 1898
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Acquired Papers
/
Letters from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill. Several letters relate to the publication of WSC's first book "The Story of the Malakand Field Force" and the file also contains newspaper cuttings of reviews of the work. The file also contains material relating to the Tirah Expeditionary force and the majority of items date between January and April 1898. All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
Item
(Untitled), 19 Apr [1879]
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/6/38
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Vice Regal Lodge, Dublin [Ireland]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: a description of the weather conditions and their effect on fishing; an observation that [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough] bullies him about his smoking; and his opinion about an announcement concerning Indian troops.
Dates:
19 Apr [1879]
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Acquired Papers
/
Acquired Papers: Letters from Lord Randolph Churchill to Lady Randolph Churchill. Includes material on the disagreement between Lord Randolph Churchill and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and the family's move to Ireland. All items are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
Item
(Untitled), 02 Mar 1899
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/11-12
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (Calcutta [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] discussing his success in the polo tournament; the popularity of [Lord] Curzon [later Lord Curzon of Kedleston] as Viceroy of India and [Mary] Lady Curzon's poor health; the magazine she hopes to publish and his disapproval of the concept of a "hearty production frothing with patriotism" and of the suggestion of "Anglo Saxon" as a title; the illness of Rudyard Kipling "a terrible loss to the English speaking world"....
Dates:
02 Mar 1899
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Acquired Papers
/
Letters from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill. Includes material relating to WSC's time in South Africa during the Boer War and to the elections he contested at Oldham [Lancashire]. All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
Item
(Untitled), 01 Oct 1944
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/172/78
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal 1st Lord Wavell [earlier Sir Archibald, Viceroy of India] marked "Personal and Top Secret" recommending that he object strongly to any suggestions that may be made in Council implying that it will be necessary to "bribe" British forces to fight in the Far East.
Dates:
01 Oct 1944
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.
Item
(Untitled), 04 Oct 1944
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/172/106
Scope and Contents
Telegram from Field Marshal 1st Lord Wavell [earlier Sir Archibald, Viceroy of India] to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" explaining that he used the word "bribe" in relation to increasing British soldier's pay for reasons of brevity and that it would not be used in Council; that Indian public opinion would be against India meeting such costs; and expressing regret that WSC chose to use forceful language in his last telegram (see CHAR 20/172/78).
Dates:
04 Oct 1944
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.
Item
(Untitled), 05 Oct 1944
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/172/114
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal 1st Lord Wavell [earlier Sir Archibald, Viceroy of India] marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he was sure he could rely on Wavell to reject any criticisms over increased pay for British forces in India.
Dates:
05 Oct 1944
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.
Item
(Untitled), 19 Oct 1944
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/61
Scope and Contents
Telegram from 5th Lord Munster [Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India and for Burma, later Myanmar] to WSC recommending sending to India: Auxiliary Territorial Service members to "meet lack of white women"; more cinema projectors; more beer; and requesting that air letter cards from India to the United Kingdom are carried free.
Dates:
19 Oct 1944
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.
Item
(Untitled), 28 Oct 1944
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/125
Scope and Contents
Telegram from 5th Lord Munster [Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India and for Burma, later Myanmar] to WSC marked "Private and Personal" providing information from his tour of the 14th Army; stating that morale is excellent, but a personal statement from WSC on repatriation prospects would be useful, noting a shortage of refrigerators and fans in hospitals and the poor conditions common on leave trains.
Dates:
28 Oct 1944
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.
Item
(Untitled), 26 May 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/206/4
Scope and Contents
Letter from Leo Amery [Secretary of State for India] (India Office, Whitehall) to WSC thanking him for appointing 11th Lord Scarbrough as his Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State; and stating that it will be beneficial to keep India outside party controversy during and after the election campaign. Signed.
Dates:
26 May 1945
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.
Item
(Untitled), 03 May 1940 - 11 May 1940
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/18/2-7
Scope and Contents
Minute from [Major-]General [Hastings] Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] (Offices of the War Cabinet) to WSC responding to his minute [copy enclosed, flagged "A"] requesting information on British battalions and batteries in India, with enclosures (annotated by WSC): 1. Detailed figures on establishments and strengths in India: a) Royal Artillery (British); b) Infantry Battalions (British), flagged "B"; 2. Details of personnel returned from India in exchange; 3. a) proportion...
Dates:
03 May 1940 - 11 May 1940
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.
Item
(Untitled), 24 Jul 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/222/50
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC [Berlin, Germany] to the Viceroy of India [Field Marshal 1st Lord Wavell] marked "Superintendent Series" requesting he consult WSC before any steps are taken to discuss constitutional change at his meeting with the Indian Provincial Governors.
Dates:
24 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Item
(Untitled), 25 Jul 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/222/54
Scope and Contents
Telegram from Viceroy of India [Field Marshal 1st Lord Wavell] to WSC marked "Superintendent Series" stating that the main object of his meeting with the [provincial] Governors is to discuss the situation arising from the failure of the Simla [India] Conference; and assuring WSC that he will keep the Secretary of State for India [Leo Amery] informed.
Dates:
25 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Item
(Untitled), 02 Feb 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/223/3
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC [Malta] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] marked "From: Cricket" and "Jason No. 64" approving a telegram from the Secretary of State for India [Leo Amery] to the Viceroy [Field Marshal Lord Wavell] with some amendments.
Dates:
02 Feb 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Item
(Untitled), 04 Feb 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/223/4
Scope and Contents
Telegram from [John] Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary, Yalta, Soviet Union] to Private Office marked "From: Argonaut", "Jason No 112", and "Personal and Top Secret" passing on a message from WSC to Secretary of State for India [Leo Amery] suggesting he "try" [?Bernard, 16th Duke of] Norfolk [earlier Lord Arundel, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Agriculture] and [?5th Lord] Munster [earlier Geoffrey FitzClarence, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home...
Dates:
04 Feb 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
(Untitled), 13 Nov 1946
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/52A/41
Scope and Contents
Letter from Bhimrao Ambedkar [formerly Bhimrao Ambavadekar] (Tuscan Hotel, 67 Shaftesbury Avenue, London) to WSC thanking him for his kindness and for "the sympathy you have envinced for the cause of the untouchables". He also thanks him for his visit to [Chartwell] and requests that WSC allows some of his Indian friends, including G S Dhupia, to visit the grounds. Signed manuscript.
Dates:
13 Nov 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
(Untitled), 12 Sep 1948
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/68A/84-89
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter from WSC (Hotel du Roy Rene, Aix-en-Provence, [France]) to Anthony [Eden, later 1st Lord Avon] marked "private and confidential" on subjects including: the grave situation in Hyderabad and the need for the Conservative Party to condemn the actions of the government of India; the possibility of German field-marshals being brought to trial; improving relations with the German people and the occupation of Berlin; possible pressure from the Soviet Union concerning war crimes...
Dates:
12 Sep 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Item
Up the river, from the bungalow, 1860 - 1869
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/78
Scope and Contents
286 x 226 mm. View looking up the Narmada River at the Marble Rocks. Photograph by Bourne, no. 1683.
Dates:
1860 - 1869
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).