Scope and Contents Letters (copies and originals) between Clementine, Lady Churchill and MS on subjects including: MS's and CS's stays with the Royal Family at Sandringham, Norfolk, Jan 1968, and Balmoral [Scotland], Sept 1968; Clementine's view of Charles de Gaulle as an "old monster"; MS and CS moving into the British Embassy in Paris [France]; MS's duties as hostess; dining with [William] Averell Harriman [American Ambassador-at-Large] and his troubles over Vietnam. Also includes: MS's...

Scope and Contents Includes: letter from MS to Catherine Soames on the end of her marriage to [Arthur] Nicholas Soames; correspondence on Rupert Soames's engagement and Charlotte Hambro [earlier Charlotte Soames]'s wedding to 3rd Lord Peel, with correspondents including Diana, Princess of Wales and Nicholas Soames; press cuttings on MS and "Winston Churchill: his life as a painter"; letters between MS and Sir Robert Fellowes [Private Secretary to the Queen and Keeper of the Queen’s Archives] on Churchill's...

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Letters between MS and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, on his engagement to Lady Diana Spencer [later Diana, Princess of Wales] and the marriage of MS's parents, and copies of the order of service and ceremonial for the wedding. Also includes an invitation to [Arthur] Nicholas Soames's wedding.

Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries and photograph album, with some loose enclosures. The diaries provide a detailed description of the daily social life of a wealthy young lady during the Victorian era, in London and on visits around the country, including dinners, dances and parties, concerts, galleries, theatre and academic lectures. Many include lists of 'books recommended' or read. From 1864, Anne gave detailed accounts of sermons she had heard and exhibitions in London, also describing first-hand...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Princess Mary, Princess Royal, on subjects including Sir Winston Churchill's broken hip (1962), his 90th birthday and his death (4); Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, thanking CSC for sending a telegram on his 18th birthday and describing his six months in Australia; Lavinia, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, on the death of the 16th Duke [earlier Lord Arundel]; 2nd Lord Attlee on the death of his father; Princess Alexandra on the deaths of her mother [Princess Marina] and...

Scope and Contents Includes: letters from Sir Piers Legh [Equerry to King George VI] inviting the Churchills to stay at Windsor Castle [Berkshire], Apr 1948, with a list of other guests and a letter of thanks from CSC; telegram of thanks from CSC to Princess Juliana of the Netherlands; letter to CSC from King Haakon of Norway on their recent visit to Oslo; correspondence with Queen Mary's ladies-in-waiting; telegrams with Queen Elizabeth on her birthday. Also includes copies of letters to CSC from Horatia...

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Press cuttings on Winston Churchill's broadcast.

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Photo shows WSC and CSC in a horse drawn carriage. WSC is wearing his Privy Councillor's uniform and peaked feathered hat. Police are standing to attention along the route and the carriage is escorted by mounted troops.

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Comprises material relating to the Ugandan Civil Service in the colonial period and in the years immediately prior to independence from Britain in 1962 including reports, official publications, news cuttings, and photographs. There are also photographs, ephemera and organisational notes from the royal tours directed by Peter Allen, and some examples of Joan Cundall Allen's original artwork.

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Includes correspondence with Lord Lloyd and with other members of Lady Lloyd's family.

Scope and Contents Souvenir issues of magazines on subjects including: the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip; the funeral of King George VI; the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; the Queen's visit to Paris [France], 1957; the marriage of Princess Margaret to Antony Armstrong-Jones [later 1st Lord Snowdon]; the Queen's tour of India and Pakistan, 1961; the marriage of Princess Alexandra and Angus Ogilvy; the Silver Jubilee. Includes a cutting of a letter to the press from CS on the advantages of...

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Includes letters from members of the general public to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on the outbreak of war and on the undesirability of the Duchess of Windsor returning to the UK, letters from the Duke of Windsor on his appointment as Governor of the Bahamas, and copy of note by Queen Elizabeth [later the Queen Mother] on the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.