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Legal procedure

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 203 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 05 Dec 1910

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/102
Scope and Contents

Summons to Hugh Franklin to appear at the Bow Street Police Court [London] to answer the complaint of WSC that Franklin be required to find sureties for his good behaviour towards WSC. Typescript.

Dates: 05 Dec 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Nov 1910

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/103
Scope and Contents

Letter from Hugh Franklin (Bow Street Police Station [London]) to WSC asking him to give evidence when Franklin answers the charge of having assaulted WSC.

Dates: 28 Nov 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [Dec 1910]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/104-107
Scope and Contents

Depositon by WSC describing the assault on him on a train returning from a meeting in Bradford [Yorkshire] by Hugh Franklin, a supporter of women's suffrage. Mentions other disturbances in which Franklin was involved in 1910. Typescript.

Dates: [Dec 1910]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 May 1908

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/117/25
Scope and Contents

Copy of a letter from [Lord] Northcliffe [formerly Alfred Harmsworth] (22 St James' Place [London]) to WSC [concerning WSC's libel action against the Manchester Guardian] in which he expresses surprise that WSC has taken his and J L Garvin's criticisms personally, assures him that he has not been annoyed by WSC's criticisms of himself in Parliament and invites him to take a walk with him to "thrash the matter out". Top copy at CHAR 1/72/74. See also CHAR 28/117/26.

Dates: 11 May 1908
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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(Untitled), 14 May 1908

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/117/29
Scope and Contents

Copy of a letter from WSC (Board of Trade) to [Lord] Northcliffe [formerly Alfred Harmsworth] marked private in which he assures him that he does not believe that Northcliffe was involved in libellous statements made by the Manchester Courier, discusses the libel cases and recommends that he should talk to F E Smith [later Lord Birkenhead]. See also CHAR 1/72/75-76.

Dates: 14 May 1908
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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(Untitled), 15 May 1908

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/117/30
Scope and Contents

Copy of a letter from [Lord] Northcliffe [formerly Alfred Harmsworth] to WSC in which he says that he does not intend to discuss [WSC's action against] the Manchester Courier further and that he would like to avoid talking to F E Smith [later Lord Birkenhead] as Smith is acting against him.

Dates: 15 May 1908
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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(Untitled), 24 Jun 1908

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/117/31
Scope and Contents

Copy of a letter from WSC (Board of Trade) to [Lord] Northcliffe [formerly Alfred Harmsworth] informing him that his libel action against the Manchester Courier has been settled.

Dates: 24 Jun 1908
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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(Untitled), 03 Apr 1916

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/123/8
Scope and Contents

Letter from Sir George Lewis (Lewis and Lewis, Ely Place, Holborn [London]) to Lady Randolph Churchill in which he says that he has had an interview with the solicitors acting for George Cornwallis-West over his bankruptcy and is going to discover whether the latter intends to cite Lady Randolph as a reason for his financial difficulties.

Dates: 03 Apr 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/124/12
Scope and Contents

Public Record Office certified copy of the deed poll in which Lady Randolph Churchill renounced her claim to the surname Cornwallis West and reverted to using Lady Randolph Churchill.

Dates: 1914
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Apr 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/124/13
Scope and Contents

Extract from the Registry of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice certifying the dissolution of the marriage between Lady Randolph Churchill and George Cornwallis West on grounds of adultery and desertion on the part of the latter.

Dates: 06 Apr 1914
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Jun 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/79/18
Scope and Contents

Transcript of the judgement reached in the High Court of Justice Chancery Division before Mr Justice Sargant between Lady Randolph Churchill, WSC and John S Churchill concerning the position of Lady Randolph Churchill under the terms of the will of Lord Randolph Churchill in the event of her remarrying. Typescript.

Dates: 18 Jun 1914
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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(Untitled), 14 Mar 1913

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/83/4
Scope and Contents

Letter from F E [Smith, later Lord Birkenhead](70 Eccleston Square [London]) to Mrs West [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that her case [her divorce from George Cornwallis West] would not have attracted attention but for public interest in her personality and wishes her success with her play ["The Bill"].

Dates: 14 Mar 1913
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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(Untitled), 29 Jun 1906

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/58/1-7
Scope and Contents

Letter from Lumley & Lumley (Solicitors) to WSC, enclosing accounts for professional services, 1898-1906: Preparation of Wills, 1898 and 1902, £2 2s, Norwich Union life assurance policy, 1899-1905, £16 2s 2d, Loan from Norwich Union, 1901-1903, £31 12s 8d, Garron Towers Estate, 1903-1905, £5 11s 6d, purchase of 12 Bolton Street, 1905-1906, £24 17s 6d, and Dunlop Tyre Co., Ltd., 1906, £15 15s.

Dates: 29 Jun 1906
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Apr 1924]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/174/2
Scope and Contents

Account from Lumley & Lumley for legal services, Mar 1923- Mar 1924.

Dates: [Apr 1924]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Feb 1924

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/174/5
Scope and Contents

Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co. to WSC, on libellous remarks about Lord Randolph Churchill in "Uncensored Recollections", advising him that he could not take legal action for defamation, as it was only open to the person defamed to take action.

Dates: 08 Feb 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), May 1924

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/174/6
Scope and Contents

Account from Nicholl, Manisty & Co, £392 5s 9d, for legal services, including action of Douglas v. The Morning Post, in which WSC gave evidence on behalf of the defendants.

Dates: May 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 May 1924

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/174/18
Scope and Contents

Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co. to WSC, on his Children's Settlement.

Dates: 21 May 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 May 1924

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/174/19
Scope and Contents

Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co. to WSC, on his Children's Settlement.

Dates: 23 May 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Jul 1924

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/174/29
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to Nicholl, Manisty & Co., on breach of copyright of article by WSC in a Canadian newspaper [carbon].

Dates: 09 Jul 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Nov 1924

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/174/34-35
Scope and Contents

Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co. to WSC, on his Children's Settlement.

Dates: 18 Nov 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Nov 1924

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/174/36
Scope and Contents

Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co. to WSC, on Lady Randolph Churchill's American Settlement.

Dates: 25 Nov 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Dec 1924

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/174/48-50
Scope and Contents

Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co. to WSC, on assignment of royalties from The Life of Lord Randolph Churchill and The World Crisis, to his daughter, Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames].

Dates: 29 Dec 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1924]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/174/56
Scope and Contents

Account from Lumley & Lumley for legal services, Apr-Dec 1924, showing balance in WSC's favour of £169 13s 7d.

Dates: [1924]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Mar 1924

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/175/1-2
Scope and Contents

Letter from Kenneth Brown, Baker, Baker, Solicitors, to WSC, on writ issued to Tillotsons Newspapers Ltd., proprietors of The Bolton Evening News, for alleged libel of WSC.

Dates: 25 Mar 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Apr 1924

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/175/3-4
Scope and Contents

Letter from Kenneth Brown, Baker, Baker, Solicitors, to WSC, enclosing printed statement of his claim v. Tillotsons Newspapers, for comments in the Bolton Evening News, implying that he was a "cruel, exacting, selfish and intolerant person".

Dates: 10 Apr 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open