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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 203 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 16 Dec [1923]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/53
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Letter from Brand Hooker (Brackenber Lodge, Sunningdale, [Berkshire]) to WSC congratulating him [on the conviction of Lord Alfred Douglas for criminal libel] and reporting on the poor health of "Jack".

Dates: 16 Dec [1923]
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), 16 Dec 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/54
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Letter from Dr T P Healey (45 Clarges Street, [London]) to WSC congratulating him [on the conviction of Lord Alfred Douglas for criminal libel] and conveying best wishes to Nellie Romilly [earlier Nellie Hozier].

Dates: 16 Dec 1923
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), 17 Dec 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/55
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Letter from A E Auty (24 Blenheim Street, Chelsea, [London]) to [Edward Marsh] apologising for having contributed sixpence to the defence of [Lord Alfred Douglas].

Dates: 17 Dec 1923
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), 17 Dec 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/56
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Letter from [Lord Balfour, earlier Arthur Balfour] (Whittinghame, Prestonkirk, [East Lothian], Scotland) to WSC sympathising with him over the libel on him by Lord Alfred Douglas, disclaiming any special part in the satisfactory outcome of the case, and expressing the fear that Stanley Baldwin's "astounding performance may injure causes even more important than the interests of the party which he leads.".

Dates: 17 Dec 1923
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), 19 Dec 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/57
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Letter from Randal Charlton (58 Warwick Square, Belgravia, [London]) to WSC (2 Sussex Square) referring to his (Charlton's) letter in the press on the trial of Lord Alfred Douglas and Lord Northcliffe's [earlier Sir Alfred Harmsworth] views on the war, congratulating WSC on his fortitude during the trial and expressing regret at his defeat in West Leicester.

Dates: 19 Dec 1923
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), 21 Dec 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/58
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Letter from [WSC] to Randal Charlton (58 Warwick Square, Belgravia, [London]) thanking him for his denial of the statement made by Lord Alfred Douglas's defence counsel, who is being criticised in legal circles. Carbon copy.

Dates: 21 Dec 1923
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 Dec 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/59
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Letter from Sir Archibald Bodkin, Director of Public Prosecutions, to WSC stating that Sir Richard Muir did most of the work fo the prosecution in the trial of Lord Alfred Douglas,referring to an article in the Times an praising the role of Lord Balfour [earlier Arthur Balfour] in the trial.

Dates: 24 Dec 1923
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), 23 Jun 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/60
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Depositions of Lord Balfour [earlier Arthur Balfour] in the case of Lord Alfred Douglas versus the Morning Post.

Dates: 23 Jun 1923
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), [Jun] [1923]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/61-62
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Earlier draft of part of CHAR 2/127/63-82. Typescript annotated and signed by WSC.

Dates: [Jun] [1923]
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), [Jun] [1923]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/63-82
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Supplementary proof of evidence by WSC in the case of Lord Alfred Douglas versus the Morning Post arising from Douglas's allegation that WSC had misreported the Battle of Jutland in order to allow Jewish interests led by Sir Ernest Cassel to profit on the stock market.

Dates: [Jun] [1923]
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), 16 May 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/83
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Statement of claim of Lord Alfred Douglas against the Jewish Guardian Ltd and J Alexander & Co Ltd arising from the statement in the Jewish Guardian that Douglas invented "vile insults" against the Jews.

Dates: 16 May 1922
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 Jul 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/84
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Defence by the Jewish Guardian Ltd and J Alexander & Co Ltd against the claim by Lord Alfred Douglas arising from the statement in the Jewish Guardian that Douglas invented "vile insults" against the Jews.

Dates: 15 Jul 1922
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), 05 Dec 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/85
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Particulars of paragraphs 3 & 4 of the statemen of the defence of the Jewish Guardian Ltd and J Alexander & Co against the claim of Lord Alfred Douglas arising from the statement in the Jewish Guardian that Douglas invented "vile insults" against the Jews.

Dates: 05 Dec 1922
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), 13 Nov 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/86-96
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Indictment of Lord Alfred Douglas for criminal libel arising from his claim that WSC misreported the Battle of Jutland to allow Jewish interests led by Sir Ernest Cassel to profit on the stock market. Typescript draft.

Dates: 13 Nov 1923
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), 27 Nov 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/98-105
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Plea of justification of Lord Alfred Douglas in answer to the indictment against him for criminal libel. Carbon copy.

Dates: 27 Nov 1923
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), [Nov] [1923]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/106-138
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Answers by [WSC] to the points made by Lord Alfred Douglas in his plea of justification in answer to the indictment against him for criminal libel arising from his claim that WSC misreported the Battle of Jutland to allow Jewish interests led by Sir Ernest Cassel to profit on the stock market.

Dates: [Nov] [1923]
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 Oct 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/139
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Page from the Times including marked article describing the naval attack in the Dardanelles as "a legitimate war gamble". [Retained in connection with the proceedings against Lord Alfred Douglas arising from his claim that WSC misreported the Battle of Jutland to allow Jewish interests led by Sir Ernest Cassel to profit on the stock market].

Dates: 14 Oct 1915
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), 01 May 1916 - 13 Sep 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/140-144
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Statement of WSC's bank account with Lloyd's Bank (Cox's Branch). [Copy made in connection with the proceedings against Lord Alfred Douglas for criminal libel arising from his claim that WSC misreported the Battle of Jutland to allow Jewish interests led by Sir Ernest Cassel to profit on the stock market].

Dates: 01 May 1916 - 13 Sep 1916
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), 1900 - 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/145-149
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Statement of WSC's share dealing account with Sir Ernest Cassel. [Copy sent with CHAR 2/127/1 in connection with the legal proceedings in 1923 arising from Lord Alfred Douglas's claim that WSC misreported the Battle of Jutland to allow Jewish interests led by Sir Ernest Cassel to profit on the stock market].

Dates: 1900 - 1917
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), 02 Jan 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/132/8
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Letter from Sir Richard Muir (30 Campden House Court, [London] to WSC reporting that Lord Alfred Douglas vowed at his trial to "give them hell" when he came out of prison.

Dates: 02 Jan 1924
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), 23 Mar [1896]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/15/1
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Letter from Colonel John Brabazon, Marlborough Club, Pall Mall, London, to WSC, on the success of WSC's libel action against A C Bruce Pryce.

Dates: 23 Mar [1896]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Feb 1896

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/17/1-2
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Statement of WSC's claim for £20,000 damages for libel against A C Bruce Pryce, [Printed, 2 copies].

Dates: 21 Feb 1896
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Mar 1896

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/17/3
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Letter from Sir George Lewis [WSC's solicitor] to WSC, On libel action against A C Bruce Pryce, sending Pryce's retraction and apology, and a cheque for £400.

Dates: 19 Mar 1896
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Mar 1896

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/17/4
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Retraction and apology by A C Bruce Pryce, withdrawing "all and every imputation" against WSC's character [Pryce had accused WSC of "acts of gross immorality of the Oscar Wilde type".

Dates: 12 Mar 1896
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/25/52
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Letter from William Blackwood & Sons, Publishers, George Street, Edinburgh, to Lewis & Lewis, Solicitors, London, on allegations that WSC had broken his parole as a Prisoner of the Boers in South Africa, by WSC in "Twice Captured" by Lord Rosslyn, stating that the statement would be deleted in future editions.

Dates: 01 Nov 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open