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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 223 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 19 Dec 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/136/20-22
Scope and Contents Copy of a letter from WSC to King [George VI] about honours in which he says that he was "honoured and touched" to have been considered for the Order of the Garter but that he feels he should not receive this until he retires. He suggests that [Anthony] Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] and Lord Cranborne [later 5th Lord Salisbury] should be considered for the Garter; discusses honours for distinguished wartime figures and the issue of reviving the Order of St Patrick; he recommends that Sir...
Dates: 19 Dec 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Dec 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/136/23-24
Scope and Contents Letter from King George VI (Buckingham Palace) to WSC about honours in which he says he will not press WSC to accept [the Order of the Garter] while he is Prime Minister but comments "I feel that the Country will expect me to give you a high homour which it will acclaim as a fitting tribute for all your arduous work in this War". He gives his opinions on WSC's suggestions for honours for others as follows: [Anthony] Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] should receive an honour later "when the foreign...
Dates: 24 Dec 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Dec 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/138B/218-220
Scope and Contents

Copy of a letter from WSC to King George VI in which he thanks the King for offering to give him the Order of the Garter but suggests that the honour might come to him on his retirement; suggests that [Anthony] Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] and Lord Cranborne [later 5th Lord Salisbury] might be awarded the Order of the Garter and that Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham might be awarded the Order of the Thistle; and thanks the King for awarding an Earldom to David Lloyd George. Carbon typescript.

Dates: 19 Dec 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Apr 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/203/5
Scope and Contents

Telegram from CSC (Stalingrad [Soviet Union]) to Mary Churchill [later Lady Soames] congratulating her on being decorated. Copy.

Dates: 14 Apr 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.
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(Untitled), 12 Apr 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/205/29
Scope and Contents

Draft of a telegram from WSC to Randolph Churchill (Rome [Italy]) hoping that he is getting well; stating that Mary Churchill [later Lady Soames] has been awarded an MBE; and that Tom Mitford and Basil Dufferin have died. Annotated.

Dates: 12 Apr 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.
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(Untitled), [12] [Apr] [1945]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/205/30
Scope and Contents

Draft of a telegram from WSC to Randolph Churchill (Rome [Italy]) hoping that he is getting well; stating that Mary Churchill [later Lady Soames] has been awarded an MBE; and that Tom Mitford and "Freddy Dufferin" [Basil Dufferin] have died. Manuscript.

Dates: [12] [Apr] [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.
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(Untitled), 15 Apr 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/205/33
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Randolph Churchill [Rome, Italy] to WSC marked "Personal" stating that his knee is progressing slowly; congratulating Mary Churchill [later Lady Soames] on her MBE; and stating that the "books etc." have not yet arrived. Carbon copy. Annotated by John Peck [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] stating that the books and cigars should reach Randolph shortly.

Dates: 15 Apr 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.
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(Untitled), 20 Apr 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/197
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to the Town Clerk of Cardiff [S Tapper Jones] expressing his appreciation at being made an Honorary Freeman of the City, but regretting that, "owing to the pressure of other engagements", he cannot make any definite arrangements to visit Cardiff for the purpose of admission [carbon].

Dates: 20 Apr 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.
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(Untitled), 04 May 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/4
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to the Master of the Mercers Company thanking him for his kindness on the occasion of his admission to the Livery last week [carbon].

Dates: 04 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 May 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/14
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to the Lord Mayor of Bristol expressing his deep appreciation of the warmth of his welcome both in the streets of the City and in the Council Chamber when the Freedom was conferred. He refers to his two wartime visits to Bristol, "the first in our dark days, and the second on the threshold of victory." [carbon].

Dates: 10 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 May 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/52
Scope and Contents Copy of a letter from WSC to Ernest Bevin marked "private and personal" asking him for permission to submit his name for a Companionship of Honour in recognition for his services at the Ministry of Labour. He explains that [Clement] Attlee has agreed that his own name may be put forward and that the award does not confer a title on the recipient and adds "as far as I can see, having already borne it myself for a quarter of a century, it is no serious burden." Unsigned carbon. Additional copy...
Dates: 29 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jun 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/80
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to the President of the Royal Society of Arts expressing his appreciation of the resolution to award him the Albert Gold Medal of the Society for 1945 [carbon].

Dates: 01 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Sep 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/20/36-37
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC [to King George VI] accepting the appointment of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, but suggesting he does not take up the position until the war has ended. [carbon].

Dates: 22 Sep 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Jan 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21A/15
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to the President of the Royal Institute of British Architects [William Ansell] accepting his election to an Honorary Fellowship.

Dates: 08 Jan 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Mar 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21B/163
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to the President of the Royal Society [Sir Henry Dale] accepting the proposal of nomination to the society.

Dates: 24 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 May 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/76
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC with invitation from University of Rochester, United States, to receive Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws in absentia, and make a broadcast speech to United States on commencement day. [see CHAR 20/38/123 for reply.].

Dates: 06 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 May 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/123
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] accepting invitation of Honorary Degree from University of Rochester [United States]; and confirming that he will make speech to University on June 16. [see CHAR 20/38/76 .].

Dates: 14 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Oct 1941

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/22B/185
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice [President, British Legion] accepting the Certificate of Life Membership and the gold badge of the Legion.

Dates: 14 Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Nov 1940

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/2B/116
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to the Secretary to the Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh [Scotland] thanking him for his admission as an Honorary Member. [Carbon].

Dates: 22 Nov 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Dec 1940

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/2B/150
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Ebbisham [earlier Sir George Blades] accepting the Vice Grand-Mastership of the Primrose League. [Carbon].

Dates: 11 Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Oct 1902

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/75/6
Scope and Contents

Telegram from King Edward VII (Balmoral Castle) to Mrs Cornwallis West [Lady Randolph Churchill] discussing arrangements to give her the Red Cross [for her work with the hospital ship Maine].

Dates: 01 Oct 1902
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 May 1907

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/75/22-23
Scope and Contents

Card from King Edward VII (Hotel Bristol, Paris [France]) to Mrs West [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he would be glad to receive WSC as a P[rivy] C[ouncillor] and comments that WSC is hard working and ambitious. Envelope present.

Dates: 03 May 1907
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.
 Unknown

(Untitled), 06 Apr 1963

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/539B/157-159
Scope and Contents

Draft/copy letter from WSC to President [John Kennedy] thanking him for the honour of Honorary Citizenship of the United States; on his links with the United States beginning with his father's marriage; the links between the United States and Great Britain and the "unity of the English-speaking peoples". Unsigned carbon typescript.

Dates: 06 Apr 1963
Conditions Governing Access: Open