Elections
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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 1062 Collections and/or Records:
Item
(Untitled), 25 [Sep] [1873]
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/2/48-50
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to "Jeannette" [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his father's [John, 7th Duke of Marlborough's] insistence that they should wait a year before they get married and hopes for Randolph's parliamentary career; speculations on a future dissolution of parliament; and his intention to tell his father that "his beastly old borough [Woodstock, Oxfordshire] can go to the devil".
Dates:
25 [Sep] [1873]
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
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Chartwell Papers
/
Acquired Papers
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Acquired Papers: Letters from Lord Randolph Churchill to Jennie Jerome [later Lady Randolph Churchill]. Includes material on their relationship and engagement, and Lord Randolph's political aspirations. All items are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 13 Jul 1886
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/7/80-81
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Jorresdal [Jordal, Norway]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his opinion that an address he gave in London had a favourable effect in the election; his anticipation that the Conservatives will remain in government for a considerable time; financial affairs; and his success at fishing.
Dates:
13 Jul 1886
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
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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), 16 Apr 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/9/14
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Cairnton, Banchory [Kincardineshire, Scotland]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] enclosing a letter [not present] from [Marquis de] Breteuil which he asks her to reply to; commenting "Birmingham is rather disgusting; I don't think it would have been much of a compliment to be elected by them" and that it [his decision not to stand as parliamentary candidate for Birmingham] was a triumph for "Joe" [Joseph Chamberlain] and [Arthur] Balfour; and reporting on his...
Dates:
16 Apr 1889
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 Mar 1884
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/13/34
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC ([St George's School, Ascot, Berkshire]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] reporting that Mrs Kynnersley [the headmaster's wife] had visited Birmingham where people were betting that [Lord Randolph Churchill] would be [elected as MP for Birmingham Central] and describing a game in a sand pit. Illustrated with a drawing of a bearded man.
Dates:
16 Mar 1884
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 WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill. Includes material relating to WSC's time at St George's School, Ascot, Berkshire and at Brunswick Road, Brighton, East Sussex. All letters are manuscript unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 25 [Jun] [1899]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/22
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC ( [Oldham, Lancashire] on the notepaper of 35A Great Cumberland Place [London]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses the certainty of his success in winning [the Oldham election] and asks whether she and Pamela [Plowden, later Lady Lytton] will attend his opening address. He notes that his speech was enthusiastically received and that "There is practically no local society - only multitudes of workers".
Dates:
25 [Jun] [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), 26 Jun 1899
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/23
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC ([Oldham, Lancashire] on the notepaper of 35A Great Cumberland Place) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he asks her whether she and Pamela [Plowden, later Lady Lytton] intend to come to [Oldham]. He explains that she has been asked to attend a meeting of the Primrose League Ladies and that the house is too small to accommodate maids for both her and Pamela. He asks her to remind Robson Rouse [Roose] to send him spray for his sore throat and says that he finds the...
Dates:
26 Jun 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), 29 Jun 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/24-25
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (Birch House, Lees, Oldham [Lancashire]) to "Sunny" [Charles, 9th Duke of Marlborough] in which he discusses the difficulty of accommodating Percival Hughes; the enthusiastic reception given to his speeches even by Radical audiences; his speaking engagements; difficulties posed by the Clerical Tithes Bill and the resignation of [George] Whiteley; his personal popularity; and his opinion that he and [James] Mawdesley will not win the election Manuscript signed and annotated by...
Dates:
29 Jun 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), 02 Jul 1899
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/26
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (Birch House, Lees, Oldham [Lancashire]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he asks her to come to Oldham and accompany him on his election campaign and says that the Liberals are better at "placarding and pushing their propaganda" Manuscript in the hand of WSC.
Dates:
02 Jul 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 May 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/54-58
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (Bloemfontein [South Africa]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses the objections of Lord Roberts [formerly Sir Frederick Roberts] to WSC joining his army as correspondent because of WSC's criticism of Lord Kitchener [formerly Sir Herbert Kitchener] in "The River War"; his curiosity about public opinion of him; the possibility of giving a lecture tour; financial affairs; his intention to remain until the end of the Boer War; injuries to his friends; the...
Dates:
01 May 1900
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), 12 Aug 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/62-64
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (Howick, Lusbury, Nothumberland) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he asks her to order socks and handkerchiefs for him; apologises for not writing an article [for the Anglo-Saxon Review]; discusses speaking engagements at Oldham [Lancashire] and his plans to canvass there with the help of "Sunny" [Charles, 9th Duke of Marlborough]; and expresses concern for "Jack's" [John S Churchill] activities with the South African Light Horse. Signed typescript with...
Dates:
12 Aug 1900
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), 08 Sep 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/66-68
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street, Grosvenor Square [London]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he informs her of his decision to accept an invitation to speak to the Institute of Journalists; arrangements for his speaking tour; the future general election and Oldham [Lancashire] where "the situation...will be much complicated by the great depression and struggle in the cotton trade". Signed typescript with manuscript corrections.
Dates:
08 Sep 1900
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), 20 Sep 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/69
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (Crompton Hall, Shaw, Near Oldham [Lancashire]) to Lady Randolph Churchill asking her and George [Cornwallis-West] to stay in Manchester for the last few days of the election as "it is thought that your presence here would do good". Signed typescript.
Dates:
20 Sep 1900
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), 21 Sep 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/70-71
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (Crompton Hall, Shaw, Near Oldham [Lancashire]) to Mrs Cornwallis-West [formerly Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her to help him canvass for the election and to write to Arthur Balfour; and discussing the possible result in view of the poor organisation of the constituency and the strength of the candidate [C B] Crisp. Signed typescript.
Dates:
21 Sep 1900
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), 12 Aug 1903
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/27/11-17
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street [London]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] marked "private" including: meetings in Oldham [Lancashire] and the Central Executive's vote of confidence in him despite his opposition to the "great man" [Joseph Chamberlain] and his opinions about Protection; his popularity among the working classes; a future break between Arthur Balfour and [Joseph] Chamberlain; a dinner he hosted at the House of Commons with "Jack" [John] Seely [later 1st Lord Mottistone]...
Dates:
12 Aug 1903
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 Mar 1904
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/27/23
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street [London]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he explains that he has not been able to come and see her in Bournemouth as he has been invited to contest the Birmingham Central Division. He expresses concern for her health and for their finances.
Dates:
26 Mar 1904
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), 29 Sep 1906
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/27/60-62
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (Siena [Italy]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: discussion of the financial difficulties of George [Cornwallis-West]; comment that his visit to see German army manoeuvres was "instructive"; a list of the places he has visited; his contentment [at the Colonial Office] and his decision to remain there until the Colonial Conference, and to settle issues connected with the Orange River Constitution and Nigerian Railway Stock; his confidence that he will win the...
Dates:
29 Sep 1906
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), [29] [Apr] [1908]
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/27/85
Scope and Contents
Note from WSC (Board of Trade, Whitehall Gardens) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] informing her that he has accepted the invitation to contest Dundee.
Dates:
[29] [Apr] [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.
Item
(Untitled), 03 Mar 1942 - 27 Mar 1942
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/65/18-23
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Randolph Churchill and William Connor, "Cassandra" of the Daily Mirror, on Randolph Churchill's recent unopposed election success at Preston [Lancashire] and his criticism of Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Chatfield but not Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] and Sir Kingsley Wood as former advocates of appeasement; includes covering notes by Lilian Buck, Secretary to Randolph Churchill and John Martin [Private Secretary to WSC].
Dates:
03 Mar 1942 - 27 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open
Item
(Untitled), 02 Apr 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/15/47-50
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: the debate on the motion that the resolutions on the veto of the House of Lords should go to committee; a speech by Sir Robert Finlay on the legal aspects of the reform of the House of Lords; the financial implications of general elections on Members of Parliament; WSC's speech on the necessity of intervention by the King (for which he takes full responsibility); and the Government's...
Dates:
02 Apr 1910
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), Mar 1943
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/95A/5-6
Scope and Contents
Draft letter from WSC to Sir Richard Acland [Independent MP for Barnstaple, Devon] stating: that he did not believe that there would be any point in their meeting; that he did not think that the results of a few by elections was significant and that a future general election would return different allegiances and stating that after the war he would work hard to remove the black fish from his pool which have done very well considering they only get what they can find on their own....
Dates:
Mar 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open
Item
(Untitled), 10 Oct 1931
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/183/36
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to [Sir John Reith, later Lord Reith] asking for a chance to broadcast during the election. Typescript copy.
Dates:
10 Oct 1931
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), 13 Oct 1931
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/183/37
Scope and Contents
Letter from Ralph Glyn [later Lord Glyn] (10 Downing Street) to WSC explaining the allocation of broadcasting time to the political parties and hoping that after the election the BBC will invite WSC to broadcast on "twelve years up to now and twelve years from now.".
Dates:
13 Oct 1931
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), 13 Dec 1924
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/2/62-71
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter from WSC to Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, explaining his efforts to have a settled financial policy and discussing increased navy estimates and his calculations that they are higher than suggested. He argues that armaments expenditure paralyses government policy in social and industrial reform, tax reduction and borrowing and warns that accepting the navy estimates will lead to electoral defeat; that the Admiralty is preoccupied with unfounded and unlikely threats from...
Dates:
13 Dec 1924
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
(Untitled), 06 Jun 1927
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/64/3-13
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter from WSC to Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, marked "secret and personal" on the need to "dominate events lest we be submerged by them", reflecting on achievements of the government but predicting bleak prospects for the next year as the government has not been successful, his own efforts to reduce expenditure have failed, the Factory and Poor Law Bills and Franchise will not support them, and advising that a constructive measure is needed. He seeks Baldwin's support for...
Dates:
06 Jun 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
(Untitled), 27 Mar 1929
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/101/34-41
Scope and Contents
Covering letter from Harold Macmillan [[later 1st Lord Stockton](Macmillan and Co Ltd, St Martin's Street, London) to WSC enclosing his handwritten notes about the election including arguments to counter [David] Lloyd George's plans for government efforts to deal with unemployment by encouraging industry to employ more men. He suggests a slogan "Modernization at Home. Markets Abroad"; and suggests that the railways and telephones should be modernised, that an Economic General Staff under...
Dates:
27 Mar 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open