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Monarchy

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Notes and correspondence on the staff appointment of the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII] as a Major-General serving in France, 1939-09-14 - 1939-10-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HOBE 5/71
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The collection, though small, is interesting as no other papers appear to have been left by Hore-Belisha. It comprises letters, diaries, some photographs and documents (mainly copies) covering most of Hore-Belisha's career but concentrating on his most important position as War Minister from 1937-1939 and particularly the events surrounding his dismissal by Neville Chamberlain.

Dates: 1939-09-14 - 1939-10-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Individual closures of files are indicated in the catalogue.
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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1912-06, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/6
Scope and Contents Subjects include: the atrocious behaviour of Smart [Churchill's chauffeur/valet] during a house party with the Lyttons at Knebworth [Hertfordshire, June 1912]; plans for a dancing club; the sentencing of 'Mrs P' [Emmeline Pankhurst], April 1913; moving to Admiralty House; Churchill's concerns about events in the Adriatic and sympathy for Montenegro; a speech by Churchill in Dundee [Scotland], January 1913; his suffering from nerves; worries about parcel bombs from the suffragettes; naval...
Dates: 1912-06; 1913
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.