Monarchy
Subject
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Found in 134 Collections and/or Records:
Sub-Fonds
Royal Correspondence, 1922 - 1980
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/LASL 2
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers held at Churchill Archives Centre include Lascelles' diaries; Royal correspondence; correspondence and papers concerning Edward, Prince of Wales [later Edward VIII]; correspondence with colleagues and family concerning members of the Royal family or Royal duties; correspondence during and concerning the First World War; correspondence from India while serving as Aide-de-Camp to George Lloyd; family correspondence; personal correspondence with friends and colleagues; miscellaneous...
Dates:
1922 - 1980
Conditions Governing Access:
LASL 2/1 open; majority of LASL 2/2-3 closed
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Royal Correspondence, 1969 - 1975
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SLKN 11/1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with HM Queen Elizabeth II and the Court.
Dates:
1969 - 1975
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Closures of individual files are noted in the paper catalogue, please ask staff for further details.
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"Royal visit, Paris", 1972-05
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 12/1/28
Scope and Contents
Footage of Queen Elizabeth II’s State visit to Paris, France.
Dates:
1972-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
Access copies must be requested in advance.
Sub-Series
Royal visits to Paris, 1955 - 1960
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLAD 1/6
Scope and Contents
Arrangements for visits to Paris [France] by members of the Royal Family while GJ was British Ambassador to France.
Dates:
1955 - 1960
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Item
Silver Jubilee of King George V, 1935
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HSBR 5/1
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Unfortunately few political papers or correspondence exist, and the most valuable section is Horsbrugh's own collection of presscuttings, HSBR 2.
Dates:
1935
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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1910-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/3
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: a ball and shooting parties at Alderley Park [Cheshire] and Warter Priory, Yorkshire; results coming in from the General Election; permission given by the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] for Churchill to begin an action to clear King George V from a false accusation [by Edward Mylius] of bigamy.
Dates:
1910-12
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.
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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1911-03 - 1911-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/4
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: an offer from George Cornwallis-West [Churchill's stepfather] to return to Lady Randolph Churchill [Jennie Cornwallis-West, earlier Jennie Jerome]; an argument between Churchill and 6th Lord Winterton [earlier Lord Turnour] in the House of Commons; a visit to the Gaiety Theatre; David Lloyd George [Chancellor of the Exchequer] elbowing Churchill out of his Unemployment Insurance scheme; difficulties caused by the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and...
Dates:
1911-03 - 1911-09
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.
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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1912-01 - 1912-08, 1914-09
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/5
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: objections from the Belfast Orangemen, to a speech on Home Rule that Churchill was to give to the Ulster Liberal Association, February 1912; a miscarriage suffered by Clementine and her slow recovery; a coal strike; the Navy's war plans; cutting waste in the naval dockyards; the progress of Diana Churchill [later Diana Bailey and Diana Sandys] and Randolph Churchill; the gambling of Clementine's brother William Hozier; the Titanic disaster; a house party at Taplow Court,...
Dates:
1912-01 - 1912-08; 1914-09
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.
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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1912-06, 1913
File
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.
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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1928-04 - 1928-11
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/21
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: Cabinet's agreement with Churchill's scheme for deregulation of local taxation [the De-rating Bill]; the farm and garden at Chartwell [Kent], particularly the swans and the sheep; the court martial of Kenneth Dewar; concerns for the health of Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland; Randolph Churchill's development at Eton, method of argument and problem with authority; fees for articles and future work [on volume 4 of "The World Crisis"]; work on the Budget speech, April 1928; stay with...
Dates:
1928-04 - 1928-11
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.
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South Africa, 1924-11 - 1926-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/4/7
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with 1st Lord Athlone, Governor General and with General James Hertzog, Prime Minister, on subjects including: the Imperial Conference, 1926, particularly changes to the status of Governors General with the creation of High Commissioners and the impression made by Hertzog; the South African flag; transferring Swaziland [later Eswatini] to South Africa; communications between the British and Dominion Governments; 1st Lord Byng, Governor General of Canada and his refusal to...
Dates:
1924-11 - 1926-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Speeches, 1974-03 - 1974-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 4/1/10
Scope and Contents
Annotated texts of speeches by JEP on subjects including: the balance of payments and international exchange rates; Northern Ireland, particularly the Constitutional Convention, representation of Ulster in the British Parliament, the General Election in Northern Ireland, including JEP's election speech, agriculture and the 1973 constitution; relations between the Church and the monarchy; political responsibility, relating to the Conservative Party's abandonment of its principles; housing;...
Dates:
1974-03 - 1974-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Speeches, 1977-01 - 1978-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 4/1/12
Scope and Contents
Annotated texts of speeches by JEP on subjects including: the Common Market, including the European Monetary System, the views of David Owen, Foreign Secretary, on the Common Agricultural Policy, a directly elected European Parliament, fisheries policy and human rights policy; the Gospels; the Orange Order; the marriage of the heir to the throne to a Catholic; North Sea gas and oil; the representation of Northern Ireland in government, its constitution, the use of the Irish currency,...
Dates:
1977-01 - 1978-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Speeches, 1983-01 - 1984-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 4/1/16
Scope and Contents
Annotated texts of speeches by JEP on subjects including: the uses of education; ending direct rule in Ulster, the Anglo-Irish Council, the past attitudes of the British Government to Ulster, interventions by the United States and representation for Ulster in Parliament; the results of past immigration policy; NATO defence policy; international exchange rates, the floating pound, the international monetary system and international monetary fund; British membership of the European Economic...
Dates:
1983-01 - 1984-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
Fonds
Spencer Perceval: Correspondence
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8713
Scope and Contents
The papers provide a most useful insight into the working of both administrations, comprising as they do some of Perceval's most intimate political correspondence both as chancellor of the exchequer under Portland (1807-9) and subsequently as prime minister (1809-12). All the major events of the day are considered, including the scandals surrounding the princess of Wales and the duke of York, the ill-fated military expedition to Walcheren in 1809, George III's recurring mental illness, and...
Dates:
1806-1906 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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The Abdication, 1935-12 - 1936-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/25
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the death of King George V and the abdication of King Edward VIII, later Edward Duke of Windsor, including: copy of the Abdication Bill; telegrams from Queen Mary and Edward VIII, thanking LSA for his condolences on the death of George V; note from LSA's memoirs on advice given to Edward VIII, not to send out a broadcast during the Abdication Crisis; press cuttings.
Dates:
1935-12 - 1936-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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The Coronation, 1952 - 1953
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FICA 2/4/1
Scope and Contents
Information papers, press and television correspondence on the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, including: details of recording sent to Canada; commemorative and information publications; programme of events; minutes of press liaison meetings and the Earl Marshal's conference.
Dates:
1952 - 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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The Coronation, 1953
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FICA 2/4/2
Scope and Contents
Souvenir issues of magazines for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
Dates:
1953
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Fonds
The Papers of Lord and Lady Esher
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ESHR
Scope and Contents
The collection includes: Lord Esher's journals; general, political, royal, personal and literary correspondence; political papers, particularly on army reform and India; literary papers; press cuttings.
Dates:
1848 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Piers Brendon
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BREN
Scope and Contents
The material deposited at Churchill Archives Centre by Dr Piers Brendon relates to two documentaries "The Churchills" and "The Windsors".
Dates:
1993 - 2000
Conditions Governing Access:
One file within the collection (BREN 2/1/1) is closed but the remainder of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Sir Bryan Godfrey-Faussett
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGGF
Scope and Contents
Papers comprising correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks and photographs. The journals and diaries in particular, taken with the correspondence and papers which form the remainder of the archive, many of them from members of the Royal family, constitute an invaluable source for naval historians of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and for social historians of the period 1900-1936. The record begins with the prestige of the Royal Navy at its zenith and the British Empire at its greatest...
Dates:
1876 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Sir John Colville
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CLVL
Scope and Contents
The material held at Churchill Archives Centre mainly consists of Colville's diaries. They provide an insight into the decision-making of three Prime Ministers and the meetings held with other top officials, as well as the lives of key figures during World War II, and its aftermath.
Dates:
1939 - 1987
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR, CHUR and CHAQ
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of original documents accumulated by Sir Winston Churchill throughout his life (1874-1965). They have been divided into three sections: the Chartwell Papers (CHAR) and the Churchill Papers (CHUR), with some additional material (CHAQ). Together, the three sets of papers cover the following major areas:
Personal (CHAR 1, CHUR 1 and CHAQ 1/1 and 2/1), 1884-1965
The papers of Churchill as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his...
Dates:
The majority of files date from the 1870s to 1965.
Conditions Governing Access:
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
Series
The Windsors, 1994 - 2000
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BREN 2
Scope and Contents
This section of the papers relates to "The Windsors" and mainly consists of transcribed interviews with various individuals concerning their recollections, or opinions of the Royal Family.
Dates:
1994 - 2000
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
One file within the collection (BREN 2/1/1) is closed but the remainder of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Piers Brendon
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Transcript of interview: James Bowden, 2022
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 219
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2022
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.