Scope and Contents File includes: Correspondence and papers on WSC's activities as Hon. Air Commodore, 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron, RAAF, 1952-53, including correspondence with Squadron Leader F B Sowrey (8) on his command of the squadron, 1952-53, on award of the Cooper Trophy for the most efficient Auxiliary Squadron at Armament Practice Camp, 1952, correspondence and papers on joint inspection of 600 and 615 Squadrons by the Honorary Air Commodores, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and WSC, 1952,...

Scope and Contents File includes correspondence with The Municipal Council of Thebes, Greece, on election an Honorary Citizen, and the naming of the central square "Winston Churchill Square", 1945; Lord Pembroke and Montgomery on election as Honorary Member of the Travellers' Club, Paris, 1947; The Tuna Club, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, United States, on election as Honorary Member, 1941, with Year Book, and photograph of WSC with Marlin Swordfish, Catalina Island, 1929; Sir Ronald Graham on...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers on the establishment of Technion, the Israeli Institute of Technology, Mount Carmel, Haifa, including:.Correspondence with Eliahu Elath, Israeli Ambassador to Britain, 1958 (2); correspondence, papers and press cuttings on opening of the Winston Churchill Auditorium at Technion, by Sarah Churchill, (later Lady Audley) May 1958; correspondence with Joseph Cohen, Executive Director, (2) and Sir Loius Sterling, Life President, (2) British Technion Committee on Annual...

Scope and Contents File includes correspondence with: Cambridge Union Society offering Honorary Membership, 1955 (declined); Geoffrey Stevens MP (2), Sir Richard Glyn, (3) and Philip Ingress Bell MP (5) on the United and Cecil Club, 1953-60; Juliet, Lady Rhys-Williams, (2) on the United Europe Movement, 1953; Sir Edward Beddington-Behrens on the United Kingdom Council of the European Movement, 1958; The United Nations Association of Great Britain, on re-election as Honorary President, 1954; Harold Macmillan...

Scope and Contents File includes correspondence with: The Union Belgo-Britannique, (Lord Selborne), on monument to commemorate the first crossing of the Belgian frontier by the British Army in WWII, 1949; The United Club, particularly Eric Errington, (2) and Geoffrey Stevens MP, Chairman, on merger with the Cecil Club, with covering note by Patrick Buchan Hepburn, (later Lord Hailes) Conservative Chief Whip, 1949-51; The United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, particularly Charles...

Scope and Contents File includes correspondence with: The British Legion, Westerham Branch, on activities as President, 1952-60; Westerham Cricket Club on re-election as Vice-President; Westerham Gala Day, on support, 1954-61; Westerham Market Fat Stock Show Society, on election as President, 1954-57; Westerham Miniature Rifle Club, on election as Honorary Vice-President, 1957-60; The Rotary Club of Westerham, on election as an Honorary Member, 1961; The Western Morning News, on message for Centenary, 1960,...

Scope and Contents Includes correspondence from various individuals on a memorial to WSC's speech "The Sinews of Peace". The memorial consisted of the church of St Mary Aldermanbury, City of London, which was rebuilt at Westminster College. Correspondents include: Christopher Everett and Robert Ford of the Foreign Office; representatives of Westminster College including Robert Davidson, President (19) and Joseph Staples, Administrative Assistant (3); Joyce Hall of Hallmark cards (5); Patrick Horsbrugh (7);...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers on presentation of the Williamsburg Award to WSC by the Trustees of Colonial Williamsburg.File includes album of presscuttings on announcement of award, Oct 1955; notes John Colville for WSC's speech at award ceremony, 7 Dec 1955; biographical notes on the Trustees of Colonial Williamsburg, Horace Albright, Armistead Boothe, Harvie Branscomb, Kenneth Chorley, Hector Escobosa, Wallace Harrison, Lewis Powell, Webster Rhoads, Winthrop Rockefeller, Henry Stryker and...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Monsieur Campinchi, French Minister of Marine; [1st] Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry, Editor-in-Chief] of the Daily Telegraph sending on a United States article published in the Telegraph; Robert Cary; [1st] Lord Cecil of Chelwood [earlier Lord Robert Cecil] (?2) including (1) on the League [of Nations]; Lord Hugh Cecil [later 1st Lord Quickswood]; Neville Chamberlain (5) on subjects including his health, government policy, and his resignation; Sir Evan...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Secretary of State for War] (5) including (2) on his role in the government; Maxine Elliott on her health (2); Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on honouring [Walter Richard] Sickert; Daisy Fellowes [earlier Daisy, Princesse de Broglie] (2); Sir Warren Fisher [Regional Commander for Civil Defence, North-West Region] criticising the conduct of the war; [Edward] FitzClarence [later 6th Lord Munster] on Randolph Churchill's time in the...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Hugh Dalton, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the Prime Minister's salary (2); Nigel Davies on WSC's support for his candidacy at Epping [Essex]; Kenneth de Courcy; Rupert de la Bere on ex-service civil servants; Lord Pakenham [later 7th Lord Longford] (2); representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office, including Mark Chapman-Walker and Sir Robert Cary (7); Irving Dix (United States Representative) on US political and economic affairs; James Stuart [Chief...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Shenton Thomas on Malaya's [later Malaysia] war effort; Edward Mallalieu; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] (7); 6th Lord De L'Isle and Dudley [earlier William Sidney, later 1st Lord De L'Isle] on a fund for the defence of Field Marshal Fritz von Manstein; Prime Minister Clement Attlee on currency for Princess Margaret's trip to Italy; Douglas Marshall (4); Moss Turner-Samuels; John Langford-Holt; Lieutenant-General Sir...

Scope and Contents Correspondence dealt with by Kathleen Hill, and Elizabeth Layton, WSC's Personal Private Secretaries, with some notes and replies by Private Office Staff including Miss E M Watson, John Peck, George Harvie Wattand John Colville.Correspondents include Sir Eugene Ramsden on visit to Yorkshire during election campaign; Thomas Levy on election defeat; Lord Ashfield, London Passenger Transport Board, sending poster for display at stations quoting from speech by WSC; Prof A M Low, enclosing...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Major-General N Moore of the 4th Battalion the Essex Regiment (3); Brigadier Charles Paton, Colonel of the Essex Regiment (3); Lieutenant-General Sir Reginald Denning, Colonel of the 3rd East Anglian regiment; Lieutenant-Colonel D Garrard (3) and Lieutenant-Colonel R Randall (3) of the Essex Regiment; Colonel Sir Thomas Butler, Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Grenadier Guards; various members of the Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry, Royal Berkshire Yeomanry and the...

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Letter from Bob Fitzpatrick (Irish Local Government Board, Edenvale, Conyngham Road, Dublin, [Ireland]) to George [Cornwallis-West] asking him to ask WSC to use his influence to ensure that Fitzpatrick's post as a Local Government Board inspector is made secure and that he gets promoted. [Sent with CHAR 2/27/47].

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Letter from ? (Eaton, Chester) to Lady Randolph Churchill asking her to get WSC to use his influence [to ensure that Bob Fitzpatricks's post as an Irish Local Government Board inspector is made secure and that he gets promoted]. [Sent with CHAR 2/27/47].

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Letter from Thomas Barclay (The Uplands, Blackwell, Bromsgrove, [Worcestershire]) to WSC asking that his name should not be mentioned in connection with the obtaining of an honour for Sir James ? and reporting the favourable reaction to WSC's recent speech [on social policy in Birmingham Town Hall].

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Letter from Frederick Mackarness MP (House of Commons Library) to WSC asking him to use his influence with Lord Crewe to obtain a Privy Councillorship for John Merriman, Prime Minister of Cape Colony, [South Africa].

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Letter from Alexander ? (4 Devonshire Place, [London]) to WSC asking whether he can assist H V Sawyer, a former captain in the Indian Army who lost his arm after a panther bite and is seeking a post as Assistant Inspector under the Poor Law.

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Letter from James E Platt (Ingmanthorpe Hall, Wetherby, [Yorkshire]) to WSC asking him to see the Prime Minister to support Platt's claim to a knighthood or a baronetcy. Annotated that WSC will consider what he can do.

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Letter from E S Grieve (Cliffburn, Alyth, [Perthshire, Scotland]) to Blanche, Lady Hozier asking her to ask WSC to try and obtain a government post for her nephew, John Barclay Milne, an analytical chemist who served and worked in South Africa.

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Letter from Arthur Haworth (Normanby, Altrincham, [Cheshire]) to WSC congratulating him on his appointment [as President of the Board of Trade] and reporting the enthusiasm of Liberals in North-West Manchester. Asks WSC to help his friend Spencer Hogg to obtain a puisne judgeship in Jamaica [West Indies] before he (WSC) leaves the Colonial Office.

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Letter from Lady Katharine Lyttelton (107 Eaton Square, [London]) to WSC enclosing a letter from Charles Lane Sansom [see CHAR 2/38/14] and asking WSC to ask John Burns about a post for Sansom under the Local Government Board. Refers obliquely to the marriage of her daughter Lucy to Charles Masterman.

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Letter from ? (Poplar Farm, Cold Ash, Newbury, [Berkshire]) to WSC asking him to help a needy ex-soldier obtain the post of Chief Constable of Flintshire [Wales].

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Letter from A Henderson (London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Steam Packet Office, Newhaven, Sussex) to CSC asking her and her husband to help him in his application for the post of Docks and Warehouse Manager for the Port of London Authority.