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Horse racing

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

 File

"A Daughter's Tale": MS post-1987, 1988-02 - 1998-11

Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 5/7/78
Scope and Contents Includes: letter from MS to Catherine Soames on the end of her marriage to [Arthur] Nicholas Soames; correspondence on Rupert Soames's engagement and Charlotte Hambro [earlier Charlotte Soames]'s wedding to 3rd Lord Peel, with correspondents including Diana, Princess of Wales and Nicholas Soames; press cuttings on MS and "Winston Churchill: his life as a painter"; letters between MS and Sir Robert Fellowes [Private Secretary to the Queen and Keeper of the Queen’s Archives] on Churchill's...
Dates: 1988-02 - 1998-11
Conditions Governing Access: Some folios closed as they contain sensitive information on living individuals; letter from Prince Charles closed.
 File

Bloodstock: Airlie Stud, 1968-12 - 1980-08

Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 11/23
Scope and Contents

Papers, correspondence and accounts notes on the breeding, buying and selling of horses in which CS had an interest or shares.

Dates: 1968-12 - 1980-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 File

"Clementine Churchill": family correspondence, 1956, 1956-02 - 1956-04

Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 5/1/174
Scope and Contents

Letter from CS to Sir Winston Churchill on his investments and the progress of Churchill's stud and racehorses.

Dates: 1956-02 - 1956-04
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 File

"Clementine Churchill": minutes between Winston Churchill and CS, 1947-60, 1947-12 - 1991-10

Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 5/1/141
Scope and Contents

Minutes on subjects including: work at Chartwell [Kent], including the work done by German prisoners of war; Churchill's war memoirs; Churchill's black swans; the racehorses Colonist II, Le Pretendant and Welsh Abbot. Also includes rough speech notes by Churchill for a meeting of the 1922 Committee, mainly relating to Egypt, c 1955, a later note on Colonist II and some of CS's racing accounts, 1981-85.

Dates: 1947-12 - 1991-10
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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Copy of an unpublished memoir, 1865-1926, 1926 - 1946

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CAVN 1/1
Scope and Contents

Comprising: Home, Clevedon, Eton; Sandhurst and Examinations; The Grenadier Guards; Racing: a Story of the Inevitable; Ireland; Canada; South African War 1900-1902; Tennis, Hunting, Stalking, Golf, Fishing and Shooting; The First German War: France and Belgium; Italy; Some Notes on the Battle of Vittorio Veneto and After; From Aldershot to Washington; and War Office 1922-26.
With correspondence with Field Marshal Sir William Robertson, 1925 (2).

Dates: 1926 - 1946
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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CS's individual racehorses, 1969-10 - 1987-01

Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 11/25
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, accounts, cuttings and photographs.

Dates: 1969-10 - 1987-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds

George Chawner: Papers

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6094-6144
Dates: 1900-1914 (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).
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Hamsell Stud, 1962-05 - 1972-05

Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 11/22
Scope and Contents

Papers and correspondence on the partnership known as the Hamsell Stud, between CS and [A D D] Tim Rogers (former aide to Sir Winston Churchill), which was formed to own and manage the horses and interests in horses left to CS by Churchill.

Dates: 1962-05 - 1972-05
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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Photographs of WSC’s racehorses, 1949 - 1952

Reference Code: GBR/0014/RDCH 9/3/27
Scope and Contents

Includes Colonist II, Loving Cup and Non-Stop.

Dates: 1949 - 1952
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. The catalogue includes details of some material in the collection which is currently too fragile to be produced and researchers should seek advice from Archives Centre staff about accessing this material.
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Sir Winston Churchill's horses and racing interests, 1958-08 - 1984-08

Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 11/21
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, with some copies of letters from Churchill to CS, on subjects including: Churchill's and CS's racing colours; Churchill's membership of the Jockey Club; Churchill's racehorses, including Colonist II and High Hat; figures for his stud at the time of his death.

Dates: 1958-08 - 1984-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Item

"The Favourite", 1951-05-14

Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/296
Scope and Contents

Photo shows WSC smiling and holding his hand out to his horse Colonist II in the enclosure at Hurst Park racecourse [for the Winston Churchill stakes]. A crowd of smiling people watch.

Dates: 1951-05-14
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
 Item

"The Favourite", 1950-09

Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/297
Scope and Contents

Photo shows WSC standing in a raised racecourse box, waving his hat and smiling broadly with a cigar in his mouth. Beneath him is a crowd of smiling people.

Dates: 1950-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.