Family
Found in 449 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), [Dec] [1902]
(Untitled), 22 Aug 1904
Letter from WSC (Villa Cassel, Moerel, Valais, Switzerland) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] describing his surroundings and activities; reporting that he has seen [Sir Edward] Hamilton, the Cassels [Sir Ernest Cassel] and that he is expecting [John] Revelstoke; and expressing approval for her decision to "take pains with the few people you really care about".
(Untitled), 21 Jan 1905
Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street [London]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he has discussed her affairs with "Sunny" [Charles, 9th Duke of Marlborough] and asks her to write a letter authorising him to investigate the matter with Lumley, the solicitor. Manuscript in the hand of Annette Anning signed by WSC.
(Untitled), 09 Feb 1905
Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street [London]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her to write about her recollections of life with [Lord Randolph Churchill] in London and Ireland between 1874 and 1880 to shed light on "the personal aspect" of his life. Manuscript in the hand of Annette Anning signed by WSC.
(Untitled), 14 Sep 1906
Letter from WSC (Vienna [Austria]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her to give him information about the financial difficulties of George [Cornwallis-West]. Envelope present marked "private".
(Untitled), 29 Sep 1906
(Untitled), 13 Oct 1906
Letter from WSC (Blenheim Palace) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] marked "secret" informing her that "Sunny" [Charles, 9th Duke of Marlborough] has separated from Consuelo [Duchess of Marlborough, later Consuelo Balsan] and that he has suggested that [Lady Randolph] should stay with her.
(Untitled), 13 Sep 1908
Letter from WSC (Blenheim Palace) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that "Clemmie" [Clementine Hozier, later CSC] is "vy happy and beautiful", thanks her for her support "at a critical period in my emotional development"; expresses relief that the [wedding] ceremony is over and that George [Cornwallis-West] had said that "he could wish me no better wife or happier days than he had found in you".
(Untitled), 04 Aug 1909
(Untitled), 31 Dec 1909
Telegram from WSC (Woodstock [Oxfordshire]) to Mrs [Cornwallis-]West [Lady Randolph Churchill] expressing concern for her health and reporting that "Sunny" [Charles, 9th Duke of Marlborough] would like her to visit [Blenheim Palace] for New Year. Envelope present.
(Untitled), 19 Apr 1911
Letter from WSC (10 Downing Street, Whitehall) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] returning a letter [see CHAR 28/28/6] with corrections and discussing arrangements for dinner and a visit to The Gaity [Theatre]. Envelope present.
(Untitled), 19 Sep 1912
Letter from WSC (Admiralty Yacht) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] expressing sympathy for her troubles [with George Cornwallis-West] and saying that he agrees with her decision and hopes that she may be able to come for a cruise.
(Untitled), 10 Feb 1914
Letter from WSC (Admiralty, Whitehall) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] about the naval estimates which he describes as "past the danger point". He informs her that he has written to Sir E[dward] Grey about a consulship for "Hugh", and that Lady Blanche [Hozier] is better and that the children are well. In a postscript he makes comments on the poor health of [5th Lord] Rosebery. Envelope present.
(Untitled), [1896]
Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (Erquy [France]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he reports that she has made an impression on Robineau and comments that a letter from WSC was "decidedly hot and his writing was melting".
(Untitled), [1897]
Letter from "Jack" [John] S Churchill ([45 Rue des Missionnaires] Versailles [France]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses Lord Vernon's illness and says that Lord Vernon is "furious with Winston [WSC], who is a millionaire in India". He also mentions the names of other people he has met who include Lord Charles Beresford and asks her to visit him.
(Untitled), [1897]
Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (Versailles [France]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he is glad that WSC will miss the war in Greece as "he will not be able to agitate about it", describes a concert and his progress at the piano and asks her to send him money and musical scores.
(Untitled), [1897]
Letter from "Jack" [John] S Churchill (45 Rue des Missionnaires, Versailles [France]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he expresses pleasure at the news of WSC's success, complains about his ears and says that he is looking forward to returning home.
(Untitled), [1898]
Letter from "Jack" [John] S Churchill (31 Throgmorton Street, London) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he has seen WSC who he describes as "as usual trying to do everything at once".
(Untitled), [1898]
Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (Bachelors' Club, Piccadilly [London]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] discussing WSC. He comments that WSC "will always try and go one better", and that if he abuses the Sirdar [Sir Herbert Kitchener] he will "find himself in the wrong box". He also discusses an insurance policy.
(Untitled), [1898]
Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (Presles [Belgium]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] concerning his future career. He says that he is going to enter the City although he was "built heart and soul for the army" because she asked him to give it up. He also says that he was attracted to study at Oxford because of the idea "of going where Winston [WSC] had not been", discusses financial affairs and says that he would like to come home.
(Untitled), 14 Feb 1914
Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill](41 Cromwell Road [London]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] discussing the legal implications of the terms of "Papa's" [Lord Randolph Churchill's] will and its' effect on her financial situation and on his and WSC's wives and children. He begs her to live within her means and says that he has not heard from "G" [George Cornwallis-West].
(Untitled), 01 Aug 1942 - 12 Nov 1942
Letter to WSC and CSC from Gladys Gough, enclosing a cutting from the New York Times on Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames] being spanked by a United States soldier at an ATS [Auxiliary Territorial Service] party; also includes press transcripts and notes by John Martin [Private Secretary to WSC] and D Parker-Bowles, Duty Officer, Ministry of Information, on whether the incident should be prevented from appearing in British newspapers.
(Untitled), 21 Feb 1942 - 26 Feb 1942
Note from Francis Brown [Private Secretary to WSC] to Randolph Churchill enclosing a War Cabinet report on foreign propaganda broadcasts: report includes undermining of WSC with a quote from Randolph Churchill on WSC keeping his money safely in the United States, and the suggestion that Sir Stafford Cripps, Lord Privy Seal, is a Bolshevist sympathiser and possible agent.
(Untitled), 23 Mar 1942 - 26 Mar 1942
Telegrams between General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in- Chief, Middle East, Sir James Grigg, Secretary of State for War and WSC on Major Randolph Churchill being ordered to remain in Britain, the false position he has been placed in, and Auchinleck's request that he should be returned to the Middle East; includes covering correspondence between Sydney Redman [Principal Private Secretary to Grigg], Leslie Rowan and Francis Brown [Private Secretaries to WSC].
(Untitled), 03 Mar 1942 - 27 Mar 1942
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].