Family
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 660 Collections and/or Records:
Series
Personal, 1945 - 1965
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1
Scope and Contents
This class of papers includes correspondence and papers relating to WSC's business, financial, and legal affairs, including permission for the exhibition and reproduction of his paintings, to the Chartwell estate, including Frenchstreet and Bardogs farms, and to his family, medical advisors, illnesses and pets.There are also sections relating to his staff, to private visits abroad and invitations received, and to his racing interests. There is, finally, a considerable number of photographs...
Dates:
1945 - 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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.
File
Personal: Bank Pass Books., 1921 - 1923
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/155
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These are the papers relating to the activities of WSC as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his family and friends on non-public topics, and papers relating to his personal, financial and legal affairs, and his social life. For the purposes of this arrangement, his activities in the Regular and Territorial Armies, in Cuba and during the Boer War in South Africa, and as a painter, have been regarded as personal. For the period 1940-1945 material of a personal nature...
Dates:
1921 - 1923
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Business correspondence., Oct 1945 - Dec 1946
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/17A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: John S Churchill (2); Sir William Rootes on a chauffeur for WSC; representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Few [WSC's solicitors] (14); representatives of Concrete Limited on work on the pump house at Chartwell [Kent] (4); Clement Penruddock, Secretary, Chequers Trust; Sir Kenneth Clark (2), Jacob Epstein, and Oliver Locker-Lampson (2) on WSC sitting for an Epstein bust; Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor] (3); representatives of Knight, Frank and...
Dates:
Oct 1945 - Dec 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Personal: Business: correspondence with Associated American Artists, Hallmark Cards, Soho Gallery Limited on reproducing WSC's paintings as Christmas cards and postcards., 1947 - 1960
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/26A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of the Soho Publishing Company (Soho Gallery) (21); representatives of Fladgate and Company, particularly Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor] (101); representatives of Associated American Artists (3); [William] Surrey Dane of Odhams Press Limited (2); representatives of Hall Brothers Incorporated (Hallmark Cards), including its President, Joyce Hall (some in a private capacity) (33); representatives of Foote, Cone and Belding Limited, public relations (12);...
Dates:
1947 - 1960
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Personal: Business: correspondence with representatives of Fladgate and Company, particularly Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor]., 1948 - 1956
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/28A-B
Scope and Contents
Other correspondents include: Sir Arthur Jarratt (3); Sir Alexander Korda; Brendan Bracken; 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Maxwell Aitken]; Leslie Graham-Dixon (2); Bernard Baruch. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], Grace Hamblin, Elizabeth Gilliatt, Gillian Maturin, Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford] and Doreen Pugh; and Denis Kelly [Literary Assistant to...
Dates:
1948 - 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Personal: Business: correspondence with representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Few [WSC's solicitors] on financial matters., 1946 - 1955
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/27
Scope and Contents
Other correspondents include: Brendan Bracken and CSC. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Elizabeth Gilliatt, Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford] and Maud Stanley.Subjects covered by the file include: arranging agricultural mortgages on Chartwell [Kent] properties; managing various trust funds, including Miss Cornelia Churchill's trust, John S Churchill's marriage...
Dates:
1946 - 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Personal: Chartwell House and Estate: Newchapel Stud and Chartwell Farm., 04 Mar 1960 - 15 Jan 1965
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/133
Scope and Contents
Correspondents on the affairs of the stud include: Percy Cox [agent for WSC's farms] (5); Christopher Soames (8); Arnold Carey Foster on subjects including the purchase of Laylands Farm (14); Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company (WSC's solicitor) on subjects including the value of the stud (24); J Wood of Wood, Wiley and Company on the accounts (9). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to WSC], Doreen Pugh [Secretary to WSC], Violet...
Dates:
04 Mar 1960 - 15 Jan 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
Folios 89-90, 93-101, 105-107, and 208 closed as they contain personal information about members of WSC's staff. Open date: 1 Jan 2040.
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] correspondence., Aug 1945 - Nov 1951
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/32A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Lloyds Bank, including Geoffrey Mason and T E R Harris, (3); representatives of Massey-Harris Limited, including its President James Duncan, (4); Percy Cox [agent for WSC's farms] (12); Major Reginald Marnham [WSC's neighbour] (9); Robert Hudson; representatives of the Sevenoaks [Kent] and District Electricity Company Limited (4); "Top" [ 3rd Lord Selborne, earlier Lord Wolmer]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries...
Dates:
Aug 1945 - Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open (folios 287-8 were opened in 2022)
File
Personal: Churchill Family: Correspondence., 1938
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/325
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These are the papers relating to the activities of WSC as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his family and friends on non-public topics, and papers relating to his personal, financial and legal affairs, and his social life. For the purposes of this arrangement, his activities in the Regular and Territorial Armies, in Cuba and during the Boer War in South Africa, and as a painter, have been regarded as personal. For the period 1940-1945 material of a personal nature...
Dates:
1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Personal: Churchill Family: Correspondence., 17 Dec 1938 - 14 Nov 1939
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/344
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These are the papers relating to the activities of WSC as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his family and friends on non-public topics, and papers relating to his personal, financial and legal affairs, and his social life. For the purposes of this arrangement, his activities in the Regular and Territorial Armies, in Cuba and during the Boer War in South Africa, and as a painter, have been regarded as personal. For the period 1940-1945 material of a personal nature...
Dates:
17 Dec 1938 - 14 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Personal: Churchill Family: Correspondence., [1940] - 17 Dec 1941
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/362
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These are the papers relating to the activities of WSC as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his family and friends on non-public topics, and papers relating to his personal, financial and legal affairs, and his social life. For the purposes of this arrangement, his activities in the Regular and Territorial Armies, in Cuba and during the Boer War in South Africa, and as a painter, have been regarded as personal. For the period 1940-1945 material of a personal nature...
Dates:
[1940] - 17 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Churchill Family: Correspondence., Nov 1941 - 23 Dec 1942
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/369
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These are the papers relating to the activities of WSC as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his family and friends on non-public topics, and papers relating to his personal, financial and legal affairs, and his social life. For the purposes of this arrangement, his activities in the Regular and Territorial Armies, in Cuba and during the Boer War in South Africa, and as a painter, have been regarded as personal. For the period 1940-1945 material of a personal nature...
Dates:
Nov 1941 - 23 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Personal: Churchill Family: Correspondence., 20 Feb 1943 - 24 Dec 1943
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/375
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Randolph Churchill, Diana Churchill [Diana Sandys, earlier Diana Bailey] and Sarah Churchill [Sarah Oliver, later Sarah Beauchamp and Sarah, Lady Audley].
Dates:
20 Feb 1943 - 24 Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Personal: Churchill family: Correspondence., 01 Jan 1945 - 23 Aug 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/387
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Randolph Churchill, Diana Churchill [Diana Sandys, later Diana Bailey], Sarah Churchill [Sarah Oliver, later Sarah Beauchamp and Sarah, Lady Audley] and Pamela Churchill [later Pamela Harriman], mainly on Victory in Europe and the General Election.
Dates:
01 Jan 1945 - 23 Aug 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Personal: Coming of Age of Randolph Churchill., May 1932 - 23 Jun 1932
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/232
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These are the papers relating to the activities of WSC as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his family and friends on non-public topics, and papers relating to his personal, financial and legal affairs, and his social life. For the purposes of this arrangement, his activities in the Regular and Territorial Armies, in Cuba and during the Boer War in South Africa, and as a painter, have been regarded as personal. For the period 1940-1945 material of a personal nature...
Dates:
May 1932 - 23 Jun 1932
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Personal correspondence, 1957-01-07 - 1958-12-17
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/12
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Bishop [Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister] on the resignation of the Prime Minister, Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon]; [Maurice] Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister [later 1st Lord Stockton] on JEP's acceptance of the position of Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and the possibility of a future Privy Counsellorship for him; Eden on JEP's new position; the Rev. W W S March on a church memorial to JEP's parents [Albert Powell and Ellen...
Dates:
1957-01-07 - 1958-12-17
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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Personal: Correspondence., 1890 - 1894
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2
Scope and Contents
Letters from "Jack" [John S Churchill] and Lord Randolph Churchill.
Dates:
1890 - 1894
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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.
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Personal: Correspondence: Laura Wilton., 1890 - 1893
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/5
Scope and Contents
Letters from Laura, Lady Wilton ["Your Deputy Mother"] [later Lady Johnstone] to WSC.
Dates:
1890 - 1893
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Personal: Correspondence: Mrs Everest., 1890 - 1900
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/4
Scope and Contents
Letters from Elizabeth Everest [Churchill family Nanny] to WSC and John S Churchill.
Dates:
1890 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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.
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Personal: Family: biographical material and information file., 1891 - 1953
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/38A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes details of WSC's filing system, broadcasts, speeches, favourite songs, agricultural patronage, books, orders and decorations, honorary degrees, fellowships, freedoms, medals, ministerial appointments, service titles, degrees offered but not yet received, parliamentary seats, paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy [London], and annual subscriptions; copies of various items by WSC including a letter to the Times under the pseudonym "Scorpio" on prayers for rain, and a lecture...
Dates:
1891 - 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Personal: Family etc.: Copies of wills., 23 Jun 1943 - 26 Apr 1949
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/40
Scope and Contents
A draft and copies of WSC's wills.Also includes: a letter from Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company [lawyers].
Dates:
23 Jun 1943 - 26 Apr 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Family etc.: correspondence., 03 Jan 1948 - 11 Mar 1950
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/46
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: "Mule" [Sarah Oliver, earlier Sarah Churchill, later Sarah Beauchamp, then Sarah, Lady Audley] on subjects including her visit to Canada and her wedding to Antony Beauchamp (16); "Alex", 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis [Governor-General of Canada]; Bernard Baruch; CSC on subjects including WSC's leadership of the Conservative Party, Chartwell [Kent] and Sarah (12); Antony Beauchamp; Hugh [? Frewen]; Oswald Frewen (2); Amy Guest (4); Raymond Guest; Sir Shane Leslie (3);...
Dates:
03 Jan 1948 - 11 Mar 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Family etc.: correspondence., 07 Jun 1951 - 10 Oct 1951
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/49
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: "Sunny", Lord Blandford [later 11th Duke of Marlborough]; Sarah Churchill [later Sarah Crewe]; John G Churchill; CSC (7); Roger Frewen (2); Winston Guest (2); "Kitty", Lady Katherine Lambton; Mary, Duchess of Marlborough [earlier Mary, Lady Blandford] (3); Charles Rhys [later 8th Lord Dynevor]; Hope Rhys [later Hope, Lady Dynevor]; Giles Romilly; Clare Sheridan (3); [?] Patrick Mayhew, Secretary, Oxford University Conservative Association; Diana Sandys [earlier Diana...
Dates:
07 Jun 1951 - 10 Oct 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Personal: Family etc.: Correspondence A - Churchill, John., Apr 1955 - May 1964
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/135
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Henry, Lord Audley (3); Sarah, Lady Audley [earlier Sarah Churchill, Sarah Oliver and Sarah Beauchamp] (16) on subjects including her acting career, her finances, her marriage to Lord Audley and his death; Arabella Churchill (6); CSC (28) on subjects including her visit to Paris [France] in 1956, the success of an exhibition of WSC's paintings, concern about Sarah [Lady Audley] and her arrest in Liverpool in 1959, a statue of WSC by David McFall, WSC's visit to the...
Dates:
Apr 1955 - May 1964
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Personal: Family etc.: correspondence A - Churchill, Lady C (CSC)., 26 Oct 1951 - Apr 1955
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/50A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Consuelo Balsan [earlier Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough] on her memoirs, "The Glitter and the Gold", including her criticism of Henry Asquith [1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] and Margot Asquith [Margot, Lady Oxford and Asquith] (9); Cass Canfield, Chairman of Harper and Brothers, Publishers (2); Sarah Beauchamp, "Mule" [earlier Sarah Churchill, then Sarah Oliver, later Sarah, Lady Audley], on subjects including Oscar Nemon's sculpture of WSC, the death of Queen Mary...
Dates:
26 Oct 1951 - Apr 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open