Households
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 361 Collections and/or Records:
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Personal: Chartwell House and Estate: Newchapel Stud and Chartwell Farm., 04 Mar 1960 - 15 Jan 1965
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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 House and Estate: Wells Street and Puddleduck Cottages., Apr 1949 - May 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/132
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to purchase of land and the construction of the cottages by the Chartwell Literary Trust and their purchase by WSC. Correspondents include: L Graham-Dixon on the investment by the Trust; A W Southon and Sons relating to building and repair work; Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor] (9); Nicholl Manistry and Company; Fladgate and Company on the Trust's affairs; and Guy Hanscombe (4). Also includes notes from WSC, CSC and Christopher Soames; notes and copies of correspondence...
Dates:
Apr 1949 - May 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] correspondence., Aug 1945 - Nov 1951
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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)
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] correspondence., Apr 1953 - Nov 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/37
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of the Commonwealth Relations Office, including Eric Vines and John Morrison [later 2nd Lord Dunrossil, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations], on collecting acorns from Chartwell for Melbourne [Australia] Botanic Gardens (6); Percy Cox, Manager of the Chartwell Estate (10); General Sir Ian Hamilton (2); representatives of Fladgate and Company, including Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor] (19); Richard Cave...
Dates:
Apr 1953 - Nov 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent]: correspondence A-N., Aug 1945 - Dec 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/30
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Hugh Newman on butterflies (6); Percy Cox [agent for WSC's farms] (3); representatives of the Sevenoaks [Kent] and District Electricity Company Limited (8); John Wood of Wood, Willey, and Company [WSC's accountants] (4); General Sir Ian Hamilton on cattle breeding (2); representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Few [WSC's solicitors] (4); Major Reginald Marnham [WSC's neighbour] (10); representatives of the War Department Land Agent and Valuer, West Kent Area (4). Also...
Dates:
Aug 1945 - Dec 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent]: correspondence O-Z., Aug 1945 - Dec 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/31
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of the Paterson Engineering Company (6); representatives of the Sevenoaks [Kent] and District Electricity Company Limited on electrical supplies (11); Horatio Seymour. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, and Grace Hamblin.Other matters covered by the file include: a purification plant for dealing with the lake water;...
Dates:
Aug 1945 - Dec 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] Estate., Dec 1934 - 12 Dec 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/275
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:
Dec 1934 - 12 Dec 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] Estate., 03 Aug 1935 - 30 Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/289
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:
03 Aug 1935 - 30 Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] Estate., 1937 - 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/332
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:
1937 - 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] Estate., 28 Feb 1938 - 22 Dec 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/350
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:
28 Feb 1938 - 22 Dec 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] Estate., Jan 1940 - 10 Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/358
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:
Jan 1940 - 10 Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] Estate: Accounts paid., 1936 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/308
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:
1936 - 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] Estate: Correspondence., 15 Jun 1933 - 04 Jan 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/257
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:
15 Jun 1933 - 04 Jan 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] Estate: Correspondence and papers., 31 May 1922 - 01 Nov 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/159
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:
31 May 1922 - 01 Nov 1922
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] Estate: Correspondence and papers., 01 Aug 1922 - 1923
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/167
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:
01 Aug 1922 - 1923
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] Estate: Correspondence and papers., 27 Mar 1924 - 08 Dec 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/173
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:
27 Mar 1924 - 08 Dec 1924
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] Estate: Correspondence and papers., 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/182
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:
1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] Estate: Correspondence and papers., 03 Jan 1926 - 14 [Dec] 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/189
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:
03 Jan 1926 - 14 [Dec] 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] Estate: Correspondence and papers., 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/195
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:
1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] Estate: Maintenance: Accounts paid., 23 Apr 1936 - 04 Apr 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/319
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:
23 Apr 1936 - 04 Apr 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] Estate: Plans., 1938 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/342
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 - 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] Estate: Swimming pool: Plans., 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/258
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:
1934
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] Estate: Trade circulars and Business letters., 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/307
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:
1937
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] Farm: Accounts paid., 1937 - 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/320
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:
1937 - 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Chartwell [Kent] garden., Sep 1945 - Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/33
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of East Malling [Kent] Research Station (5) and Hillier and Sons, nurserymen and seedsmen, (9). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from CSC and secretaries Grace Hamblin, Kathleen Hill, and Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford].Subjects include: purchasing and growing plants, trees, and flowers; encouraging bees; recommending treatments; instructions to the gardener, Harris; opening the grounds to visitors.Also includes: East...
Dates:
Sep 1945 - Dec 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open