Leisure time activities
Found in 415 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), [Nov] [1873]
Letter from Jennie Jerome [later Lady Randolph Churchill]([Paris, France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] in which she says that she hopes he is not angry about her not having written, apologises for having missed the post and says that she has been playing [the piano] and her fingers ache.
(Untitled), [Oct] [1873]
Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill]([Paris, France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] in which she says that she has changed her mind and will attend the races as Prince de Sagan has sent tickets, discusses the financial worries of Castillagnac and instructs him not to flirt with the "young ladies" at Normanton.
(Untitled), [Oct] [1873]
Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill]([Paris, France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] including: her capriciousness in changing her mind about attending the races; a report of the results of the races; her handwriting and the times at which she writes to him; her interest in a programme and the decoration of a house.
(Untitled), 12 Dec 1873
Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill]([Paris, France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] including: skating and the people there; her irritation with [Baron Christian] Waldner who behaves as though she was not engaged; playing the piano with Mr Sartoris; and [Leonard Jerome's] disappointment at not being able to see Randolph again. Envelope present.
(Untitled), [Dec] [1873]
Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill]([Paris, France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] including: her enjoyment of skating; comments about ?Lambertyre; and her feelings of guilt at skating or talking with other men.
(Untitled), 13 Dec 1873
Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill]([Paris, France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] including: her stiffness from skating; dinner with Mr Bennett; disappointment that [Thierry] D'Alsace is going to Africa; and boredom with [Count de] Fenelon. Envelope present.
(Untitled), 18 [Dec] 1873
Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill](Paris [France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] including: apologies for her previous "cross" letter; playing the piano with Sartoris; her acquaintance with Madame de Rothschild; her headache; and the departure of [Thierry] D'Alsace to Africa. Envelope present.
(Untitled), 22 Dec 1873
(Untitled), 26 Jan 1874
Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill](Paris [France]) to [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] including: thanks for his telegram; jealousy of his preoccupation with politics; her opinion of "Lettres a une inconnu" and the author's observations about [William] Gladstone and a request that he should not ignore the kisses on the page. Envelope present.
(Untitled), [Feb] [1874]
Letter from Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill](Paris [France]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] including: thanks for his letter and one from [Frances] Duchess [of Marlborough] which has made her confident of his success in the forthcoming election [at Woodstock, Oxfordshire]; an instruction to give up smoking and rest; a visit from ?Francis who has said that she looks Spanish and a request that he should telegraph the result of the election. Envelope present.
(Untitled), [1876]
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill] to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which she urges him not to be "imprudent" about his illness; describes skating and a visit from [?Henry] Trafford who had informed her that [Randolph] was the only person who did not have a single black ball at the Union [Club] and asks him to write more frequently.
(Untitled), [1874]
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill] to "R" [Lord Randolph Churchill] expressing concern for his health, and saying that she is going to skate with [Helene] Standish and that [WSC] is well.
(Untitled), [1876]
Part of a letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill]([Dublin, Ireland]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which she recommends that he should visit Lady Henry Somerset as they have so few friends [a reference to the implications of Lord Randolph's quarrel with Albert Edward, Prince of Wales], says that she does not recommend him leaving the House of Commons and discusses her progress at painting.
(Untitled), 05 Dec [1877]
Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill]([Dublin, Ireland]) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which she describes the visitors she has received who include the Duke of Abercorn and [John, 7th Duke of Marlborough]; riding; invitations; the noise made by WSC and the running of the house with only one servant named Kate. Includes a cross marked "W [WSC] signature.
(Untitled), [1877]
Letter from Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] to "R" [Lord Randolph Churchill] in which she says that she has seen [Henry] Standish and [Helene] Standish and expresses anxiety about his gambling.
(Untitled), 13 Sep 1885
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Auchnashellach [Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland] on the notepaper of the India Office) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including sympathy for the difficulties experienced by Clara [Frewen, earlier Clara Jerome] in childbirth; a message for [Henry] Chaplin; his success at fishing; and the hope that she has provided some entertainment for "Winny" [WSC].
(Untitled), 19 Sep 1885
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Auchnashellach [Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland] on the notepaper of the India Office) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including a description of his success at fishing; observations on the likelihood of a European war as a result of the actions of Russia and the illness of Cornelia [Lady Wimborne, earlier Cornelia Lady Guest and Lady Cornelia Churchill].
(Untitled), 15 Jan 1885
Letter from Frank Thomas [Secretary to Lord Randolph Churchill] (The Residency, Indore [India]) to [Frances] Duchess [of Marlborough] reporting on Lord Randolph Churchill's health and including a description of their journey from Bombay to Indore, Lord Randolph's interview with the Maharajah Holkar, and game hunting. He discusses their planned itinerary and the excitement amongst the natives aroused by Lord Randolph's visit.
(Untitled), 05 Aug 1898
(Untitled), 08 Aug 1890
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Banstead Manor, Newmarket [Suffolk]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] reporting that [WSC and John S Churchill] have been good and that WSC rides well. He also relates his anger about arrangements for racing [his racehorse] Inverness and that WSC has made friends with the servants and is "full of local gossip".
(Untitled), 19 Nov 1890
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Le Grand Hotel, Monte Carlo [Monaco]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] thanking her for her letters; describing his activities, which include socialising with Mrs Malone and Lady Wilton; reporting that he has not gambled and expressing his hope that [Leonard Jerome] is recovering.
(Untitled), 04 Feb [1897]
Letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he is busy as acting-adjutant, that he finds it difficult to find material for his letters and is losing touch with England, discusses polo and his reading and asks her to find him a source of detailed parliamentary history.
(Untitled), 18 Feb 1897
Letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses: his disappointment at not being allowed to play in a polo tournament and the resulting unpopularity of Sir Mansfield Clarke; the work of an adjutant and his enjoyment of the position; his own military career and the possibility that he will stay in the army for two more years; and his gardening and reading.
(Untitled), 25 Feb 1897
Letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses: the likelihood that he might be chosen to serve in Egypt; his plan to return to England; his reading; the behaviour of the British government in Crete [Greece]; his own disagreement with the Conservative Party and disapproval of [Arthur] Balfour, George Curzon [later Lord Curzon] and the government's foreign policy and the possibility that "Jack" [John S Churchill] may enter the army.
(Untitled), 14 Apr [1897]
Letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he outlines his plans for returning to England and describes his eagerness to return to civilisation after "barbarous squalor". He comments on the waste of his time in India apart from that spent reading, the amusement provided by discussions between [Ronald] Kincaid[-Smith] and [Charles] Agnew and his distaste for Anglo-Indian society. Envelope present.