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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 415 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), [1880]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/6/77
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including his lack of success at fishing and a request that she give orders for WSC's hair to be cut short.

Dates: [1880]
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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(Untitled), 12 Dec 1884

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/7/19
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (SS Rohilla) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including a description of his voyage and the good weather conditions; his itinerary; his enjoyment of chess games with Tighe and his companions on the ship.

Dates: 12 Dec 1884
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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(Untitled), 13 Dec 1884 - 18 Dec 1884

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/7/20-22
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (SS Rohilla) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including descriptions of a visit to Malta where he was entertained by the Governor, Sir [John] Lintorn Simmons; his impressions of the Palace and battleships in Malta; a church service and "smoking concerts" held on board the ship, and the Suez Canal which he describes as a "dirty ditch". He ends by requesting that [Lady Randolph] forward the letter to [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough].

Dates: 13 Dec 1884 - 18 Dec 1884
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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(Untitled), 22 Jan 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/88-93
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC ([Winnipeg, Canada] on the notepaper of 105 Mount Street) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his alarm at the prospect of a dissolution of Parliament and a general election; reaction to the death of Queen [Victoria]; speculation about the effect of becoming King on [Albert Edward, Prince of Wales]; the success of the meeting in Winnipeg and his impressions of the town and people. In postscripts he adds that he has been reading "An Englishwoman's Love Letters" and...
Dates: 22 Jan 1901
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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(Untitled), 21 May 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/22/95
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Letter from John Morley [Lord Morley] (Flowermead, Wimbledon Park, [London]) to WSC regretting that he is otherwise engaged on 26 May. Thinks that if ministers hang on for another session it may give WSC time to get his pictures off the easel.

Dates: 21 May 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 May 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/157/31-34
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Letter from WSC to Charles Sims, commenting unfavourably on Sims' portrait of Diana and Sarah Churchill, particularly the expressions on the faces of the children [2 carbon copies].

Dates: 16 May 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Jul 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/157/47-48
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Letter from WSC to Lt-Colonel E D Miller, on his decision not to play any further polo that year for health reasons, and asking for his ponies to be sent to Sir Archibald Sinclair (later Lord Thurso), who would keep and play them for the rest of the season [carbon].

Dates: 05 Jul 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Jul 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/157/51
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Letter from Charles Sims to WSC, on his portrait of Diana and Sarah Churchill.

Dates: 11 Jul 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Feb 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/153/6
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Letter from John Hunt to WSC, recommending the use of half watt lamps instead of arc lights in the studio at 2 Sussex Square, London W2.

Dates: 22 Feb 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 May 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/153/9-10
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Letter from Philip Magor to WSC, on sale of polo pony "Hindoo" for £200, with Veterinary Examination certificate by E. Middleton Percy MRCVS, Wimbledon.

Dates: 18 May 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), c 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/138/34
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Letter from J Thomas Wolff (33 Wellington Square, Chelsea [London]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he promises to send her the music for the piece on which she will accompany him and suggests a date that they should practise. Signed manuscript.

Dates: c 1905
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Jun [1894]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/27
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Letter from WSC (Royal Military College, Sandhurst [Camberley, Surrey]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] including: a visit to the races at Ascot [Surrey] and dinner with Lord Wolverton; his hopes to see Jack; and the comment "Everything is very damneble [sic] except Sandhurst". Typescript signed by WSC.

Dates: 24 Jun [1894]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Mar [1895]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/53
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Letter from WSC (4th Hussars, Aldershot [Surrey]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he discusses [Thomas] Walden sending a photograph to Harrow; informs him of his accident in a steeplechase; discusses games of "Fives"; and informs him that he was in charge of the squadron "rather dull - but a lot of things to arrange and sign". Signed manuscript.

Dates: 15 Mar [1895]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Mar [1895]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/54
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Letter from WSC (4th Hussars, Aldershot [Surrey]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he describes his first ride in a steeplechase in which he was placed third and comments that it has made him more popular and that he rode under the "nom de guerre" of Spencer as the race was reported in the newspapers. Original manuscript. Typed transcript at CHAR 28/152A/55-58.

Dates: 24 Mar [1895]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), c 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/55-58
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Transcript of a letter from WSC (4th Hussars, Aldershot [Surrey]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he describes his first ride in a steeplechase in which he was placed third and comments that it has made him more popular and that he rode under the "nom de guerre" of Spencer as the race was reported in the newspapers. Typed. 2 copies. Original letter at CHAR 28/152A/54.

Dates: c 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Nov [1895]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/59
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Letter from WSC (Cunard Royal Mail Steamship "Etruria", Queenstown [South Africa]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] passing on regards from [Alexandra] Lady Colebrooke, informing him that the sea is calm and asking him to write. Signed manuscript.

Dates: 02 Nov [1895]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 May [1896]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/60
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Letter from WSC (35a, Great Cumberland Place [London]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] discussing Jack's visit to Harrogate [Yorkshire] for a cure; advising him to read an article in "Truth" about the 4th Hussars; and discussing his polo playing. Signed manuscript. Typed transcripts at CHAR 28/152A/61-64.

Dates: 24 May [1896]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), c 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/61-64
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Transcript of a letter from WSC (35a, Great Cumberland Place [London]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] discussing Jack's visit to Harrogate [Yorkshire] for a cure; advising him to read an article in "Truth" about the 4th Hussars; and discussing his polo playing. Typed. 2 copies. Original letter at CHAR 28/152A/60.

Dates: c 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Dec [1896]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/68
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Letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] on subjects including: the news that his butterfly collection has been destroyed by a rat; a forthcoming polo match; thanks for copies of the Strand magazine and comments on a story by [Arthur] Conan Doyle; a pony race meeting in which he was placed third 3 times; the arrival of "Lily" [his pony]; the plants in his garden; and the deaths of soldiers. Signed manuscript. Typed transcript at CHAR 28/152A/69-74.

Dates: 02 Dec [1896]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), c 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/69-74
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Transcript of a letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] on subjects including: the news that his butterfly collection has been destroyed by a rat; a forthcoming polo match; thanks for copies of the Strand magazine and comments on a story by [Arthur] Conan Doyle; a pony race meeting in which he was placed third 3 times; the arrival of "Lily" [his pony]; the plants in his garden; and the deaths of soldiers. Typed. 2 copies. Original letter at CHAR 28/152A/68.

Dates: c 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Dec [1896]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/75-76
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] on subjects including: thanks for his letter; his wounded kneecap which was caused by a "sequel to a bearfight" at a dinner the previous evening with instructions not to tell [James] Welldon about the incident "he would be bound to view it with stern disapproval - never having...come into contact with the slightly elevated and inebriated subaltern"; his opinion of hypocrisy within the clergy and of religion; his progress with...
Dates: 07 Dec [1896]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), c 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/77-82
Scope and Contents Transcript of a letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] on subjects including: thanks for his letter; his wounded kneecap which was caused by a "sequel to a bearfight" at a dinner the previous evening with instructions not to tell [James] Welldon about the incident "he would be bound to view it with stern disapproval - never having...come into contact with the slightly elevated and inebriated subaltern"; his opinion of hypocrisy within the clergy and of religion; his...
Dates: c 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Feb 1897

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/87-89
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he comments on Jack's disapproval of his literary style, supplying arguments from [Edward] Gibbon; explains his opinions about the decline in the style of letter-writing due to the speed of the post, asking, as he receives letters infrequently, "Can you blame me, if, while I suffer the inconvenience of our ancestors, I try to imitate their virtues?"; discusses his trip to Meerut and the races at Bangalore in which his...
Dates: 14 Feb 1897
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), c 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/90-95
Scope and Contents Transcript of a letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he comments on Jack's disapproval of his literary style, supplying arguments from [Edward] Gibbon; explains his opinions about the decline in the style of letter-writing due to the speed of the post, asking, as he receives letters infrequently, "Can you blame me, if, while I suffer the inconvenience of our ancestors, I try to imitate their virtues?"; discusses his trip to Meerut and the races at...
Dates: c 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Mar [1897]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/96-98
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Government House, Guindy [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] in which he discusses a race that his pony "Lily of the Valley" is due to compete in and his plans to sail to England; advises Jack to read Alexandre Dumas in French to learn French history ("the history of the most versatile, witty and attractive nation in the world") and become acquainted with the French character; and defends his letter-writing style. In a postscript he reports that "Lily" was placed fourth....
Dates: 09 Mar [1897]
Conditions Governing Access: Open