Leisure time activities
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Personal: Family etc.: correspondence G - Z., 19 Aug 1947 - 25 Apr 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/52A-B
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Correspondents include: Amy Guest (23); CSC (3); Raymond Guest; Winston Guest; Berkeley Ormerod [Director, Public Relations], British Information Services (2); Sir Shane Leslie, on subjects including selling one of WSC's paintings for charity (6); Anita Leslie (Anita King) on her biography of Leonard Jerome (3); Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill; Lady Sarah Russell [earlier Lady Sarah Spencer-Churchill]; "Bernie" [Bernard Baruch] (2); Mary, Duchess of Marlborough [earlier Mary, Lady Blandford]...
Dates:
19 Aug 1947 - 25 Apr 1955
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Personal: Financial: income tax, surtax, property, salary: statements, accounts, memoranda, and forecasts prepared by Wood, Willey and Company [WSC's accountants]., 19 Oct 1951 - 16 Apr 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/8
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Includes: accounts for Chartwell Farm [Kent] (September 1951 to September 1954) and 10 Downing Street (April 1952 to April 1954); financial statements (April 1951 to February 1954); turf account (August 1949 to October 1951); forecasts of living and other expenses (June 1952 to April 1953); profit and loss account for stud and valuation of horses (September 1953 to September 1954); particulars of income for 1952-3 surtax return and 1953-4 income tax return; estimated savings in taxes by...
Dates:
19 Oct 1951 - 16 Apr 1955
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Personal: Financial: Lloyds Bank., 31 Dec 1947 - 13 Nov 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/12
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Includes correspondence from: representatives of Lloyds Bank, Cox's and King's Branch, London, including Geoffrey Mason, on managing WSC's accounts (102); A J Moyes of the House of Commons Fees Office on WSC's salary as an MP (10); Christopher Soames on WSC's betting account. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Lilian Buck [private secretary to Randolph Churchill], Jane Portal...
Dates:
31 Dec 1947 - 13 Nov 1951
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Personal: Financial: Lloyds Bank, First National Bank of New York [United States]., Aug 1951 - Jun 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/14A-B
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Includes correspondence from: representatives of Lloyds Bank, Cox's and King's Branch, London, including Geoffrey Mason, on managing WSC's accounts (188); Richard Griffiths [Assistant Secretary, Treasury]; representatives of Fladgate and Company, including Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor] (9); Sverker Astrom [Counsellor at Swedish Embassy, London] on WSC's Nobel prize money; representatives of the First National Bank (4). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo...
Dates:
Aug 1951 - Jun 1956
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Personal: Financial: Weatherby and Sons: racing account., 1957 - 12 May 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/6
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Statements of WSC's racing account for Spring 1957 to Spring 1959, including stud costs and winnings.Also includes notes annotated by Christopher Soames.
Dates:
1957 - 12 May 1959
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Personal: Horseracing., 1951 - 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/93
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Correspondence A-J on WSC's activities as a racehorse owner and breeder File includes correspondence with Frank Salisbury (5) and Sir Humphrey de Trafford [Steward of the Jockey Club] (2) on portrait of WSC for the Jockey Club, Newmarket; Arnold Carey Foster (6) mainly on the management of WSC's Newchapel Stud; correspondence and cuttings on Colonist II, including letters from Raoul Millais (5) on portrait of Colonist II [now hanging in the Drawing Room at Chartwell], Lord Derby; and...
Dates:
1951 - 1956
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Personal: Horseracing., 1951 - 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/94
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Correspondence A-J on WSC's activities as a racehorse owner and breeder File includes correspondence with Reginald MacDonald-Buchanan (4); correspondence with Wetherbys on names for racehorses; corresp. with Christopher Soames [WSC's Racing Manager]; Lester Piggott (3) (thanks for presents after wins on WSC's horses; Walter Nightingall (Trainer) (11); Fred Winter; Odette Pol Roger, corresp. (50 items) on lease of Irish horse "Red Winter"; article Sir Winston Churchill as a Racehorse Owner by...
Dates:
1951 - 1956
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Personal: Racing: Correspondence A -C., Mar 1952 - Aug 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/155
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Correspondents include: Christopher Soames; "Jackie" [1st Lord] Astor, on his purchase of "Appeal" (2); Odette Pol Roger, on bets placed for her on "Pol Roger" by WSC; Edna McIlherene, secretary to [2nd] Lord Camrose [earlier John Berry], on bets placed for Camrose by WSC (4); Walter Nightingall (3); Arnold Carey Foster; Marcel Boussac (5); "Harry" [W H] Dodd, the jockey (9); and Peter Cazalet.Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from Doreen Pugh [Secretary to WSC], Catherine...
Dates:
Mar 1952 - Aug 1964
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Personal: Racing: Correspondence: No-So., Mar 1952 - Nov 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/159
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Correspondents on WSC's race horses and racing activities include: Kathleen Taylor, Private Secretary to Christopher Soames (3); Christopher Soames (13) on subjects including the finances of the stud, names for foals, the gift of a pony to Emma [Soames, later Emma MacManus], family news and naval estimates; Vera Pullinger of the Chartwell Estate Office (3); and Walter Nightingall [WSC's trainer].Also includes copies of correspondence and notes from Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary...
Dates:
Mar 1952 - Nov 1962
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Personal: Racing: Correspondence: Sp - Z., Mar 1952 - Nov 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/160
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Correspondents on WSC's race horses and racing activities include: Kathleen Taylor, Private Secretary to Christopher Soames (4); Christopher Soames (7) on subjects including the finances of the stud and names for foals; Thomas Gosling, a jockey, thanking WSC for gifts given due to him for his successful races with 'Vienna' (3); Walter Nightingall [WSC's trainer]; Tim Rogers (3) on his purchase of 'Vienna'; and representatives of Weatherby and Sons on subjects including the payment of amounts...
Dates:
Mar 1952 - Nov 1964
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Personal: reproduction and exhibition of paintings A-J: correspondence., 1946 - 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/23A-B
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Correspondents include: Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck; Gabriel White, Assistant Art Director, and William Williams, Secretary-General, of the Arts Council of Great Britain; Terence Grady [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary]; Sir Charles McCann, Agent General and Trade Commissioner for South Australia; Charles Mansell, Managing Director of Balding and Mansell Limited (4); W S Shears of Batchworth Press Limited (4); Desmond Flower, Director of Cassell and Company (3);...
Dates:
1946 - 1959
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Personal: reproduction and exhibition of paintings K-Q: correspondence., 1946 - 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/24
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Correspondents include: Sir Gerald Kelly; Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor] of Fladgate and Company (8); Louis Mayer; representatives of the Medici Society Limited, art publishers (23); representatives of the Royal Glasgow Institute [Scotland] (7); Robert Carr; Sir Peter Macdonald; Ernest Andrews, Mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand; Sir Edward Marsh; Albert Rutherston, President of the Oxford Art Society; representatives of Pearn, Pollinger and Higham, Limited, authors' agents (6). Also...
Dates:
1946 - 1959
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Personal: reproduction and exhibition of paintings R-Z: correspondence., 1946 - 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/25A-B
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Correspondents include: Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor] of Fladgate and Company (20); representatives of the Illustrated London News, including the editor, Sir Bruce Ingram (9); R Bateman of the News Chronicle (4); John Oliver, Art Editor of the Sphere; Sir Charles McCann, Agent General and Trade Commissioner for South Australia; representatives of the Royal Glasgow Institute [Scotland] (11); representatives of the Royal Scottish Academy, including its President William Hutchison (4); Walter...
Dates:
1946 - 1959
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Personal: Visits and Invitations: Cruises in Yacht Christina., Feb 1960 - May 1961
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/153
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Correspondents include: Sir Harold Caccia, British Ambassador to the United States; Jack Howard-Drake [Private Secretary to Secretary of State for the Colonies]; 1st Lord Hailes [earlier Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, Governor General and Commander in Chief of the West Indies] (2); Frank Sinatra inviting WSC to see his film "Can Can"; Randolph Churchill on subjects including the health of Diana [Sandys, earlier Diana Churchill and Diana Bailey] (2); John [10th] Duke of Marlborough; Diana Sandys;...
Dates:
Feb 1960 - May 1961
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Personal: Visits and Invitations: Cruises in Yacht Christina., Feb 1961 - Jul 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/154
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Correspondents include: John Wyndham [later 1st Lord Egremont and 6th Lord Leconfield], Private Secretary to Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton, Prime Minister]; 1st Lord Hailes [earlier Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, Governor General and Commander in Chief of the West Indies] (3); Peggy Ashcroft requesting permission to quote from WSC's speeches; Ian Turbott, Administrator of Antigua; CSC on her health (4); Aristotle Onassis on the dates and itinerary of the cruises (2); "Nonie" [Noel...
Dates:
Feb 1961 - Jul 1963
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Personal: Visits and Invitations: France: Ll - P., Sep 1955 - Apr 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/148
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Correspondents include: S Nicholson (14) and E Dixon (4) of the Overseas Section of Lloyds Bank, on travellers' cheques for WSC and his staff; Lord Moran [WSC's doctor] regarding a health allowance for WSC; G Watkins, Manager of Lloyds Bank (7) on WSC's banking arrangements; W Somerset Maughan on subjects including WSC's opinion of his books "A Moon and Sixpence" and "The Painted Veil" (3); Wolstan Weld-Forester, British Consul-General at Nice [France]; Stavros Niarchos; Aristotle Onassis on...
Dates:
Sep 1955 - Apr 1963
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Personal: Visits and invitations: France: R - S., Aug 1955 - Apr 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/149
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Correspondents includes: the staff of Prince Ranier III inviting WSC to various social occasions; Louis Lottier, Mayor of Roquebrune; Celia Sandys; "Willie" [William] Sax regarding painting with WSC (5); Captain Arthur Soames; Mario Profeta (13) and Frederick Smith (3), chauffeurs to WSC; and Sergeant Murray.Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to WSC], Doreen Pugh [Secretary to WSC], and Gillian Maturin [Secretary to WSC]; copies...
Dates:
Aug 1955 - Apr 1963
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Personal: Visits and Invitations: France: T - Z and miscellaneous., Oct 1955 - Apr 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/150
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Correspondents include: John Taylor and Son, Estate Agents, regarding a villa for WSC and CSC and telephone bills (8); Konrad Adenauer; CSC; Dr J Andras (5), W Eves, of the Ministry of Agriculture (3), C Kerouedan, commercial attache at the French embassy (3) concerning regulations and licenses permitting WSC to transport his budgerigar "Toby" to France.Also includes copies of telegrams from WSC to CSC; notes and copies of correspondence from Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to...
Dates:
Oct 1955 - Apr 1963
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Personal: Visits and invitations: Marrakesh [Morocco], (December 1947 - January 1948): A - D., 21 Oct 1947 - 04 Mar 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/68
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Correspondents on WSC's visit to Marrakesh include: Marquis de Montesquiou-Fezensac, President of the Societe des produits d' Armagnac [France]; Clement Attlee [Prime Minister]; A-L Breugnot, L'Echo D'Algers [Algeria] (4); Francois Cogne, on his sculpture of WSC (5); Noel Barber, [Editor], Continental Daily Mail; H Valentine, Assistant Traffic Manager, Thomas Cook and Son Limited, on travel arrangements (13); Stanley Adams, Chairman, Thomas Cook and Son Limited; Sir Edward Bridges [Permanent...
Dates:
21 Oct 1947 - 04 Mar 1948
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"Pheasant shooting at Warter Priory [Yorkshire]", 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/38
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Photo shows WSC looking up into the sky holding a gun, wearing a tweed plus fours suit.
Dates:
1912
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Ra-Ri., 28 Oct 1941 - 31 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/90
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Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (6); L R Prescott [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Health] (5).Subjects include: rehousing evacuees; the Post-war Credit savings scheme; opposition to the new medical service (June 1944); bomb damage claims, repair and new housing; the extra London allowance for servicemen's dependants; the Location of Retail Businesses Order; requests for...
Dates:
28 Oct 1941 - 31 Jul 1945
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence., 02 Jul 1905 - 23 Dec 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/4
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Correspondents include: E Crosfield Pearson on canvassing support for WSC (6); E Pappadimitrou on Japan (2); William Royle, Chairman of the Manchester Liberal Association on demonstrations by suffragettes, including Annie Kenney and [Christabel] Pankhurst, against Sir Edward Grey (4).Other subjects include: Free Trade; preparations for the General Election and predictions about Liberal successes; WSC's support for local associations, clubs and events; and discussion of issues connected with...
Dates:
02 Jul 1905 - 23 Dec 1905
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"Polo: Roehampton", 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/99
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Photo of WSC, riding a dark polo pony during a polo match, with polo mallet lifted up.
Dates:
1924
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"Polo: Roehampton", 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/100
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Photo of WSC, riding a dark polo pony towards the camera.
Dates:
1924
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Public and Political: General: correspondence on gifts to WSC, A-B., Nov 1940 - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/456
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Correspondents include: [Alan] Hodge [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Information] on gifts of a book and a flag (2); [Guy] Millard (2) and [John] Perowne of the Foreign Office and Sir [David] Kelly [British Ambassador to Argentina] (2) on subjects including a prize carcass from the Argentine Rural Society and accepting gifts from Argentine cattle breeders in light of the Argentine regime; Major-General [James] Chaney sending on oranges with the compliments of...
Dates:
Nov 1940 - Dec 1942
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