Lady Churchill's letters to Sir Winston

Reference Code:

CSCT 1/7

Date:

1913 (creation)

Description:

Subjects include: a speech by David Lloyd-George [Chancellor of the Exchequer] on land reform, Oct 1913, the reaction of Churchill's cousin Sunny [9th Duke of Marlborough] and a naval proposal by Churchill; Jack Mitford's engagement to a German heiress; Clementine's appeal to Churchill not to fly any more; hunting; her love for him.

Collection:

The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell

Lady Churchill's letters to Sir Winston

Reference Code:

CSCT 1/8

Date:

1914 (creation)

Description:

Subjects include: Clementine's health and her pregnancy [with Sarah Churchill, later Sarah Oliver, Sarah Beauchamp and Sarah, Lady Audley]; her appeals to Churchill not to fly; a swarm of bees in the house (Pear Tree Cottage [Overstrand, Norfolk]); King George V's speech on the State Opening of Parliament, July 1914 and a mention of civil war; the break down of the Home Rule conference and Clementine's fears that the Ulster rebels would force an election; the trial of Henriette Caillaux; the build-up to the First World War; the effect of the outbreak of war on the tourist season in Norfolk; the British Expeditionary Force; the capture of some suspected German spies; the arrival of Clementine's mother, Lady Blanche Hozier, from France, and the departure of her sister Nellie Hozier [later Nellie Romilly], to work as a nurse in Belgium; press coverage of the wreck of the German cruiser Emden; concerns about Jack Churchill [John S Churchill] going into action; staying with her mother in Dieppe (May-June 1914); the replacement of Admiral Sir George Callaghan by Admiral Sir John Jellicoe [as Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet]; Clementine's concern at Churchill's plan to visit Field Marshal SIr John French [Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Forces in France, later 1st Lord Ypres] without warning the Prime Minister.

Collection:

The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell

Album of photographs and other mementoes from CSC's childhood onwards

Reference Code:

CSCT 5/1

Date:

1884-1939 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell

Album of photographs and other mementoes from CSC's childhood onwards

Reference Code:

CSCT 5/2

Date:

1890-1945 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell

Album of photographs and other mementoes

Reference Code:

CSCT 5/3

Date:

1908-1950 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell

Album of photographs and other mementoes

Reference Code:

CSCT 5/4

Date:

1940-1942 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell

Album of photographs and other mementoes

Reference Code:

CSCT 5/5

Date:

1942-1945 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell

Album of photographs and other mementoes

Reference Code:

CSCT 5/6

Date:

1944-1948 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell

Album of photographs and other mementoes

Reference Code:

CSCT 5/7

Date:

1951-1952 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell

Album of photographs and other mementoes

Reference Code:

CSCT 5/8

Date:

1952-1962 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell

Album of photographs and other mementoes

Reference Code:

CSCT 5/9

Date:

1940-1977 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell

Folder of photographs removed from Rosaura album (CSCT 5/10)

Reference Code:

CSCT 5/10 A

Date:

1934-1935 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell