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| ONSL |
The Papers of Nina, Lady Onslow |
| OTRD |
The Papers of Jack Oughtred |
| OWEN |
Papers of Commander John Owen |
| PARM |
Papers of Admiral Sir Frederick Parham |
| PART |
The Papers of Sir Antony Part |
| PCHL |
Papers accumulated by Henry Winston (Peregrine) Churchill |
| PCKR |
The Papers of Admiral Sir Herbert Packer |
| PEDR |
Sir Arthur Pedder's Memoirs of World War II |
| PEJY |
The Papers of Peggy Jay |
| PHPP |
The Papers of Sir Eric Phipps |
| PJAY |
The Papers of Peter Jay |
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Papers accumulated by Henry Winston (Peregrine) Churchill
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Papers accumulated by Henry Winston (Peregrine) Churchill |
| Reference |
GBR/0014/PCHL |
| Creator |
Churchill, Henry Winston, 1913-2002, author |
| Covering Dates |
1850–2002 |
| Extent and Medium |
11.5 archive boxes |
| Repository |
Churchill Archives Centre |
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| Content and context |
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Henry Winston Spencer Peregrine Churchill (known as Peregrine) was born on 25 May 1913, the son of John S Churchill and Lady Gwendeline Churchill. The family was close to that of Sir Winston Churchill and Peregrine spent time with Sir Winston's children during his childhood. He was educated at Harrow and at Cambridge. Peregrine took a strong interest in the papers of Sir Winston Churchill and the history of his grandparents, Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill. He was married twice: first to Patricia (1954 until her death in 1956) and secondly to Yvonne, whom he married in 1957. He died on 19 March 2002.
The collection held at Churchill Archives Centre includes: letters from Lady Randolph Churchill to her younger son, John S Churchill, and also to Winston Churchill; letters from Lord Randolph Churchill; letters from Winston Churchill; the correspondence of John S Churchill ("Jack"); the correspondence of Jack's wife, Lady Gwendeline Churchill ("Goonie"); letters from Peregrine's elder brother John G Churchill ("Johnny"); letters and papers relating to Peregrine Churchill himself; family photographs; legal and financial papers.
The material was deposited at Churchill Archives Centre at various times between November 2005 and July 2011 by Peregrine Churchill's widow, via John and Celia Lee. Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to Churchill Archives Centre, 2012.
The letters were arranged by Celia Lee in chronological order although some letters are not dated and are hard to place in sequence.
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Access and Use
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Researchers wishing to publish excerpts from the papers must obtain prior permission from the copyright holders and should seek advice from Archives Centre staff.
Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, Papers accumulated by Henry Winston (Peregrine) Churchill, PCHL
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| Further information |
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Churchill Archives Centre also holds the papers of Sir Winston Churchill (reference GBR/0014/CHAR and CHUR). The "Acquired Papers" section of the collection includes many of Lady Randolph Churchill's papers and other correspondence with her two sons, Winston S Churchill and John S Churchill. The electronic catalogue of the Churchill Papers is available at http://chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/churchill_papers/
The collection has been catalogued. The catalogue is available on the Janus website (http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk) and in the reading room of Churchill Archives Centre.
This provisional collection level description and catalogue were compiled by Natalie Adams of Churchill Archives Centre in April 2006 using information from the papers themselves. Biographical information about Peregrine Churchill was obtained from his obituary notice in Finest Hour, the journal of the International Churchill Society (No 114 - datelines section). Further sections of the catalogue were added by Katharine Thomson in 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011.
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Papers of Lady Randolph Churchill, mainly letters to her son, John S Churchill [known as "Jack"].
Creator: Churchill, Jennie Spencer-, 1854-1921, née Jerome, Lady Randolph Churchill.
7 files plus 2 volumes. |
1893–1927 |
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Letters from Lord Randolph Churchill, mainly to John S Churchill [known as "Jack"]. Subjects covered include: Lord Randolph's gift to his son of a watch; Jack Churchill's reports from Harrow; Lady Randolph Churchill's hurt that Jack did not write more often; Lord Randolph's concern that he was wasting too much time in holidays; arrangements for visiting him at Harrow; Winston Churchill's success in riding at Sandhurst, following his training at Knightsbridge cavalry barracks; Jack's name being put down for the 60th Rifles; a successful political meeting at Bradford [Yorkshire]. Also includes: a letter from Lord Randolph to 4th Lord Desart remarking that interfering with the patronage of other ministers generally did more harm than good and advising Desart to write directly to [? Henry Matthews, Home Secretary] on his brother's behalf; a letter from Lord Randolph to Sir Edward Hamilton [Assistant Secretary to the Treasury] on Sir William Harcourt's political vulnerability once he had retired as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Randolph's view that Harcourt was finished, revision needed to his Budget, William Gladstone's cataract operations and Lord Randolph's tour of the United States and Canada.
Creator: Churchill, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer, 1849-1895, politician.
1 file. |
1886–1894 |
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Letters from Winston Churchill. Includes: two telegrams from Winston Churchill (Chieveley Camp, Natal [South Africa]) to Lady Randolph Churchill informing her that Jack Churchill had been wounded in the leg and would be sent to her on the hospital ship Maine; a letter to Winston from Colonel Julian Byng on Jack's excellent service in the Boer War and ways of winding up the war; a telegram from Winston to "Goonie", Lady Gwendeline Churchill; a copy of a letter (see the Churchill Papers, CHAR 28/111/4-7 for the original) from Winston to Jack (in 1907) on subjects including an offer from the Strand Magazine for five articles by Winston, a hunting expedition at 3rd Lord Delamere's estate in British East Africa [later Kenya], his tour of the area and the state of car belonging to [?] Frederick Guest, which Winston had borrowed; six telegrams from Winston to Jack (April-October 1915) on subjects including the Navy's responsibility to spare the Army as much as possible in the Dardanelles, the effects of a few more days' steady bombardment, particularly as the Turks were running low on ammunition, Winston's assurance that there were another 20,000 men available in Egypt if needed, the resignation of Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [1st Sea Lord], Winston's acceptance of the post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the need to ask boldly for reinforcements; letters from Winston to Peregrine on enlisting the help of H G Wells and Geoffrey Dawson, Editor of the Times [earlier Geoffrey Robinson] on [? pay and conditions for young engineers] and finding work for Peregrine; a note from Winston to Jack on a review of the memoirs of Field Marshal 1st Lord Birdwood [?"Khaki and Gown"]; letters and telegrams from Winston and Clementine Churchill to Peregrine, thanking him for birthday gifts and messages. Also includes: table plan for a dinner including Winston as Home Secretary; a copy of a letter to Winston's son Randolph Churchill from Lord Carson of Duncairn, wishing that he could help with Randolph's election campaign at Wavertree, Liverpool, and fearing that the Government's current policy on India would damage the Empire.
Creator: Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965, Knight, statesman and historian.
1 file. |
1900–1962 |
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Letters from and to John S Churchill.
Creator: Churchill, John Strange Spencer, 1880-1947, soldier, businessman.
12 files. |
1890–1947 |
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Letters to and from Lady Gwendeline Churchill.
Creator: Churchill, Lady Gwendeline Theresa Mary, 1885-1941, wife of John S Churchill.
3 files. |
1910–1940 |
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Letters from John G Churchill. Letters and postcards from John Churchill to his brother Peregrine Churchill on subjects including his marriage, with a copy of a wedding photograph.
Creator: Churchill, John George Spencer, 1909-1992.
1 file. |
c 1920-c 1953 |
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Other correspondence and papers of Peregrine Churchill. Correspondents include: Clarissa Churchill [later Clarissa Eden and Clarissa, Lady Avon]; Frederick Dykes, Tutor of Trinity College, University of Cambridge (2); 9th Duke of Marlborough; Sandy Vereker on subjects including a visit to India (3); Duncan Duncan-Sandys, Minister of Supply, thanking Peregrine for a suggestion about suspension buildings; Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck; Sir [John] Shane Leslie on subjects including the success of the first volume of Randolph Churchill's biography of Winston Churchill, with a poem to Randolph and his research team (4); Sir Philip Adams; Robert Crawford, Director-General of the Imperial War Museum (2). Also includes: certificate from the Officers Training Corps, Harrow School; Admiralty letter granting Peregrine a temporary commission as Probationary Sub- Lieutenant in the naval reserve during the war, on HMS Victory; letters from the United States on the showing of the television series "Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill" (1975); correspondence on Lord Randolph Churchill's final illness, and whether he was suffering from syphilis; a letter from Peregrine on Winston Churchill's psychological development; notes by Peregrine on Winston Churchill and Lord Randolph Churchill and the Yeomanry; special issues of the London Gazette on the deaths of Queen Victoria and King George V; various invitations to Churchill functions, including dinners to mark Clementine Churchill's birthday and events in honour of Winston Churchill; copy of the 10th Duke of Marlborough's will; copy of Peregrine's obituary.
1 file. |
1901–2002 |
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Photographs.
5.5 archive boxes; Fragile.. |
c 1850-c 1973 |
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Legal and financial papers.
2 archive boxes. |
1877–1981 |
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