Sir Winston Churchill correspondence
MS. Eng. c. 7351/2
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Sir Winston Churchill correspondence
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. c. 7351/2
Summary
Letters predominantly from Sir Winston Churchill to Sir Francis Hopwood, but also includes letters from Hopwood.
(fols. 40-94 passim) Letters and telegrams, from Hopwood to Churchill, 1913-14, 1931, 1939, 1941-2, 1945, n.d. including (fol. 94) a note to Churchill with pencilled response about press coverage of a submarine sinking, n.d.
(fol. 4) Sir George Herbert Murray, re Churchill in Cyprus, 1908
(fols. 54-5) Walter Runciman, later 1st Viscount Runciman, to Winston Churchill re obtaining copper, 1914
(fol. 57) Churchill to Field Marshal Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, 1914
(fols. 58, 88-91) Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill, 1914, n.d.
(fol. 59) Copy letter from Churchill to Admiral Lord John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, 1915
(fols. 70-1) Letters from Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain and E. Rechnitzer, about a company position which Churchill eventually accepted, 1931
(fol. 74) Morale circular from Churchill to the government, civil servants and the military, 1940
(fols. 79-80) Draft letter from Hopwood to Sir Anthony Bevir, the Prime Minister's secretary, re 1917 Scandinavian peace mission, 1944
Date
1907-1945, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
96 Leaves
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Collection contents
Archive of Francis John Stephens Hopwood, Baron Southborough
Official Correspondence and papers
Named Correspondents
Sir Winston Churchill correspondence
