Party Chairman's correspondence with, and concerning, Sir Winston Churchill

Title

Party Chairman's correspondence with, and concerning, Sir Winston Churchill

Shelfmark

CCO 20/1/8

Summary

Correspondents include:-

d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Major-General Sir Henry, MP for Walsall South

Brook, Sir Norman, Cabinet Secretary (1947-1962)

Butler, RA, Home Secretary (1957-1962)

Cann, Sir Edward du, Party Chairman (1965-1967)

Churchill, Lady Clementine

Churchill, Sir Winston

Douglas-Home, Alec, Leader of the Opposition (1964-1965)

Eden, Sir Anthony

Fraser, Michael, Director, Conservative Research Department (1959-1964)

Macleod, Iain, Party Chairman (1961-1963)

Macmillan, Harold, Prime Minister (1957-1963)

Subjects include:-

Controversy concerning publication of a list of Life Peers, 1965

Churchill's charitable legacies, 1965

Sculpture of Sir Winston Churchill by Oscar Nemon for the entrance to Conservative Central Office, 1965

Condolences upon the death of Sir Winston Churchill from the People's National Congress, British Guiana, 1965

Text of telegrams sent to Sir Winston Churchill congratulating him on his 90th birthday, from Conservative Central Office, and Alec Douglas-Home on behalf of the Conservative Party, 1964

Request from Churchill that a vacancy be found for his former Agent in Woodford constituency, Colonel William Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, 1960

Preparation for an obituary and arrangements to broadcast formal tributes on the BBC and ITV in the event of Churchill's death, 1959-1961

Date

Nov 1959-May 1965

Language

English

Physical extent

1 file