Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, (1874-1965), Knight, prime minister and historian

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Surname:	Churchill
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Winston Leonard Spencer
Gender:	Male
Date:	1874-1965
History:	Statesman and Prime Minister; British wartime leader during Second World War. War correspondent for the 'Morning Post' during the Boer War, 1899-1900, captured and making escape from Pretoria. Conservative, Liberal, then Conservative MP for constituencies in Oldham, NW Manchester, Dundee, Epping and Woodford (first elected MP in 1900). Early ministerial positions included: President of Board of Trade, 1908-10; Home Secretary, 1910-11; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1911-15; Secretary of State for (various titles) War, Air and the Colonies, 1919-22; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1924-29. Later, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1939-40, and Prime Minister, May 1940- July 1945 and Oct 1951-Apr 1955 (resigned). Retired 1964. Knighted 1953.
Biography:	ODNB link for Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer (1874-1965), Knight, prime minister and historian
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P274873 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P153597 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1938-1947: Cabinet Office: Minister of Defence Secretariat: Records	The National Archives, Kew	CAB 120
2	1944-1954: Government Code and Cypher School and Government Communications Headquarters: London Communications Security Agency and predecessors: Comsec Editing of Winston Churchill's 'The Second World War'	The National Archives, Kew	HW 71
3	1937-1946: Prime Minister's Office: Operational Correspondence and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	PREM 3
4	1939-1951: Prime Minister's Office: Sir Desmond Morton, Personal Assistant to Prime Minister: Correspondence and Minutes	The National Archives, Kew	PREM 7
5	1941-1945: Prime Minister's Office: Private Office Diaries of Visits by Prime Minister	The National Archives, Kew	PREM 10
6	c1882-1945: Chartwell Trust Papers: Microfilm	Creating government department or its successor	PRO 31/19
7	1940-1945: Government Code and Cypher School: Signals Intelligence Passed to the Prime Minister, Messages and Correspondence	The National Archives, Kew	HW 1
8	1884-1965: corresp and papers	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	CHAR	NRA 20556 Churchill See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
9	1884-1965: corresp and papers	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	CHUR	NRA 20556 Churchill See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guideto the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
10	1693-2012: additional papers of or rel to Winston Churchill	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	WCHL	NRA 20556 Churchill See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003; Annual Return 2007, 2012, 2013
11	1943: misc papers rel to Cyprus	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Brit Emp s 276	NRA 11222 Woolley
12	1933-34: memos on the reform of the Indian constitution	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD40	NRA 10737 Kerr
13	corresp and papers	Columbia University Libraries: Rare Book and Manuscript Library		See NUC MS 71-934
14	1959-2012: letters	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	College Archives	NRA 36835 Churchill
15	collected corresp and papers	Bryn Mawr College Library	Seymour Adelman Collection	See NUC MS 92-393
16	1940: speaking notes for secret session speech delivered 20 June	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	EADE	NRA 43161 Eade
17	1943: engagement diary for January	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	MART	NRA 43511 Martin
18	1803-1973: photograph albums and press-cutting books	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	BRDW	NRA 44346
19	1941-1945: annotations to reports by PPS Sir GS Harvie-Watt	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	HARV	NRA 43563
20	1939-1953: corresp with AV Alexander	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	AVAR	NRA 12665 Alexander
21	corresp with Herbert Asquith	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Asquith	NRA 12685
22	1941-1945: corresp with Clement Attlee (31ff)	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	ATLE	NRA 12661
23	1941-51: corresp with Clement Attlee	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Attlee	NRA 27633
24	1941-42: corresp with Sir Claude Auchinleck	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	AUC	NRA 25966 Auchinleck
25	1899-1930: corresp with Arthur James Balfour	British Library, Manuscript Collections	ADD MSS 49694 Passim
26	1911-64: corresp with Lord Beaverbrook	Parliamentary Archives	BBK C/85-90	NRA 19284 Aitken
27	1940-1945: corresp with Ernest Bevin	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	BEVN	NRA 19698
28	1899-1902: letters (27) to Oliver Borthwick	Leeds University Library, Special Collections	MS dep. 1990/1: 1822-1848	NRA 35050 Glenesk
29	1917-29: letters to 1st Viscount Bridgeman	Shropshire Archives	S.R.O. 4629	NRA 34743
30	1904-14: corresp with JE Burns	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 46282
31	1906-07: letters to Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 52516
32	corresp with Edward Carson	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D1507	NRA 17985 Carson
33	1910-52: corresp with Lord Cecil	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 51073
34	c1900-40: letters to Austen, Joseph and Neville Chamberlain	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	AC, JC, NC	NRA 12604 Chamberlain
35	1923-57: corresp with Lord Cherwell	Oxford University: Nuffield College Library	CSAC 80.4.81	NRA 16447
36	1895-1906: letters (14) to WB Cockran	New York Public Library: Manuscripts and Archives Division	MssCol 582
37	1944-1947: corresp with Duff Cooper	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	DUFC	NRA 31392
38	c1920-29: corresp with RT Coryndon	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Afr s 633	NRA 13760 Coryndon
39	1920-1946: corresp with Sir H Page Croft	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	CRFT	NRA 15709 Croft
40	1914-54: corresp with LG Curtis	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Curtis; Eng hist b 224, c 776-877	NRA 21614
41	1901-26: corresp with Lord D'Abernon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 48926
42	1919-28: corresp with JCC Davidson and Andrew Bonar Law	Parliamentary Archives	DAV	NRA 33872
43	1932-55: corresp with Clement Davies	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	Clement Davies	NRA 31414 Davies
44	1918-45: corresp with Lord Derby	Liverpool Record Office	920 DER	NRA 20761
45	1902-08: letters to Sir C Dilke	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 43877 ff46-59
46	1936-65: corresp with Sir Anthony Eden, Lord Avon	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	AP/19-20	NRA 28779 Eden
47	1922-54: letters to Sir James Edmonds	King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives	KCLMA Edmonds	NRA 23068 Edmonds
48	corresp with Lord Elibank	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD32	NRA 11852 Murray See NRA(S)0367 1172
49	1903-24: letters (5) to Sir Ellis Ellis-Griffith	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	Ellis-Griffith Papers 321-26	NRA 37534
50	1900-26: corresp with Lord Emmott	Oxford University: Nuffield College Library	Emmott papers	NRA 17309 Emmott
51	corresp with Sir John Ewart	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS1054	NRA 11854
52	1908-1919: corresp with Lord Fisher	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	FISR	NRA 16615 Fisher
53	1927-45: letters from him and Randolph Churchill to TH Floyd	Lancashire Archives	DDFl	NRA 18108
54	1909-10: corresp with John Galsworthy	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development	JG	NRA 13026 Galsworthy
55	1905-06: letters to Sir Francis Galton	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	GALTON	NRA 19968 Galton
56	1917-55: letters (12) to AD Gibb	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.9188
57	1903-28: corresp with Lord Gladstone	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 45986
58	1922-31: corresp with HA Gwynne	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Gwynne MSS	See Chris Cook, Sources in British political history 1900-1951 vol 5 1978
59	1915-1953: corresp with Lord Hankey	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	HNKY	NRA 31396
60	1905-20: corresp with Lewis Harcourt	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Harcourt	NRA 3679
61	1916: corresp with Lord Hardinge	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Hardinge	NRA 3853
62	1905: letters to Sir Michael Hicks-Beach	Gloucestershire Archives	D2440	NRA 3526
63	1940-45: corresp with Sir Samuel Hoare	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Templewood Papers	NRA 42205 Hoare
64	1945-48: corresp with Lord Ismay	The National Archives	CAB 127/50
65	1946-1964: corresp with RV Jones	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	RVJO	NRA 43555
66	corresp with Lord Keyes	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 82373-82578	NRA 13484
67	1914-16: corresp with Lord Kitchener	The National Archives	WO 159
68	1914-16: corresp with Lord Kitchener	The National Archives	PRO 30/57
69	1924-55: corresp with Sir BH Liddell Hart	King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives	KCLMA Liddell Hart B H	NRA 19291
70	1910-34: corresp with David Lloyd George	Parliamentary Archives	LG	NRA 15700
71	1926-37: corresp with Lord Londonderry	The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)	D/Lo	NRA 11528 Vane-Tempest-Stewart
72	1908-45: corresp with Lord Londonderry	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D3099	NRA 19803 Stewart
73	1924-54: corresp with David Low	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	GEN MSS 96
74	1900-44: corresp with Lord Lytton	Knebworth House	HMC	NRA 25520 Bulwer-Lytton
75	1909-1912: corresp with R McKenna	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	MCKN	NRA 12034 McKenna
76	1905-45: corresp with Macmillans	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 55245
77	1873-1898: letters to Duchess of Marlborough	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	MARB	NRA 18561 Churchill Coll
78	c1906-1947: corresp with Sir EH Marsh and related papers (copies)	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	EMAR
79	1937-1964: corresp with Lord Monckton	Oxford University: Balliol College Historic Collections	Dep Monckton	NRA 20879 Monckton
80	1905-33: corresp with Sir Leo Money	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add.9259	NRA 37737
81	1944-1960: corresp with Lord Moran	Wellcome Collection	PP/CMW/E18	NRA 36142
82	1902-14: letters (36) to John Morley	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 60391 AA
83	1907-1947: corresp with Lord Mottistone	Oxford University: Nuffield College Library	MSS MOTTISTONE
84	1899-1922: corresp with Lord Northcliffe	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 62156
85	1900-18: letters to John Redmond	National Library of Ireland	MS 15175
86	1900-14: letters to Earl Roberts	National Army Museum Templer Study Centre	7101/23, 8310/155-62	NRA 18656
87	corresp with Lord Rosebery	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.10001-10216	NRA 22490 Primrose
88	1904-11: corresp with William Royle	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M429	NRA 35266 Royle
89	1901-29: corresp with Walter Runciman	Newcastle University: Special Collections	WR	NRA 13873
90	corresp with Herbert Samuel	Parliamentary Archives	SAM	NRA 11187
91	1905-26: corresp with CP Scott (23 items)	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	Guardian archives	NRA 18162 Guardian
92	1906-15: corresp with 2nd Earl of Selborne	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Selborne	NRA 17810
93	1911-55: corresp with 3rd Earl of Selborne	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Selborne papers	NRA 22802
94	1911-53: corresp with Lord Simon	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Simon	NRA 24981
95	1915-1935: letters (28) to AHM Sinclair	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	THRS	NRA 29992
96	1919-1964: corresp with Sir EL Spears	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	SPRS	NRA 21961
97	1908-1963: corresp with his wife Lady Spencer-Churchill and engagement diary	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	CSCT	NRA 43521
98	corresp with JA Spender	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 46388
99	corresp with editor of the Times	News UK Archive		NRA 19359 The Times
100	1919-35: corresp with Lord Weir	Glasgow University Archive Services	DC 096	NRA 26835
101	corresp with Lord Weir	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	WEIR	NRA 13671 Weir
102	1918-22: corresp with Sir Henry Wilson	Imperial War Museum (IWM) Department of Documents	HHW	NRA 28567
103	1940-62: corresp with Lord Woolton	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Woolton	NRA 21829
104	1953-1965: offer of burial in Westminster Abbey (declined); letters rel to the Abbey Restoration Appeal 1953-1954; corresp rel to his memorial stone in the Abbey 1965	Westminster Abbey Library and Muniment Room	WAM series
105	1900-33: letters (copies)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP 2175
106	1952-1975: papers of Sir Thomas Fife Clark concerning press information about Churchill and the arrangements for his funeral	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	FICA
107	1929-1941: letters to Commander John Owen, naval historical adviser	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	OWEN
108	1919-1931: presscuttings rel to Churchill	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	CHPC
109	1874-1968: photographs of Churchill taken throughout his life and career	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	CHPH
110	1940-1955: corresp with Leo Amery	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	AMEL
111	1965-1986: oral history recordings of interviews with former staff and colleagues of Sir Winston Churchill	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	CHOH
112	1931: letter of condolence, dated 8 February 1931, to Hugo Baring (1876-1949), army officer and banker	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	WCHL, Acc 2138	See Annual Return 2020
113	1904: letters (5) addressed to Eliot Crawshay-Williams	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	ELICRAAMS	See Annual Return 2022
114	1904-1999: speeches and articles	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	CHPA, acc 2206	See Annual Return 2022
115	1953-1954: minutes	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	WCHL, acc 2239	See Annual Return 2022

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Category of relationship
1	Churchill, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer, (1849-1895), statesman	father/son	Family
2	Churchill, Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer, (1911-1968), journalist and politician	father/son	Family
3	Churchill, Jeanette Spencer, (1854-1924), Lady Randolph Churchill	parent/child	Family
4	Eden, Anne Clarissa, (1920-2021) Countess of Avon, English memoirist	uncle/niece	Family