Chandos, Oliver Lyttelton, first Viscount. The Memoirs of Lord Chandos. Bodley Head, 1962.
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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Standard Name: Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer
Used Form: Winston Churchill
Used Form: Sir Winston Churchill
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Ann Bridge | At that time the Foreign Office, working in London, was distinct from the Diplomatic Service
, working abroad. It was not until after the First World War that Owen O'Malley became a diplomat overseas. He... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Edith Lyttelton | |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Una Troubridge | UT
later said of her marriage: Almost before I knew it I was grown-up. qtd. in Ormrod, Richard. Una Troubridge: The Friend of Radclyffe Hall. Carroll and Graf, 1985. 39 |
| Friends, Associates | Katherine Cecil Thurston | Through these social engagements, KCT
came into contact with several significant figures of the day. At a dinner given by Colonel George Harvey
, for instance, she probably met Mr
and Mrs Winston Churchill
... |
| Friends, Associates | Flora Shaw | Joseph Chamberlain
and Winston Churchill
were among the many visitors who were received at Abinger by the Lugards. Bell, E. Moberly. Flora Shaw. Constable, 1947. 288 |
| Friends, Associates | Mary Cholmondeley | According to Percy Lubbock
, MC
and her sisters entertained often and were charming and successful hostesses. Mary was nevertheless said to be a shy and modest woman who, while she found writing tedious, enjoyed... |
| Friends, Associates | Alice Meynell | Following her early conquest of Tennyson
, AM
went on to develop a large circle of literary acquaintances. Callers on the Meynells at Palace Court included Irish writer Katharine Tynan
, Aubrey Beardsley
(while he... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Maya Angelou | On the glamorous idea of touring with a show in Europe, MA
writes that her images of London came from Dickens
and Winston Churchill
, her images of Paris from Guy de Maupassant
, and... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Eleanor Rathbone | This work was an extension of a declaration released by the press on 31 January 1937. In that declaration, signatories including the Duchess of Atholl
, Winston Churchill
, David Lloyd George
, Robert Cecil |
| Intertextuality and Influence | John Galsworthy | The production directly affected government policy: Winston Churchill
(then Home Secretary) saw the play, and in a conversation with JG
agreed to apply the punishment of solitary confinement more sparingly, and for shorter periods. “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 10 “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 34 Parker, Peter, editor. A Reader’s Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers. Oxford University Press, 1996. 261 |
| Literary responses | Jan Struther | The head of the United States Office of War Information
called for this movie to be immediately and widely released. Roosevelt
, already an admirer of the book, joined in the rapturous reception of the... |
| Literary Setting | Muriel Spark | It is set long ago in 1945, when all the nice people in England were poor, allowing for exceptions. Spark, Muriel. The Girls of Slender Means. Macmillan, 1963. 1 |
| Occupation | Christopher St John | Living in London, CSJ
became by 1899 secretary to Lady Randolph Churchill
and her son Winston
. She was at this point also beginning work on her first novel. Holledge, Julie. Innocent Flowers: Women in the Edwardian Theatre. Virago, 1981. 115 |
| Occupation | Barbara Cartland | She began her writing career as a gossip columnist for the Daily Express in 1923. She was soon noticed by her first employer, Lord Beaverbrook
, and by his friends Winston Churchill
, F. E. Smith |
| Occupation | Barbara Cartland | BC
shared her brothers' strong endorsement of Britain's active role in the Second World War (all three were acquaintanced with Winston Churchill
). She threw herself into war work. Welfare Officers were charged with everything... |
Timeline
30 November 1874: Winston Churchill, British statesman and...
National or international item
30 November 1874
Winston Churchill
, British statesman and war leader, was born in Blenheim Palace at Woodstock, where his mother was attending a dance.
Spartacus Educational. 28 Feb. 2003, http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/.
20 October 1909: Helen Alexander Archdale, a leading Scottish...
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20 October 1909
Helen Alexander Archdale
, a leading Scottish WSPU
member, with Adela Pankhurst
and three others, went on hunger strike in prison after arrest for causing a disturbance in Dundee at a meeting featuring Winston Churchill
.
Crawford, Elizabeth. The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928. Routledge, 2001.
under Archdale
18 November 1910: A Women's Social and Political Union deputation...
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18 November 1910
A Women's Social and Political Union
deputation protesting against Government inaction on the Conciliation Bill was attacked by police at the House of Commons and 119 were arrested; the day became known as Black Friday...
25 April-19 December 1915: The Gallipoli Campaign was fought by Britain...
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25 April-19 December 1915
The Gallipoli Campaign was fought by Britain and its allies to secure the passage of ships through the Dardanelles; since Turkey had allied itself with Germany, the intention was to attack Constantinople.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 936
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
957-8
Morgan, Kenneth O., editor. The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain. Oxford University Press, 1984.
526
February 1916: Painter C. R. W. Nevinson scored a great...
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February 1916
Painter C. R. W. Nevinson
scored a great success with his first one-man show, at the Leicester Galleries in London, of paintings expressive of the dehumanised violence of modern warfare.
Laity, Paul. “Diary”. London Review of Books, 3 Feb. 2000, pp. 40-1.
40-1
1919: The Liberator, a Black US journal, first...
Writing climate item
1919
The Liberator, a Black US journal, first published If We Must Die, a poem of furious defiance by Claude McKay
, an immigrant from Jamaica.
Nkosi, Lewis. “An UnAmerican in New York”. London Review of Books, 24 Aug. 2000, pp. 30-2.
30
June 1920: The British Communist Party was founded—in...
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June 1920
The British Communist Party
was founded—in a year when socialism was militant in Britain, and when Churchill
sent tanks against Communists in Glasgow as well as in Poland.
Rattenbury, Arnold. “How the sanity of poets can be edited away”. London Review of Books, 14 Oct. 1999, pp. 15-19.
17
Later 1922: Thirty-one women candidates sought office...
National or international item
Later 1922
Thirty-one women candidates sought office during the general election campaign, but none were elected to parliament except the sitting members Lady Astor
and Margaret Wintringham
.
Phillips, Melanie. The Divided House: Women at Westminster. Sidgwick and Jackson, 1980.
44
Red Clydeside: A History of the Labour Movement in Glasgow 1910-1932. 16 Mar. 2003, http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/redclyde/.
1923: The first six volumes of Winston Churchill's...
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1923
The first six volumes of Winston Churchill
's The World Crisis 1911-1918 were published.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
6 November 1924: Winston Churchill, having been re-elected...
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6 November 1924
Winston Churchill
, having been re-elected to parliament, and was appointed to the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
502
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
27
26 May 1926: The BBC for the first time broadcast speeches...
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26 May 1926
The BBC
for the first time broadcast speeches from the House of Lords
.
BBC Handbook: 1960. BBC, 1960, http://U of A HSS HE 8690 B86.
237
By October 1926: The BBC named Hilda Matheson as its first...
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By October 1926
The BBC
named Hilda Matheson
as its first Director of Talks, one of the most highly paid jobs for a woman in any organisation at that time,
Carney, Michael. Stoker. Published by the author, 1999.
23
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Carney, Michael. Stoker. Published by the author, 1999.
29, 23
25 April 1928: Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer,...
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25 April 1928
Winston Churchill
, Chancellor of the Exchequer, made the first budget speech to be broadcast on the BBC
.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
369
10 May 1940: Winston Churchill succeeded Neville Chamberlain...
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10 May 1940
Winston Churchill
succeeded Neville Chamberlain
as British Prime Minister, heading a Coalition government which was designed to submerge party differences in the joint effort to defeat Hitler.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
49
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape, 1944.
177
19 May 1940: Winston Churchill made his first BBC radio...
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19 May 1940
Winston Churchill
made his first BBC
radio broadcast as wartime coalition Prime Minister.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
375
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Up-Hill All the Way. Cape, 1953.
103
Texts
Schama, Simon, and Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. “Foreword”. We shall fight on the beaches, Guardian News and Media, 2007, pp. 5-6.
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer et al. Our New Order—or Hitler’s?. Editor Bottome, Phyllis, Penguin, 1943.
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, and Simon Schama. We shall fight on the beaches. Guardian News and Media, 2007.
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer. Winston S. Churchill: His Complete Speeches 1897-1963. Editor James, Robert Rhodes, Chelsea House in association with R. R. Bowker, 1974, 8 vols.