A collection of Winston Churchill letters written to André de Staercke and related correspondence from members of the Churchill family.

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was a British politician, statesman, historian, and writer; he served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. He married Clementine Hozier in 1908, and together they had five children; in 1922, the Churchill's purchased Chartwell which became their private home until his death in 1965.André de Staercke (1913-2001) was born in Ghent and studied in Belgium and France. He entered public service in 1939 and served in a variety of positions, including head of the Private Office of the Prince Regent of Belgium. In 1950, de Staercke began a long and distinguished career with NATO; he retired from public life in 1976 and died in Brussels in December 2001.

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