Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1916 - 1964 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'C' including A H Candlin, 1951 relating to Ismay's speech in the House of Commons on Defence; Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland, 1944-1947 relating to Joint Intelligence Committee of Chiefs of Staff; R Adm William Scott Chalmers, 1940 with paper relating to situation in Narvik, Norway, 1940 and reply from Ismay; Lt Col Sir Martin Charteris, 1964 relating to a portrait sitting; Gen D de Chassey, 1957 relating to Ismay's contribution to North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO); AF Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, 1938-1956 paying tribute to Ismay's work; FM Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, 1936-1940 relating to work at the War Office; Captain Arthur Wellesley Clarke, 1943 relating to a recent naval engagement, visit to North Africa, meeting with ADF Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Baronet Cunningham; Sir (Geoffrey) Miles Clifford, 1964 relating to Ismay's proposed resignation from the Panel of the Leverhulme Trust Fund; Capt Clive Meysey, 1933 relating to retreat of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from Dunkirk France, 1940; John Rupert Colville, 1954-1955 relating to a television programme on Rt Hon Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill; Colin Coote, 1951-1965 relating to his retirement as Editor of The Daily Telegraph and to Churchill's declining health; Brig A T Cornwall Jones, 1945 relating to the British Joint Staff Mission, Washington DC USA and Ismay's journey; Sir Herbert (James) Creedy, 1931 relating to his retirement; Maj Gen Sir James Cubitt, 1916-1930 relating to World War One and Staff College, Camberley; Adm Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, 1943-1951 relating to NATO and Atlantic Command. With correspondence from representatives of Canada; messages of congratulation from Mayors and other representatives of the corporation of Cheltenham; correspondence relating to an obituary notice by Ismay for Frederick Alexander Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell of Oxford with Ismay's notes. 1 file