Sold – Churchill Letter as Prime Minister
Just Days After Receiving the Nobel Prize For Literature.
1953 was a great year for Churchill. He was two years into his second and final term as Prime Minister, and had the pleasure of holding that office during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June. In April, during the lead-up to that event, Churchill accepted an offer by the Queen...
1953 was a great year for Churchill. He was two years into his second and final term as Prime Minister, and had the pleasure of holding that office during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June. In April, during the lead-up to that event, Churchill accepted an offer by the Queen to become a member of the Order of the Garter, which comes with a title, an honor he had declined after World War II. Thus he not only attended the coronation as the nation’s leader, but as Sir Winston Churchill. Then, on December 10, in Stockholm, Sweden’s King Gustav Adolf handed out the 1953 Nobel Prizes, with the Literature Prize going to Churchill. It was received for him by Lady Churchill.
Canadian G.C. Temple was a friend of fellow-Canadian Lord Beaverbrook, who was also a friend of Churchill’s.
Typed Letter Signed on 10 Downing Street letterhead, London, December 18, 1953, to Temple, who had written him with some verses of approval, likely at Beaverbrook’s suggestion. “I am indeed obliged to you for your letter of December 17, which has given me much pleasure.” The original postmarked envelope is still present. Letters of Churchill as Prime Minister are uncommon, and we obtained this one direct from the Temple descendants; it has never before been offered for sale.
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