CHURCHILL, Winston S. Autograph letter signed ('W.') to Pamela [Countess of Lytton], 12 Bolton Street, 12 August 1908, marked 'Secret till Sat[urda]y', one page, 8vo. Provenance: by descent from Pamela, Countess of Lytton; Christie's, 2 December 2003, lot 64.
ANNOUNCING HIS ENGAGEMENT TO CLEMENTINE: 'I am going to marry Clementine & I say to you as you said to me when you married Victor -- you must always be our best friend'.
Churchill had proposed to Clementine the previous day in the Temple of Diana at Blenheim as they sheltered from the rain; the engagement was announced on the 15th. It is striking that among the first people he informed was Pamela, to whom he had proposed with much lesser effect 8 years earlier.
Writings of Sir Winston Churchill © Estate of Winston S. Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S. Autograph letter signed ('W.') to Pamela [Countess of Lytton], 12 Bolton Street, 12 August 1908, marked 'Secret till Sat[urda]y', one page, 8vo. Provenance: by descent from Pamela, Countess of Lytton; Christie's, 2 December 2003, lot 64.
ANNOUNCING HIS ENGAGEMENT TO CLEMENTINE: 'I am going to marry Clementine & I say to you as you said to me when you married Victor -- you must always be our best friend'.
Churchill had proposed to Clementine the previous day in the Temple of Diana at Blenheim as they sheltered from the rain; the engagement was announced on the 15th. It is striking that among the first people he informed was Pamela, to whom he had proposed with much lesser effect 8 years earlier.
Writings of Sir Winston Churchill © Estate of Winston S. Churchill
![CHURCHILL, Winston S. Autograph letter signed ('W.') to Pamela [Countess of Lytton], 12 Bolton Street, 12 August 1908, marked 'Secret till Sat[urda]y', one page, 8vo. Provenance: by descent from Pamela, Countess of Lytton; Christie's, 2 December 2003, lot 64.](/lot-images/5319527/2010/CKS/2010_CKS_07912_0054_000(churchill_winston_s_autograph_letter_signed_to_pamela_[countess_of_lyt054816).jpg?maxwidth=3840)