The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and ಌIra Lipman

Churchill, Winston.

Typed letter signed ("Winston Churchill"), to R.G. Shillin🌜gford, h🃏usband of Churchill's former secretary

1 page (to sight: 182 x 236 mm), on Chartwell stationery, written from Westerham, Kent, and dated 16 October 1959; old folds. [With:] Black and white photographic portrait 𒁃of Churchill (to site: 104 x 159 mm). [And:] "Never Was so Much Owed" medallion with Churchill's face in relief. Matted, framed, and glazed together; not examined out of frame.&n♚bsp; 

A letter to the husband of Churchill's secretary"Please accept my♏ congratulations on so reducing your opponent's majority. I think that you diཧd very well, and I hope it will be an encouragement to you for the next time."

Robert Guy Shillingford was the husband of Lettice Marston Shillingford, Churchill’s former secretary. Marston had met Robert Shillingford, an RAF pilot, when she accompanied Churchill on a visit to an RAF base. Following his milit𝓡ary service, Robert worked for his family's paper manufacturing business, and also as a wine merchant in London and the West Country. His involvement with the City of London was extensive. As a Member of the Court of Common Council from 1961 to 1975, he served on innumerable committees. It was through his work as the Founding Chairman of the City of London Polytechnic, which ultimately became the London Metropolitan University, that he was made an Honorary MBA. Mrs. Shillingford served as Churchill’s Personal Secretary until 1953, but she, along with her husband, remained close to the Churchills for many years afterwards, as is evidenced by the present letter.&nbsꦬp;

A note of encouragement, presumably offered after a failed political run