CHURCHILL, Winston S. Autograph letter signed to Bishop J.E.C. Welldon (his former headmaster at Harrow, now bishop of Calcutta), Meerut (India), 22 February 1899, informing him that he will visit when staying with the new viceroy (Lord Curzon) in Calcutta the next week; he congratulates Welldon on the warmth of his reception, 'I do hope you will like India and make it the better for your stay ... I shall hope to refresh in Calcutta cathedral the dearest memories of Harrow Chapel'; he will ask Welldon's advice on his book (The River War), one page, 4to; with a related letter. Provenance: F. Bartlett Watt collection; Sotheby's, 12 December 2002, lot 15.