See "Churchill: A Life" by Sir Martin Gilbert. Page 67 - Churchill writes to Jack that his butterfly collection had been destroyed "by the malevolence of a rat who crawled into the cabinet and destroyed all the specimens". In any case it is hard to imagine that a collection not professionally preserved would have survived the passage of 116 years.
Dave _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stan A. Orchard Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:30 PM To: ChurchillChat Subject: [ChurchillChat] Whither the Butterflies? Does anyone happen to know what happened to Winston Churchill's personal butterfly collection? This little nugget of information is not mentioned in any of the 2010 press releases about the Chartwell butterfly house. I have queries out to various museums but no replies yet. Thanks. Stan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
