winston churchill
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, British Prime Minister during the Second World War, should not be confused with the American novelist Winston Churchill. [1]
Winston Churchill was the son of conservative politician Lord Randolph Churchill and his American wife, Jennie Jerome, and a direct descendant from the first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722). [2]
Winston Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill) (30 November 1874 - 24 January 1965) was a leading world statesman of the twentieth century, best known as the Prime Minister who led Britain to victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. [3]
Winston Churchill died on January 24, 1965. [4]
Born November 30, 1874 at Blenheim palace, Churchill is frequently regarded as Britain’s greatest prime minister of the 20th century. [1]
Churchill is widely considered the greatest political figure in 20th-century Britain. [2]
He is particularly remembered for his indomitable spirit while leading Great Britain to victory in World War II. [5]
Statesman, historian, and biographer, whose five years of war leadership (1940-45) secured him a central place in modern British history. [2]
The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), the son of Lord Randolph Churchill and an American mother, was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst. [4]
Churchill fought with the British Army in India and Sudan, and as a journalist was captured in South Africa (where his dispatches from the Boer War first brought him to public prominence). [5]
During his army career, Churchill saw action in India, in the Sudan and the Second Boer War. [6]
Churchill’s literary career began with campaign reports: The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898) and The River War (1899), an account of the campaign in the Sudan and the Battle of Omdurman. [4]
Educated at Harrow and Sandhurst - and indeed largely self-educated, Churchill began as an officer in the British Army, gaining early fame for his war reporting from the Sudan and the Second Boer War. [3]
Soldier, politician and finally prime minister, Winston Churchill was one of Britain’s greatest 20th-century heroes. [5]
Churchill also served as First Sea Lord during the First World War, losing the position after the disastrous attack on the Dardanelles. [1]
Sources:
[1] Winston Churchill@Everything2.com
[2] Books and Writers: Sir Winston Churchill
[3] Winston Churchill - encyclopedia article - Citizendium
[4] Winston Churchill - Biography
[5] Winston Churchill: Biography from Answers.com
[6] Winston Churchill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia