Sir Winston Churchill
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The Right Honourable Sir Winston Churchill KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA |
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Churchill, December 1941
(photograph by Yousuf Karsh) |
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| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
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In office 26 October 1951 – 6 April 1955 |
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In office 10 May 1940 – 26 July 1945 |
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| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 26 July 1945 – 26 October 1951 |
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| Leader of the Conservative Party | |
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In office 9 November 1940 – 6 April 1955 |
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| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 28 October 1951 – 1 March 1952 |
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In office 10 May 1940 – 26 July 1945 |
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| First Lord of the Admiralty | |
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In office 3 September 1939 – 11 May 1940 |
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In office 24 October 1911 – 25 May 1915 |
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| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
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In office 6 November 1924 – 4 June 1929 |
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| Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
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In office 13 February 1921 – 19 October 1922 |
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| Secretary of State for Air | |
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In office 10 January 1919 – 13 February 1921 |
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| Secretary of State for War | |
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In office 10 January 1919 – 13 February 1921 |
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| Minister of Munitions | |
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In office 17 July 1917 – 10 January 1919 |
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| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
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In office 25 May 1915 – 25 November 1915 |
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| Home Secretary | |
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In office 19 February 1910 – 24 October 1911 |
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| President of the Board of Trade | |
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In office 12 April 1908 – 14 February 1910 |
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Member of Parliament for Woodford |
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In office 5 July 1945 – 15 October 1964 |
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Member of Parliament for Epping |
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In office 29 October 1924 – 5 July 1945 |
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Member of Parliament for Dundee |
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In office 24 April 1908 – 15 November 1922 |
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Member of Parliament for Manchester North West |
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In office 8 February 1906 – 24 April 1908 |
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Member of Parliament for Oldham |
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In office 24 October 1900 – 12 January 1906 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill 30 November 1874 , Oxfordshire, England |
| Died | 24 January 1965 (aged 90) Kensington, London, England |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Resting place | St Martin's Church, Bladon |
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| Spouse(s) | Clementine Hozier (m. 1908) |
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| Alma mater | Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill KG OM CH TD PC DL FRS RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a non-academic historian, a writer (as Winston S. Churchill), and an artist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his overall, lifetime body of work. In 1963, he was the first of only eight people to be made an honorary citizen of the United States.
Churchill was born into the family of the Dukes of Marlborough, a branch of the Spencer family. His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, was a charismatic politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer; his mother, Jennie Jerome, was an American socialite. As a young army officer, he saw action in British India, the Anglo–Sudan War, and the Second Boer War. He gained fame as a war correspondent and wrote books about his campaigns.
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