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Winston Churchill (1874-1965)



"This is your victory. It is the victory of the causeof freedom in every land. In all our long history we

have never seen a greater day than this. Everyone,

man or woman, has done their best. Everyone hastried. Neither the long years, nor the dangers, nor

the fierce attacks of the enemy, have in any way

weakened the independent resolve of the British

nation. God bless you all.” ---Winston Churchill 1946



Churchill’s Life Winston Churchill enjoyed one

of the longest and most interesting

lives of any person who has everlived. From his birth at Blenheim

Palace on November 30th, 1874, to

his death at Hyde Park Gate in

London on January 24, 1965, hislife was one of action, controversy,

setback and achievement. It was

never dull.



Churchill’s Life Family

Politics

Literature

Art

Honors



FAMILY

Father: Randolph Churchill, a Conservative

politician

Mother: Jennie Jerome, the daughter ofLeonard Jerome, a New York businessman.



POLITICS

1900…Conservative MP for Oldham 1906…Under -Secretary of State

1908…President of the Board of Trade.

1910...Home Secretary 1911…First Lord of the Admiralty

1912…Royal Naval Air Service & Air Department

1915…Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

1919...Minister of War and Air

1921…Colonial Secretary



Defeated by E.D. Morel at Dundee in 1922General Election

Successfully elected to represent Epping in

the 1924 General Election

Stanley Baldwin, the leader of the new

Conservative administration, appointed

Churchill as Chancellor of the Exchequer

In 1929, Churchill lost office

POLITICS



On the outbreak of the Second World War Churchill wasappointed First Lord of the Admiralty and on 4th April 1940

became chairman of the Military Coordinating Committee.

In May, 1940, he became Prime Minister and Minister ofDefense and remained in office until 1945.

After Pearl Harbor Churchill worked closely withFranklin D. Roosevelt to ensure victory over Germany and

Japan. He was also a loyal ally of the Soviet Union afterAdolf Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa in June, 1941.

Churchill held important meetings with Franklin D.Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at Teheran (November, 1943) and

Yalta (February, 1945).

POLITICSChurchill in World WarⅡ



POLITICS

The End of Churchill’s Political Life

He took over the premiership again in the

Conservative victory of 1951 and resigned in

1955 .He remained a Member of Parliament

until the general election of 1964, when he

did not seek re-election.



LITERATURE

Churchill's literary career began with campaign reports:The

Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898) and The River War (1899)

1900, he published his only novel, Savrola 1906, his first major work, the biography of his father,

Lord Randolph Churchill 1933-1938, his other famous biography, the life of his greatancestor, The Duke of Marlborough

1923-1929, Churchill's history of the First World War TheWorld Crisis

1930, an autobiographical account of his youth, My EarlyLife 1948-1953/54, his memoirs of the Second World War 1956-1958, History of the English-speaking Peoples His magnificent oratory: The Unrelenting Struggle (1942),

The Dawn of Liberation (1945), and Victory (1946).



ART

Churchill, a gifted amateur painter, wrote

Painting as a Pastime (1948).



HONORS

1953, Churchill was awarded

the Nobel Prize for Literature.

1953, Queen Elizabeth II conferred on himthe dignity of Knighthood and invested him

with the insignia of the Order of the Garter.

1963, President Kennedy conferred on himthe honorary citizenship of the United States.

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