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May 5, 2019 · Winston Churchill served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman, orator and strategist, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army. A prolific author, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his own historical writings.
Sir Winston Churchill as a young man, British Prime Minister, 1874-1965. Sir Winston Churchill as British statesman Winston Churchill with his children, Randolph, Sarah and Diana, Liverpool, 5th February 1935.
Aug 29, 2022 · Young Winston Churchill in rare photographs, 1890s - Rare Historical Photos. A rare shot of a 21 years old Winston Churchill in the uniform of the Fourth Queen’s Own Hussars, 1895. When Winston Churchill entered the Royal Military College (Sandhurst) few could foresee that he would become one of Great Britain’s greatest war leaders.
- Winston's Parents
- Winston's Nanny
- Education
Prominent Parents
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill's ancestors were both British and American. Winston's father was the British Lord Randolph Churchill, the youngest son of John, the 7th Duke of Marlborough. Lord Randolph's ancestor John Churchill made history by winning many successful military campaigns in Europe for Queen Anne almost 200 years earlier. His mother was the American Jennie Jerome. The Jeromes fought for the independence of the American colonies in George Washington's armies. Winston's father...
Double, Double Toil and Trouble
In 1895, within six months, first Winston's father, then Mrs. Everest, died. Winston now faced the world without his idolized father and without his primary emotional support and mother figure. Winston's father had been in declining health and increasing dementia for several years. But, his erratic behavior and his dissatisfaction with Winston remained robust. Winston was not told the diagnosis - thought to be syphilis - and for many years believed that he too would die young. "Is it forty an...
Lady Randolph hired Mrs. Elizabeth Everest as a nanny to care for Winston. Winston fondly called Mrs. Everest "Woomany." Later Winston Churchill would say that "My nurse was my confidante. Mrs. Everest it was who looked after me and tended all my wants. It was to her that I poured out all my many troubles..."
School Struggles
"I was no more consulted about leaving home than I had been about coming into the world." Boarding school was the routine for boys of Winston's class, and he was packed off in 1881 at age seven. He hated every minute of it. His first school, St. George's, was brutal - "Flogging with the birch... was a great feature in its curriculum." Of school Winston would write, "It appears that I was to go away from home for many weeks at a stretch in order to do lessons under masters... After all I was o...
An Officer and a Gentleman
"For years I thought my father, with his experience and flair, had discerned in me the qualities of military genius. But I was told later that he had only come to the conclusion that I was not clever enough to go to the Bar." For young gentlemen of Winston's social class only certain professions were considered suitable. The university was the gatekeeper to all but the military, and Winston's poor performance at school closed the university's doors to him. Winston's lack of attention to studi...
Feb 12, 2009 · Winston Churchill, a grandson of the Duke of Marlborough, at that time a red-haired and restless boy, rather small for his age, who through his exhibitionism and quarrelsome attitude got on everyone’s nerves. As a result of the time he had spent in the stables at Blenheim, Winston had learned words which were highly unsuitable for a young man.
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Jun 15, 2018 · | June 15, 2018. Winter, 1892: Churchill at 18 (seated with pet terrier) with his brother Jack, outside their Aunt Cornelia's home in Canford, near Bournemouth. The photo is from a recently discovered family photo album, sold at auction by Bonhams.
