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    John Gilbert Winant

    American Republican politician and diplomat

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  1. John Gilbert Winant OM (February 23, 1889 – November 3, 1947) was an American diplomat and politician with the Republican party after a brief career as a teacher in Concord, New Hampshire. John Winant held positions in New Hampshire, national, and international politics.

  2. Nov 2, 1993 · John Gilbert Winant Jr., who attracted international attention when he was captured by the Germans during World War II while his father was the United States Ambassador to Britain, died on Sunday...

  3. Feb 14, 2015 · A World War II romance. Former New Hampshire Gov. John Winant carried on a secret love affair with Winston Churchill’s favorite daughter during World War II. It cost him his life.

  4. John G Winant Jr served as a pilot with the 390th Bomb Group. His father, John G Winant, was US Ambassador to Britain between 1941-1946. Winant was shot down on 10-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30262 'Tech Supply' and taken as a Prisoner of War (POW).

  5. Nov 1, 2000 · During the Battle of Britain, Winant walked the streets of London, ablaze from the aerial bombardments, offering assistance to the injured amid the rubble of their homes and stores. His shy sincerity and quiet fearlessness endeared him to the British people and helped buoy that beleaguered nation.

  6. John Gilbert Winant was born in the East Side of New York City, New York, United States into a upper middle class family, with his father being a partner in a real estate firm.

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  8. When President Roosevelt asked John G. Winant to become the first head of the new Social Security Board (SSB) in 1935, Winant had already distinguished himself in public life as a three-term governor of New Hampshire and first American member of the International Labor Organization.

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