Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

• England

• Born: November 30th , 1874

• Birthplace: Blenheim Palace

• Oxfordshire (residence of the dukes of Marlborough)

• Father: Lord Randolph Churchill (1st Duke of Marlborough)

• Mother: Jennie Jerome( was the daughter of the American millionaire Leonard

Jerome.)

• Served under an impressive six monarchs: Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King

George V, King Edward VIII, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

Education

School years

• Harrow Schooland, others.

• Poor grades.

• Punished.

• University.

• University was not an option.

• Sandhurst Military Academy.

• 3 test (entrance examination)

Military Career

Sandhurst Military Academy.

•As a military observer: went to Cuba.

•Participated in military campaigns:

•India, Sudan and South Africa.

•In 1899, Churchill was a prisoner of a war camp in South Africa, during the Boer

War.

– The bounty on his head was £ 25

– He returned home a hero.

Politician Career

•Prime Minister during de World War II

•Famous his contribution to UK during the World War II

•He said, He will sacrifice anything even his life to his country .

- First Lord of the Admiralty (British Navy)

-Member of Parliament

-Colonial Secretary

-Trade Minister

-Finance Minister

Writer

• Historian

• Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953

-four-volume history of World War I.

-Six - volume memories World War II.

-He was the author of biographies and history books, some of them

autobiographical.

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