2. WINSTON CHURCHILL
Was born
Was
A politician and British statesman
known for his leadership of the
United Kingdom during the Second
World War.
3. WIFE AND CHILDREN
On September 2, 1908
he married Clementine
Hozier. They had five
children:
Diana, Randolph, Sarah
, Marigold and Mary.
4. WINSTON CHURCHILL
His parents
Was Lord Randolph Churchill
and his mother a American
girl called Jennie Jerome.
His
Early years knew
happiness, because in his
autobiography recalls fondly the
days spent with his protective
mother, a
beautiful, educated, intelligent
and sensitive.
5. His stubbornness, resolve and
STUDIES
indomitable spirit did not
forsake him.
Was
However, the institution was
Boarding school by her able to enter and run a radical
father in an expensive change.
school in Ascot.
Was After he failed twice in succession on
the entrance exams at Sandhurst
Military Academy.
Rebellious and therefore
was often punished and
notes was counted among In 1888 he joined the
the worst ever. famous Harrow School.
6. Worked hard, was applied
and serious in classes.
After
He joined the cavalry
regiment reputed as one
of the best in the army.
He fought in Cuba, India and
Sudan, and in the battlefields
learned about the art of war.
He resigned from the
Especially practical issues of military to engage in politics
strategy will serve to deal and joined the Conservative
with the enemies of England. Party in 1898.
7. POLITIC
He became a At the outbreak In
At 26 he began Conservative of the Second May, 1940, he
his distinguished Member of World War, he became Prime
political career Parliament in was appointed Minister and
1900. First Lord of the Minister of
Admiralty - a Defence and
With an He held many post which he remained in
high posts in had earlier held office until
independent
Liberal and from 1911 to 1945.
spirit, opposed 1915.
Conservative
party discipline. governments
during the first
three decades of
the century.
8. POLITIC
He took over the Collaborated in Queen Elizabeth II
premiership again in conferred on Churchill
the war against
the Conservative the dignity of Knight
victory of 1951 and Hitler. and the insignia of the
resigned in 1955. Order of the Garter in
1953.
Were victorious
He remained a against the Nazis, as
Member of the government
The United States
Parliament until the formed with national
President Kennedy
general election of rally, I assure the
in 1963 awarded
1964, when he did cooperation of political
him U.S. citizenship.
not seek re-election. opponents.
9. He was a revolutionary man.
SOME QUOTES
"Democracy is the need
for bending from time to
time with the opinion of
others."
"The failure of our age is
that their men want to be
helpful but not
important."
10. LITERARY CAREER
Began with His other famous A gifted amateur
campaign reports biography, the life of painter, wrote
his great
As Painting as a
ancestor, the Duke
of Marlborough, was Pastime (1948).
He Story of the published in four
Malakand Field volumes between
Force(1898)
1933 and 1938.
and The River
War (1899), an
account of the
campaign in the
Sudan and the Battle
of Omdurman.