Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill KG OM CH TD FRS PC (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was an English politician . He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, once during World War II , and again in the early 1950s.
Quick Facts Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Monarch ...
Sir Winston S Churchill
The Roaring Lion , a portrait by
Yousuf Karsh at the
Canadian Parliament , 30 December 1941.
In office 26 October 1951 – 5 April 1955Monarch Deputy Anthony Eden Preceded by Clement Attlee Succeeded by Anthony Eden In office 10 May 1940 – 26 July 1945Monarch George VI Deputy Clement Attlee (1942–1945)Preceded by Neville Chamberlain Succeeded by Clement Attlee In office 8 October 1959 – 25 September 1964Preceded by David Grenfell Succeeded by Rab Butler
Leadership positions
In office 26 July 1945 – 26 October 1951Monarch George VI Prime Minister Clement Attlee Preceded by Clement Attlee Succeeded by Clement Attlee In office 9 October 1940 – 6 April 1955Preceded by Neville Chamberlain Succeeded by Anthony Eden
Ministerial offices1939–1952
In office 28 October 1951 – 1 March 1952Preceded by Manny Shinwell Succeeded by The Earl Alexander of Tunis In office 10 May 1940 – 26 July 1945Preceded by The Lord Chatfield (Coordination of Defence )Succeeded by Clement Attlee In office 3 September 1939 – 11 May 1940Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Preceded by The Earl Stanhope Succeeded by A. V. Alexander
Ministerial offices1908–1929
In office 6 November 1924 – 4 June 1929Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin Preceded by Philip Snowden Succeeded by Philip Snowden In office 13 February 1921 – 19 October 1922Prime Minister David Lloyd George Preceded by The Viscount Milner Succeeded by The Duke of Devonshire In office 10 January 1919 – 13 February 1921Prime Minister David Lloyd George Preceded by William Weir Succeeded by Frederick Guest In office 10 January 1919 – 13 February 1921Prime Minister David Lloyd George Preceded by The Viscount Milner Succeeded by Laming Worthington-Evans In office 17 July 1917 – 10 January 1919Prime Minister David Lloyd George Preceded by Christopher Addison Succeeded by Andrew Weir In office 25 May 1915 – 25 November 1915Prime Minister H. H. Asquith Preceded by Edwin Montagu Succeeded by Herbert Samuel In office 24 October 1911 – 25 May 1915Prime Minister H. H. Asquith Preceded by Reginald McKenna Succeeded by Arthur Balfour In office 19 February 1910 – 24 October 1911Prime Minister H. H. Asquith Preceded by Herbert Gladstone Succeeded by Reginald McKenna In office 12 April 1908 – 14 February 1910Prime Minister H. H. Asquith Preceded by David Lloyd George Succeeded by Sydney Buxton
Parliamentary offices
In office 5 July 1945 – 25 September 1964Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Constituency abolished In office 29 October 1924 – 15 June 1945Preceded by Leonard Lyle Succeeded by Leah Manning In office 24 April 1908 – 26 October 1922Serving with Alexander Wilkie
Preceded by Edmund Robertson Alexander Wilkie Succeeded by Edwin Scrymgeour E. D. Morel In office 8 February 1906 – 24 April 1908Preceded by William Houldsworth Succeeded by William Joynson-Hicks In office 24 October 1900 – 8 January 1906Preceded by Walter Runciman Succeeded by John Albert Bright
Born Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
(1874-11-30 ) 30 November 1874Blenheim, Oxfordshire , EnglandDied 24 January 1965(1965-01-24) (aged 90)Kensington , London , England Resting place St Martin's Church, Bladon Political party Spouse(s)
Children Parents Education Awards Nobel Prize in Literature (1953)Allegiance United KingdomBranch/service Years of service 1893–1924 Rank See list Commands 6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers Battles/wars
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Churchill in military uniform in 1895
A young Winston Churchill on a lecture tour of the United States in 1900
Churchill was the only person to have been a member of the British Government during both World Wars, and the last commoner (non-royal) to be granted a state funeral . He was also a soldier , journalist , and writer . He won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1953.[1]
Churchill featured in two media polls . He was ranked as the greatest British prime minister of the twentieth century by 20 prominent historians, politicians and commentators. They were asked by BBC Radio 4 's The Westminster Hour to rank the 19 prime ministers from Lord Salisbury at the turn of the century through to John Major in the 1990s.[2] In a 2002 BBC 2 television poll, Churchill was ranked as the greatest Briton in history. A million votes were cast, and the voting was heavily influenced by public campaigns from various candidates.[3]
He is the only British Prime Minister to have received the Nobel Prize .