Winston Churchill Facts
- Full Name: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
- Parents, Lord Randolph Churchill, and Lady Randolph Churchill (Jennie Spencer-Churchill)
- Born: 30th November 1874, Blenheim Palace
- Place of birth: Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire and is the residence of the Duke of Marlborough, built between 1705 – 1722
- Education, Prep school, Harrow in 1888 at 12, Royal Military College at Sandhurst
- Who could have been PM before Churchill: Halifax, declined the position of Prime Minister as he reasoned Churchill a more suitable war leader
- Churchill was voted out of office before the end of World War 2, making way for Clement Attlee to succeed
- Churchill became Prime Minister twice, 10th May 1940 26th July 1946, 26th October 1951 – 5th April 1955
- Churchill’s Foreign Secretary: Anthony Eden
- Churchill’s successor: Anthony Eden
- Died: 9 am 24th January 1965, at his London home, Kensington
- Buried: 30th January 1965, St Martin’s Church, Baldon
- Churchill Wife: Clementine Churchill
- Accomplished painter
- Author: Authored 43 books, winner of the Nobel prize for literacy
- Churchill famously said he made two important decisions at Blenheim Palace, being born and choosing to marry there
- Churchill’s first book: The story of the Malakand Field Force (1898)
- Churchill’s Speeches: Winston S. Churchill: The Complete Speeches, 1974 running at 9,000 pages in 8 volumes contains almost the entire collection of speeches.
- Winston Church was behind the tank, floating mulberry dock, the term ‘Iron Curtain’ and much more
- Winston Churchill famous Quotes: (There are many)
- Full title: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill KG, OM, CH, TD, DL, FRS, RA
