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Churchill with American General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery at a meeting of NATO in October 1951, shortly before Churchill became Prime Minister for a second time Following his defeat in the 1945 general election , Churchill became the Leader of the Opposition .
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill [a] (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (during the Second World War) and again from 1951 to 1955.
Winston Churchill became prime minister for a second time. Churchill's government had several prominent figures and up-and-coming stars. Rab Butler was appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer while Sir Anthony Eden returned as Foreign Secretary.
Premiership of Winston Churchill may refer to: First premiership of Winston Churchill (1940–1945), his first, wartime term as British prime minister Second premiership of Winston Churchill (1951–1955), his second, peacetime term as British prime minister
Churchill was born on 10 October 1940 at Chequers, Buckinghamshire, England, five months after his grandfather became Prime Minister, a year into the Second World War.He was educated at Ludgrove, [2] Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford.
Winston Churchill – became increasingly deaf during his second term (condition onset in 1949) and had a series of strokes that led to his retirement and using a wheelchair in later years [62] Harold Macmillan – left with a slight limp and poor strength in his right hand, affecting his handwriting, after several wounds in the First World War ...
This is a summary of the electoral history of Winston Churchill, who served in a multitude of ministerial positions between 1908 and 1955, including as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955, and as a Member of Parliament (MP) for five different constituencies between 1900 and 1964, except for a break in 1922–24.
Churchill's Folly: How Winston Churchill Created Iraq. Carroll and Graf, US (2004) Charmley, John (1993). Churchill, The End of Glory: A Political Biography. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-15-117881-0. OCLC 440131865. Churchill, Randolph. Winston S. Churchill: Young Statesman. This is the second volume of the authorised biography which ...