- Fact 2 - Winston Churchill was born on
30 November 1874
- Fact 3 - The name of the parents of
Winston Churchill were Lord Randolph Churchill and Lady
Randolph Churchill (née Jennie Jerome) who was the daughter of
an American millionaire
- Fact 4 - He was born at the stately
home of his father in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire
- Fact 5 - He came from an
aristocratic family and spent a wretched childhood at public
schools and liitle affection from his mother and father
- Fact 6 -
- Fact 7 - He was a poor scholar and
entered the army, following his time at Sandhurst, which was
deemed to be a poor career choice
- Fact 8 - Winston Churchill was
given affection by his nanny Elizabeth Anne Everest, whom he
used to call "Old Woom"
- Fact 9 - Winston Churchill was
extremely ambitious and focussed on making a success of his army
career in the Fourth Hussars - he was mentioned in despatches
and used his mother's connections to obtain postings to active
campaigns in India, the Sudan and the Second Boer War
- Fact 10 - During the Boer War
(1899-1902) Winston Churchill was captured and then escaped
- Fact 11 - He wrote newspaper
accounts of his escapades which provided great publicity
- Fact 12 - He wrote several
successful books
- Fact 13 - Churchill was elected as
the Conservative MP for Oldham in the 1900 General Election - he
later joined the Liberal Party but returned to the Conservatives
- Fact 14 - Winston Churchill married
Clementine Hozier on 12 September 1908
- Fact 15 - He became First Lord of
the Admiralty in October 1911
- Fact 16 - Winston Churchill joined
the War Council during
WW1
- Fact 17 - Winston Churchill became
a leading advocate of rearmament and against the appeasement
policy during the rise of Adolf Hitler
- Fact 18 - Winston Churchill was
appointed First Lord of the Admiralty on the outbreak of WW2
- Fact 19 - Winston Churchill was
appointed Prime Minister on 10th May, 1940 by King George VI and
formed a coalition government
- Fact 20 - He was famous for his
great oratory skills - see
Winston Churchill Speech - We Shall Fight on the Beaches
- Fact 21 - Winston Churchill worked
closely with
Franklin D. Roosevelt following the attack on Pearl Harbor
- Fact 22 - Winston Churchill played
a major role in leading the allies to victory during WW2
- Fact 23 - He became leader of the
opposition after World War 2
- Fact 24 - Winston Churchill won the
Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953
- Fact 25 - He retired from politics
in 1955 due to ill health
- Fact 25 - Sir Winston Churchill
died on 24th January, 1965 and was given a state funeral
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