Winston Churchill

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Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill AKA Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Born: 30-Nov-1874
Birthplace: Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England
Died: 24-Jan-1965
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: Stroke
Remains: Buried, Bladon, Oxfordshire, England

Gender: Male
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State

Nationality: England
Executive summary: WWII Prime Minister of England

Military service: British Army

Father: Lord Randolph Churchill
Mother: Jeanette Jerome ("Jennie")
Brother: John Strange Churchill (b. 9-Feb-1880)
Wife: Clementine Ogilvy Hozier (m. 12-Sep-1908)
Daughter: Diana Churchill (b. 11-Jul-1909, d. 1963)
Son: Randolph Frederick Edward Churchill (b. 28-May-1911)
Daughter: Sarah Churchill (b. 7-Oct-1914)
Daughter: Marigold Frances Churchill (b. 15-Nov-1918)
Daughter: Mary Churchill (b. 15-Sep-1922)

High School: Harrow School
University: Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (1895)
Administrator: University of Bristol

UK Prime Minister (1951-55)
UK Minister of Defence (1951-52)
UK Member of Parliament for Woodford (1945-64)
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (1941-65)
UK Prime Minister (1940-45)
UK Minister of Defence (1940-45)
Chancellor of the Exchequer (1924)
UK Member of Parliament for Epping (1924-45)
UK Secretary of State for the Colonies (1921-22)
UK Minister of Munition (1917-19)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1915)
UK Home Secretary (1910-11)
UK Member of Parliament for Dundee (1908-22)
UK Member of Parliament for Manchester North West (1906-08)
UK Member of Parliament for Oldham (1900-06)
Athenaeum Club (London)
Conservative Party (UK)
Freemasonry Studholme Lodge, London (1901)
Pilgrims Society
Nobel Prize for Literature (1953)
Congressional Gold Medal
Knight of the British Empire
Kentucky Colonel
Time Man of the Year (1940)
Time Man of the Year (1949)
Taken Prisoner of War
Stroke (Jun-1953)
Stroke (15-Jan-1965)
Naturalized US Citizen 1963 (honorary)
Appendectomy
Huguenot Ancestry
Risk Factors: Depression, Smoking, Dyslexia, Obesity, Stuttering, Appendicitis

Appears on the cover of:
Life, 21-May-1945, DETAILS: Part I of a close-up

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