Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, DL, FRS, RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from two years between 1922 and 1924, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1964 and represented a total of five constituencies. Ideologically an economic liberal and imperialist, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955. He was a member of the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924.
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| Full name at birth | Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
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| Claim to fame | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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| Date of birth | 30 November 1874
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| Place of birth | Blenheim, Oxfordshire England, UK
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| Date of death | 24 January 1965
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| Age | 90 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Hyde Park, London, England, UK
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| Cause of death | Stroke
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| Occupation | Politics, Military
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| Height | 5' 6½" (169 cm)
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| Weight | 210 lbs (95 kg)
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| High school | Harrow
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| University | Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
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- He was portrayed by Ian McNeice in the original production of the play "Never So Good", by Howard Brenton , which premiered at the National Theatre, London, UK in March 2008.
- While a young student at Eton, he and some friends blew up a wooden shed using homemade gunpowder.
- When traveling abroad during World War II, he would travel under the alias "Col. Walden" for security reasons.
- May have had Alzheimer's disease in later life. Although the Churchill Museum maintains his reduced mental capacity was the result of multiple minor strokes since 1949, his symptoms were consistent with the illness.
- All members of the Churchill family had animal nicknames. Wife Clementine was "Cat", son Randolph was "Rabbit", daughter Mary was "Mouse", to name a few.
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