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Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 30 November 1874, 1874
- Died
- 24 January 1965
- Place of birth
- Blenheim Palace, Woodstock
- Place of death
- Hyde Park Gate, London
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Spencer-Churchill, Churchill
- Father
- Lord Randolph Churchill
- Mother
- Jeanette Jerome
- Spouse
- Clementine Churchill
- Sibling
- Jack Churchill
- Occupation
- politician, journalist, painter, historian, autobiographer, screenwriter, biographer, statesperson, military officer, writer, minister, artist
- Position held
- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Secretary of State for Defence, Secretary of State for Defence, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister of Munitions, Leader of the Opposition, Leader of the Conservative Party, First Lord of the Admiralty, First Lord of the Admiralty
- Native language
- British English
- Religion
- Church of England
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Literature, Companion of the Liberation, Fellow of the Royal Society, Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown, honorary citizen of the United States, Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion, Charlemagne Prize, Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Saint Olav, Freedom Award, Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion, Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, Congressional Gold Medal
- archives at
- National Library of Wales, Churchill Archives Centre
- artist files at
- Frick Art Research Library
- bibliography
- bibliography of Winston Churchill
- birth name
- Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
- candidacy in election
- 1906 United Kingdom general election, 1918 United Kingdom general election, January 1910 United Kingdom general election, December 1910 United Kingdom general election, 1931 United Kingdom general election, 1935 United Kingdom general election, 1924 United Kingdom general election, 1929 United Kingdom general election, 1900 United Kingdom general election, 1945 United Kingdom general election, 1955 United Kingdom general election, 1959 United Kingdom general election
- cause of death
- stroke
- copyright representative
- reproduction right not represented by CISAC member
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Library of the World's Best Literature, History of Everyday Life Database, Faces of Moscow
- different from
- Winston Churchill, Winston Churchill, Winston Churchill, Winston Churchill, Sir Winston Churchill, Winston Churchill
- educated at
- Harrow School, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, St George's School, Ascot, Stoke Brunswick School
- employer
- University of Edinburgh
- handedness
- left-handedness
- has list
- Honours of Winston Churchill
- has works in the collection
- Tate, Dallas Museum of Art, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, São Paulo Museum of Art, NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Freedom Museum, Royal Collections of the Netherlands, National Gallery of Art, Royal Academy of Arts, Chartwell
- honorific prefix
- The Right Honourable, Sir
- manner of death
- natural causes
- medical condition
- stuttering
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Society, Society of the Cincinnati, Order of the Garter, American Philosophical Society
- member of political party
- Conservative Party, Liberal Party, Conservative Party
- military branch
- British Army, cavalry
- military unit
- Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
- military, police or special rank
- colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, cadet, second lieutenant, major, captain
- name in native language
- Winston Churchill
- nickname
- The pug, The Old Lion, Le vieux Lion
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Peace Prize
- notable work
- A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, The Second World War, A Traveller in War-Time
- place of burial
- St Martin's Church, Bladon
- residence
- Dublin, Blenheim Palace
- significant event
- death
- topic's main category
- Category:Winston Churchill
- work location
- London
- writing language
- British English, French
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