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Winston Churchill's sesquicentennial birthday

11/30/2024

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     Winston   Churchill (1874-1965) was born the 30th of November 1874 in Blenheim Palace, home of his uncle, the 8th Duke of Marlborough. Sir Winston died January 24, 1965, at age 90, after a long career in British government. Photo above from 1941 by Yousuf Karsh. The room where he was born is on view to Blenheim visitors.
     Below, left, Blenheim Palace, Oxon; right, Jennie Jerome Spencer-Churchill, mother of Jack (1880-1947) on the left and Winston, at right, photographed in 1959. Jennie was American-born and married Lord Randolph Spencer-Churchill, a younger son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough.
Above, left, Clementine Hozier Churchill in 1915; right, Clementine and Winston in 1959.  Married in 1908, the Churchills had five children. After her husband's death, Clementine was awarded a life peerage. As a baroness, she was a member of the House of Lords. She died at age 92 in 1977.
      Below, left, the front of the Churchill's Kent country house, in which they lived from 1922; right, the view from the gardens of the many floors of the house, now open to the public and maintained by the National Trust.
Above, left, Sir Winston's painting studio with works on view; right, Churchill at his easel.
   During his long life and distinguished career, Sir Winston filled what little leisure time he had by painting. 
    I will not attempt to list all of his accomplishments, such as wining the Nobel Prize for Literature as well as multiple posts in the British government including several times achieving the rank of Prime Minister. Perhaps he is best regarded as the man who won World War II, the result of his determination and ability to rally much of the world to defeat fascism.
   Below, the statue of Sir Winston in Parliament Square, London, sculpted by Ivor Roberts-Jones, 1973.
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