Winston Churchill

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Winston Churchill was the British Prime Minister during World War II, renowned for his leadership, stirring speeches, and steadfast resistance to Nazi Germany.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Prime Minister
historian
human
orator
politician
writer
awardReceived Companion of Honour
Honorary citizen of the United States
Nobel Prize in Literature
Order of Merit
Order of the Garter
birthDate 1874-11-30
birthPlace Blenheim Palace
Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
burialPlace St Martin’s Church, Bladon, Oxfordshire
causeOfDeath stroke
conflict Second Boer War
World War I
World War II
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1965-01-24
deathPlace London, England
educatedAt Harrow School
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
familyName Churchill
father Lord Randolph Churchill
fullName Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
givenName Winston
influenced John F. Kennedy
Margaret Thatcher
influencedBy Lord Randolph Churchill
knownFor leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II
speeches and radio broadcasts during World War II
steadfast opposition to Nazi Germany
languageSpoken English
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank Lieutenant Colonel
monarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II
George VI
mother Jennie Jerome
movement British conservatism
notableWork A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
The Second World War
occupation journalist
military officer
politician
statesman
writer
politicalParty Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal Party (UK)
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
First Lord of the Admiralty
Home Secretary
Leader of the Opposition (UK)
Minister of Munitions
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State for Air
Secretary of State for War
primeMinisterTermEnd 1945-07-26
1955-04-05
primeMinisterTermStart 1940-05-10
1951-10-26
religion Anglicanism
spouse Clementine Churchill

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Charlemagne Prize
Compagnon de la Libération
Croix de Guerre
Karlspreis
Military Cross
Order of the Aztec Eagle
Order of the Tower and Sword
Order of the White Lion
Time Person of the Year
notableRecipient
Atlantic Conference
Cairo Conference
Casablanca Conference
Crimean Conference
Dekemvriana
Eureka Conference
Quebec Conference
Tehran Conference
hasParticipant
Diana Churchill
Dukes of Marlborough
Jennie Jerome
John Strange Spencer-Churchill
Lady Randolph Churchill
Marigold Churchill
Mary Soames
Sarah Churchill
notableRelative
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
Sinews of Peace
The Age of Revolution ("Winston S. Churchill")
The Birth of Britain
The Great Democracies
The New World
author
Anthony Eden
Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough ("Winston Churchill (first cousin)")
Clarissa Spencer-Churchill
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Frances Anne Emily Vane
Lady Blanche Hozier
relative
Clementine Churchill ("Churchill")
Diana Churchill ("Churchill")
Sarah Churchill ("Churchill")
Winston Churchill ("Churchill")
Winston Churchill ("Churchill")
familyName
Diana Churchill
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ("Sir Winston Churchill")
Marigold Churchill
Mary Soames
Sarah Churchill
father
Alan Brooke
Hastings Ismay
Lord Fisher
Monty
Walter Bedell Smith
workedWith
Clementine
Mougins
New Liberalism ("Winston Churchill (as Liberal politician)")
Westerham
associatedWith
Jennie Jerome
Lady Randolph Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill
child
Churchill College, Cambridge
Churchill Leadership Award
Churchill River
namedAfter
Athenaeum Club
Spencer family
Spencer-Churchill family
notableMember
Alan Brooke
Lord Fisher
advisorTo
Fulton, Missouri
Theme from "The Valiant Years"
associatedWithPerson
Bladon
Church of St Martin, Bladon
burialPlaceOf
Arcadia Conference
Casablanca Conference
coChairperson
Battle of Gallipoli
Dardanelles naval operations
commander
Winston Churchill ("Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill")
Winston Churchill ("Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill")
fullName
Harrow School
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
hasAlumni
Bladon, Oxfordshire, England
St Martin’s Church, Bladon, Oxfordshire
hasGraveOf
Churchill government
National Government coalition
headOfGovernment
The Churchill Factor
The Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill
mainSubject
Church of St Martin, Bladon
St Martin’s Church, Bladon, Oxfordshire
notableBurial
Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
notableGuest
Blenheim Palace
Chartwell, Kent, England
notableResident
First Lord of the Admiralty
Under-Secretary of State for India
officeHeldBy
Anthony Eden
Clement Attlee
precededBy
Ernest Brown
Kingsley Wood
servedInGovernmentOf
Clarissa Hall
John Strange Spencer-Churchill
sibling
Cairo Declaration
Potsdam Declaration
signedBy
Clementine Churchill
Clementine Ogilvy Hozier
spouse
Clement Attlee
Neville Chamberlain
succeededBy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
alliedWith
Atlantic Charter
announcedBy
Livadia Palace
attendedBy
Blenheim Palace
birthplaceOf
Anglo-Irish Treaty
BritishSignatory
HMS Prince of Wales ("Prime Minister Winston Churchill")
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Quebec Conference
chairperson
Sarah Churchill
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Lord Beaverbrook
closeAllyOf
Battle of the Atlantic
commandedBy
Johnson’s Life of London
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Special Operations Executive
createdBy
Statue of Winston Churchill, Parliament Square
dedicatedTo
The Crown
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Duncan Sandys
fatherInLaw
Randolph Churchill
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As He Saw It
featuresCharacter
Chamberlain government
firstLordOfTheAdmiralty
Black and Tans
formedBy
John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
grandfatherOf
Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough
hasAncestralConnection
Yalta Conference
hasAttendee
The Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill
hasBiographicalSubject
Potsdam Conference
hasBritishPrimeMinisterParticipant
Bladon, Oxfordshire, England
hasCategory
Jeanette Jerome
hasChild
Secretary of State for Air
hasFirstHolder
Potsdam Conference
hasHeadOfDelegation
Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
hasHistoricalHolder
Harrow Hill ("Winston Churchill (as a pupil at Harrow School)")
hasHistoricAssociation
Great Depression
hasKeyFigure
Spencer family
hasMember
The Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill
hasNotableCharacter
Reginald Dyer
hasNotableCritic
Hotel Nacional de Cuba
hasNotableGuest
Order of the Companions of Honour
hasNotableMember
Secretary of State for Air
hasNotableOfficeHolder
Woodstock
hasNotablePersonBirthplace
Theme from "The Valiant Years"
hasSubject
Clarissa Spencer-Churchill
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Liberal Government (1905–1915)
homeSecretary
Yalta
hosted
Potsdam
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Soviet embassy in Tehran
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Arcadia Conference
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Declaration by United Nations
keyContributor
Allied High Command
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Anglo-Persian Oil Company
keyPerson
Iran
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Allied forces
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1945 United Kingdom general election
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Allies of World War II
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Crusade in Europe
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Jeanette Jerome
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Royal Naval Air Service
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Frances Anne Emily Vane
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Randolph Churchill
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Mahdist War
notableFigure
Victory in Europe Day
notableFigureAssociated
Conservative Party (UK)
notableLeader
Essays in Biography
notablePersonProfiled
Brian Cox ("Churchill")
notableWork
36th United Kingdom Parliament
oppositionLeader
Eureka
participant
Cecilienhof Palace
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Sinews of Peace ("Winston Churchill's postwar speeches")
partOf
Gary Oldman
portrayed
Anthony Eden
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Quebec Agreement
primarySignatory
37th United Kingdom Parliament
primeMinister
1945 United Kingdom general election
primeMinisterBeforeElection
38th Parliament of the United Kingdom
primeMinisterDuringTerm
Chartwell, Kent, England
purchasedBy
Montagu Phippen Porch
relativeByMarriage
Chartwell, Kent, England
renovatedBy
The Age of Revolution ("Winston S. Churchill")
seriesAuthor
Clarissa Hall
siblingOfNotablePerson
Hyde Park Aide-Mémoire
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Atlantic Charter
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Sinews of Peace
speaker
Montagu Phippen Porch
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Chamberlain government
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Iron Curtain
termPopularizedBy
John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough
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Placentia Bay
visitedBy
Sir John Anderson
workedFor
Archibald Sinclair
workedUnder
The New World
workSeriesAuthor

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