Winston Churchill
Sign in to saveSir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. For some 62 of the years between 1900 and 1964, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) and represented a total of five constituencies over that time. Ideologically an adherent to economic liberalism and imperialism, 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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Winston Churchill was a British political leader who served as Prime Minister during World War II (1940-1945) and again in the early 1950s, and spent over 60 years as a Member of Parliament representing various constituencies. He is significant as a major figure who led Britain through its most critical period in the Second World War and shaped the nation's politics throughout much of the 20th century.
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- 10 November 1871
- Died
- 12 March 1947
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- 40
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- 1 January 1874
- Died
- 24 January 1965
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Personal details Born(1874-11-30)30 November 1874 Blenheim, Oxfordshire, England
Died24 January 1965(1965-01-24) (aged 90) Hyde Park Gate, London, England
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