Winston Churchill

Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was born to Lord Randolph Churchill and Jennie Jerome at Blenheim Palace, the ancestral home of the Dukes of Marlborough.

Churchill begins his education at Harrow School, a prestigious public school near London, where he excels in English and history but is less interested in classical studies.

Churchill is commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 4th Queen's Own Hussars and serves in India, where he begins his career as a war correspondent and writer.

Churchill is elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Oldham, marking the beginning of his long political career and his first foray into national politics.

Churchill marries Clementine Hozier in St. Margaret's, Westminster. Their marriage is a long and enduring partnership, with Clementine providing crucial support throughout his career.

Churchill is appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, where he modernizes the Royal Navy and prepares it for the impending conflict of World War I.

Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the darkest days of World War II. His leadership and inspiring speeches rally the nation and the Allies.

Churchill is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his mastery of historical and biographical description and for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.

Churchill is re-elected as Prime Minister, serving until 1955. His second term focuses on post-war reconstruction and the early Cold War.

Winston Churchill dies at his home, 28 Hyde Park Gate, London, after a series of strokes. He is given a state funeral, the first for a non-royal since the Duke of Wellington in 1852.