Alternative History
Alternative History
The Right Honourable
Sir Winston Churchill
Churchill, 67, wearing a suit, standing and holding into the back of a chair
The Roaring Lion, 1941
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
26 October 1951 – 5 April 1955
Monarch
DeputyAnthony Eden
Preceded byClement Attlee
Succeeded byAnthony Eden
In office
6 October 1938 – 26 July 1948
MonarchGeorge VI
DeputyClement Attlee (de facto; 1942–1945)
Preceded byNeville Chamberlain
Succeeded byClement Attlee
Personal details
Born Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
30 November 1874(1874-11-30)
Blenheim, Oxfordshire, England
Died 24 January 1965(1965-01-24) (aged 90)
London, England
Resting place St Martin's Church, Bladon, Oxfordshire
Political party Conservative (1900–1904, 1924–1964)
Other political
affiliations
Liberal (1904–1924)
Spouse(s) Clementine Hozier (m. 1908)
Children 5, including Diana, Randolph, Sarah and Mary
Education
  • Harrow School
  • Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Occupation
  • Historian
  • painter
  • politician
  • military officer
  • writer
Signature Winston Churchill (Dies Irae)'s signature
Military service
Service/branch
  • British Army
  • Territorial Army (from 1902)
Years of service 1893–1924
Unit
  • 4th Queen's Own Hussars
  • Malakand Field Force
  • 21st Lancers
  • South African Light Horse
  • Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
  • Grenadier Guards
  • Royal Scots Fusiliers
Commands 6th bn, Royal Scots Fusiliers
Battles/wars
  • North-West Frontier
  • Mahdist War
  • Second Boer War  (POW)
  • First World War

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1938 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from 1922 to 1924, he was a member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1964 and represented a total of five constituencies. 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.