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Há 5 dias · In Great Windmill Street lived Colonel Godfrey, whose wife, Arabella Churchill, sister of John, Duke of Marlborough, had been the mistress of James II., when Duke of York. Here, in the early part of the present century, was the great Anatomical School of the metropolis, in which nearly all the most distinguished surgeons of the last ...
Há 2 dias · Winston Churchill (born November 30, 1874, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England—died January 24, 1965, London) was a British statesman, orator, and author who as prime minister (1940–45, 1951–55) rallied the British people during World War II and led his country from the brink of defeat to victory.
- As prime minister (1940–45) during most of World War II, Winston Churchill rallied the British people and led the country from the brink of defeat...
- Through his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, a Tory politician, Winston was directly descended from John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, the he...
- At Harrow School, Winston Churchill’s conspicuously poor academic record provoked his father’s decision to enter him into an army career. On his th...
Há 1 dia · Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill [a] (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from two years between 1922 and 1924, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) from ...
Há 5 dias · Known for being quick-witted and intelligent, Arabella Churchill was the mistress of King James II in 1665. She had four of his children. And yes, she is a distant relative of future British...
Há 2 dias · Clarissa Eden. Anne Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon ( née Spencer-Churchill; 28 June 1920 – 15 November 2021) was an English memoirist and the second wife of Anthony Eden, who served as British prime minister from 1955 to 1957.
Há 4 dias · Book: Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War. Tim Bouverie. London, Penguin, 2019, ISBN: 9781784705749; 512pp.; Price: £20.00. Reviewer: Dr Adam Timmins. Citation: Dr Adam Timmins, review of Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War, (review no. 2380) DOI: 10.14296/RiH/2014/2380. Date accessed: 29 May, 2024.
Há 4 dias · The Iron Curtain speech was delivered by former British prime minister Winston Churchill in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946. Churchill used the speech to emphasize the necessity for the United States and Britain to act as the guardians of peace and stability against the menace of Soviet communism, which had lowered an “ iron curtain ...
