Resultado da Busca
12 de mai. de 2024 · First Lady: The Life and Wars of Clementine Churchill. London, Quarto Publishing Group UK, 2015, ISBN: 9781781313060; 400pp.; Price: £25.00. In late 1909, a suffragette attacked the Asquith government’s youthful President of the Board of Trade, slashing his face with a whip as he prepared to give a speech in Bristol station.
Há 4 dias · 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.
- 15 November 2021 (aged 101), London, England
- Former spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom (1955–1957)
- Anne Clarissa Spencer-Churchill, 28 June 1920, Kensington, London, England
Há 1 dia · Churchill and his fiancée Clementine Hozier shortly before their marriage in 1908. Asquith succeeded the terminally ill Campbell-Bannerman on 8 April 1908 and, four days later, Churchill was appointed President of the Board of Trade. Aged 33, Churchill was the youngest Cabinet member since 1866.
3 de mai. de 2024 · Churchill and his wife Lady Clementine Churchill are said to have seen the portrait before its official presentation, but it was formally unveiled by the prime minister at Westminster Hall on 30th November 1954. Watch the unveiling in the video below, from 5 minutes 14 seconds in. What did Winston Churchill really say about the portrait?
8 de mai. de 2024 · Beautiful and intelligent, but driven by her own insecurities, she made his career her mission. Any real consideration of Winston Churchill is incomplete without an understanding of their relationship, and Clementine is both the first real biography of this remarkable woman and a fascinating look inside their private world.
1 de mai. de 2024 · Sensitive yet clear-eyed, Clementine tells the fascinating story of a complex woman struggling to maintain her own identity while serving as the conscience and principal adviser to one of the most important figures in history.
Há 1 dia · In 1908, Churchill married Clementine Hozier – a happy marriage which would last until his death and the couple would go on to have five children – Randolph, Mary, Diana, Sarah and Marigold. He became Prime Minister in 1940 and successfully (and charismatically) guided Britain through the second world war.
