Winston Churchill was born today 135 years ago.

Winston Churchill, inarguably the best Prime Minister in British history, was born today 135 years ago, on 30th November, 1874.

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born 2 months prematurely in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire. He grew up to be a soldier, officer, statesman, orator and a writer. He’s the only British Prime Minister to have received the Nobel Literature Prize, and the first person to be recognised as an Honorary Citizen of the United States.

During his army career, Churchill saw military action in India, in the Sudan and the Second Boer War. He gained fame and notoriety as a war correspondent and through contemporary books he wrote describing the campaigns. He also served briefly in the British Army on the Western Front in World War I, commanding the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers.

At the forefront of the political scene for almost fifty years, he held many political and cabinet positions. Before the First World War, he served as President of the Board of Trade, Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty as part of the Asquith Liberal government. During the war he continued as First Lord of the Admiralty until the Gallipoli Campaign caused his departure from government. He returned as Minister of Munitions, Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for Air. In the interwar years, he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Conservative Government.

After the outbreak of the Second World War, Churchill was again appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. Following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain on 10th May, 1940, he became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and led Britain to victory against the Axis powers. Churchill was always noted for his speeches, which became a great inspiration to the British people and embattled Allied forces.

After losing the 1945 election, he became Leader of the Opposition. In 1951, he again became Prime Minister before finally retiring in 1955. Upon his death on 24th January, 1965, the Queen granted him the honour of a state funeral, which saw one of the largest assemblies of statesmen in the world.

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