The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History (44 page)

With Sir Anthony Eden at Chartwell in the late 1940s.

May 1943, with Roosevelt near the president’s country retreat, Shangri-La.

Speaking at an American Thanksgiving celebration at the Royal Albert Hall in London, November 1944.

With President Truman en route to Fulton, Missouri, for his famous ‘Iron Curtain’ speech, March 1946.

In full flow at the 1948 Conservative Party Conference.

7 May 1948, after his speech to the Congress of Europe at the Hague, overwhelmed by the response. From left to right are leaders of the European movement: Kerstens, Ramadier, Retinger and de Rougemont.

Winston Churchill, bricklayer, building a wall at Chartwell in 1928.

On holiday in Marrakesh, February 1959.

Churchill, early pioneer of air flight.

TIMELINE OF EVENTS

1874
Born, 30 November

1876
Churchill family moves to Dublin

1880
Churchill family returns to England

1882
Enrolled at St George’s School at Ascot

1884
Enrolled at Brunswick School in Hove

1886
Father becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer

1887
Enrolled at Harrow

1893
Enrolled at Royal Military College at Sandhurst

1894
Commissioned cavalry officer in the 4th Queen’s Own Hussars

1895
Father dies

Writes for the
Daily Graphic
covering the Spanish American War in Cuba

First visit to the United States

1896
Stationed in India and undergoes self-education

1897
Covers siege of the Malakand for the
Daily Telegraph
and sees action in the Malakand Field Force on the North-West Frontier of India

1898
Publishes first book

Participates in and covers the Battle of Omdurman in Sudan for the
Morning Post

1899
Unsuccessfully stands for Parliament in Oldham by-election

Becomes prisoner of war in South Africa and a national hero when he escapes

1900
Successfully stands for Oldham

Visits United States and Canada on lecture tour

1901
Maiden speech in Parliament

1904
Switches from Tories to Liberals

1905
Becomes Colonial Under-Secretary

1907
Tours Africa

1908
Promoted to President of the Board of Trade

Marries Clementine Hozier

1909
Diana Churchill born

1910
Becomes Home Secretary

1911
Siege of Sidney Street

Randolph Churchill born

Becomes First Lord of the Admiralty

1913
Founds Royal Naval Flying Corps

1914
Outbreak of the First World War

Commands Defence of Antwerp

Sarah Churchill born

1915
The Dardanelles

Dismissed from the Admiralty

Demoted to Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

1916
Commissioned as lieutenant-colonel and commands 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers

1917
Rejoins the Government as Minister for Munitions

1918
First World War armistice

Marigold Churchill born

1919
Becomes Secretary for War and Air

1921
Becomes Colonial Secretary

Founds Middle East Department in Colonial Office

Chairs Cairo Conference, founding Jordan and Iraq

Death of Marigold Churchill

1922
Chanak crisis and fall of the Lloyd George coalition

Loses Dundee election

Mary Churchill born