Winston Spencer-Churchill
photograph by Toni Frissell
Winston Spencer-Churchill (born October 10, 1940 in Checkers ; † March 2, 2010 ) was a British Conservative Party politician and grandson of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill .
Life
He attended Eton College and studied at Christ Church College of Oxford University . Before his political career, Churchill worked as a journalist in the Six Day War . He also wrote a book on the subject. He was a member of the House of Commons from 1970 to 1997 , first for the constituency of Stretford near Manchester , then for the newly created constituency of Manchester-Davyhulme. He did not take on any special parliamentary offices. Since retiring from parliament, he has been a sought-after speaker, writing advocate articles on the war in Iraq and the fight against Islamist terrorism. He also acted as a spokesman for the UK National Defense Association lobby group.
Churchill also gave a compilation of his grandfather's speeches entitled Never Give In! out.
Personal
He was the son of Pamela Harriman and her first husband Randolph Frederick Churchill , the only son of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. His cousin Nicholas Soames is also a member of the Conservative Party.
He was married twice. The first marriage was in July 1964 with Mary ("Minnie") Caroline d'Erlanger , the daughter of the banker Sir Gérard John Leo Regis Baron d'Erlanger . The couple had four children:
- Randolph Leonard Spencer-Churchill (* 1965)
- Jennie Spencer-Churchill (* 1966)
- Marina Spencer-Churchill (* 1967)
- John Gerard Averell "Jack" Spencer-Churchill (* 1975)
The marriage ended in divorce in 1997 because of his extramarital relationships, particularly with Soraya Khashoggi, the former wife of the arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi . In the same year he married the Belgian jeweler Luce Danielson. His mother's will, however, stated that he had to share her inheritance with his first wife.
Churchill lived in Belgravia in London . He died of prostate cancer on March 2, 2010 .
Political controversy
Against the opposition of his party, Churchill campaigned for the erection of a memorial for the victims of the Katyn massacre in London in the early 1970s . It was inaugurated in his presence in 1976.
In May 1993, Churchill sparked a discussion because of his criticism of what he saw as the steady influx of immigrants from the Indian subcontinent to Great Britain. He was publicly reprimanded for this by Home Secretary Michael Howard with the consent of Prime Minister John Major .
In 1995, he was at the center of a controversy over the sale of his grandfather's Chartwell Papers archive. The purchase price of £ 13.5 million was financially secured by the then newly founded National Lottery .
Publications
- First Journey, 1964
- Six Day War, 1967
- Defending the West, 1981
- Memories and Adventures, 1989
- His Father's Son, 1996
- The Great Republic, 1999
- Never Give In !: the best of Winston Churchill's speeches, (ed.) 2003
Web links
- Mr Winston Churchill at Hansard (English)
- Winston Spencer-Churchill on thepeerage.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1536676/bio
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Page 39
- ↑ a b http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-410362/Not-Churchills-finest-hour.html
- ↑ George Sanford: Katyn and the Soviet Massacre of 1940. London / New York 2005, p. 184.
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/lottery-funds-16312m-churchill-sale-1617191.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spencer-Churchill, Winston |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Conservative Party politician, Member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Checkers |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 2, 2010 |