In 1895 his father sadly passed away and a young Winston joined the Royal Cavalry. Whilst at military college he managed to acquire the skills and knowledge to graduate in the top twenty of around one hundred and thirty pupils in the class. His father decided it would be a good idea for him to enter the army as a profession and after the third attempt he passed the necessary exams and entered what is now Sandhurst Academy. As they say, the rest is history.ДЄ young Winston Churchill led quite a dour life early on, unhappy in childhood and failing to get the grades at Harrow, his interest in the military proved to be his saving grace. Jennie Jerome was a beautiful lady from a wealthy family who had caught RandolphвЂ™s eye in August 1873 three days later they were engaged. On his motherвЂ™s side he was of American descendant. Political office ran in his blood: his grandfather, John Spencer-Churchill had been a Member of Parliament serving under Benjamin Disraeli, whilst his father Lord Randolph Churchill was MP for Woodstock. His family occupied the highest echelons of society and he was born into BritainвЂ™s aristocratic governing elite. Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was born at his familyвЂ™s ancestral home of Blenheim Palace, as a direct descendant of the Dukes of Marlborough. Churchill remains to this day one of the most popular and significant figures in political history. One of the most famous politicians of all time, twice Prime Minister and an inspirational leader in time of war, he would lead Britain to victory in World War Two.

On 30th November 1874, Winston Churchill was born.

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