Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Prime Minister
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Sitter in 147 portraits
Born at Blenheim Palace, after serving in the army, Churchill entered parliament in 1900. In 1911 he became First Lord of the Admiralty. Held responsible for the failure of the Dardanelles expedition, he resigned in 1915. Saw active service in World War I, before returning to ministerial office in 1917. As Chancellor of the Exchequer, he returned Britain to the gold standard, which led to the General Strike of 1926. Resigned in 1931, opposing his party's policy of self-government for India. In the years before World war II, Churchill consistently opposed appeasement with Hitler, and challenged Chamberlain's leadership in 1940, succeeding him as prime minister to become Britain's greatest war-time leader.
by Bassano
half-plate nitrate negative, 18 January 1940
NPG x26687
by Bassano
vintage print, 18 January 1940
NPG x83585
by Walter Stoneman
vintage print, 3pm 1 April 1941
NPG x6140
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, April 1941
NPG x403
Winston Churchill and three other people
by Walter Stoneman
negative, copied April 1942
NPG x164156
John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley; Winston Churchill
copy by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 29 June 1942
NPG x27016
Charles André Marie Joseph de Gaulle; Winston Churchill
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 13 November 1944
NPG x40056
Winston Churchill at the Royal Society of Arts
by Howard Coster
vintage snapshot print, circa 1950
NPG Ax136854
Winston Churchill at the Royal Society of Arts
by Howard Coster
vintage snapshot print, circa 1950
NPG Ax136856
Winston Churchill at the Royal Society of Arts
by Howard Coster
vintage snapshot print, circa 1950
NPG Ax136862
Winston Churchill at the Royal Society of Arts
by Howard Coster
vintage snapshot print, circa 1950
NPG Ax136863
(Helen) Violet Bonham Carter (née Asquith), Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury; Winston Churchill
by Sefton Samuels
bromide print on card mount, October 1951
NPG x129511
by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1951
NPG x45168
by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1951
NPG x45169
by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1951
NPG x45170
by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1951
NPG x45171
by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1951
NPG x45172
by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1951
NPG x45173
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Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (father)
Arabella Churchill (granddaughter)
Diana Churchill (Mrs Bailey, later Mrs Sandys) (daughter)
Jeanette ('Jennie') Churchill (née Jerome), Lady Randolph Churchill (mother)
John George Spencer Churchill (nephew)
Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill (son)
Sarah Churchill (daughter)
Winston Spencer Churchill (grandson)
Rosamond Jane Frances (née Spencer-Churchill), Lady de Ramsey (aunt)
Georgiana Elizabeth (née Spencer-Churchill), Countess Howe (aunt)
John Winston Spencer Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (grandfather)
Frances Anne Emily Churchill (née Vane), Duchess of Marlborough (grandmother)
George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough (uncle)
Anne Emily Innes-Ker (née Spencer-Churchill), Duchess of Roxburghe (aunt)
Hon. Emma Mary Soames (granddaughter)
Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (née Hozier), Baroness Spencer-Churchill (wife)
Fanny Octavia Louisa (née Spencer-Churchill), Lady Tweedmouth (aunt)
Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson (née Spencer-Churchill) (aunt)
Cornelia Henrietta Maria (née Spencer-Churchill), Lady Wimborne (aunt)
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