Winston Churchill
(1874-1965), Prime MinisterSir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
20th Century Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 224 portraits
Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace, his family's estate. After serving in the army, he entered parliament in 1900 and was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty in 1911. Held responsible for the failure of the Dardanelles expedition, he resigned in 1915. He 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. He resigned in 1931, opposing his party's policy of self-government for India. He 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.
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Explore the portrait of Sir Winston Churchill by Arnold Machin (NPG D48652) from all angles
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate nitrate negative, 18 January 1940
NPG x26687
by Cecil Beaton
bromide postcard print, 1940
NPG x199060
'The Spirit of Britain' (Winston Churchill)
published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.
halftone postcard print, 1940
NPG x198143
by Bertram Park
gelatin silver print, early 1940s
NPG x199908
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; King George VI; Winston Churchill
by Unknown photographer
bromide press print, 1940
NPG x194397
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 18 January 1940
NPG x83585
copied by Walter Stoneman, for Unknown photographer
half-plate glass copy negative, December 1941
NPG x164156
by Walter Stoneman
vintage print, 3pm 1 April 1941
NPG x6140
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1 April 1941
NPG x6138
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1 April 1941
NPG x6139
copied by Walter Stoneman, for Unknown photographer
bromide print, December 1941
NPG x186967
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, April 1941
NPG x403
Sir Samuel George Joseph, 1st Bt; Winston Churchill
copy by Bassano & Vandyk Studios
half-plate film negative, 6 May 1969 (1942-1943)
NPG x174561
John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley; Winston Churchill
copy by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 29 June 1942
NPG x27016
by Augustus Charles Cooper
bromide print, 1942
NPG x6123
by Augustus Charles Cooper
bromide print, 1942
NPG x6124
by Augustus Charles Cooper
bromide print, 1942
NPG x6125
by Augustus Charles Cooper
bromide print, 1942
NPG x6126
by Augustus Charles Cooper
bromide print, 1942
NPG x6127
by Augustus Charles Cooper
bromide print, 1942
NPG x6128
by Augustus Charles Cooper
bromide print, 1942
NPG x6129
by Augustus Charles Cooper
bromide print, 1942
NPG x6130
by Augustus Charles Cooper
bromide print, 1942
NPG x6131
by Augustus Charles Cooper
bromide print, 1942
NPG x6132
Winston Churchill with the British delegation at the Casablanca Conference
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, January 1943
NPG x194247
by Unknown photographer
halftone postcard print, 1943
NPG x199078
Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon; Winston Churchill; Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1943
NPG x198366
Chiang Kai-shek, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at The Cairo Conference
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1 December 1943
NPG x198582
Winston Churchill; Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, August 1944
NPG x199243
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 26 August 1944
NPG x199244
Winston Churchill; Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 26 August 1944
NPG x199245
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, August 1944
NPG x199246
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, August 1944
NPG x199247
Winston Churchill; Wladyslaw Anders and an unknown sitter
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, August 1944
NPG x199248
Charles André Marie Joseph de Gaulle; Winston Churchill
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 13 November 1944
NPG x40056
Winston Churchill with Chiefs of Staff
by Planet News
bromide print, 7 May 1945
NPG x194065
Winston Churchill inspecting the Victory Parade, Berlin
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide print, 21 July 1945
NPG x194064
published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
bromide postcard print, 8 May 1945
NPG x198144
Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference
by Richard L. Sarno, distributed by United States Army Signal Corps
ferrotype press print, February 1945
NPG x199337
Related People
- Clarissa Eden (née Spencer-Churchill), Countess of Avon (niece)
- 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)
- Giles Samuel Bertram Romilly (nephew)
- Anne Emily (née Spencer-Churchill), Duchess of Roxburghe (aunt)
- Mary (née Spencer-Churchill), Baroness Soames (daughter)
- 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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