By: Ciarra Huston

Winstons Childhood & Family

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born in 1874,
November 30th in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. He was born
into a family of the Dukes of Marlborough, a piece of the
Spencer family. Randolph Churchill, His father, was a
charismatic politician, who had served as a Chancellor of the
Exchequer. Jennie Jerome, the mother of Winston, she was a
American Socialite. Winston Churchill has a lateral lisp, it
had continued throughout his career. At the age of two until
six living in Dublin, right where his grandfather had Viceroy
and employed Churchills brother, John Strange Churchill,
who this time was born in Ireland. Winstons earliest time in
education occurred in Dublin, where they were trying to
teach him to read, to write and also to arithmetic. Adding
with the limited contact with his family, he started to
become very close with his nanny who he called Old
Woom. Churchill being the independent and rebellious
child he was, generally had a poor academic record in
school. He was educated at three different independent
schools, which were: Brunswick School in Hove, St. Georges
School in Ascot, And Harrow School in April 17th 1888. After
weeks of join the school, he went and joined the Harrow
Rifle Corps. Winston Churchill at the age of 7
 Winstons Adult/Teen life

When the young Winston Churchill was attending Harrow
School, he was put on the list that was under the Ss as Spencer
Churchill, who was at the time, our little Winston, he was a
small stocky boy with red hair, he spoke with a stutter and lisp.
He did well in the Mathematics in his Harrow he was shown
and recognised as being the best in his division. During his first
year in he was put on the top division for the history subject.
When the red head entered the school he had the lowest grades
in the lowest of the classes, and so he remained in that position.
He never did make it to the upper school because of him never
studying for the classics. While at the age of 18, as he was
visiting Lady Wimborne, who was his aunt, who also lived in
Bournemouth. Churchill had fallen from a bridge which was 29
feet tall, which had left him unconscious for three days and also
bedridden for the months. On September of 1908 on the date of
12th, he and Clementine Hozier got married in St. Margarets,
Westminster. After he had five children, Diana, Randolph,
Sarah, Marigold and Mary. Winston with Fiance
 Military service

Once Winston left Harrow in 1893, he had just applied to
attend the Royal Military College. As he had tried three
times but yet failed all three times, but before eventually
passing the entrance exam. He had entered to be trained for
the cavalry rather than the infantry because of the grade
was lower, also he wasnt required to learn mathematics,
which he disliked. He finally graduated eight out of a class
of 150 others in December 1894. But although he now could
have transferred to a infantry regiment, which was his
father wish for him, he remained in the cavalry and was
commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 4th Queens own
Hussars in 1895, 20th of February. During 1941, Churchill
received the honour of being appointed Regimental Colonel
of the 4th Hussars. The honour was increased after the
Second World War, he was appointed as Colonel in Chief,
but this was usually reserved for members of the royal
family. At his pay as being a second lieutenant in the 4th
Hussars, which was 300 euros, but he believed that he
needed around 500 euros further just to support a style of
life. Churchill in Military uniform, 1865
 First World War

On October 5th 1914, Winston left to go to Antwerp,
which the Belgian government were proposed to
evacuate. The Royal Marine Brigade was on the way
there at Churchills urgings the 1st and 2nd Naval
Brigades were also committed. As he had returned on
October 7th, but Antwerp fell on the 10th of October,
2,500 British men, a lot barely trained, were taken
prisoner or interned, neutral in the Netherlands. He
was attacked for some squandering resources by a
week. He also was involved with the tank
development, which was financed from the Navy
budget.