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1874.
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Born at Blenheim Palace on 30th
November 1874.
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1888-92.
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Educated at Harrow School.
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1893-94.
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Cadet at Royal Military College,
Sandhurst.
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1895.
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Commissioned in the Fourth
Hussars.
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1896-9.
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Military service in India and the
Sudan.
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1898.
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Publishes The Story of the Malakand Field
Force.
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1899.
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Publishes The River War and Savrola.
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1891-1900.
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War Correspondent in South
Africa.
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1900.
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MP for Oldham.
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1900.
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Publishes Ian Hamilton's March, and London to
Ladysmith.
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1904.
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Leaves the Conservative Party and
joins the Liberals.
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1903.
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Under-Secretary of State for the
Colonies.
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1906-8.
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MP for North-West Manchester.
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1906.
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Publishes Lord Randolph Churchill.
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1906.
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Publishes My African Journey.
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1908.
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Marries Clementine Hozier.
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1908-10.
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President of the Board of
Trade.
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1908-12.
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MP for Dundee.
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1910-11.
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Home Secretary.
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1911-15.
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First Lord of the Admiralty.
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1915.
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Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster.
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1915-16.
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On active war service in
France.
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1917-18.
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Minister of Munitions.
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1919-21.
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Secretary of State for War and
Air.
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1921-22.
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Secretary of State for the Colonies
and bought Chartwell.
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1992-24.
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Out of Parliament.
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1923-31.
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Publishes The World Crisis.
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1924-29.
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Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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1924-25.
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MP for Epping.
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1925.
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Rejoins Conservative Party.
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1930's.
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The Wilderness Years - Life at
Chartwell in the 30's.
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1930.
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Publishes My Early Life.
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1932.
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Publishes Thoughts and Adventures.
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1933-38.
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Publishes Marlborough: His Life and
Times.
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1937.
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Publishes Great Contemporaries.
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1939.
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Publishes Step by Step.
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1939-40.
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First Lord of the Admiralty
again.
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1940-45.
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Prime Minister and Minister of
Defence.
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1945.
I945-51.
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Rejected by the elecortate!
Leader of the Opposition.
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1945-64.
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MP for Woodford.
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1946.
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Receives the Order of Merit.
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1948-54.
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Publishes The Second World War.
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1951-55.
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Prime Minister.
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1953.
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Appointed a Knight of the Garter.
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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1956-58.
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Publishes A History of the English-Speaking
Peoples.
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1963.
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Proclaimed the first Honorary Citizen
of the United States.
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1964.
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Celebrates his ninetieth
birthday.
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1965.
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Dies on 24th January.
State Funeral in St Paul's Cathedral.
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