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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom. He was a widely known as Britain’s greatest leader of the 20th century. His decisiveness, courage, vitality and political experience enabled him to lead his country through World War II, one of the most desperate struggles in British history. Churchill led Britain’s victory over the AXIS powers. A noted statesman and orator, He was also an officer of the army, a historian, an artist and a Nobel Prize-winning writer. Throughout his political career, Churchill held every important cabinet office except for foreign minister.
He was born in Blenheim Palace on November 30,1874, the eldest among the siblings of Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill and Jennie Jerome. Chuchill, during his younger years, had a speech impediment which he constantly worked to overcome. He was married to Clementine Hozler and had four children. He died with stroke at 90 years old; upon his death the Queen granted him the honour of a state funeral which was attended by large assemblies of statesmen in the world