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Exploring Winston Churchill's Political Career

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Winston Churchill Born Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill on November 30, 1874, to an aristocratic family, his father, Lord Randolph Churchill (February 13, 1849) was a British politician was part of the Conservative party. Lord Randolph later began to lead The House Of Commons (the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Great Britain, and Ireland, who congregate in the palace, Westminster and was on the road to being the prime minister, but was not able to carry out the idea because of his own miscalculations and ended his political career shortly after. Jennie Jerome Churchill born January 9, 1854 in New York came from a well to do family herself and was a very large social figure in London at the time of her husband’s political career …show more content…

Even though Winston had monumental hatred for Harrow, he joined the Harrow Rifle Corps in a short period from his enrollment in the school launching him into his military career. In 1893 Churchill left Harrow boarding school at age 19 and attempted to enter the Royal Military College (presently the Royal Military Academy) in Sandhurst, England, failing the entry test three times before being selected into the school. The original school was built in 1741 and is still around today training attendees rigorously both mentally and physically. Even with his initial struggles entering the academy, he ranked high enough to enter the cavalry (soldiers that fought on horseback) but came up short for the “points” to enter the infantry (soldiers fighting on foot). "I was no longer handicapped by past neglect of Latin, French or Mathematics. We had now to learn fresh things and we all started equal. Tactics, Fortification, Topography (mapmaking), Military Law and Military Fortification, formed the whole curriculum” (‘Winston’s Military career’ u.a,

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