Hippocrates biography summary of winston churchill

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Churchill was famous for his stubborn resistance to Hitler during the darkest hours of the Second World War. He was brought up by servants and friends of the family. He rarely spoke to his father, and he spent most of his childhood at boarding school — Harrow. On leaving school, he went to Sandhurst to train as an officer. After gaining his commission, Churchill sought to gain as much active military experience as possible.

He also combined his military duties with working as a war correspondent — earning substantial money for his reports on the fighting. In , he resigned from the military and pursued his career as a war correspondent. He was in South Africa for the Boer War, and he became a minor celebrity for his role in taking part in a scouting patrol, getting captured and later escaping.

He might have gained the Victoria Cross for his efforts, though officially he was a civilian at the time. Churchill returned to the UK in and successfully stood as a Conservative candidate for Oldham. After becoming an MP, Churchill began a lucrative speaking tour, where he could command a high price for his speeches. In , he made a dramatic shift, leaving the Conservative Party and joining the Liberal Party.

Churchill disagreed with an increasing amount of Conservative policies, including tariff protection. Churchill also had some empathy for improving the welfare of the working class and helping the poor. In the Liberal Party, Churchill made a meteoric political rise.