Clementine churchill biography video

Wife of Winston Churchill and life peer (1885–1977)

"Lady Churchill" redirects here.

By Winston Churchill's own admission, victory in the Second World War would have been “impossible without her.” Until now, however, the only.

She was the wife of one of Britain's greatest Prime Ministers, but who was she beyond that?

Sonia Purnell discusses her new book, Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill, with Manuela Roosevelt at Roosevelt House Public.

Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill," by Sonia Purnell, is a deeply researched biography that highlights the essential role.

Sonia Purnell recalls the life of Clementine Churchill, wife of fifty-seven years to Winston Churchill.

For other uses, see Lady Churchill (disambiguation).

Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill,^[1]GBE (née Hozier; 1 April 1885 – 12 December 1977) was the wife of Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and a life peer in her own right.

While she was legally the daughter of Sir Henry Hozier, her mother Lady Blanche's known infidelity and his suspected infertility makes her paternity uncertain.

Clementine met Churchill in 1904 and they began their marriage of 56 years in 1908.

They had five children together, one of whom (named Marigold) died aged two from sepsis. During the First World War, Clementine organised canteens for munitions workers and during the Second World War, she acted as Chairman of the Red CrossAid to Russia Fund, President of the Young Women's Christian Association War Time Appeal and Chairm