… Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), … son of … Lord Randolph Churchill and … American mother, was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst. After … brief but eventful career in … army, he became … Conservative Member of Parliament. He held … many high posts in Liberal and Conservative governments during … first three decades of … century. At … outbreak of … Second World War, he was appointed First Lord of … Admiralty. In … May, 1940, he became … Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. He took over … premiership again in … Conservative victory of 1951 and resigned in 1955. However, he remained … Member of Parliament until 1964. … Queen Elizabeth II conferred on Churchill … dignity of Knighthood. Among … other countless honours and decorations he received, special mention should be made of … honorary citizenship of … USA which …President Kennedy conferred on him in 1963.