Young Titan
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Saturday Review, 8, 113
Savrola (Churchill), 7, 16, 17, 24, 208
“Scaffolding of Rhetoric, The” (Churchill), 28–29
Scotland, Asquith family retreats in, 180, 184, 185–87, 188–90, 259
Scotsman, 89, 187–88
Scottish Liberal Congress, 190
Scrivings, George, 163
seaplanes, 293
Second Star of Africa, 159
Secret Service Bureau, 233, 255
Sekgoma, Chief, 133
Serbians, in World War I, 306
Shakespeare, William, 271
Shaw, George Bernard, 35, 113, 269
Sheffield, Lord, 246
Sickert, Walter, 167
Silesia, 141
Sinn Fein, 66
Six Panics, The (Hirst), 296
Slains Castle, 184, 185–87, 188–90
Smith, F. E., 208–10, 247, 248, 249, 250, 280, 290, 291, 294
socialism, Churchill’s objections to, 177–78
Souls, 52
South Africa:
mine workers’ treatment in, 136
post-Boer War policy in, 135–37, 157, 158
see also Boer War
Soveral, Luis de, 106–7
Spanish Armada, 266, 271, 272
Spectator, 88, 126
Spencer-Churchill, Charles Richard John “Sunny,” 132, 182, 188, 210
Churchill’s relationship with, 18, 27, 216, 280
Clementine Churchill’s dislike of, 216, 281
Consuelo Vanderbilt’s marriage to, 18, 144, 145–46
at Jennie Churchill’s second wedding, 37
political activities of, 58, 60, 280, 281, 282
Spender, J. A., 203
Stafford House, 43
Stanley, Arthur, 42
Stanley, Venetia, 185, 187, 188, 190, 308–9, 311, 313, 315
Star, 192
Stead, W. T., 98
Stevenson, Frances, 285–86
Stewart, Helen, 43
Stewart, Nancy, 273–74
Stirling, Chief Constable, 219
Stoker, Bram, 190
Strachey, Lytton, 307
Strangeways Prison, 222
Stuart, George, 177
Stuart, Gilbert, 46
Sudan, 161, 163
British campaign in, 17, 34
see also Omdurman, Battle of
suffragettes, 172–74, 175–76, 211, 228–29, 230, 242, 296
Churchill’s position on, 172, 229, 230
Sutherland, Millicent, 43–44, 58, 59, 63, 84, 85, 94
Switzerland, 102, 140
syphilis, 110–11
Taplow Court, 55, 56, 150–51
tariff policy, 68, 69–70, 71–72, 73–84, 85–86, 87–88, 89–90, 98, 172, 202
10 Downing Street, 179, 290
Tennyson, Alfred, 54
Third Reich, 297–98
Thucydides, 280
Times, 43, 65, 75, 93, 95, 129, 181, 187, 226, 234, 235
Tonypandy, Wales, mining strike in, 233–37, 239
Tory Party, see Conservative Party
toys, 246
Trade Boards Act, 193, 196
Tranby Croft, 105
Transvaal, 135, 137, 157
Treasury:
Asquith’s leadership of, 119, 149
Churchill’s rejected appointment to, 119
Lloyd George’s leadership of, 169, 193, 195, 201–3, 210–13, 286, 297, 301–2
Randolph Churchill’s leadership at, 72
Turkey, in World War I, 313, 315, 316
see also Gallipoli
Twain, Mark, 21
Uganda, 162
Ulster, see Irish Home Rule; Unionists
Ulster Volunteer Force, 302–3
Unionists, 302–5
Blenheim Palace rally of, 280–82
Churchill’s vilification by, 268, 269–70, 281, 284
Conservative alliance with, 58, 59, 60, 63, 220, 280, 283
in House of Commons debate, 282–83
Sunny Spencer-Churchill’s support of, 58, 280, 281, 282
United Nations, 6
United States:
British stereotype of, 35
Churchill’s lecture tour in, 15, 16, 17, 20–21, 23, 24
Churchill’s planned 1904 trip to, 101–2
Churchill’s reputation in, 24, 107, 171
naval power of, 276
United States Steel, 208
Vanbrugh, John, 56
Vanderbilt, Consuelo, 55, 85, 154, 247
Churchill’s relationship with, 9, 32, 33, 38, 43, 145–46
at 1901 Blenheim rally, 58, 60
Sunny Spencer-Churchill’s marriage to, 18, 144, 145–46
Vanderbilt, William, 144
Venice, Italy, 140, 160
Venus, HMS, 161
Victoria, Queen of England:
Chamberlain’s criticism by, 63
death of, 19–20, 25, 26, 27
warmaking by, 47
Victorian era, 39–40
Chamberlain’s success in, 61
sexual taboos in, 110
Vincent, Helen, 160
Vivian, Herbert, 73–74, 97
Wales, Lloyd George’s standing in, 236–37
Wanklyn, James L., 91, 92–93
War Office, 119
Warwick, Countess of, 16, 85
Warwick Castle, 16, 85
Washington, George, 46
Waterloo, Battle of, 6
Webb, Beatrice, 78–79, 164, 195
Webb, Sidney, 78
Wells, H. G., 27, 47, 174
West African Frontier Force, 131
Westminster, Duke of, 298
Wharton, Edith, 166
Whistler, James McNeill, 167
Wilberg, Herr, 254
Wilde, Oscar, 35, 282
Wildman-Lushington, Captain, 293–94
Wilhelm II, Kaiser of Germany:
British relations with, 256, 263–64, 267–68
Churchill’s visit with, 11, 141–43
French opinion of, 299
Wilson, Arthur, 104
Wilson, Muriel:
Churchill’s friendship with, 182, 183, 321
Churchill’s romance with, 104–7, 108, 121, 140–41, 158, 160, 167
Windsor Castle, 55
Winnipeg, Canada, 17, 19–20, 23, 24–26
Winston Churchill as I Knew Him (Asquith), 151
Winterton, Lord, 247
women:
Asquith’s relationships with, 154, 308–9, 311, 313, 315
in Churchill family, 33, 38
Churchill’s relationships with, 8–9, 11, 43–44, 50–55, 147; see also Asquith, Violet; Barrymore, Ethel; Plowden, Pamela; Wilson, Muriel
Edwardian, 10, 32–33
in House of Commons, 2, 32–33, 248
in journalism, 129
Lloyd George’s relationships with, 100, 285–86
see also suffragettes
Woodcock, Edward, 223–25
working class:
Conservative Party’s relations with, 93
legislation benefitting, 193, 236
Lloyd George’s appeal to, 211–12, 213, 215
unrest among, 233–37, 251–54, 296
World War I, 10–11, 257–58, 306–18
Churchill’s Admiralty leadership in, 306–8, 309–10, 311–17, 318
Churchill’s combat service in, 11, 321
Churchill’s histories of, 324
Churchill’s predictions about, 48, 257–58, 306
Liberal Party leadership in, 308, 309, 316, 317, 318
naval leadership in, 265
Royal Navy’s role in, 300, 307
stalemate in, 258, 312, 313, 315
start of, 295, 305
trench warfare in, 258
see also European war
World War II, 1–3
Churchill’s leadership in, 2–3, 6
Wren, Joseph, 222
Wyndham, George, 201
Young, G
. M., 291
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Young titan : the making of Winston Churchill / Michael Shelden.
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1. Churchill, Winston, 1874–1965. 2. Great Britain––Politics and government––1901–1936. 3. Cabinet officers––Great Britain––Biography. 4. Prime ministers––Great Britain––Biography. I. Title. II. Title: Making of Winston Churchill.
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