Sample Outline: Winston Churchill -birth to PM

I. Winston Spencer Churchill  from important family
A. Born 1874 Blenheim palace
B. Old family, father 3rd son of Duke of Marlborough, mother American millionairess
1. rich landowner
2. politician
C. Harrow school
1. not answer entrance exam questions
a. still can enter
II. WC joins army
A. Harrow to Sandhurst
1. Brit officer school
2. entered cavalry
B. fought in India, Sudan, South Africa
1. good officer, brave
C. became war correspondent
1. captured in SA
2. escaped
3. became hero
III 1899 resigned  from army, into politics
A. 1900 elected Con.MP for Oldham
1. disagreed with Con party policies
B. 1904 Joined Lib. party
1. 1908 President of Board of Trade
2. 1910 Home Secretary
C. First Lord of the Admiralty
1. efficient
2. modernizer
3. prepared for war
D. Resigned after Gallipoli disaster
1. became army officer on Western front
IV. After war re-enters politics rejoins Con. party
A. Chancellor of the Exchequer
1. not very good
a. return to gold standard
B. Con lose power, Churchill disliked by many
1. becomes backbencher (unimportant)
V. 1930s warns against Hitler
A. says war coming
B. says Germany strong
C. says Britain must rearm
VI. 1939 WWII starts
A. Churchill proved right
B. Many British defeats
C. PM resigns
VII. 1940 Churchill appointed PM