Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, British statesman, soldier, and author: Early Career

Educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, he became (1894) an officer in the 4th hussars. On leave in 1895, he saw his first military action in Cuba as a reporter for London's Daily Graphic. He served in India and in 1898 fought at Omdurman in Sudan under Kitchener. Having resigned his commission, he was sent (1899) to cover the South African War by the Morning Post, and his accounts of his capture and imprisonment by the Boers and his escape raised him to the forefront of English journalists.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Character and Influence
• The Postwar Period
• World War II
• Early Government Posts
• Early Career
• Bibliography

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