WINSTON S. CHURCHILL 10 October 1940 - 2 March 2010 - 5-Mar-10: BABC Houston British-American Business Council Houston BABC British American US/UK article

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WINSTON S. CHURCHILL
10 October 1940 - 2 March 2010

LONDON, MARCH 2ND-- It is with great sadness that the Churchill family announces the death of Winston S. Churchill after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 69 and died peacefully at home in London. He is survived by his devoted wife, Luce, his four children from his first marriage and eleven grandchildren.

Winston, the grandson of the wartime Prime Minister, was a war correspondent, author, politician and patron of a number of charities including the UK National Defence Association of which he was the Founder President. He was a Member of Parliament for twenty-seven years. He bore his final illness with the great fortitude that those who knew him would have expected. There will be a private family funeral and a Memorial Service will be announced at a later date.

FROM THE CHURCHILL CENTRE

Winston Churchill was our third honorary member after his grandmother Lady Churchill, and his father Randolph. The latter had only just sent a letter of thanks for this to our founding organization, the Churchill Study Unit, when he himself died in June, 1968. In expressing our condolences we asked his son Winston to accept honorary membership in his father's place. He accepted and for over forty years was a stalwart supporter of the Churchill Study Unit, International Churchill Society, and Churchill Centre in succession-a personal friend and a collaborator on projects too numerous to recount.

Condolences will be forwarded to his son Randolph by The Churchill Centre (email info@winstonchurchill.org), 200 West Madison Street, Suite 1700, Chicago IL 60606. Finest Hour will publish memorials and reminiscences in its summer number 147, which has a copy deadline of May 8th. Anyone wishing to send such material may do so by emailing rlangworth@winstonchurchill.org

For further details of Mr. Churchill's work and career, refer to the Curtis Brown tribute by visiting their website.

For obituaries refer to: Daily Telegraph and Manchester Evening News