Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born on November 30, 1874 and died on January 24, 1965. He was the son of the politician Lord Randolph Churchill and Jennie Jerome (an American ). He was a direct descendant of the first Duke of Marlborough. Physically, he was a small man, 5 feet tall. Churchill attended Harrow and Sandhurst. On the death of his father in 1895, Churchill was appointed to the Fourth Hussar. He was later granted leave and worked during the Cuban War as a reporter for the London Daily Graphic. Churchill served as a soldier from 1896 to 1897. He also worked as a journalist in India. In 1898 he fought at the Battle of Omdurman in Sudan. He was captured by the Boers and made a daring escape. Upon his return to England in 1900, Churchill was very popular and considered a hero. Winston Churchill is a great figure in British and world history. After winning the seat of Oldham in the 1900 general election, he associated himself with a faction of the Conservative Party then led by Lord Hugh Cecil. Churchill opposed government spending on the military. His own constituency did not like him, although he was an MP until the next general election. After the Whitsun holidays in 1904, he switched to the Liberal Party where he supported free trade. Churchill became Under-Secretary of State in 1905 when the Liberals took power (with Henry Campbell-Bannerman as Prime Minister). Churchill was appointed President of the Board of Trade. As president, he opposed large spending on the construction of Navy dreadnought warships. He supported liberal reforms by introducing the Trade Boards Bill which fixed the British minimum wage. In 1908 he married Clémentine Ogilvy Hozier, with whom he had a son and the...... middle of paper...... of a good life. Leaders must answer the questions of the future and allow others to bring what they have and use their vision to shape tactical decisions. According to Churchill, taking a leadership position means having a vision of what can be done and accomplished in a given time frame. You have to be committed to the goals and to the people you lead. A leader must be responsible for achieving the goals and well-being of his followers. One must be able to take risks and accept failure whenever it occurs and accept recognition for both.ReferencesHutchison. (1952). maintaining Sir Winston Churchill's legacy of leadership for the benefit of future generations. London: Churchill Leadership Ltd (52 Upper Brook Street). Mlls, D.Q. (2005). Leadership How to lead, how to live. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.