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Churchill was the son of Lord Randolph Churchill, the third son of the seventh Duke of Marlborough, and American Jennie Jerome, daughter of American millionaire Leonard Jerome. Winston Churchill was descended from John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough and was a cousin of the ninth Duke.

Churchill's childhood was spent in boarding schools, including the Headmaster's House of Harrow School. An anecdote: in the entrance exam in the subject of Latin, wrote the title of it, his name and the number 1 followed by a period and nothing else, as I had no idea what to write. Can not say I give blank, because, well, dropped two ink blots. Although it was accepted, given the weight of his family background, but was assigned to the rearmost division of the school where English is taught, always matter in which he stressed. In Harrow there Churchill award given to essays in English.

During his stay in Harrow, were sporadic visits by his mother, whom loved and who wrote frequent letters asking him to visit him or allow him to travel to her. He followed his father's career, but barely existed relationship. On one occasion, in 1886, Churchill said, "My father is the Chancellor of the Exchequer and someday that's what I'll be." The experience of his bleak childhood marked him throughout his life.

Churchill did not progress much in Harrow, was punished for his poor work and lack of dedication. Had an independent and rebellious personality; failed to reach many merits academically, suspending various subjects except mathematics and history, in which he was often placed among the best students. But his refusal to study the classics prevented him get more out.

His failure in school justified it as an act of rebellion against his father. However, he managed to be champion of fencing school.

Military career

Churchill, but only got it after the third attempt, September 1893 entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and in December 1894 he graduated eighth among hundred of his promoción.3 He enlisted in the army when he was 21 as a second lieutenant in the 4th Hussars Regiment, stationed in Bangalore, India. When he arrived, he suffered an accident that dislocated her shoulder, causing him pain and discomfort for life.

In India, the main occupation of the regiment was playing polo. The team had many successes, the first regiment of South India to win the Inter-Regiments Cup. Churchill also devoted time to cultivate, read lots of books.

Churchill in military uniform hussar in 1895, at the age of 21 years.

During the period in which it remained in India, he found a way to engage in major conflicts of the British colonial empire. In 1895 he traveled to Cuba, where he observed the Spanish fighting between troops and rebels. The Daily Graphic financed his trip to shift to write articles about what was seeing. He had his first experience in a war to be exposed to crossfire from both sides the day he turned 21 years old. He used this trip to visit the United States, being presented to society in New York by a lover of his mother, Bourke Cockran. In 1897, he tried to go to the Balkans when war broke out between Turkey and Greece, which ended before he could arrive. He continued way to England to take leave, but as he returned the Pashtun rebellion began in the northwest frontier of India, so he returned to India to participate in this campaign.

The commander of the expedition, Bindon Blood, promised Churchill could join his army. The campaign against the Pashtun lasted only six weeks. Moreover, he continued to write articles for newspapers such as The Pioneer and The Daily Telegraph. In October 1897, Churchill returned to England and published his first book, The Story of the Malakand Field Force, which recounts his experiences during the campaign.

While he was stationed in India, Churchill managed to obtain various permits. When Horatio Kitchener organized the campaign to reconquer the Sudan, Churchill tried to join his army, but Kitchener opposed. Churchill began to move all your contacts, including then Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury. Churchill finally achieved his goal and joined the 21.º Regiment of Lancers (decision that was the responsibility of the ministry of war, not of Kitchener). Simultaneously worked as a correspondent for The Morning Post. In Sudan, he participated in the Battle of Omdurman, which occurred last cavalry charge of the British in this war. In October 1898 he returned to England and began writing The River War, two-volume work published in 1899.

That same year, Churchill left the army and began his political career. He introduced himself as a Conservative candidate in the electoral district of Oldham, but managed to be elected. Took third place in a district that corresponded to only two representatives in Parliament.

On October 12, 1899, Churchill was sent as a correspondent for the newspaper The Morning Post to cover the Second Anglo-Boer War. Back in South Africa, Churchill was on a train British Army commanded by Aylmer Haldane, when it was attacked and derailed by the Boers. Churchill, although it was not a fighter, took command of the operation. He managed to repair the track and locomotive, as well as half of the cars, which transported the injured to a safe area. Churchill was not so lucky and was taken prisoner by the Boers and sent to the prison camp that had become the States model school of Pretoria, along with several officers and British soldiers.

Political career

Beginnings

Churchill in the United States during a lecture tour in 1900.

On his return from South Africa, Churchill returned to stand as a candidate for Oldham in the elections of 1900. He was elected, but instead of attending the opening of Parliament, went on tour throughout the United Kingdom and the United States giving speeches and managing to raise £ 10,000.

In February 1901, Churchill returned to England and, once installed in Parliament, was associated with a group of dissidents from the Conservative Party led by Hugh Cecil. During the first session of Parliament, Churchill objected, against the opinion within his party majority, the budget presented by the government for the army, which he considered excessive. In 1903 his views began to differ from those of Lord Hugh. In 1904 Churchill's dissatisfaction with the Conservatives and the Liberal Party attraction was such that, after a recess of Parliament, crossed the room and