Only he and Churchill remained in the war cabinet from the formation of the Government of National Unity to the 1945 election.

This double-barrelled surname has remained in the family to this day, though some of the most famous members have preferred to style themselves as merely " Churchill ".

After Soviet forces remained in Eastern and Central European countries, with the beginnings of communist puppet regimes in those countries, Churchill referred to the region as being behind an " Iron Curtain " of control from Moscow.

" The Oliviers remained favourites of Churchill, attending dinners and occasions at his request for the rest of his life ; and, of Leigh, he was quoted as saying, " By Jove, she's a clinker.

" After Soviet forces remained in Eastern and Central European countries, with the beginnings of communist puppet regimes installed in those countries, by falsified elections, Churchill referred to the region as being behind an " Iron Curtain " of control from Moscow.

Some in the King's service, such as the Earl of Salisbury and the Earl of Melfort, betrayed their Protestant upbringing in order to gain favour at court, but although Churchill remained true to his conscience, telling the King, " I have been bred a Protestant, and intend to live and die in that communion ", he was also motivated by self-interest.

When Churchill became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1924, Marsh joined him there as Private Secretary and remained at the Treasury until the fall of Stanley Baldwin's second government in 1929, when Marsh was returned to work at the Colonial Office.

Balfour remained an important figure within the party, however, and when the Unionists joined Asquith's coalition government in May 1915, Balfour succeeded Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty.

Notwithstanding their disagreement, Trenchard and Churchill remained on good terms and on Churchill's 66th birthday ( 30 November 1940 ) they took lunch at Chequers.

The name Whitney has remained, resisting a movement after World War II to rename the mountain for Winston Churchill.

Churchill was initially taken to the German barracks in Annecy, then to Fresnes, where he remained until 13 February 1944, when he was transferred to Berlin for questioning.

Upon hearing about its disbandment later, British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill — a great advocate for the commandos — ordered the formation of the Middle East Commando, made up from the commandos that had remained in the theatre.

Although the Middle East Commando remained in existence after this — largely in an effort to placate Churchill — its personnel were mainly absorbed into larger formations.

However, because Banks remained an Italian citizen and would have been interned in the United Kingdom, she was forced to leave Britain for North America during the war, at the instruction of Winston Churchill, who told her to " Make American Dollars, not British Pounds ," which she did in aid of the Navy League and the Spitfire Fund.

Winston Churchill banned all news coverage of the disaster on learning of it and it remained largely forgotten by history.

It is commonly believed that, when Neville Chamberlain announced his flight to Munich to the cheers of the House, Amery was one of only four members who remained seated ( the others were Churchill, Anthony Eden and Harold Nicolson ).

By 1967 only one Churchill remained serviceable, and by 1969 all were retired.

Maxwell Fyfe remained ambitious and a 1954 Daily Mirror opinion poll, on the popular favourite to succeed Churchill as Party leader and prime minister, had him behind Eden and Butler but well ahead of Macmillan.

The economic support given by the Americans was through the Lend Lease Program which saw the United States provide the United Kingdom " all possible assistance short of war " in the words of Winston Churchill, but they remained a non-belligerent state in the war until President Roosevelt formally declared war on Japan following the attacks on Pearl harbor.

This settled the matter and both Winston Churchill and King George VI remained ashore on D-Day.

" No other journalist or world figure, with the possible exception of Winston Churchill, has remained in the public spotlight for so long ," wrote Norman R. Bowen in Lowell Thomas: The Stranger Everyone Knows ( 1968 ).

He remained as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President until Churchill became Prime Minister in 1940.

He remained in this office after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in May 1940 but was succeeded by R. A. Butler in July 1941.

Supported by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the press, Bracken remained in office until victory was obvious.

In 1982 he was cast alongside Frankie Howerd in the World War II-set comedy series Then Churchill Said to Me but the series remained untransmitted for over a decade due to the outbreak of the Falklands War.

Attlee supported Churchill in his continuation of Britain's resistance after the French capitulation in 1940, and proved a loyal ally to Churchill throughout the conflict ; when the war cabinet had voted on whether to negotiate peace terms, Attlee ( along with fellow Labour minister Arthur Greenwood ) voted in favour of fighting, giving Churchill the majority he needed to continue the war.

To face Monmouth's rebels Churchill was given command of the regular foot in the King's army, but the honour of leading the campaign passed to the limited, yet highly loyal, Earl of Feversham.

When the King saw he could not keep even Churchill – for so long his loyal and intimate servant – he despaired.

When the King saw he could not even keep Churchill – for so long his loyal and intimate servant – he fled to France.

James still retained some influence, and he ordered that both Lady Churchill and Princess Anne be placed under house arrest at Anne's residence ( the Cockpit ) in the Palace of Whitehall ; both their husbands, though previously loyal to James, had switched their allegiances to William of Orange.

Churchill responded by sending Cripps to India on a mission (" the Cripps Mission ") to negotiate an agreement with the nationalist leaders Gandhi and Jinnah that would keep India loyal to the British war effort in exchange for a promise of full self-government after the war.

The John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough | Duke of Marlborough's march from Bedburg ( near Cologne ) to the Danube.

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ) by Sir Godfrey Kneller.

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The first holder of the title was John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ), the noted English general, and indeed an unqualified reference to the Duke of Marlborough in a historical text will almost certainly refer to him.

The dukedom was created in 1702 by Queen Anne ; John Churchill, whose wife was a favourite of the queen, had earlier been made Lord Churchill of Eyemouth in the Scottish peerage ( 1682 ), which became extinct with his death, and Earl of Marlborough ( 1689 ) by King William III.

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Admiral John Jellicoe, described by Churchill as the only man who could " lose the war in an afternoon " by losing the strategic British superiority in dreadnought battleships, was not a dashing showman like David Beatty.

At its peak of popularity eugenics was supported by a wide variety of prominent people, including Winston Churchill, Margaret Sanger, Marie Stopes, H. G. Wells, Theodore Roosevelt, George Bernard Shaw, John Maynard Keynes, John Harvey Kellogg, Linus Pauling and Sidney Webb.

" At the event ceremony, director John Ford announced that Capra had also received the Order of British Empire ( OBE ) on the recommendation of Winston Churchill.

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The allied forces were led by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and by Prince Eugene of Savoy.

Winston Churchill, for example, argued that " hen the long tally is added, it will be seen that the British nation and the English-speaking world owe far more to the vices of John than to the labours of virtuous sovereigns ".

* The 2005 John Birmingham novel Designated Targets features a cameo of Philby, under orders from Moscow to assist Otto Skorzeny's mission to assassinate Winston Churchill.

The track would soon become known as Churchill Downs, named for John and Henry Churchill, who provided the land for the racetrack.

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* 1706 – Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal Villeroi.

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John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough