Sir Winston Churchill from LIFE magazine

[voxsartoria]

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill: atypical shots of the most important half English, half American man in history...in so many ways, a part of the transformation into modernity.

And the photograph that for me, not from LIFE, that captures him perfectly in a way that the well known tommy gun photograph does not:

For those of you who aren't Brits and do not know too much about Churchill, here is his family home.

Elevation of the facade from the original plans:

From the air:

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[Manton]

I think it would be more accurate to call Chartwell his family home.

 

[GuidoWongolini]

How many foyers do you think there are?

 

[dfagdfsh]

rich aristocrats in turn-of-the-centiry England dress wel?!

anyway, I like his cane. we need more canes on this board.

 

[Philip1978]

Churchill spent much of his retirement at his home Chartwell in Kent. He purchased it in 1922 after his daughter Mary was born.

 

[rioni]

^ what a shack

 

[Philip1978]

Just a quick question, how do I post a picture right into my thread, instead of as an attachment?

 

[mimile]

It seems safe to say that he was quite elegant.

 

[anon]

what a babydick home.

I dig the guy with the wig, though.

 

[Manton]

Blenheim was Churchill's grandfather's home, then his uncle's, then his first cousin's. Churchill was born there, but lived there only briefly, as I recall.

 

[ohm]

Originally Posted by Phat Guido

How many foyers do you think there are?

The entire place is just one huge foyer.

 

[yfyf]

Churchill was such a baller.

 

[Parker]

Was the cutaway frock coat a special occasion suit at that point, or was it something one did day-to-day business in?

Also, are those zippers on his shoes? (seated photo with top hat and cane)

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by Parker

Was the cutaway frock coat a special occasion suit at that point, or was it something one did day-to-day business in?

Churchill wore a frock coat to parliament into the 1950s, well after the point at which it had fallen out of everyday use.

 

[romafan]

His daughter-in-law was quite the scalawag.....