Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, (1874-1965), was a British politician, statesman, army officer, historian, writer and painter. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from two years between 1922 and 1924 Churchill was a Member of Parliament from 1900 to 1964. Churchill was born in Oxford shire to a wealthy aristocratic family. Churchill took the lead in calling for British rearmament to counter the growing threat of militarism from Nazi Germany. In May 1940, he became Prime Minister replacing Neville Chamberlain. After victory in 1945 he became leader of the opposition. Amid the developing Cold War with the Soviet Union he publicly warned of an “Iron Curtain “and promoted European unity. With declining health Churchill resigned as Prime Minister in 1955. Upon his death in 1965 he received a state funeral. Widely considered one of the 20th century's most significant figures he is seen as a victorious wartime leader who played an important role defending Europe’s democracies against the spread of fascism. Among his many awards was the Nobel Prize in literature.
 
ALS Signed “Winston S. Churchill". One page 5 x 8 personal letterhead.  
Dated November 12 no year- However the address-35A Great Cumberland Place, was Churchills home from 1895-1900, which dates this letter to that period.
 
Letter is to his cousin, Ivor Viscount Wimborne who was a British politician and one of the last Lords Lieutenant of Ireland, serving in that position at the time of the Easter Rising. 
 
Upon his retirement in 1918, was named Viscount Wimborne of Canford  Magna in the County of Dorset. A fine association between Churchill and his bloodline.