EXECUTIVE OFFICE |
MAJOR INITIATIVES* |
RESULT* |
BOOKS PUBLISHED |
(Note: Ministers must be Members of Parliament - MPs) None (1900-1905) (Member of Parliament) |
Elected 1900 as a Conservative; in 1904 switched to Liberal Party |
Success Success |
The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898) The River War (1899); Savrola (1899) London to Ladysmith via Pretoria (1900) Ian Hamilton's March (1900) Mr. Brodick's Army (1903) |
Colonial Under-Secretary 1905-1908 |
Transvaal constitution |
Success |
Lord Randolph Churchill (1906) For Free Trade (1906) |
President, Board of Trade 1908-1910 (out of Parliament 24 Apr 1908 - May 09) |
Labor dispute mediation Arbitration courts Labor Exchanges Minimum wage |
Success Mixed Success Success |
My African Journey (1908) Liberalism and the Social Problem (1909) |
Home Secretary 1910-1911 |
Strike intervention Home rule for Ireland Prison reform Insurance Act Labor and Shop Acts |
Mixed Inconclusive Mixed Success Success |
The People's Rights (1910) |
First Lord of the Admiralty 1911-1915 |
Naval staff reorganization Fleet power conversion (coal to oil) Naval Air Corps Ship development project Tank development project Dardanelles |
Success Success
Success Success Success Failure |
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Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 28 May 1915 - 11 Nov 1915 |
Only serious duty is to appoint County magistrates; a sinecure. |
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None (1915-1916) (Member of Parliament) |
Battalion commander, France |
Success |
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Minister of Munitions 1917-1919 |
Streamlining of ministry Output increases |
Success Success |
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Secretary of State for Air & War 1919-1921 |
Russian intervention Demobilization |
Failure Success |
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Colonial Secretary 1921-1922 |
Home Rule for Ireland Middle East reorganization |
Mixed Success |
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Out of Parliament 16 Nov 1922 - 29 Oct 1924 |
1924 Returns to Conservative Party |
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The World Crisis (vol. 1 & 2/5) (1923) |
Chancellor of the Exchequer 1924-1929 |
Gold standard restoration Income tax reduction Sweeping tax reform Coal strike mediation General Strike 1926 |
Failure Success Failure Failure Mixed |
The World Crisis ( vol. 3 & 4/5) (1927-29) |
None (1929-1939) (Member of Parliament) "Wilderness Years" |
Opposed India Bill Campaign for rearmament Defended Edward VIII |
Failure Failure Mixed |
The World Crisis ( vol. 5/5) (1931) My Early Life: A Roving commission(1930) India (1931) Thoughts and Adventures/Amid These Storms (1932) Marlborough: His Life and Times(1933-38) Great Contemporaries (1937) Arms and the Covenant/While England Slept (1938) |
First Lord of the Admiralty 1939-1940 |
Norwegian offensive Attacking German Fleet National Broadcasts |
Failure Success Success |
Step by Step 1936-1939 (1939) |
Prime Minister and Minister of Defence 1940-1945 |
Mobilized English Language WW2 - vs. Germany/Italy WW2 - vs. Japan Opposed Soviet hegemony |
Success Success Success Failure |
Into Battle/Blood Sweat and Tears(1941) The Unrelenting Struggle (1942) The End of the Beginning (1943) Onward to Victory (1944) |
Prime Minister 1945 |
Caretaker Government |
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The Dawn of Liberation (1945) |
None Leader of the Opposition (1945-1951 |
Tory domestic policy Warned of Soviet threat Supported Labour's Foreign Policy |
Success Success
Mixed
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Secret Session Speeches (1946) The Second World War 6 vol. (1948-53) Sinews of Peace (1948) Europe Unite (1950) |
Prime Minister 1951-1955 |
Cold War mediation |
Failure |
In the Balance (1951); Stemming the Tide (1953) |
None 1955-1964 (Member of Parliament) |
Intercedes with Eisenhower over Suez |
Failure |
History of the English-Speaking Peoples 4 vol. (1956-58); The Unwritten Alliance (1961) Winston S. Churchill: The Complete Speeches 8 vol. (1974) The Collected Essays of Sir Winston Churchill 4 vol. (1975) |