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May 22, 2013

Finest Hour 147, Summer 2010

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Winston Remembered

On the Spot Years ago Winston Remembered when I was in Manchester, I rang up Mr. Churchill’s local office as a Member of Parliament for Davyhulme. He answered the phone personally. I asked if I could go to his office to get his autograph. He immediately told me to come right down because he was about to leave. I took a postcard of his grandfather, which he signed on the reverse. I still have it.
DEREK BROWNLEADER
SECRETARY, INTERNATIONAL CHURCHILL SOCIETY, 1982-90

Mr. Churchill..Mr. Churchill

During the late 1980s I was posted to London as deputy commander of U.S. Coast Guard Activities Europe. In 1989 a London friend, John Guthrie, arranged a meeting in the Member’s Lounge of Parliament between Mr. Churchill and Captain Churchill, an odd occurrence that reminded me about the meetings between the English and American Winston Churchills in Boston in 1901.

For about thirty minutes, we discussed world affairs, observing that (a) we were very nearly the same age, and (b) we both too

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Churchill’s youth coincided with the high-water mark of Victorian imperial optimism. He reached political maturity at a time when the British Empire was coming under increasing strain, and the final decade of his active career saw major steps towards its dissolution, very much against his will. Yet although he is remembered as a ‘die-hard’ defender of the Empire, examination of the documentary record shows that this image – which he himself cultivated in the years after 1918 – cannot be taken wholly at face value.

One of the most controversial aspects of Winston Churchill’s lengthy career is his view of Empire. This is an issue that provokes strong feelings because it is closely connected with sensitive issues of race and power. In the Western world, Churchill is generally celebrated for his leadership during the Second World War. In former British colonial territories, by contrast, he tends to be associated with an imperial legacy that is often seen as extremely damaging. There also appears to be a contradiction between Churchill’s brave, forward-looking opposition to Nazi tyran

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Racial views of Winston Churchill

Views held and comments said on race by Winston Churchill

Throughout his life, Winston Churchill made numerous controversial statements on race, which some writers have described as racist. It is furthermore suggested that his personal views influenced important decisions he made throughout his political career, particularly relating to the British Empire, of which he was a staunch advocate and defender. In the 21st century, his views on race and empire are frequently discussed, and controversial, aspects of his legacy.

Views of Churchill towards race

According to historians

John Charmley wrote that Churchill viewed British domination around the globe, such as the British Empire, as a natural consequence of social Darwinism. Charmley argued that similar to many of Churchill's contemporaries, he held a hierarchical perspective on race, believing white Protestant Christians to be at the top of this hierarchy, and white Catholics beneath them, while Indians were higher on this hierarchy than black Africans.^[2]

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