United States ambassador to Great Britain 1941-46. Born New York City. Succeeded the pro-appeasement ambassador, Joseph Kennedy, Winant was with Churchill when news arrived of the attack on Pearl Harbour. Married with children, he had an affair with Sarah, Winston Churchill's second daughter.
On the day his book 'Letter from Grosvenor Square' was published he died by suicide, shooting himself in the head, at his home in Concord, New Hampshire.
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John Gilbert Winant
John Gilbert Winant, 1889 - 1947, United States Ambassador, 1941 - 1946, live...
Winant House A tribute to Londoners courage; a reminder of two countries nev...
Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover, known as Sir Benjamin Hall 1838-59, civil engineer and politician. First Commisioner of Works 1855-58. He oversaw the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament and h...
Mexican lawyer and politician, who served as the 26th president of Mexico, 1858 - his death in 1872. He was the first president of Mexico who was of indigenous origin.
George Joseph Levy was born on 25 May 1927, the younger of the two children of Percy Philip Levy (1892-1964) and Maude Agnes Levy née Simmons (1900-1991). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarte...
Mayor of West Ham, 1900 - 01. From Sludge G: "Born Worle, nr Weston-super-Mare, Somerset 1838, died West Ham May 16, 1917. In 1881, Plasterer employing 10 men, living at 1 Victoria Villas, Essex St...
Born as Raine McCorquodale. Mother Barbara Cartland. Worked for the preservation of ancient buildings. Her second, of three, marriages made her stepmother to Diana, soon to be, Princess of Wales. ...
British film pioneer in the silent era. Born 12 Beaufort (now Somerset) Gardens, Lewisham. Father was a Victorian magic lanternist. Died at home at 211 Eastcote Road, Ruislip. Caroline's Miscellany...
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