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...
Aristocrat and politician. Son of Edward, the 1st Earl. Born in England but brought up partly in the Netherlands. Returned to England in 1660 and entered politics. Died in London.
Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
In January 1972, at the time of Bloody Sunday, Hymans is reported as being in Belfast as Fenner Brockway 's secretary, sharing a platform with him, Bernadette Devlin and Rory McShane.
Lady District Superintendent in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1893-1923. Dame Grace in the Order of St John.
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