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 committed suicide by shooting himself in the head, at his home in Concord, New Hampshire.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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...
Banker, politician and scientific writer. Born at 29 Eaton Place. He went into his father's banking business at the age of 14 and became a partner in 1856. Entered parliament in 1870, and succeeded...
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
JP, DL., Chairman of the Hornsey District Council.
