Winston Churchill
Life & Masonic Timeline
Nov 30, 1874
Age 0
Born
Nov 30, 1874
Age 0
Born at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
Feb 20, 1895
Age 20
Commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the 4th Queen's Own Hussars
Oct 1, 1900
Age 25
Elected Member of Parliament for Oldham (Conservative)
May 24, 1901
Age 26
Initiated an Entered Apprentice
May 24, 1901
Age 26
Initiated as Entered Apprentice Freemason (Studholme Lodge No. 1591)
Jul 19, 1901
Age 26
Passed to the Degree of Fellowcraft
Jul 19, 1901
Age 26
Passed as Fellowcraft
Mar 5, 1902
Age 27
Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason
Mar 5, 1902
Age 27
Raised as Master Mason
May 31, 1904
Age 29
Switched to the Liberal Party
Sep 12, 1908
Age 33
Married Clementine Hozier
Oct 25, 1911
Age 36
Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty
Nov 5, 1915
Age 40
Resigned as First Lord of the Admiralty (Gallipoli campaign failure)
Jan 1, 1916
Age 41
Served on the Western Front in World War I (commanding 6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers)
Jan 10, 1919
Age 44
Appointed Secretary of State for War and Air
Nov 6, 1924
Age 49
Became Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sep 3, 1939
Age 64
Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty (outbreak of WWII)
May 10, 1940
Age 65
Became Prime Minister and formed wartime coalition government
Jun 4, 1940
Age 65
Delivered 'We Shall Fight on the Beaches' speech to House of Commons
Aug 14, 1941
Age 66
Signed Atlantic Charter with Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mar 5, 1946
Age 71
Delivered 'Iron Curtain' speech in Fulton, Missouri
Oct 26, 1951
Age 76
Became Prime Minister again (second non-consecutive term)
Oct 15, 1953
Age 78
Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
Apr 5, 1955
Age 80
Resigned as Prime Minister due to health issues
Jan 24, 1965
Age 90
Died
Jan 24, 1965
Age 90
Died in London