1. Winston Churchill is the only British Prime Minister to win a Nobel Prize (for Literature in 1953).
2. He was also the only British Prime Minister to have been made an honorary US citizen.
3. His father, Randolph Churchill, was Chancellor of the Exchequer and his mother, Jennie Jerome, was American and one-eighth Iroquoi Indian.
4. He served as an MP under six monarchs, from Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II.
5. He went to Harrow School where he was mocked for his red hair and called Copperknob.
6. His paternal grandfather was the 7th Duke of Marlborough.
7. The Champagne house Pol Roger made a special one-pint bottle of Champagne for Winston Churchill, to be served each day at 11am.
8. “I could not live without Champagne. In victory I deserve it. In defeat I need it.” (Winston Churchill)
9. He was a keen polo player, particularly when stationed in Bombay with the 4th Hussars.
10. In his spare time he enjoyed bricklaying and built several walls at his house at Chartwell.