Senior Statesman

1950-1959

Winston Churchill Resigns as Prime Minister

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Winston Churchill, Parliament Square, London © Sue Lowry & Magellan PR

1950-1959

Seventy-Six Years Young

Without an office, without a seat

Prime Minister Again

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Churchill – Out of Office

Churchill Weakened

Out of Office

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Books, Arts & Curiosities – The Lion of the Left

Defeat

January 15, 1950

Churchill resigns on the 4th of April 1955

Winston Churchill became Prime Minster for the first time during the Second World War and in 1950 he was asked by the King to form a government for the second time. In April in 1955 he resigned for the final time as Prime Minister.

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