Winston Churchill (1871 – 1947)
Born in Missouri, USA. Served in the navy, became an editor, later a novelist. He wrote The Celebrity (1898), Richard Carvel (1899), The Crisis (1901), The Crossing (1904), Coniston (1906), Mr.Crewe's Career (1908), others.
I take no shame in the pride with which I write of my grandfather, albeit he took the part of his Majesty and Parliament against the Colonies. He was no palavering turncoat, like my Uncle Grafton, to cry “God save the King!” again when an English fleet sailed up the bay. Mr. Carvel’s hand was large and his heart was large, and he was respected and even loved by the patriots as a man above paltry subterfuge.
