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by William Manchester


  Tracing all these would have been impossible without the original research, generosity, and encouragement of Martin Gilbert. As he wrote me, “our work goes in tandem.” My gratitude toward him is profound.

  On my own behalf and that of my archival research assistant in England, Deborah Baker, whose task it was to sift and sort out documents, I should like to thank D. G. Vaisey (Department of Western Manuscripts, the Bodleian Library), Diana Grimwood Jones and Gillian Grant (Middle East Centre, St. Anthony’s College, Oxford), Mrs. P. Piper and N. A. M. Rodger (Public Record Office, Kew, Richmond, Surrey), G. J. Slater (Public Record Office of Northern Ireland), Marion Stewart (Churchill College, Cambridge), H. S. Cobb and F. Johnson (Record Office, House of Lords), A.N.E.D. Schofield and D. H. Bourke (British Library), D. M. Smith and C. C. Webb (Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, University of York), Wing Commander R. Martin Sparkes (Annexe), Wayne Furman (New York Public Library), A. E. Cormack and R. F. Barker (Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon), Gordon Phillips (Times Archive), Patricia Methven (Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King’s College, University of London), D. A. Clarke and G. E. A. Raspin (British Library of Political and Economic Science), R. A. W. Suddaby (Imperial War Museum), B. C. Bloomfield (India Office Library and Records), J. K. Bates (National Register of Archives, Scotland), Dr. B. S. Benedikz (Special Collections, University of Birmingham), Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn (Dundee Archives), E. P. Scott (Hove Area Library, East Sussex), Kay Chapman and R. J. B. Knight (National Maritime Museum), Christine Kennedy (Nuffield College Library, Oxford), Peter McNiven (University of Manchester), Ralph Malbon and W. Wilcox (City Library of Liverpool), D. M. Griffiths and R. Geraint Gruffydd (National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed), L. R. Day (Science Museum Library, South Kensington), V. E. Knight (Library of the University of Liverpool), E. C. Blayney (Foreign and Commonwealth Office), A. D. Maclean, Mrs. Diane Nuting, the second Viscount Trenchard, and John Spencer-Churchill, eleventh Duke of Marlborough, who gave me the freedom of Blenheim Palace.

  Once again I express my deep appreciation to the staff of Wesleyan University’s Olin Library, in particular to J. Robert Adams, Caleb T. Winchester Librarian; and to Joan Jurale, head reference librarian; Edmund A. Rubacha and Susanne Javorski, reference librarians; Margaret Halstead, reference secretary; Erhard F. Konerding, documents librarian; Steven Lebergott, chief of interlibrary loans; and Alice Henry, circulation assistant. Other members of the staff who were especially helpful were Suzanne Fall; Ann Frances Wakefield; Dale Lee; and Alan Nathanson, bibliographer.

  I am immensely indebted to Dr. Robert Byck, professor of psychiatry at Yale Medical School, for his observations on depression, Carl Jung, and Dr. Anthony Storr’s analysis of Churchill’s “Black Dog”; and to my friend and colleague Jeffrey Butler, professor of history at Wesleyan, for his meticulous review of the completed manuscript in the interests of historical accuracy, a vital service which was also provided—and provided superbly—by two British readers, Peter Day and Nigel Viney.

  I am most appreciative of assistance furnished by Adoreen M. McCormick and Marilyn Dekker of the Library of Congress, who were helpful in verifying the lyrics of popular songs quoted in the text; Perry Knowlton, Adam Deixel, and Iam Gonzalez at the Curtis Brown literary agency, who provided access to Churchill’s American royalty statements; and Mrs. J. A. Openshaw of North Kingston, R.I., for generously sharing the recollections and memorabilia of her father, William J. Harvest, who, as a lance corporal in the Fourth Hussars, served under Lieutenant Winston Churchill in Bangalore between 1896 and 1899.

  My inestimable assistant, Margaret Kennedy Rider, has, as always, proved to be understanding, perceptive, loyal, and tireless. Deborah Baker was as reliable as the sturdiest English oak. Virginia Creeden and Diana Scott were invaluable in securing permission to quote from letters, diaries, documents, and published works, as was Ellen Panarese in the matter of photo research. Finally, I once more offer deepest thanks to Don Congdon, my literary agent; Roger Donald, my editor; and Melissa Clemence, my tireless, gifted copy editor—three dedicated professionals without whose patience and counsel the publication of this work would have been literally impossible.

  W.M.

  Wesleyan University

  February 1983

  William Manchester was a hugely successful popular historian and biographer. In addition to the The Last Lion, his books include Goodbye Darkness, A World Lit Only by Fire, The Glory and the Dream, The Arms of Krupp, American Caesar, The Death of the President, and assorted works of journalism.

  Books by William Manchester

  Biography

  DISTURBER OF THE PEACE: The Life of H. L. Mencken

  A ROCKEFELLER FAMILY PORTRAIT: From John D. to Nelson

  PORTRAIT OF A PRESIDENT: John F. Kennedy in Profile

  AMERICAN CAESAR: Douglas MacArthur, 1880–1964

  THE LAST LION: WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL; Visions of Glory: 1874–1932

  History

  THE DEATH OF A PRESIDENT: November 20–November 25, 1963

  THE ARMS OF KRUPP, 1587–1968

  THE GLORY AND THE DREAM: A Narrative History of America, 1932–1972

  Essays

  CONTROVERSY: And Other Essays in Journalism, 1950–1975

  Fiction

  THE CITY OF ANGER

  SHADOW OF THE MONSOON

  THE LONG GAINER

  Diversion

  BEARD THE LION

  Memoirs

  GOODBYE, DARKNESS

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  SOURCE NOTES

  In these notes on sources of quoted material, works have generally been cited by author’s last name only, or, in the case of an author of multiple works, by author’s name and brief title; for full listings, see the bibliography.

  Works by Churchill, which include collections of his writings or remarks compiled by others, are cited by abbreviated title only, but are also listed in full in the bibliography. Please note the following forms of citation:

  Aftermath = The World Crisis: The Aftermath

  Crisis I–V = The World Crisis, Volumes I to V

  RC = A Roving Commission

  Wars = Young Winston’s Wars

  The Official Biography of Winston Spencer Churchill and its companion volumes are cited as follows:

  WSC I–V = The five biographical volumes

  CV I/1–V/2 = The companion volumes, from Volume I, Part 1, to Volume V, Part 2

  Complete listings of this work appear at the beginning of the bibliography.

  In addition, the following forms of citation are used:

  NYT = New York Times

  Times = The Times (London)

  WM = Author’s interviews

  A discussion of the author’s interview subjects and of various document collections may be found in the author’s acknowledgments.

  Preamble: The Lion at Bay

  1. Hansard 5/28/40

  2. Berlin 15

  3. WM / Lady Soames 10/27/80; Laurence Thompson 96

  4. Irrepressible 218; Laurence Thompson 148, 169

  5. Moran 833; Laurence Thompson 133; Hansard 5/13/40; Herbert in Marchant 105; Hansard 6/4/40

  6. Berlin 5; Churchill Years 102; WM / Pamela Harriman 8/22/80; Berlin 6; Longford Churchill 127; Nel 53, 54

  7. NYT 5/30/40; Moran 655

  8. CV I/2 1004; Harriman 205

  9. Wars 112; CV I/2 974; Sarah Churchill 71; RC 65

  10. Wars xxvi; Stevenson 38; WSC III 31; CV II/3 1989; Gardner 254, 285

  11. RC 64; Irrepressible 286; McGowan 47; Irrepressible 300; Moran 674, 595; WSC V 837–838

  12. WM / Jane Williams 10/7/80; McGowan 163; Howells 70; Irrepressible 224, 222, 318, 160; Moran 722

  13. Churchill Years 22;
Moran 717; Irrepressible 167

  14. Irrepressible 225; Attlee in Stansky 197

  15. Boothby Rebel 63

  16. RC 10; WM / Sir John Martin 10/23/80; Martin in Wheeler-Bennett 143; WM / Richard Hill 11/7/80

  17. Attlee in Stansky 189

  18. Observer 12/20/51; Hansard 6/18/40, 6/4/40; Berlin 8

  19. RC 5, 73

  20. Storr in A. J. P. Taylor et al. 237

  21. CV I/1 414; Irrepressible 265

  22. Storr in A. J. P. Taylor et al. 238–239; Bryant 12–13; Moran 57; H. H. Asquith Letters 267

  23. Times 1/21/27; Step by Step 57, 170; Moran 835

  24. Liddell Hart in Stansky 95; Irrepressible 234; Moran 834

  25. Moran 835; Rhodes James Failure 349; W. H. Thompson 87; Bonham Carter 9; Moran 776; Gardiner in Stansky 52; W. H. Thompson 44

  26. Churchill Years 21; CV II/1 104; Churchill Years 237

  27. RC 330–331; Hansard 11/12/40

  28. CV I/1 584; Savrola 31–32, 234; Sarah Churchill 17

  29. Beaverbrook War I 128; Moran 179; Storr in A. J. P. Taylor et al. 262

  30. Storr in A. J. P. Taylor et al. 262; Riddell War Diary 49; Nel 139; CV I/2 862; Storr in A. J. P. Taylor et al. 270; Moran 796

  31. Storr in A. J. P. Taylor et al. 259

  32. Attlee in Stansky 198; Moran 827; Moir 203; Howells 61; Irrepressible 263, 6; Wit 45–46

  33. Wit 65; Cowles Churchill 93

  34. Irrepressible 263; Moran 460; Storr in A. J. P. Taylor et al. 254; Cowles Churchill 10

  35. Moran 576; Hunt 65

  36. River War II 110; Stansky xi

  37. WSC V 1106

  38. Moran 453; Hunt 67, 68

  39. Berlin 2; Great Contemporaries 342, 372; Bonham Carter 119

  40. Bonham Carter 4; Moran 457, 511; McGowan 161; Herbert in Marchant 110; Irrepressible 154

  41. Coote in Eade 181; Chandos 166; Irrepressible 69, 159

  42. Amid These Storms 300; Moran 746; Irrepressible 166; Chandos 184; Brooks in Eade 363

  43. Moran 456; Eden in Eade 84; McGowan 24; Irrepressible 122

  44. Rhodes James Failure 27; WM / Jane Williams 10/7/80; Hunt 70; Nel 50

  45. Cowles Churchill 5; Churchill Years 206

  46. Irrepressible 195, 204–205; McGowan 145; Irrepressible 340

  47. Irrepressible 85, 325, 255, 272, 181; WM / Sir David Pitblado 10/21/80

  48. Attlee in Stansky 206; Shaw in Eade 463

  49. Irrepressible 63

  50. Irrepressible 203; Howells 110; McGowan 93; Gardner 169

  51. Moran 472; Churchill Years 14; Cowles Churchill 336; McGowan 39; Martin in Wheeler-Bennett 141

  52. Howells 85; WM / Viscount Head 11/17/80

  53. Howells 85; Irrepressible 186

  54. Mary Soames to Virgil Johnston 6/13/72; Hunt 65

  Prologue: Land of Hope and Glory

  1. 1. WM / Lord Boothby 10/16/80

  2. Cross 143; Morris Pax 177; Wars 139–140

  3. Morris Pax 109

  4. Edmund Taylor 22; WM / Virginia Cowles 10/25/80

  5. Morris in Perry and Mason 153

  6. Collier 94–95; Morris Pax 133; Morris in Perry and Mason 146

  7. Morris Pax 51

  8. Morris Pax 132, 137

  9. Moorehead Nile 290

  10. Morris Pax 465

  11. Morris Pax 187; Nicholson in Perry and Mason 207, 209; Morris Pax 188

  12. Cross 89

  13. Morris Pax 119

  14. CV I/2 690, 684

  15. CV I/2 688

  16. Henry James 1–6

  17. Coleman in Perry and Mason 60

  18. McGregor in Perry and Mason 180, 181

  19. Bailey 44

  20. Davis Cousins 149–150

  21. Norton 105

  22. Best 75–76

  23. Norton in Perry and Mason 171, 172; G. M. Young England 24

  24. Phillips 197

  25. Phillips 87

  26. Best 75, 74, 117, 119

  27. G. M. Young England 2; Phillips 62; G. M. Young England 7

  28. Best 233, 212

  29. Konig “Eleventh Edition”

  30. Best 281; McGregor in Perry and Mason 178

  31. Frost and Jay 39; Oxford English Dictionary definition of weekend

  32. Edmund Taylor 31; Martin I 40; Collier 96, 104–105; Phillips 42; Martin I 164, 54

  33. Crisis I 199; Gardner 31n; Best 243–244

  34. Frost and Jay 39

  35. Best 240; Little Dorrit ch. 34

  36. Best 230; Cowles Churchill 71–72

  37. Times 7/20/1863

  38. Reader 20, 22; Best 165

  39. Cross 32; Last Chronicle of Barset ch. 83

  40. Blenheim 2

  41. Lord Randolph I 1

  42. Longford Wellington 399

  43. McGregor in Perry and Mason 178; Martin I 278; WM / Graham Norton 10/8/80; Martin II 140

  44. Martin II 360; Edmund Taylor 24

  45. McGregor in Perry and Mason 178; WM / Pamela Harriman 8/22/80; Tuchman Proud 20

  46. Martin I 44–45

  47. Sackville-West 17

  48. WM / Graham Norton 10/8/80

  49. WSC I 6, 7

  50. WSC I 13–14

  51. WSC I 15

  52. Blake Disraeli 692

  53. Harris 485–486, 483

  54. Harris 483

  55. CV I/1 8; Howard 77

  56. Howard 77

  57. Eliot Heiresses 63; Moran 636; Eliot Heiresses 62

  58. Moran 636–637

  59. Martin I 99

  60. Martin I 50, 52

  61. CV I/1 8–9, 14

  62. Martin I 53; CV I/1 11; Lord Randolph I 41, 42

  63. CV I/1 12

  64. CV I/1 15, 19, 21

  65. CV I/1, 20; Martin I 91; Blenheim 2

  66. CV I/1 1–2; Martin I 107

  67. CV I/1 2

  68. Martin I 108; Pelling 19; Blenheim 16

  Part One: Headwaters, 1874–1895

  1. Longford Churchill 17; CV I/1 6

  2. RC 5; Bonham Carter 12; Eliot Heiresses 67–68; Lord Randolph I 72–73

  3. Eliot Heiresses 69–70

  4. Lord Randolph I 74

  5. CV I/1 26–27, 28

  6. CV I/1 29; WSC I 29; CV I/1 31, 57, 39; Lord Randolph I 74

  7. WSC I 31; RC 8; CV I/1 48

  8. RC 4

  9. WSC I 35–36; Margot Asquith Autobiography I 64

  10. RC 5, 111; Savrola 33

  11. Storr in A. J. P. Taylor et al. 248; WSC I 43; RC 4, 8; Martin I 138; Wit 32

  12. RC 1, 2

  13. Lord Randolph I 92; WSC I 39; CV I/1 77

  14. Great Contemporaries 55

  15. Goertzel and Goertzel 262; RC 8

  16. CV I/1 79; RC 3

  17. RC 10, 11

  18. RC 12; CV I/1 82, 88, 84, 83

  19. CV I/1 84, 83, 86, 89, 87, 88, 83n

  20. CV I/1 86; RC 13

  21. WSC I 51

  22. WSC I 48, 47; CV I/1 92, 93, 94, 95, 96

  23. CV I/1 98; Cowles Churchill 30; CV I/1 154

  24. CV I/1 98, 99, 125, 136, 143, 146, 149, 115; RC 13

  25. CV I/1 131, 108; Cowles Churchill 31

  26. CV I/1 152, 135, 136

  27. CV I/1 111; Cowles Churchill 32; RC 19

  28. RC 112

  29. CV I/1 150, 151

  30. CV I/1 152

  31. CV I/1 160, 116, 117, 118, 119

  32. CV I/1 120

  33. RC 13; CV I/1 120, 121

  34. Eliot Heiresses 72

  35. CV I/1 111, 101, 142, 133, 103, 126, 227, 128

  36. CV I/1 105, 127, 113

  37. Harris 485

  38. Pelling 28

  39. Martin I 249, 250, 277, 299, 177

  40. Martin I 227, 176, 319

  41. Martin II 9

  42. CV I/1 256; Savrola 157

  43. Cowles Churchill 33; CV I/1 106

  44. RC 46; Cowles Churchill 33

  45. CV I/1 100, 304, 305, 143–144
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  46. CV I/1 100, 103

  47. CV I/1 103, 122, 125, 133

  48. Margot Asquith Autobiography II 65; Harris 472, 478

  49. Lord Randolph I 283–284

  50. RC 8; Lord Randolph I 120, 121, 209–210

  51. CV I/1 88, 89; Lord Randolph I 295; Harris 474

  52. WSC I 65

  53. Lord Randolph II 65

  54. WSC I 73; Harris 478; Margot Asquith Autobiography I 140

  55. Rhodes James Lord Randolph 203; Martin I 219

  56. Harris 478

  57. Harris 660; WSC I 74; Harris 480; WSC I 79

  58. RC 47; WSC I 81

  59. Rhodes James Lord Randolph 295; Martin I 230; Harris 479

 

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