Date | National/International | Churchill |
1900 | Von Bülow becomes German Chancellor | Made a daring escape from a Boer prison camp Enters Parliament as Conservative MP for Oldham |
1901 | Queen Victoria dies, succeeded by Edward VII | |
1904 | March: Churchill leaves Conservatives to join the Liberals | |
1905 | December: landslide victory for Liberal Party in the general election | |
1906 | Moroccan Crisis | January: elected as MP for Manchester NW: appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies |
1908 | Marries Clementine Hozier appointed President of the Board of Trade: Elected MP for Dundee | |
1909 | People’s Budget introduced | First daughter Diana born |
1910 | Edward VII dies, succeeded by George V Two general elections in | February: appointed Home Secretary |
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