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Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. He was also an officer in the British Army. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature and was the first honorary citizen of the United States. When he entered the army, he tried three times before passing the entrance exam and trained for cavalry rather than the infantry because the required grade was lower. Many Conservatives did not like him because he was replacing Chamberlain. He met his wife, Clementine Hozier in 1904 at a ball in Crewe House and proposed in 1908 at a ball in Blenheim Palace on August 10th. They were married on September 12th, 1908 in St. Margaret's, Westminster. He had four children: Diana, Randolph, Sarah, and Marigold Frances. During his whole life, including his career, he had a stutter and a lisp that was described as "severe" and "agonizing". He had dentures specially made to help his speech impediment.

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