Plaque of Sir Winston Churchill unveiled by his Daughter The Lady Soames on 9th May 2008 in Dundee, UK
Plaque of Sir Winston Churchill unveiled by his Daughter The Lady Soames on 9th May 2008 in Dundee. The Portrait of Churchill was by Karsie. Winston Churchill was Member of Parliament for the City of Dundee from 9th May 1908 to 15th November 1922, at that time a member of the (Coalition) Liberal Party. He had won the seat at a by-election on 8 May 1908 and was initially popular, especially as he was the President of the Board of Trade and, later, senior Cabinet minister. However, his frequent absence from Dundee on cabinet business, combined with the local bitterness and disillusionment that was caused by the Great War strained this relationship. In the build up to the 1922 general election, even the local newspapers contained vitriolic rhetoric with regards to his political status in the city. At a one meeting he was only able to speak for 40 minutes when he was barracked by a section of the audience. Prevented from campaigning in the final days of his re-election campaign by appendicitis, his wife Clementine was even spat on for wearing pearls. Churchill was ousted by the Scottish Prohibitionist Edwin Scrymgeour [Scrymgeour's sixth election attempt and indeed came only fourth in the poll]. Churchill would later write that he left Dundee "short of an appendix, seat and party". In 1943 he was offered Freedom of the City — by 16 votes to 15 – but refused to accept. On being asked by the Council to expand on his reasons, he simply wrote: "I have nothing to add to the reply which has already been sent".
Size: 3888px × 2592px
Location: Dundee, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Dundee Photographics / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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