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    MICHAEL McMENAMIN’S

    Aug 05, 2020 5 minutes

    125 YEARS AGO SUMMER 1895 • AGE 20 “I SHAL NEVER KNOW SUCH A FRIEND AGAIN”

    Mrs. Everest, Winston’s beloved childhood nanny, died on 3 July. He wrote to his mother the same day: “She was delighted to see me on Monday and I think my coming made her die happy. Her last words were of Jack. I shall never know such a friend again.”

    Churchill continued to have his mind on politics and had no intention of making a career in the Army. Writing to his mother on 16 August, he said, “It is a fine game to play—the game of politics—and it is well worth waiting for a good hand—before really plunging….The more I see of soldiering—the more I like it—but the more I feel convinced that it is not my métier. Well, we

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