Winston Churchill, The Prodigy & The Nemesis
1874 Born Blenhim Palace, Blenhim Park, Woodstock, Oxfordshire
1908 Married Clementine Hozier, 5 children
1965 Died Kensington, London
John Fisher first met Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill in 1907 in Biarritz, France. Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1911–1915. At that time he was in his 40’s.
Fisher and Churchill were a partnership like no other. They challenged, chased and pursued their desires to rule the British Navy.
They started as a phenomenal match - Winston Churchill in his desire to take the fleet to War and John Fisher - in his desire to create a Navy to deter Britain’s enemies and keep peace.
The relationship ended in disaster after the Gallipoli campaign.
Their friendship never recovered and ended with Jacky’s professional life and reputation in shatters.
1913. Churchill & Fisher leaving a meeting of the Committee of Imperial Defence, The Admiralty, London.
Photograph: Radio Times Hulton Picture Library (from Fear God and Dreadnought Restoration Abdication & Last Years 1914-1920) by Arthur J Marder.