Clementine Spencer-Churchill

Resource person: Audra Bullard - office@clehighlands.com

Description:

Winston Churchill famously said, “My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.” This program will explore the extraordinary relationship between the British statesman and his wife, Clementine Spencer-Churchill. Their 56-year marriage shaped the course of history. Discover their extraordinary partnership—complete with triumphs and challenges— through letters, photographs, and seldom told stories about Churchill’s “better half,” Clementine.

Presenter: Tim Riley is the Director and Chief Curator for The Winston Churchill Museum at Westminster College. Tim is a graduate, cum laude, of Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin and also studied at Columbia University in the City of New York. He has served as a curatorial assistant, education assistant and lectures/concerts coordinator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. From 2006 through 2012 Tim served as director of The Trout Museum of Art in Appleton, and was appointed Director Emeritus in 2012. In April of 2023 Tim was installed as Churchill Fellow of Westminster College.

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