History
The predecessor organizations were the Winston S. Churchill Study Unit (1968), a chapter of the American Topical Association, and the International Churchill Society. In 1995, responding to an appeal by Lady Soames, over 600 people around the world became founding members of the Churchill Centre (retaining English spelling of "Centre" in view of its international activities). In 2008 The Churchill Centre merged with the American Friends of the Churchill Museum, to form the Churchill Centre and Museum at the Cabinet War Rooms, London.
Among the original honorary members were The Baroness Clementine Spencer-Churchill; Randolph S. Churchill; The Rt. Hon. The Lord Stockton (Harold Macmillan); The Hon. W. Averell Harriman; Sir John Colville; and The Rt. Hon. The Lord Soames (Christopher Soames), now all deceased. Current honorary members include General Colin Powell; The Lady Thatcher; Sir Martin Gilbert; Winston Churchill (grandson); The 11th Duke of Marlborough; Randolph Churchill (great grandson) and Sir Winston's last private secretary, Sir Anthony Montague Browne.
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