3-090-388 - Ware in the World/Heritage Images

Churchill Presentation Book, 1954. Illuminated book presented to British politician and former prime minister Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) by the House of Commons on his 80th birthday. 'To Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Member of the Order of Merit, Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdon, First Lord of the Treasury and One of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Tribute of Devotion and Regard from the Commons of Her Majesty's Parliament on the Occasion of the Eightieth Anniversary of his Birthday on the Thirtieth day of November in the year One thousand nine hundred and fifty-four. We, The Elected Members of the House of Commons, representing all political parties and all the peoples within Her Gracious Majesty's Realm of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, do hereby join in one accord to show our deep affection to your person and our abiding gratitude for your incomparable service to the Parliament and Peoples of this Realm and to the causes of Justice, Freedom and Peace during more than Fifty years. You have been so faithful and so loving to us, you have been so hearty in counselling of us, that we shall never forget your favour towards us'.