David Freeman, Ph.
Director of Publications
International Churchill Society
Department of History
California State University

Fred Glueckstein knows Winston Churchill. As can be seen in the essays that follow, Fred's Churchillian interests are both catholic and electic. Fred can tell us in detail about members of the Churchill family, such as the seventh Duke of Marlborough; Churchill's mentors, such as J.E.C. Welldon, the headmaster of Harrow; and political patrons such as Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who gave Churchill his first government office. But Fred can also tell us about the lighter side of Churchill's life including the name of every racehorse that Churchill ever owned.