Winston Spencer Churchill was born at Chequers, 10 October 1940, the son of Randolph Churchill and Pamela Churchill (née Digby). He was educated at Le Rosey in Switzerland, Ludgrove School, Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He married (1) Mary Caroline (Minnie) d'Erlanger in 1964 (divorced 1997), with whom he had two sons and two daughters, and (2) Luce Engelen in 1997.

He worked as a foreign correspondent, 1963 and 1966-70. He contested the constituency of Manchester Gorton, 1967; and was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Stretford, 1970-83, and Davyhulme, 1983-97.

He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Construction, 1970-2, and to the Minister of State, Foreign Office, 1972-3. He became an Opposition Front Bench Spokesman on Defence, 1976-8, and also served as a member of the Select Committee on Defence, 1983-97. He was an Executive Member of the 1922 Committee, 1979-85.

He was an Honorary Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, 1969-2010.

He died in London on 2 March 2010.

His publications include: "First Journey" (1964); "Six Day War" (1967); "Defending the West" (1981); "Memories and Adventures" (1989); "His Father's Son" (1996); "The Great Republic" (1999); and (editor) "Never Give In!: the Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches" (2003).