A pocket watch gifted to future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill by politician Herbert Henry Asquith was sold at Dawsons for £76,000.
It is reported by BBC.
The watch was reportedly purchased by a private collector from the UK.
It is believed that this gift to Churchill was a recognition of his bold decision to join the Liberal Party in parliament due to disagreements with the Conservative Party leadership over tariff reform.
Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (November 30, 1874, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock - January 24, 1965, London, United Kingdom) was a British politician and statesman of the twentieth century. In 1940-1945 and 1951-1955 he was Prime Minister of Great Britain. From 1900 to 1964 (with the exception of 1922-1924) he was a member of parliament from five different constituencies. For most of his political career, he was a member of the Conservative Party. Ideologically an adherent to economic liberalism and imperialism. Among his many awards is the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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