The ESU Churchill Medal of Honour

Dame Mary Soames (daughter of Sir Winston Churchill) with Ambassador Tuttle, having presented him with the Churchill Medal of Honour 2008..

The ESU has close communication with the Churchill family who enthusiastically support the institution of the Churchill Medal which is given every year to two categories of recipients. The Annual Churchill Lecturers have included The Hon Ronald Reagan, HRH The Princess Royal, Mrs Mary Robinson, President of Ireland, The Hon Dr Henry Kissinger, The Rt Hon Christopher Patten and individuals who have promoted the objectives of the ESU through their dedicated and distinctive commitment to the organisation. In 2008 the Medal was presented to The Hon Robert H  Tuttle, Ambassador of the United States of America.

The ESU has also forged important links with Churchill College, Cambridge who have kindly loaned us a portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, painted during his term in office by John Wilson Jowsey, which now hangs at the top of the Grand Staircase in Dartmouth House.