Fri 02 June 2023:
Sir Winston Churchill’s cigar, discovered in a glass jar 80 years ago, will be auctioned off. According to Sky News, Churchill, Britain’s wartime Prime Minister at the time, sent the half-smoked cigar to a consul general in Rabat, Morocco, in 1944.
Hugh Stonehewer-Bird’s family stated he loved the cigar until his death in 1973, and now his relatives have decided it’s time to sell it.
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The item will be auctioned off by Derbyshire-based Hansons Auctioneers on June 16 for 900 pounds (Rs 92,078).
“It’s amazing what turns up in glass jars. This is an iconic piece of memorabilia connected to one of Britain’s most famous prime ministers and the Second World War,” Charles Hanson, the owner of Hansons Auctioneers, was quoted as saying by Sky News.
“Churchill was renowned for his love of cigars and occasionally gave them as gifts to people who had helped him in any way,” he added.
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According to Metro, Mr Stonehewer-Bird died in 1973, the cigar was passed through the generations.
“My grandparents were great Churchill fans. They kept the cigar on display with a photo and quirky figure of Sir Winston, which are also being sold with the item,” she was quoted as saying by the outlet.
Stonehewer-Bird additionally put a label to the jar stating that Winston Churchill smoked the cigar at a dinner party hosted by the former consul general.
Churchill, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice (from 1940 to 1945 and 1951 to 1955), died in January 1965, at the age of 90. He is one of three Prime Ministers that received state funerals.
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