Churchill Less Than Statesmanlike Over Bills

Winston Churchill, probably the best-known British Prime Minister of the 20th century, once fell out with his tailor over unpaid bills. The man who did so much to encourage the country during World War Two had, in 1937, run up a bill of £197 - around £12,000 in today's money - with Savile Row tailor Henry Poole and Co by the time he was asked to pay up. The politician was so enraged by the request that he took offence, refused to settle the bill and never went to Poole's again.