So I googled for a biography of Winston Churchill, and this was the second hit. It’s a fine potted history, but ends on an odd note:
…During all of his life he had served no less than six British monarchs: Queen Victoria, Edward VII, George IV, Edward VIII, George VI and Elisabeth II.
He also possessed a large collection of toy soldiers. However in his book ‘My Early Life’ he does not mention which make of soldiers he collected. They were probably all made between 1880 and 1900 and therefore some time before Lineol and Hausser figures became available. As a collector he might be the only one of whom also a personality figure was produced.
… and then I realise. This is the biography of Winston Churchill, as it affects the world of toy soldiers. Did that make it any less useful, though?