John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
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Dec 30, 2021 · We can now state categorically that if Lord Randolph Churchill died of general paralysis, it was because he contracted syphilis some years previously. The average time between being infected with syphilis and showing symptoms of general paralysis was ten to fifteen years.
Apr 12, 2019 · Given the available evidence and much research, it seems highly unlikely that Lord Randolph Churchill died from advanced syphilis. The more likely cause was a tumor deep on the left side of his brain.
Quinault, writing in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, theorises that Randolph was probably passing through the stages of secondary syphilis and then tertiary syphilis, but mentions a brain tumour and multiple sclerosis as other possible causes.
Dec 30, 2021 · Everything known about Lord Randolph’s condition and behavior in his final years is consistent with tertiary syphilis. The fact that he was not treated for the disease, however, has been advanced in the past as evidence that this was not the true source of the problem.
May 7, 2015 · The death of Lord Randolph Churchill at age 45 cast a pall over his early fame, and the notion that the cause was syphilis is one of the most enduring myths of the Churchill saga. In fact, his main symptoms are more consistent with a less titillating but far more logical diagnosis.
Dec 30, 2021 · If Lord Randolph contracted syphilis in the early to mid 1870s, we would expect him to have shown symptoms of the disease before general paralysis announced its presence in about 1890. In fact,...
Randolph Churchill died of a heart attack during the night at his home, Stour House, East Bergholt, Suffolk and was found by one of his researchers the next morning, 6 June 1968. He was 57, and although he had been in poor health for years, his death was unexpected.
Mar 1, 2019 · Lord Randolph holds forth: “His wit, his sarcasm, his piercing personalities, his elaborate irony, and his effective delivery, gave astonishing popularity to his speeches.” Caricature by “Spy” (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, 1 December 1880 depicts “The Fourth Party” of Tory Democrats: Lord Randolph, Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, Arthur Balfour, Sir John Gorst.
Churchill died early, suffering from a disease. That disease was either syphilis or a brain tumour or even multiple sclerosis. It is definitely the case that he was treated for syphilis, and it has been suggested that he was suffering from symptoms of the mercury-based medication.
Apr 19, 1970 · Miss Leslie says that by 1885 Randolph “had separated him self physicly” (sic) from Jen nie, but she does not agree with Frank Harris's story of how Lord Randolph got syphilis from a prostitute.
