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  1. May 8, 2024 · The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), the son of Lord Randolph Churchill and his American wife Jennie Jerome, was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst. After a brief but eventful career in the army, he became a Conservative Member of Parliament in 1900.

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  2. May 18, 2024 · 16 mins ago. Growing up in Oxford, England presented numerous opportunities to study the most remarkable men and women of the 20th century. Near to where I lived, Winston Churchill was born in...

  3. 2 days ago · His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, representing the Conservative Party, had been elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Woodstock in 1874. His mother, Jennie, was a daughter of Leonard Jerome, a wealthy American businessman.

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  5. May 13, 2024 · Winston Churchill was half-American, his mother being Jennie Jerome, a Brooklyn-born heiress who married Lord Randolph Churchill, a member of the British aristocracy. This kind of union between British aristocrats and American heiresses was pretty common in the late 19th century.

  6. May 16, 2024 · Jeanette, Lady Randolph Churchill CI DStJ (née Jerome; 9 January 1854 – 29 June 1921) was an American-born British socialite, the wife of Lord Randolph Churchill and the mother of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. Spouse (s) Lord Randolph Churchill (1874–1895; his death) George Cornwallis-West (1900–1914; divorced)

  7. May 12, 2024 · One of the first eligible men that Jennie met there was Sir Randolph Churchill, whose family was close to the top of the social ladder. His ancestors had been part of British nobility for hundreds of years.

  8. 4 days ago · An American Mother's Influence that Shaped a Leader, and Saved Europe The Daring Escape and Courage of Young Winston