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Jeanette Spencer-Churchill CI RRC DStJ (née Jerome; 9 January 1854 – 29 June 1921), known as Lady Randolph Spencer-Churchill, was an American-born British socialite, the wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, and the mother of British prime minister Winston Churchill.
- 29 June 1921 (aged 67), London, England
- St Martin's Church, Bladon
- 9 January 1854, Brooklyn, U.S.
Lady Randolph Churchill Facts. 1. She Was An Heiress. Lady Randolph Churchill might have married into wealth and power, but she didn’t start out too shabby herself. Born Jennie Jerome in 1854, her father was an influential financier, and her mother came from landowning stock, a big deal those days.
Apr 23, 2024 · Jennie Jerome Churchill (born January 9, 1854, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died June 29, 1921, London, England) was an American-born society figure, remembered chiefly as the wife of Lord Randolph Churchill and mother of Sir Winston Churchill, prime minister of Great Britain (1940–45, 1951–55).
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Apr 15, 2019 · Great Contemporaries: Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill. By DAVID LOUGH. | April 15, 2019. Above: Lady Randolph with her sons Jack (left) and Winston, mid-1880s. “Are all Mothers the Same?” Winston Churchill put this question to his mother Jennie 1 in a postscript to a letter he wrote her in 1901.
Apr 3, 2017 · The Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill, published in 1908 by Edward Arnold in England and Century in the US, was politely reviewed, considered a pleasant if somewhat superficial insight into society, and went through several editions.
Jennie Spencer-Churchill CI RRC DStJ (née Jerome), better known as Lady Randolph Churchill, was a British socialite born in America. The wife and later widow of Lord Randolph Churchill, she garnered widespread attention due to her son, Sir Winston Churchill, who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1940 and 1945.
Oct 14, 2008 · In the course of her lifetime, Lady Randolph Churchill witnessed a revolution in women’s involvement in politics. From a position of merely exercising the power behind the throne, women became recognised as critical props to men and political parties, and were finally rewarded with the vote.
