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Legion of Honour. Major John Strange Spencer-Churchill DSO TD (4 February 1880 – 23 February 1947), known as Jack Churchill, [a] was the younger son of Lord Randolph Churchill and his wife Jennie, and the brother of former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Winston Churchill. [1]
- 23 February 1947 (aged 67)
- St. Martin's Churchyard Bladon, West Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
- British
- John Strange Spencer-Churchill, 4 February 1880, Dublin, Ireland
Jack Churchill. John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, DSO & Bar, MC & Bar (16 September 1906 – 8 March 1996) was a British Army officer. Nicknamed "Fighting Jack Churchill" and "Mad Jack", he fought in the Second World War with a longbow, a basket-hilted Scottish broadsword, and a set of bagpipes .
- 1926–1936, 1939–1959
- British Army
Sep 10, 2017 · The family lived there from December 1876 until April 1880. The men variously supposed to be Jack’s father never set foot in Ireland during that time, with the exception of John Strange Jocelyn, the fifth Earl of Roden.
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Oct 31, 2019 · In 1936, likely bored by the long peacetime, he quit the army and took a job as a newspaper editor in Nairobi, Kenya. He later did some modelling. Churchill also acted in several films in the 1920s and 1930s, including ‘The Thief of Bagdad’ (1924) and ‘A Yank in Oxford’ (1938).
Apr 14, 2022 · Jack and Winston John Strange Spencer-Churchill (1880-1947) is revealed as a real unsung hero of the family. A better student and more financially stable than his mother or brother, his career as a stockbroker and the family “brains” often staved off financial disaster (227).
Aug 1, 2013 · Leading Churchill Myths (8): “Jack Churchill was not Lord Randolph’s son” The myth that Winston’s brother John (“Jack,” 1880-1947) was illegitimate has persisted since publication of Shane Leslie’s “Randolph Churchill 1849-1895” in Leslie’s Men Were Different (London: Michael Joseph, 1937, pp. 68-75).
Jun 3, 2015 · A: John Strange Spencer Churchill, 1880-1947, known as Jack, a stockbroker. Wounded in action in the Boer War, 1899. Married Lady Gwendeline Bertie (1884-1941), daughter of the 7th Earl of Abingdon, 1908. Major, Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars 1914-18.
