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Jack Churchill (1880–1947) Jack in 1929. 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
Sep 10, 2017 · John Strange Spencer Churchill (Jack) was born in Dublin on 4 February 1880, during the time his grandfather, the seventh Duke of Marlborough, was Viceroy of Ireland, and his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, was serving as his Private Secretary. The family lived there from December 1876 until April 1880. The men variously supposed to be Jack ...
Feb 4, 2019 · Lord Randolph married an American, Jennie Jerome, and they are the parents of the late Sir Winston Churchill and his brother John, known in the family as Jack. Sir Winston Churchill dropped Spencer from his surname, because as a boy, attending Harrow Public School, when the boys were lined up for an event, he was last, due to ‘S’ being so ...
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Jack and his brothers, Thomas Bell Lindsay Churchill (1907–1990) and Robert Alec Farquhar Churchill (1911 – 1942) would all achieve fame through their exploits in WWII. Like Jack, Tom joined the Manchester Regiment and then the Commandos, becoming a Major-General; youngest brother Robert (‘Buster’) became a Royal Navy Lieutenant ...
Soon after Jack's birth, the family returned to Dormansland, Surrey, where his younger brother, Thomas Bell Lindsay Churchill (1907–1990), was born. In 1910, the Churchills moved to British Hong Kong when Alec Churchill was appointed as Director of Public Works there; he also served as a member of the Executive Council .
- 1926–1936, 1939–1959
- British Army
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).
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). Like Winston, he served in both the Boer War and First World War.
