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Oct 1, 2007 · Having spent 30 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, Ralph Martin's Jennie: The Life of Lady Randolf Churchill is the story of a girl from Brooklyn who became the toast of British society. Jennie, the most fascinating and desirable woman of her age, was once the wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, and raised a son-Winston Churchill-who ...
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Lady Randolph Churchill. Jeanette Spencer-Churchill [1] CI RRC DStJ ( née Jerome; 9 January 1854 – 29 June 1921), known as Lady Randolph Spencer-Churchill, [a] 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.
Known in history as Lady Randolph Churchill, Jennie Spencer Churchill was born in Brooklyn, NY to a wealthy family in 1854. Renowned for her beauty, as well as for being a socialite, Jennie was also a talented musician and was quite adept at playing the piano. She worked as a magazine editor.
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Author 1 book719 followers. May 18, 2017. This account of the life of Jennie Jerome (Mrs. Randolph) Churchill, was written by her great-niece, Anita Leslie. That gives her access to a lot of family letters and other interesting stories that she heard first hand from her grandmother, but it probably also gives her a slight bias in favor of Mrs ...
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Ralph G. Martin was an American journalist who authored or co-authored about thirty books, including popular biographies of recent historical figures, among which, Jennie, a two-volume (1969 and 1971) study of Winston Churchill's American mother, Lady Randolph Churchill, became the most prominent bestseller.
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Apr 15, 2019 · Endnotes. 1 Born Jennie Jerome in Brooklyn, 9 January 1854, she became known as Lady Randolph Churchill on marriage in 1874; then as Mrs. George Cornwallis-West on remarriage in 1900; and finally once again as Lady Randolph Churchill on the dissolution of her second marriage in 1914.
The life and loves of the U.S.-born Miss Jeanette Leonard, then Lady Randolph Churchill, then Mrs. George Cornwallis-West, then Mrs. Montague Porch, and finally, simply Lady Randolph Churchill, are told in a way that stirs the feminine heart while not alienating the masculine reader.
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