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2 days ago · Elizabeth II offered to create Churchill Duke of London, but he declined because of the objections of his son Randolph, who would have inherited the title on his father's death.
1 day ago · Winston Churchill talks to his son, Captain Randolph Churchill, at a North African airfield under the wing of an aircraft following the end of the Desert War in February 1943
1 day ago · Churchill's mother, Jennie – or Lady Randolph Churchill – who was a US-born heiress, elegant society figure, and one of the first "buccaneers" to cross the ocean, was also an inspiration to ...
5 days ago · Though premature by over a month, Winston was by all accounts a healthy babe with a fine set of lungs. He caused quite a scare for his parents, however, the American beauty Jennie Jerome and Lord Randolph Churchill, a rising star in British conservative politics.
1 day ago · The 1930s featured teas and dances. Many well-known guests presented at the Club during this time. Among them were Winston Churchill’s son Randolph and aviatrix Amelia Earhart. The first Bob Cratchit Holiday Dinner was served, and became a tradition for 77 years.
5 days ago · Churchill was a radical, populist right-winger, a Boris Johnson of his time, who eventually died of suspected syphilis at the age of 45 picked up from a dalliance with a chambermaid. He opposed Irish Home Rule and for a time looked like a potential prime minister until he tactically resigned as Chancellor over a budget dispute.
1 day ago · Winston Churchill once joked that a pair of tropical fish he owned were breeding so fast he’d have to “move out onto the lawn”, a letter has revealed. The wartime leader would have had a ...