![]() ![]() ![]() He wrote about her in My Early Life: "She shone for me like the evening star. Winston worshipped his mother, writing her numerous letters during his time at school and begging her to visit him, which she rarely did. Īs was the custom of the day in her social class, Lady Randolph played a limited role in her sons' upbringing, relying largely upon nannies, especially Elizabeth Everest. Lady Randolph is believed to have had numerous lovers during her marriage, including the Prince of Wales, Milan I of Serbia, Prince Karl Kinsky, and Herbert von Bismarck. Amongst his biographers, there are varied opinions on whether he was conceived before the marriage (notably William Manchester), or born two months prematurely after Lady Randolph "had a fall." When asked about the circumstances of his birth, Winston Churchill replied: "Although present on the occasion, I have no clear recollection of the events leading up to it." Rumours also circulated about the parentage of Winston's younger brother John, as Lady Randolph's sisters initially believed that the biological father of the second son, John (1880–1947) was Evelyn Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth, although that was mostly discredited due to the boys' striking likeness to Randolph Churchill and to each other. Winston, the future prime minister, was born less than eight months after the marriage. Lady Randolph with her two sons, John and Winston, 1889 By this marriage, she was properly known as Lady Randolph Churchill and would have been addressed in conversation as Lady Randolph. ![]() Īlthough they became engaged within three days of this initial meeting, the marriage was delayed for months while their parents argued over settlements. The couple had met at a sailing regatta on the Isle of Wight in August 1873, having been introduced by the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII. Jennie Jerome was married for the first time on 15 April 1874, aged 20, at the British Embassy in Paris, to Lord Randolph Churchill, the third son of John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough and Lady Frances Anne Vane. First marriage Lord and Lady Randolph (pregnant with Winston) in Paris (1874) by Georges Penabert This organization helped fund and staff two hospitals during World War I. Jennie served as the chair of the hospital committee for the American Women's War Relief Fund starting in 1914. It was at this point that Campbell began an affair with Jennie’s then husband, George Cornwallis-West. Although Mrs Patrick Campbell produced and took the lead role in the play, it was a commercial failure. In 1909, when American impresario Charles Frohman became sole manager of The Globe Theatre, the first production was His Borrowed Plumes, written by Jennie. Lovell, he was not confident she was capable. Heller believed that his young pupil was good enough to attain "concert standard" with the necessary "hard work", of which, according to author Mary S. Jennie was a talented amateur pianist, having been tutored as a girl by Stephen Heller, a friend of Chopin. She was a noted beauty an admirer, Lord d'Abernon, said that there was "more of the panther than of the woman in her look." Personal life The Jerome sisters: Jennie (1854–1921), Clara (1851–1935) and Leonie (1859–1943) It is believed that the Jeromes were temporarily staying at the Henry Street address, which was owned by Leonard's brother Addison, and that Jennie was born there during a snowstorm. However, on 9 January 1854, the Jeromes lived nearby at number 8 Amity Street (since renumbered as 197). gives her year of birth as 1850, not 1854. There is some disagreement regarding the time and place of her birth. Another sister, Camille (1855–1863) died when Jennie was nine. She was raised in Brooklyn, Paris, and New York City. Hall family lore insists that Jennie had Iroquois ancestry through her maternal grandmother however, there is no research or evidence to corroborate this. Jerome's father was of Huguenot extraction, his forebears having emigrated to America from the Isle of Wight in 1710. Jennie Jerome was born in the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn in 1854, the second of four daughters (one died in childhood) of financier, sportsman, and speculator Leonard Jerome and his wife Clarissa (always called Clara ), daughter of Ambrose Hall, a landowner. Jeanette "Jennie" 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 Sir Winston Churchill.Įarly life The Jerome Mansion on Madison Avenue, New York City ( c. ![]()
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