Biography of Winston Churchill 1874-1965

On 12th July 1872 Frederick Smith 1st Earl of Birkenhead was born. Winston Churchill was his godfather.

On 15th April 1874 [his father] Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (age 25) and [his mother] Jenny Jerome (age 20) were married at British Embassy, Paris. Regarded by some as the original Dollar Princess although there are much earlier examples. He the son of [his grandfather] John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke of Marlborough (age 51) and [his grandmother] Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess of Marlborough (age 52).

On 30th November 1874 Winston Churchill was born to Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (age 25) and Jenny Jerome (age 20).

On 24th January 1895 [his father] Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (age 45) died. He was buried at St Martin's Church, Bladon [Map].

On 2nd April 1895 [his grandmother] Clarissa Hall (age 70) died. Her funeral was held at the Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair on 5th April 1895 attended by her daughters [his aunt] Clarita "Clara" Jerome (age 44), [his mother] Jenny Jerome (age 41) and [his aunt] Leonie Blanche Jerome Lady Leslie (age 36), her grandsons Winston Churchill (age 20) and [his brother] John Strange "Jack" Spencer-Churchill (age 15) and the Dowager [his grandmother] Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess of Marlborough (age 72).

In 1908 a fire broke out at Burley-on-the-Hill House during a party which Winston Churchill (age 33) was attending. Part of the west end of the house was destroyed.

On 12th September 1908 Winston Churchill (age 33) and Clementine Hozier (age 23) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map].

On 28th May 1911 [his son] Randolph Church was born to Winston Churchill (age 36) and [his wife] Clementine Hozier (age 26) at Eccleston Square, Pimlico.

On 7th October 1914 [his daughter] Sarah Churchill Baroness Audley was born to Winston Churchill (age 39) and [his wife] Clementine Hozier (age 29).

On 29th June 1921 [his mother] Jenny Jerome (age 67) died. She was buried at St Martin's Church, Bladon [Map].

On 20th February 1930 Hugh Richard Arthur "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster (age 50) and Loelia Mary Ponsonby Duchess Westminster (age 28) were married. She by marriage Duchess Westminster. His third marriage; her first. Winston Churchill (age 55) was best man. They were married until 1947 when the marriage was dissolved. No issue. The difference in their ages was 22 years. They were fourth cousin once removed.

The Times. 21st February 1930. THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER AND MISS PONSONBY. The marriage of the Duke of Westminster (age 50) and Miss Loelia Mary Ponsonby (age 28), daughter of Sir Frederick (age 62) and Lady Ponsonby, of Great Tangley Manor Guildford, and St. James's Palace [Map], took place at Prince's-row Register Office yesterday. Among those present were Mr. Winston Churchill (age 55), Lady Serena James (age 28), Mrs Walter Rubens, Colonel (age 65) and Mrs. Guy Wyndham, Captain and Mrs. Cowes, Mrs. Basil Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. George Drummond, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Guinness. The Duke and Duchess left for their honeymoon in the Duke's steam yacht the Cutty Sark, wlhich was moored at Deptford [Map].

On 26th April 1962 [his son-in-law] Thomas Percy Tuchet-Jesson (age 48) and [his daughter] Sarah Churchill Baroness Audley (age 47) were married. She by marriage Baroness Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire.

On 24th January 1965 Winston Churchill (age 90) died. He was buried at St Martin's Church, Bladon [Map].

On 12th December 1977 [his former wife] Clementine Hozier (age 92) died at 7 Princes Gate. She was buried at St Martin's Church, Bladon [Map] in the same grave as her husband Winston Churchill who died in 1965.