| Birth: | Feb. 4, 1880
Dublin
County Dublin, Ireland | | Death: | Feb. 27, 1947, England | 
British Army Officer. The son of Lord Randolph Spencer-Churchill and Jennie (Jerome) Spencer-Churchill (and the younger brother of Winston Churchill), he had a privileged upbringing. He was educated at Harrow, and commissioned a lieutenant in the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars in 1898. Fought in the Second Boer War, and was mentioned in dispatches. In February 1900 he was wounded at the battle of the Tugela Heights during General Sir Redvers Buller's expedition to relieve Ladysmith. In 1908, he married Lady Gwendoline Theresa Mary Bertie, a daughter of Montagu Arthur Bertie (7th Earl of Abingdon). A father of three, his yougest daughter, Anne Clarissa, married future Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden (1st Earl of Avon). During World War One, Churchill held many important staff positions and was again mentioned in dispatches. He served on the staffs of Field Marshal Sir John French, General Sir Ian Hamilton, and General (later Field Marshal) Sir William Birdwood. His duties led to posts on both the Western Front and at Gallipoli. In 1918, for his service during the war, he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), and the French Army honoured him the with the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honour. When his home was destroyed by a German bombing raid during World war Two, he joined his brother, who was then prime minister, at 10 Downing Street.
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Parents:
Randolph Spencer Churchill (1849 - 1895)
Jennie Churchill (1854 - 1921)
Children:
John George Spencer Churchill (1909 - 1992)*
Henry Peregrine Winston Spencer Churchill (1913 - 2002)*
*Calculated relationship
Inscription:
"John Strange
Spencer Churchill
(1880-1947)
Peregrine
(Henry Winston)
Spencer Churchill
(1913-2002)."
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St Martin Churchyard
Bladon
Oxfordshire, England |
Created by: wildgoose
Record added: Dec 12, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 32140204 |
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