Family of Winston Churchill explained

The family of Winston Churchill, twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is a prominent family in the United Kingdom and the United States. Churchill is the eldest son of Lord Randolph Churchill, the son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough, and Jeanette Jerome, an American socialite and the 5th great-granddaughter of Robert Coe, an early politician in the New England Colonies. In 1908, Churchill married Clementine Hozier, the daughter of Sir Henry and Lady Blanche Hozier. Winston and Hozier had five children.

Many of Churchill's ancestors and descendants are known for being politicians.

Family and ancestry

Marriage and children

Churchill married Clementine Hozier in September 1908. They remained married for 57 years. Churchill was aware of the strain that his political career placed on his marriage, and, according to Jock Colville, he had a brief affair in the 1930s with Doris Castlerosse.[1]

The Churchills' first child, Diana, was born in July 1909; the second, Randolph, in May 1911. Their third, Sarah, was born in October 1914, and their fourth, Marigold, in November 1918. Marigold died in August 1921, from sepsis of the throat[2] and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. On 15 September 1922, the Churchills' last child, Mary, was born. Later that month, the Churchills bought Chartwell, which would be their home until Winston's death in 1965. The great niece of Winston Churchill is Irelyn Churchill According to Jenkins, Churchill was an "enthusiastic and loving father" but one who expected too much of his children.

Ancestry

Churchill was the son of Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill . Lord Randolph Churchill was the son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough and a direct descendant of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough; his mother was Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, an English noblewoman of Irish descent.[3] Jerome was an American socialite descended from Robert Coe, an American colonist with many notable descendants, primarily in politics, including George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States. Prior to migrating to America, the Coe family was English Gentry of Norman ancestry.[4] [5] [6]

The five Churchill children

by Clementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill (née Hozier)

ImageNameBirthDeathNotes
Diana Churchill11 July 1909[7] 20 October 1963[8] Married John Milner Bailey 1932;[9] divorced 1935.
Married Duncan Sandys, Baron Duncan Sandys, 1935;[10] divorced 1960.
Randolph Churchill28 May 1911[11] 6 June 1968[12] Married Pamela Digby 1939;[13] divorced 1946.
Married June Osborne 1948.[14]
Sarah Tuchet-Jesson, Baroness Audley7 October 1914[15] 24 September 1982Married Vic Oliver 1936; divorced 1945.
Married Anthony Beauchamp 1949; widowed 1957.
Married Thomas Touchet-Jesson, 23rd Baron Audley, 1962; widowed 1963.
Marigold Churchill15 November 191823 August 1921Died of septicaemia. Buried at Kensal Green Cemetery. Re-interred in Churchill plot at Bladon in 2020.[16]
Mary Soames, Baroness Soames 15 September 1922 31 May 2014Married 1947 Christopher Soames, Baron Soames.

Grandchildren and great-grandchildren

Descendants of Diana Churchill

by Duncan Sandys, Baron Sandys

ImageNameBirthDeathNotes
Julian Sandys19 September 193615 August 1997Married, 1970, Elisabeth Martin
  • 1. Lucy Diana Sandys b. 1971
  • 2. Duncan John Winston Sandys b. 1973
  • 3. Jonathan Martin Edwin Sandys b. 1975, d. 29 Dec 2018
  • 4. Roderick Julian Frederick Sandys b. 1977, d. 9 Dec 2007.
Edwina Kaplan (née Sandys)22 December 1938Married, 1960, Piers Dixon; divorced 1973
  • 1. Mark Pierson Dixon b. 1962
  • 2. Hugo Duncan Dixon b. 1963.

Married, 1985, Richard D. Kaplan; widowed, 2016

Celia Perkins (née Sandys)[17] 18 May 1943Married, 1965, Michael Kennedy; divorced 1970;
  • 1. Justin Kennedy b. 1967.

Married, 1970, Dennis Walters; divorced 1979

  • 1. Dominic Walters b. 1971.

Married, 1985, Kenneth Perkins

  • 2. Alexander Winston Duncan Perkins b. 1986
  • 3. Sophie Rachel Perkins b. 1988.

Descendants of Randolph Churchill

by Pamela Digby

by June Osborne

Descendants of Mary Soames, Baroness Soames (née Churchill)

by Christopher Soames, Baron Soames

ImageNameBirthDeathNotes
12 February 1948m. Catherine N. Weatherall 1981
  • 1. Arthur Harry David Soames b. 1985

m. Serena Mary Smith 1993

  • 2. Isabella Soames b. 1996
  • 3. Christopher Soames b. 2001
6 September 1949 m. James N.M. MacManus 1981–1989
  • 1. Emily Fiona MacManus b. 1983
Jeremy Bernard Soames25 May 1952m. Susanna Keith 1978
  • 1. Gemma Mary Soames b. 1979
  • 2. Flora Caroline Soames b. 1982
  • 3. Archie Christopher Winston Soames b. 1988
Charlotte Peel, Countess Peel (née Soames)17 July 1954m. Richard Alexander Hambro 1973–1982
  • 1. Clementine Silvia Hambro b. 1976

m. William James Robert Peel, 3rd Earl Peel, 1989

  • 2. Lady Antonia Mary Catherine Peel b. 1991
Rupert Soames18 May 1959 m. 1988 Camilla Rose Dunne
  • 1. Arthur Christopher Soames b. 1990
  • 2. Daisy Soames b. 1992
  • 3. Jack Soames b. 22 September 1994

Sources

  • Book: Gilbert, Martin . Martin Gilbert . Churchill: A Life . 1991 . Heinemann . London . 978-04-34291-83-0.
  • Book: Jenkins, Roy . Roy Jenkins . Churchill . 2001 . Macmillan Press . London . 978-03-30488-05-1.
  • Book: Soames, Mary . Mary Soames . Speaking for Themselves: The Personal Letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill . 1998 . Doubleday . London . 978-03-85406-91-8.

Notes and References

  1. News: Revealed: secret affair with a socialite that nearly wrecked Churchill's career . Doward . Jamie . The Guardian . 25 February 2018 . 25 February 2018.
  2. Book: Soames, Mary . A Daughter's Tale: The Memoir of Winston and Clementine Churchill's Youngest Child . Mary Soames . 2012 . Transworld Publishers Limited . London . 13 . 978-05-52770-92-7.
  3. Chambers . Ian . 2000 . Winston Churchill and Irish Home Rule, 1899‐1914* . Parliamentary History . en . 19 . 3 . 405–421 . 10.1111/j.1750-0206.2000.tb00602.x . 0264-2824.
  4. Book: Taraborrelli, J. Randy . Grace & steel: Dorothy, Barbara, Laura, and the women of the Bush dynasty . 2021 . St. Martin's Press . 978-1-250-24871-8 . First . New York.
  5. Book: Bartlett, J. Gardner . Robert Coe, Puritan . Published for private circulation . 1911 . 9780598765826.
  6. Web site: Churchill . Winston S. . 29 August 2008 . Churchill's American Heritage . 10 July 2024 . International Churchill Society.
  7. Web site: General Register Office. England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837–2008. FamilySearch. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 27 September 2015. Diana Churchill, 1909; St. George Hanover Square, London, England.
  8. Web site: General Register Office. England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837–2007. FamilySearch. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 27 September 2015. Diana S Churchill, 1963; Westminster, London, England.
  9. Web site: England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837–2005. FamilySearch. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 27 September 2015. Diana S Churchill John M Bailey 1932;St. George Hanover Square, London, England.
  10. Web site: General Register Office. England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837–2005. FamilySearch. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 27 September 2015. Diana Churchill and Edwin D Sandys, 1935;London City, London, England.
  11. Web site: General Register Office. England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837–2008. FamilySearch. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 27 September 2015. Randolph F E Spencer-Churchill, 1911;St. George Hanover Square, London, England. Mother's maiden name Hozier.
  12. Web site: General Register Office. England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837–2007. FamilySearch. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 27 September 2015. Randolph F E S Churchill, 1968; Samford, Suffolk, England.
  13. Web site: General Register Office. England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837–2005. FamilySearch. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 27 September 2015. Randolph F E S Churchill and Pamela B Digby, 1939; Westminster St. Margaret, London, England.
  14. Web site: General Register Office. England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837–2005. FamilySearch. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 27 September 2015. Randolph F E S Churchill and June Osborne, 1948;Westminster, London, England.
  15. Web site: General Register Office. England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837–2008. FamilySearch. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 29 September 2015. Sarah M H Churchill, 1914; St. Martin, London, England. Mother's maiden name Hozier.
  16. Web site: Together at last. International Churchill Society. 27 February 2022. 7 January 2024.
  17. Web site: Celia Sandys – granddaughter and expert on Winston Churchill . Celia Sandys . 10 October 2014.

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