Everything about John Strange Spencer-churchill totally explained
Major John Strange Spencer-Churchill DSO TD (
4 February 1880 –
23 February 1947) was the son of
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill and
Jennie Jerome, and brother of
Winston Churchill.
Early life and marriage
He was born at
Phoenix Park,
Dublin,
Ireland (where his father,
Lord Randolph Churchill, was secretary to his grandfather, the
Duke of Marlborough, who had been appointed
Viceroy of Ireland in
1876) and educated at
Harrow School. Although never completely verified, it has long been believed that he wasn't the biological son of Lord Randolph Churchill, but rather was fathered by one of his mother's numerous extra marital lovers (most of whom her husband was aware) of the time, possibly an Irish nobleman of the same name, Col. John Strange Jocelyn, 5th Earl of Roden (1823–1897).
He married, in
Oxford on
8 August 1908, Lady Gwendoline Theresa Mary Bertie (
20 November 1885 –
7 July 1941), a Roman Catholic, the daughter of
Montagu Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon and Gwendoline Mary Dormer.
Military career
He was commissioned into the
Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars in 1898. He fought in the
Second Boer War between 1899 and 1900, where he was mentioned in dispatches, and was wounded.
He fought in the
First World War, where he was again mentioned in dispatches. He also served on the staff of Field Marshall
Lord French, General Sir
Ian Hamilton (serving as Naval Liaison Officer for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) and Field Marshal
Lord Birdwood (serving as Assistant Military Secretary at the headquarters of the Fifth Army). He reached the rank of
Major.
He was awarded the French decorations of the
Croix de Guerre and the
Légion d'Honneur. He was awarded the British
Distinguished Service Order in 1918.
He is buried near his parents and brother at
St Martin's Church, Bladon, near
Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
Children
The couple had three children:
Despite the
Ne Temere, apparently only their daughter was raised Catholic, the faith of her mother (the daughter of a convert), and even she quite nominally.
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