He was the father of john churchill 1st duke of marlborough as well as an ancestor of the 20th century prime minister sir winston churchill.
Winston churchill wife and children. Diana was the oldest of the churchill children born in 1909 followed by randolph born 2 years later. In 1932 diana became the wife of john milner bailey but the marriage ended in divorce. It was 1909 and winston churchill a british member of parliament had just arrived in bristol with his new wife clementine. Diana 1909 1963 randolph 1911 1968 sarah 1914 1982 marigold 1918 1921 mary 1922 2014.
Winston churchill and his wife clementine had five children. Here are six lesser known facts. In 1908 churchill married clementine hozier the daughter of sir henry and lady blanche hozier. Daughter sarah joined sister diana and brother randolph in 1914.
Sir winston churchill son of lord and lady randolph churchill and grandson of the 7th duke of marlborough was prime minister of the united kingdom between 26 october 1951 6 april 1955 and 10 may 1940 26 july 1945. Throughout much of the 1880s randolph and jennie were effectively estranged and the brothers were mostly cared for by their nanny elizabeth everest. Diana is the oldest of winston and clementine churchill s children. Clementine ogilvy spencer churchill baroness spencer churchill gbe née hozier.
But without his wife clementine churchill might never have become prime minister. In 1908 they met again at a dinner party hosted by lady st helier who was a distant relative of. 1 april 1885 12 december 1977 was the wife of winston churchill prime minister of the united kingdom and a life peer in her own right. By clementine churchill had five children and ten grandchildren a.
By his own admission the second world war would have been impossible without her. Winston s brother jack was born there in 1880. She was born on the 11th day of july 1909 and attended the notting hill high school before later proceeding to the royal academy of arts. Churchill was the son of sir john churchill of dorset a lawyer and politician.
Winston churchill met his wife to be clementine ogilvy hozier in 1904 at a ball in crewe house. Of the five children four were girls. Without winston churchill s leadership britain arguably wouldn t have survived its darkest hour and successfully repelled the nazi menace. Diana randolph sarah marigold and mary.
Churchill later wrote that she had been my dearest and most intimate friend during the whole of the twenty years i had lived.