| 7. | Jeanette "Jennie" Jerome (5.Clarissa3, 2.Clarissa2, 1.Anna1) was born on 9 Jan 1854 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; died on 29 Jun 1921 in Paddington, Middlesex, England; was buried after 29 Jun 1921 in Saint Martin's Churchyard, Bladon, Oxfordshire, England. Other Events:
- FamilySearch ID: LVVN-GK4
- FindaGrave Memorial ID: 20134
- Group: Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
- Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
- Group: Hall Direct Descendant
- Group: Halls of Middletown - DNA Family 006
- Group: Halls of Wallingford - DNA Family 032
- Group: Mayflower - Dr. Samuel Fuller
- 1871 England Census: 1871, Croydon, Surrey, England
- Death Registration: Between 1 Jul 1921 and 30 Sep 1921, Paddington Registration District, Middlesex, England; Vol. 1a, p. 74
Notes:
From Findagrave:
Author, British Social Figure.
She was born Jeanette Jerome, the eldest of three daughters in a mansion on Henry Street, Brooklyn New York, to prosperous financier Leonard Jerome and Clara Hall, a socially inclined mother.
Leonard Jerome was known by the nickname 'The King of Wall Street' and was a patron of the arts who founded the American Academy of Music and then as an avid sportsman the American Jockey Club.
Jeanette (Jennie) attended the best New York finishing schools. On a trip to Paris with her mother, her beauty and elegant manner caught the attention of Lord Randolph Churchill, son of the Duke of Marlborough. They were married at the British Embassy (age 20) in Paris while acquiring the title 'Lady Randolph Churchill'.
He was active in British politics but Jennie rarely became involved but was an outspoken opponent of women's right to vote. Consequently, she and her son Winston were often heckled by enraged suffragettes.
The marriage produced two sons and the elder, Winston, became prime minister of Great Britain.
She was the social success of London but became a widow at a young age. After Lord Churchill died in 1895, she occupied herself by editing a short-lived literary magazine and writing several books and plays. After her book entitled 'Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill' was published, she penned a play 'Her Borrowed Plumes' which starred Mrs Patrick Campbell and then a second 'The Bill.' Her collection of articles 'Short Talks on Big Subjects' were published in Pearson's Magazine and some of her quotes remain famous today, such as 'There is no such thing as a moral dress-it's the people who are moral or immoral' and 'Treat your friends as you do your pictures and place them in their best light.'
She was influential in the uppermost British social and political circles which greatly helped Winston Churchill in the early stages of his career. Jennie was very patriotic and during the Boer War she organized the purchase and commissioning of an American constructed 200 bed hospital ship name 'The Maine,' and then headed to South Aftica to inspect the vessel prior to it being placed in service.
She was tabloid material after the death of her husband. She had numerous lovers and admirers including Kind Edward VII and King Milan of Serbia.
She married twice more, her second to a captain in the Scots Guards ended in divorce. A third husband was a British civil servant and they lived in Nigeria with the marriage lasting until her death.
Although she was not entitled to her royal title, she continued to be known as 'Lady Randolph Churchill.'
Poor health plagued her and after surgery in London to remove a gangrenous leg she passed away at age sixty-seven.
Although out of the Churchill loop, Jennie was buried in the Churchill plot at St. Martin's Churchyard.
Postscript: The Jennie Jerome Playground in Brooklyn is named for the mother of Sir Winston Churchill and is located next to Jerome Avenue which is named for her father. She has been remembered recently in many ways: Lady Randolph Churchill was portrayed in the television series, 'Jennie' by Lee Remick and then by Anne Bancroft in the film 'Young Winston' and biographies have been published; 'Lady Randolph Churchill' by Anita Leslie in 1969 - 'Jennie' a 2 volume publication by Ralph G. Martin in 1969 - 'Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill: A Portrait with Letters' by Peregrine Churchill and Julian Mitchell in 1974.
Bio by: Donald Greyfield
FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVVN-GK4
FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20134
Group:
Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower
Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran
Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family
Group:
Descendants of John Hall and Esther Willicke of Middletown, Connecticut
Group:
Descendants of John Hall and Jane Woolen of New Haven and Wallingford.
Group:
Descendant of Dr. Samuel Fuller of the Mayflower
1871 England Census:
District 43, Upper Norwood, p. 24
Queens Hotel
...
Clara J Jerome Head Mar 41 New York
Clara " Dau Unm 19 "
Jenny " Dau Unm 17 "
Death Registration:
Jennie Randolph Churchill, age 67, died.
Jeanette married Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill on 15 Apr 1874 in Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France. Randolph (son of Duke John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough and Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane) was born on 13 Feb 1849 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England; died on 24 Jan 1895 in Westminster, Middlesex, England; was buried on 27 Jan 1895 in Saint Martin's Churchyard, Bladon, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 13. Prime Minister Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
was born on 30 Nov 1874 in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England; was christened on 27 Dec 1874 in Blenheim Palace Chapel, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England; died on 24 Jan 1965 in Kensington, Middlesex, England; was buried on 30 Jan 1965 in Saint Martin's Churchyard, Bladon, Oxfordshire, England.
- 14. Major John Strange "Jack" Spencer-Churchill
was born on 4 Feb 1880 in Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland; died on 27 Feb 1947 in London, Middlesex, England; was buried after 27 Feb 1947 in Saint Martin's Churchyard, Bladon, Oxfordshire, England.
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Jeanette married Major George Frederick Myddelton Cornwallis-West on 28 Jul 1900 in Saint George Hanover Square Registration District, Middlesex, England, and was divorced in 1913. George was born on 14 Nov 1874; died on 1 Apr 1951. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Jeanette married Montague Phippen Porch on 1 Jun 1918. Montague was born in 1877; died on 9 Nov 1964. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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