The young Esmond Romilly

Esmond Marcus David Romilly, (June 10, 1918–November 30, 1941), was a nephew of Winston Churchill. Educated at Wellington College, he was a journalist who wrote two autobiographies before he was 21 and attracted some media attention as Winston Churchill's 'red nephew'. He eloped with Jessica Mitford to Spain during the Civil War, where he worked as a reporter, along with his friend Philip Toynbee, who later wrote his memoirs. He and Toynbee collaborated on a journalistic account of the Spanish Civil War. Image File history File links Esmond. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... There are many schools known as Wellington College. ... Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford, known to friends and family as Decca (September 11, 1917 - July 22, 1996), self-described muckraker and political radical, was one of the noted Mitford sisters, daughters of the 2nd Baron Redesdale. ... History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain - Visigoths - Al-Andalus - Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Transition to Democracy Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social History... Theodore Philip Toynbee (June 25, 1916 - June 15, 1981) was a British writer and journalist. ...

Later, he and Jessica settled in Miami and opened a bar. When Britain declared war on Germany at the beginning of World War Two, he moved to Canada to volunteer. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force and was shot down over the North Sea during in 1941 after a bombing raid over Nazi Germany. He was 23. German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was the air force of Canada from 1924 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Armed Forces. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...

He had two children with Jessica: Julia December 20, 1937, who died in a measles epidemic in May 1938; and Constancia (better known as 'Dinky') on February 9, 1941. December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

It was rumoured during his life that he was the result of an affair between his mother and Winston Churchill. The news of his death was broken to his wife Jessica Mitford by Churchill personally. The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford, known to friends and family as Decca (September 11, 1917 - July 22, 1996), self-described muckraker and political radical, was one of the noted Mitford sisters, daughters of the 2nd Baron Redesdale. ...

Links

Mini-biography of Esmond Romilly

Review of Kavin Ingram's 'Rebel: The short life of Esmond Romilly'

Photographic portrait of Esmond and Giles Romilly, at the National Gallery

Churchill's account of his death to Jessica Mitford

Account of marriage through to death