Jennie Jerome in 1874

Jeanette (Jennie) Jerome [1] CI DStJ, known also as Lady Randolph Churchill (January 9, 1854 – June 9, 1921) was an American society beauty, best known to history as the mother of British prime minister Winston Churchill. Jennie Jerome (photo 9 December 1899) This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Jennie Jerome (photo 9 December 1899) This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... The Imperial Order of the Crown of India is an order in the British honours system. ... This page deals with the order after its revival in the 19th century. ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... This is a list of the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom since 1721. ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician and author, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ...

Early life

She was born at 197 (formerly 8) Amity Street, in the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn, New York, (426 Henry Street is incorrectly cited in some sources). She was the middle daughter of financier Leonard Jerome and his wife, Clara Hall. Cobble Hill is a Brooklyn neighborhood in New York City. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 141,205 km²  (54,520 sq. ... Leonard Walter Jerome, born November 3, 1817 in Pompey, New York, United States – died March 3, 1891 at Brighton, England , was a Brooklyn, New York entrepreneur and grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill. ...

A noted beauty – an admirer said that there was "more of the panther than of the woman in her look" – Lady Randolph Churchill also worked as a magazine editor and bore a fashionable tattoo of a snake twined around her left wrist. Hall family lore insists that Jennie Jerome was part Iroquois, but no evidence of any Native American ancestry has yet been uncovered, despite much genealogical digging. The Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power, Five Nations, or Six Nations) is a group of First Nations/Native Americans. ... An Atsina named Assiniboin Boy Photo by Edward S. Curtis. ...

Marriage and adultery

Long considered one of the most beautiful women of the time, she married, first, in 1874, at the British Embassy in Paris, France, Lord Randolph Churchill (1849–1895), third son of John Winston Spencer-Churchill, the 7th Duke of Marlborough. 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city For other uses, see Paris (disambiguation). ... Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (13 February 1849 – 24 January 1895) was a British statesman. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... His Grace The Duke of Marlborough John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (2 June 1822 - 4 July 1883); English statesman. ... The coat of arms of the Dukes of Marlborough The Dukedom of Marlborough (named after Marlborough, pronounced Maulbruh - in the IPA), is an hereditary title of British nobility in the Peerage of England. ...

By this marriage, she acquired the title "Lady Randolph Churchill." They had two sons: Winston Churchill (1874–1965) and John Strange Spencer-Churchill (1880–1947). As was the custom of the day, she played a limited role in her sons' upbringing, relying largely upon nannies such as Winston's beloved Mrs. (Elizabeth) Everest. Winston completely worshipped his mother, writing her numerous letters during his time away from home at school, begging her to visit him, which she rarely did. However, after he became an adult, she and he became good friends and strong allies, to the point where Winston regarded her almost more as a sister than as a mother. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician and author, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Major John Strange Spencer-Churchill, DSO (4 February 1880 - 23 February 1947) was the son of Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill and Jennie Jerome, and brother of Winston Churchill. ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...

Jerome was influential in the uppermost British social and political circles. She was said to be appealing and pleasing to be around, considered to be a strong personality, witty, intelligent, said to have laughed often, and was well respected. [2] It was said that Alexandra of Denmark especially enjoyed her company, finding her appealing and enjoyable, despite the fact that Jerome had been involved in an affair with Alexandra's husband, Edward VII, a fact that was well known by Alexandra. [3] Through both her family contacts and her extra-marital romantic relationships as a courtesan, Jerome greatly helped Lord Randolph's early career. This page is about the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom. ... A courtesan is a person paid and/or supported for the giving of social companionship and intimate liaisons to one or more partners. ...

It has been long rumored that her second son, John Churchill, was not fathered by her husband Lord Randolph, but instead was possibly the son of an Irish nobleman, Col. John Strange Jocelyn, 5th Earl of Roden (1823–1897), with whom she is believed to have had an affair. That seems unlikely, however, given the similarity of names, which would seem a bit obvious under the circumstances that this was an alleged secret affair. She did, however, have numerous lovers during her marriage, including Count Charles Andreas Kinsky, King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, and King Milan of Serbia, the more prominent ones with the full knowledge of her husband. 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Karel Andreas Kinsky 1858-1919 Count Karel Kinsky was the son of Count Octavian Kinsky (1813-1879)the head of the Kinsky dynasty and Agnes Schaffgotsch genannt Semperfrei von und zu Kynast und Greiffenstein (1810-1888) Karel born into the familys great equine tradition, inherited a love of horses. ... Edward VII (Albert Edward) (9 November 1841–6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of the Commonwealth Realms, and the Emperor of India. ... Milan I, born Milan Obrenovich IV, (August 22, 1854 – February 11, 1901), was the king of Serbia from 1882 to 1889. ...

Later marriages

Five years after the death of Lord Randolph, she married George Cornwallis-West (1874–1951) in 1900, a captain in the Scots Guards. It was during this marriage, in 1908, that she wrote The Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill. They separated in 1912 and were divorced in April 1914. George Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-West (1874-1951) was a British officer of the Scots Guards notable for his marriage to the mother of Winston Churchill, Jennie Jerome. ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... The Scots Guards is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division, and have a long and proud history stretching back hundreds of years. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Jerome then married a third time, in 1918, to Montague Phippen Porch (1877–1964), a member of the British Civil Service in Nigeria. 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. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...

Throughout her life, and all three marriages, Jerome had extra-marital affairs. In the early years this was generally for the social and political strengthening of her first husbands position. Her second and third husbands were both more than 20 years younger than she. Ironically, the year she married Lord Randolph was the year her second husband was born, and three years before her third husband would be born.

During her first marriage, regardless of her affairs, her loyalty was always to Lord Randolph. She supported his causes, and wielded considerable power behind the scenes. Her second and third marriages seemed to have never held that loyalty to which she showed for her.

Death and after

Jerome has been portrayed on screen by the late actress, Lee Remick, in the American television series, Jennie, and by the late actress Anne Bancroft in the film, Young Winston. Lee Remick Lee Remick (December 14, 1935 - July 2, 1991), was an American actress admired for her versality and her great beauty. ... Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate Anne Bancroft (September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an iconic Academy Award-winning American actress, born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano in The Bronx, New York to Michael and Mildred Italiano, both children of Italian immigrants. ...

Jerome died in 1921 at the age of 67 after surgery to remove a gangrenous leg, and is buried in the Churchill plot at St Martin Church, Bladon, Oxfordshire, near her first husband and sons. Even after the death of Lord Randolph, Jerome preferred to be known as "Lady Randolph Churchill" despite her re-marriages, and even though she was not strictly entitled to this style any longer she was so well received in royal circles that no one seemed to object. Her affairs during her marriage with Lord Randolph never shook her respect for him and her loyalties to him. The Parish Church of St Martin. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in south-east England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ...

After her death her third husband, Porch, married in 1926 his second wife, Donna Giulia Patrizi (died 1938), a daughter of the Marchese Patrizi della Rocca. 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Lady Randolph Churchill, in 1899, from the Lafayette collection

According to legend, she was also responsible for the invention of the "Manhattan" cocktail. She commissioned a bartender for a special drink to celebrate the election of Samuel J. Tilden to the governorship in 1874. The party was held at the Manhattan Club, and the drink was named after the club. Image File history File links Wiki234. ... Image File history File links Wiki234. ... A Manhattan is a cocktail made with rye, Canadian, or bourbon whiskey, sweet vermouth (proportions vary from a sweet 1:1 to a dry 4:1, but the classic mixture is 2:1), and a dash of Angostura bitters, stirred with ice and strained into a Martini cocktail glass, garnished... Samuel Jones Tilden (February 9, 1814 - August 4, 1886) was the Democratic candidate for the US presidency in the disputed election of 1876, the most controversial American election of the 19th century. ...

Book

• Churchill, Randolph Spencer, Lady. The Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill, 1908. (Autobiography.)

• Lady Randolph Churchill: The Story of Jennie Jerome, authored by Anita Leslie, published in 1968.Jerome, Jennie