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23 de abr. de 2024 · Jennie Jerome Churchill (born January 9, 1854, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died June 29, 1921, London, England) was an American-born society figure, remembered chiefly as the wife of Lord Randolph Churchill and mother of Sir Winston Churchill, prime minister of Great Britain (1940–45, 1951–55). Jeanette Jerome was the daughter of a ...
Montagu Phippen Porch (15 March 1877 – 8 November 1964) was a British colonial officer who in 1918 became Winston Churchill's stepfather, although he was three years his junior. Early life Porch was born on 15 March 1877 in Glastonbury, Somerset, the younger son of Reginald Porch (1838-1886) LL.M., of the Bengal Civil Service, and grandson of Thomas Porch Porch, JP, of Edgarley, just outside ...
George Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-West (14 November 1874 – 1 April 1951) was a British officer of the Scots Guards. He was the only son of Col. William Cornwallis-West (1835–1917) and his wife Mary, née FitzPatrick (1856–1920). The family moved in aristocratic circles but did not have a great deal of wealth. George Cornwallis-West was noted primarily for his glamorous marriages, the ...
They divorced eleven years later. In 1918, Jennie married Montagu Porch, living contentedly with him until her death three years later. In 1921, while Montagu Porch was away in Africa, Jennie slipped while coming down a friend's staircase and broke her ankle. It did not heal correctly, gangrene set in, and the left leg had to be amputated. Death
11 de dic. de 2021 · Desde allí, Wortley Montagu escribió vívidas descripciones de la vida oriental, especialmente de las mujeres turcas, cuya vestimenta, estilo de vida y tradiciones la intrigaban.
Montagu, Route 62. Driving from Cape Town, the stunningly craggy Cogmanskloof and its tapestry of Cape Fold Mountains lead to the charming town of Montagu, beginning of Route 62 – also famous as the ‘longest wine route in the world’. What gives Montagu its class and character are the old Cape Dutch and Georgian-style houses, a background ...
Lord Randolph Churchill, (born Feb. 13, 1849, Blenheim Palace, near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, Eng.—died Jan. 24, 1895, London), British politician. Third son of the 7th duke of Marlborough, he entered the House of Commons in 1874. In the early 1880s he joined other Conservatives in forming the Fourth Party, which advocated a “Tory democracy ...
