Lord Randolph Churchill was married at the British Embassy in Paris on 15 April 1874 to Jennie Jerome, daughter of Leonard Jerome, an American businessman. Lord Randolph Churchill and Lady Randolph Churchill (Jennie Jerome) in Paris (1874) by Georges Penabert He reported on the mining industry in South Africa on their behalf, where their agent Cecil Rhodes was consolidating mining deposits which ultimately led to the creation of De Beers. Ĭhurchill was a close friend of Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, and received "extensive loans" from the Rothschilds. His maiden speech, delivered in his first session, prompted compliments from William Harcourt and Benjamin Disraeli, who wrote to the Queen of Churchill's "energy and natural flow". Īt the general election of 1874 Churchill was elected to Parliament as Conservative member for Woodstock, near the family seat of Blenheim Palace, defeating George Brodrick, a Fellow of Merton. In 1871 Churchill and his elder brother George were initiated into the rites of Freemasonry, as later his son Winston would be. His behaviour was, however, the later cause of dissension in his relations with a colder, more aloof, disciplinarian Salisbury. He never regretted being an early friend and admirer of the Disraelis. Ĭhurchill experienced no early doubts but made many mistakes, as alluded to in Rosebery's biography. He gained a second-class degree in jurisprudence and modern history in 1870. He had a liking for hunting, but was also a well-read historian.
His rowdy behaviour was infectious, rubbing off on friends and contemporaries he gained a reputation as an enfant terrible. Randolph was frequently in trouble with the university authorities for drunkenness, smoking in academic dress, and smashing windows at the Randolph Hotel. At Oxford, Primrose – now with his own courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny – was along with Churchill a member of the Bullingdon Club, and joined him at the club's champagne-fuelled parties.
In October 1867, Churchill matriculated at Merton College, Oxford. Among the lifelong friendships he made at school were with Arthur Balfour and Archibald Primrose (later Lord Rosebery). He did not stand out either at academic work or sport while at Eton his contemporaries described him as a vivacious and rather unruly boy. As the younger son of a Marquess, Randolph had a courtesy title, and was Lord Randolph Churchill but as a commoner was able to sit in the House of Commons.Ĭhurchill attended Tabor's Preparatory School, Cheam, then from 1863 Eton College, where he remained until 1865. Born at 3 Wilton Terrace, Belgravia, London, Randolph Spencer was the third son of John Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford, and his wife the Marchioness of Blandford ( née Lady Frances Vane) upon John's father's death in 1857, they became the (7th) Duke of Marlborough, and the Duchess of Marlborough, respectively.
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