Two nights later, when Randolph proposed under starlight, in a garden overlooking the harbor and yachts, Jennie accepted without hesitation. His personality, which reflected the superiority of class, matched that of the pampered Jennie. Randolph was short and slender with a walrus mustache, popping eyes and a refined, almost foppish demeanor. It was a splendid evening for Jennie because she met and enchanted 24-year-old Lord Randolph Churchill, the younger son of John Spencer Churchill, the seventh duke of Marlborough. Ariadne in honor of the heir to the Russian throne. On August 12, 1873, 19-year-old Jennie Jerome attended a Cowes Regatta ball given by the Prince and Princess of Wales (the future Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark ) on H.M.S. My mother always seemed to be a fairy princess a radiant being possessed of limitless riches and power. One of these was the Cowes Regatta on the Isle of Wight in August of each year. English society was quite cold and lacked the elegance for the debut of young Jennie, but the Jeromes gravitated to the most exclusive events. When the German army advanced on Paris during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, the Jerome women were among the last foreigners to flee to London, England. The Jeromes' wealth was a passport to Parisian society and the court of French Emperor Napoleon III. But Leonard was a philanderer and Clara, exasperated by her husband's lifestyle, moved to Paris in 1868 to educate her three daughters, Clara, Jennie, and Leonie. Because of his fondness for the singer Jennie Lind, he named his second daughter Jennie. He had a passion for music and was the patron of many aspiring young singers. Following the birth of their first child in 1851, Leonard served as American Consul in Trieste and later lived with his family in Paris before returning to America in 1860. In an attempt to bring respectability to horse-racing, he was the founder of the New York Jockey Club and built the Jerome Park Racecourse. Leonard dabbled in journalism, telegraphs, railroads, and horses. Her father Leonard Jerome was a self-made Wall Street millionaire and her mother Clara Hall Jerome was an attractive, fashion-conscious woman said to be one-quarter Iroquois Indian. Jeanette Jerome was born on January 9, 1854, in Brooklyn, New York. Her part in public affairs can be found in the two careers with which she was so intimately associated. Churchill, a parliamentarian who proved to be a greater public figure than his father. Born in America, she married Randolph Churchill, an English politician of first-rate political talent, and she was the mother of Sir Winston S. Jennie Jerome Churchill was destined to play a prominent and influential part in English court and political life for an entire generation. Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill (Century, 1908) Small Talks on Big Subjects (Pearson, 1916). Mother moved family to Paris (1868) married Lord Randolph Churchill (1874) Lord Randolph died (1895) served as chair and nurse on hospital ship Maine during Anglo- Boer War (1899–1900) founded and edited the Anglo-Saxon Review (1899) published her reminiscences (1908) had two plays produced (1914) served on several hospital boards (1915–19). Born Jeanette Jerome on January 9, 1854, in Brooklyn, New York died on June 29, 1921, in London, England daughter of Leonard Walter Jerome and Clara (Hall) Jerome married Lord Randolph Churchill, in 1874 married George Cornwallis-West, in 1900 married Montague Porch, 1918 children: (first marriage) Winston Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) John Strange Churchill (b. Name variations: Jennie Jerome Lady Jennie Jerome Spencer Churchill Lady Randolph Churchill Mrs. Churchill, who was influential in Britain's royal and political affairs for an entire generation. American-born public figure, wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, and mother of Sir Winston S.
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