He was born at 3 Wilton Terrace, Belgravia, London. He was at first privately educated, and later attended Tabor's Preparatory School, Cheam, London. In January 1863 he went to Eton College, where he remained until July 1865. He did not stand out either at academic work or sport while at Eton; his contemporaries describe him as a vivacious and rather unruly boy. In October 1867 he matriculated at Merton College, Oxford. At Oxford he became a member of the Bullingdon Club. He had a liking for sport, but was also an avid reader, and obtained a second-class degree in jurisprudence and modern history in 1870. In 1871, Churchill and his elder brother, George, were initiated into the rites of Freemasonry, as later his son Winston would be. In 1874 he was elected to Parliament as Conservative member for Woodstock, Oxfordshire defeating George Brodrick, a Fellow, and afterwards Warden, of Merton College. His maiden speech, delivered in his first session, prompted compliments from Harcourt and Disraeli, who wrote to the Queen of Churchill's 'energy and natural flow'.
From 1903 until 1905, Churchill was engaged in writing Lord Randolph Churchill, a two-volume biography of his father which was published in 1906 and received much critical acclaim. However, filial devotion caused him to soften some of his father's less attractive aspects.Theodore Roosevelt, who had known Lord Randolph, reviewed the book as "a clever, tactful and rather cheap and vulgar life of that clever, tactful and rather cheap and vulgar egotist". Some historians suggest Churchill used the book in part to vindicate his own career and in particular to justify crossing the floor.
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The Aristocratic Adventurer by David Cannadine; originally an essay entitled "Churchill: The Aristocratic Adventurer" in Aspects of Aristocracy.
Jenkins, Roy (2001). Churchill: A Biography. New York: Macmillan. ISBN0-333-78290-9.
He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford and became a journalist. In 1931 he shared Edward James's house in London with John Betjeman. While attending Oxford, Churchill became embroiled in the controversy of February 1933 King and Country debate. Three weeks after the associated pacifist resolution was passed, Churchill proposed a resolution at the Oxford Union to delete the "King and Country" motion from the Union's records but this was defeated by 750 votes to 138 in a rowdy debate (one which was better attended than the original debate), where Churchill was met by a barrage of hisses and stink bombs. A bodyguard of Oxford Conservatives and police escorted Churchill back to his hotel after the debate.
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... and, as Jennie’s husband LordRandolphChurchill wrote, ‘a rather imprudent and rough pony ride in a pony carriage brought on the pains on Saturday night ... She married Lord Randolph Churchill in 1874.
The teams are going heavy on merchandise ...LordHailsham fell foul of party opinion when his supporter RandolphChurchill dashed to Blackpool and started dishing out ‘Q for Quintin’ buttons – including to Rab Butler, who had ambitions of his own ... .
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He is recalled today only as a result of LordRandolphChurchill’s famous quip that “he forgot Goschen” when he tendered his resignation as chancellor of the Exchequer in December 1886, believing that he was irreplaceable ... Lord Lexden (Con).
Foster, the public were led to believe the cost would be one tenth of the actual amount.LordRandolphChurchill... As Michael Makovsky says, “Lord Randolph Churchill considered himself a protégé of Disraeli ... Lord Randolph Churchill .
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...Churchill (pictured, left) and Lexi Bowes-Lyon (pictured, right) ... In 1874, when LordRandolph Churchill saw the stunning landscape for the first time, he declared it to be 'the finest view in England'.
His father Randolph...Next came a two-volume biography of his father Randolph (Lord Randolph Churchill), which sought to rehabilitate his father’s tarnished political career and further Churchill’s own.
Both she and her father set their sights on English aristocrat LordRandolphChurchill, who was also a rising politician ... As SunnyMarlborough told me, Jennie's 1874 marriage to Lord Randolph Churchill ...
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04 Feb 2024