Peregrine Spencer-Churchill, nephew of Sir Winston, at 88
Michael Rhodes
after a short illness, aged 88, was a nephew of Sir Winston Churchill,
and a trustee of the Churchill archives containing the personal papers
of Sir WSC and his younger brother John, and other members of the
family.
Henry Peregrine Winston ( he was always known by his last Christian
name and the nickname *Prebbin*), was born 25 May, 1913, the second
son of John Strange Spencer-Churchill, (1880-1947), and his wife, the
former Lady Gwendeline (Goonie) Bertie, fourth daughter of the 7th
Earl of Abingdon.
Although six years Sir Winston's junior, John Spencer-Churchill from
their schoolroom days & throughout their lives were mutually devoted,
and their wives, Clementine and Goonie, became close confidantes.
In the First World War the two families shared Jack and Goonie's house
in Kensington, and Peregrine, with his elder brother, John George, and
sister Clarissa, grew up in close proximity to Sir Winston's
offspring, and were frequent visitors to Chartwell down the years.
Peregrine's elder brother was born in 1909, and the sister, wife of
Churchill's successor as PM, Anthony Eden, followed in 1920.
Peregrine was educated at Harrow and at Cambridge, and married
firstly, in 1954,
Patricia Ethel Louise, daughter of Thomas March, of Chesham,
Buckinghamshire. She died in 1956. His second marriage, in 1957, was
to Yvonne Henriette Marie, second daughter of Constant Jehannin, of
Rennes, France.
There were no children from either marriage.
In 1993, it was announced that the personal archives of Sir Winston
Churchill, containing the drafts of his great war-time speeches, were
to be saved for the nation.
Peregrine Churchill, as senior trustee, announced that an outline
agreement had been reached between the Churchill family and the
Government over the sale of the collection.
Whilst attending the funeral of his elder brother (in 1992),
Peregrine, a Civil Engineer, was shocked at the condition of the
family graves in Bladon
Churchyard, inluding the graves of Sir WSC and Clemmie, and his
parents John and Goonie, and grandparents, Lord and Lady Randolph
Churchill. He therefore proposed to use some of the profits from the
sale of the archives for £250,000 restoration work at the Oxfordshire
country churchyard where the statesman and kin are interred.
This he did. And in recent years the Duke of Marlborough and
Churchill's descendants attended a service at Bladon after the
completion of restoration work.
He is survived by his sister, ther Countess of Avon, and by an
extended family of nephews and nieces.
Peregrine Spencer-Churchill is to be privately cremated, and a
Memorial Service is planned for a later date.
...Michael Rhodes.
Louis Epstein
: (Henry Winston) Peregrine Spencer-Churchill, who died 19 March, 2002,
: after a short illness, aged 88, was a nephew of Sir Winston Churchill,
: and a trustee of the Churchill archives containing the personal papers
: of Sir WSC and his younger brother John, and other members of the
: family.
: Henry Peregrine Winston ( he was always known by his last Christian
It appears the last two were transposed here...
: name and the nickname *Prebbin*), was born 25 May, 1913, the second
: sale of the archives for L250,000 restoration work at the Oxfordshire
: country churchyard where the statesman and kin are interred.
: This he did. And in recent years the Duke of Marlborough and
: Churchill's descendants attended a service at Bladon after the
: completion of restoration work.
The Duke of Marlborough of course being a cousin,
and the deceased the last of his father's male line
as he had no child and his brother only a daughter.
The unique "semi-salic" situation of that Dukedom may
bare noting now,as the "semi-salic" idea has lately
been discussed on ATR.
The remainder names the daughters of the 1st Duke and
their heirs male,whom failing the daughters of the
daughters and their heirs male,whom failing I am not
clear...is it the sons or the daughters
of the daughters of the daughters and THEIR heirs male,
and so on?
The present Duke has two living sons and two living
daughters...certainly after the sons and their issue
in the male line succession leaps to his brother Lord
Charles and his three sons and their issue male,
then over their sisters and issue to their first
cousin Robert William Charles Spencer-Churchill and his
sons and their issue male,then to Winston,former MP,
the grandson of Sir Winston and cousin once-removed
of the deceased,his sons,and their issue male,
then(unless Lord Alan Spencer-Churchill[1825-73] has
male line heirs) the male line of the Viscounts and
Barons Churchill,
then the male line heirs of Sir Charles Gordon Spencer,
and then the male line of the Earls Spencer.
Only then is the remainder requirement of the
heirs male of the 1st Duke's daughter Anne(who married
the Earl of Sunderland) fulfilled.
Her younger sisters' male lines have already failed
(the youngest married the Duke of Montagu and the
next-youngest,displaced in the order without being
ruled out entirely if I read Burke's correctly,
married the Duke of Bridgwater) though there are
descendants.
At this point we revert to heirs male of daughters of
his daughters...the (2nd) Duchess,his eldest surviving
daughter,has no male line today though she was ancestor
of Dukes of Leeds.So then what?
I'm not sure if youngest daughter Mary's line includes
heirs male of any daughters...the 3rd Earl of Jersey's
male line are heirs male of the daughter of next-youngest
daughter Elizabeth,but would they come before or after
issue of daughters of sons of Anne...or Leeds line
heirs of the right generation?
: He is survived by his sister, ther Countess of Avon, and by an
: extended family of nephews and nieces.
: Peregrine Spencer-Churchill is to be privately cremated, and a
: Memorial Service is planned for a later date.
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Michael Rhodes
> Michael Rhodes <michaellawr...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> : (Henry Winston) Peregrine Spencer-Churchill, who died 19 March, 2002,
> : after a short illness, aged 88, was a nephew of Sir Winston Churchill,
> : and a trustee of the Churchill archives containing the personal papers
> : of Sir WSC and his younger brother John, and other members of the
> : family.
>
> : Henry Peregrine Winston ( he was always known by his last Christian
>
> It appears the last two were transposed here...
Sorry. That's my slip. However, Burke's lists him as Peregrine (Henry
Winston), and in Debrett he is (Henry Winston) Peregrine.
This is fascinating stuff. I had always assumed that the dukedom was
allowed to pass through the female line (like the Dukedom of Fife and
Earldom of Mountbatten, &c, to prevent an extinction) but that
thereafter it was to the heirs male. So was Diana, Princess of Wales,
in distant remainder too?
Rafal Heydel-Mankoo
it from a newspaper (in which case, which one?)?
Thank you.
Regards,
Rafal Heydel-Mankoo
michaellawr...@btinternet.com (Michael Rhodes) wrote in message news:<8f00a961.0203...@posting.google.com>...
Michael Rhodes
> What is the source for this obituary, please? Are you the author or is
> it from a newspaper (in which case, which one?)?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rafal Heydel-Mankoo
Peregrine's death notice appeared in the D.Telegraph, 21 March - & I
cobbled the obit together from old press cuttings. I don't think he's
appeared as an obituary in the British press yet.
...Michael
Julian Spencer-Churchill
Kenny McCormack
>In fact Peregrine Churchill did have an illegitimate child with the wife
Just ou of curiosity, which was this "Valerie Munn":
1) The business partner?
2) The business partner's wife?
3) The business partner's wife's (illegitimate) child?
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Louis Epstein
>> This he did. And in recent years the Duke of Marlborough and
>> Churchill's descendants attended a service at Bladon after the
>> completion of restoration work.
>> He is survived by his sister, ther Countess of Avon, and by an
>> extended family of nephews and nieces.
>> Peregrine Spencer-Churchill is to be privately cremated, and a
>> Memorial Service is planned for a later date.
>> ...Michael Rhodes.