Churchill's Grandmama: Frances 7th Duchess of Marlborough

Churchill's Grandmama: Frances 7th Duchess of Marlborough

Churchill's Grandmama: Frances 7th Duchess of Marlborough

Churchill's Grandmama: Frances 7th Duchess of Marlborough

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Overview

Sir Winston Churchill’s paternal grandmother and the mother of Randolph Churchill, the 7th Duchess of Marlborough, has been a minor figure in many works, yet hers is a fascinating story. Frances Anne Emily Vane-Tempest-Stewart’s family background, as well as her own life, is steeped in great historical names and occasions, from being the eldest daughter of Wellington’s second-in-command in the Napoleonic Wars to being a lifelong personal friend of Queen Victoria.

Frances’ arrival at Blenheim Palace in 1843 as the bride of John Winston, 7th Marquess of Blandford, resulted in the great ancestral seat’s regeneration, and from there she gave loyal support not only to her husband and her younger son, Randolph, but also to her famous grandson, Winston Churchill, shaping his character, ambitions and later achievements. Alongside the influence she had over her family, her own crowning achievement was the part she played in averting the effects of the Irish potato famine of 1879, which threatened to repeat the extensive loss of life of the 1840s famine.

Churchill’s Grandmama is an absorbing, remarkable biography that restores a most gracious woman to her proper place at Blenheim.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780750997867
Publisher: The History Press
Publication date: 05/01/2022
Edition description: Second Edition,New edition
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Margaret Elizabeth Forster is married to the archivist at Blenheim Palace, who is continuing to work on the Duke of Marlborough's personal family archives. The author has been granted exclusive access to the Blenheim archives for her book.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 9

List of Illustrations 13

Illustration Acknowledgements 15

Foreword 16

Chronology 18

Introduction 27

1 A Glamorous Beginning 31

2 From Crisis to Crisis 40

3 An Emotional Farewell 48

4 A Privileged Childhood 55

5 An Eventful Adolescence 64

6 A Marriage has been Arranged 73

7 Frances and Blenheim 84

8 Duchess of Marlborough 95

9 The Triumphant Revival 106

10 A Beloved Son 120

11 Randolph at Oxford 129

12 Randolph and Jennie 136

13 A Parental Dilemma 151

14 Resolution 162

15 Family Life 170

16 Disappointed Hopes 184

17 The Prince's Revenge 190

18 Ireland, 1887-80 199

19 The Famine Fund 215

20 The Sad Aftermath 228

21 Randolph Ascendant 240

22 A Caring Grandmother 253

23 … and Others 268

24 An Error of Judgement 275

25 Mixed Emotions 283

26 The Last Days 292

27 Looking Ahead 302

Notes 314

Bibliography 318

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