Lord Randolph Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill | |
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| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
| In office 3 August 1886 – 22 December 1886 | |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | William Vernon Harcourt |
| Succeeded by | George Goschen |
| Leader of the House of Commons | |
| In office 3 August 1886 – 14 January 1887 | |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Succeeded by | William Henry Smith |
| Secretary of State for India | |
| In office 24 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 | |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Kimberley |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Kimberley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill 13 February 1849 Belgravia, London, England |
| Died | 24 January 1895 (aged 45) Westminster, London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Jennie Jerome (m. 1874) |
| Children | Sir Winston Spencer-Churchill John Spencer-Churchill |
| Parents | John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough Lady Frances Anne Vane |
| Education | Cheam School Eton College |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
| Profession | Politician |
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (13 February 1849 – 24 January 1895) was Winston Churchill's father. He was a son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough.
He was a leading British Tory politician.[1] Churchill was a Tory radical who coined the term One-nation conservatism.[2]
He inspired a generation of party managers and created the National Union of the Conservative Party. He broke new ground in modern budgetary presentations. He got admiration and criticism from across the political spectrum. His disloyalty to Lord Salisbury was the beginning of the end of what might have been a glittering career. His elder son, Winston, wrote a biography of him in 1906.[3]
Medical condition and early death[change | change source]
Churchill died early, suffering from a disease.[4] That disease was either syphilis or a brain tumour or even multiple sclerosis.
It is definitely the case that he was treated for syphilis, and it has been suggested that he was suffering from symptoms of the mercury-based medication.[5] The Churchills' family doctor in the 1880s had written about syphilis. He referred Randolph to the specialist Thomas Buzzard, and continued to prescribe potassium iodide and mercury.[5]
Sources[change | change source]
- Churchill, Winston C. 1906. Lord Randolph Churchill. 2 vols, Macmillan, London.
- Rosebery, Lord 1906. Lord Randolph Churchill.
- Cornwallis-West, Mrs 1908. The reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill.
- Jennings, Louis J. 1889. Speeches of Lord Randolph Churchill 1880–88. 2 vols.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Lord Randolph Churchill | British politician". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
- ↑ Quinault, R.E. (1979). "Lord Randolph Churchill and Tory Democracy, 1880–1885". The Historical Journal. 22 (1): 141–165. doi:10.1017/S0018246X0001671X. ISSN 0018-246X.
- ↑ Churchill, Winston C. 1906. Lord Randolph Churchill. 2 vols, Macmillan, London.
- ↑ Quinault, Roland. "Churchill, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5404. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Foster, R. F. (1988). Lord Randolph Churchill: a political life. p. 218.