George Spencer-Churchill, fifth Duke of Marlborough, brought no added glory to the dynasty founded by his illustrious forebears, John, first duke of Marlborough and his duchess, Sarah. George was foolish, extravagant and inconstant; he dissipated the family fortune and was an object of pity or scorn to his contemporaries. Yet he was a gifted man and left a legacy (albeit an ephemeral one) of originality and beauty in the gardens he created at Whiteknights and, later, at Blenheim. Born in 1766, he came of age at a time when a revolution in taste was underway: Capability Brown and his school of 'improvers' were seeking to sweep away the formal lines of the early eighteenth-century garden and impose their vision of Elysium on the English landscape. Already a keen musician, bibliophile and collector, the Marquess of Blandford (as he then was) now turned to gardening with the same enthusiasm. Arbours and temples, fanciful bowers and rustic bridges all formed part of his grandiose schemes for the gardens of his two grand homes. Meanwhile he had married Lady Susan Stewart who was to bear him six children and prove a faithful and long-suffering wife, bearing with dignity his fruitless sorties into politics, his spendthrift ways and, for a long time, his infidelities. Twice he was to fall hopelessly in love with others: the second attachment was more than Susan could endure, and she left Blenheim in despair. Mary Soames brings all her wit, sympathy and eloquence to this portrait of her ancestor, and her own words blend with the astringent quips of contemporaries such as Horace Walpole and Mary Russell Mitford to bring vividly to life this corner of eighteenth-century English life.

The Profligate Duke: George Spencer Churchill, Fifth Duke of Marlborough, and His Duchess

History

SOAMES, Mary

Europe

London: Collins

60 of Churchill's paintings of the South of France, Marrakech, Blenheim and his wife Clementine are reproduced in this book. The text also provides insight into the Churchill's family life.

Winston Churchill: His life as a painter : a memoir by his daughter

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Houghton/Mifflin

Clementine, Lady Spencer-Churchill died in 1979, aged 92. Instantly recognizable as the seemingly serene, cool and derached wife of Winston Churchill she had nonetheless shunned publicity throughout her life. In this biography her daughter, Mary Soames, throws light on her mother, writing of Clementine's 57-year marriage to Winston, her strongly held political views and a life which spans many of the major events of the 20th century. Clementine Churchill was the perfect wife for Winston. For 75 years she supported him through the triumphs, disasters and tensions which ruled his public and private life. As a young girl she had a strength of character and distinction of mind, allied to outstanding good looks, that attracted the young and impetuous Winston Churchill. The early years of her marriage coincided with the heyday of the reforming Liberal Government, in which Winston was a leading figure: she was later to describe them as the happiest of her life. Always Winston trusted her completely and she became a valuable counsellor and companion. Clementine was shy, passionate and highly strung, and her self-control was tested to its utmost in the turmoil of public life and in the no less harrowing family crises and the ever-present financial anxieties. But one facet of her life was steadfast: the love she shared with her husband, which was to sustain them both even through the most trying times.

Clementine Churchill

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Cassell

Now in her eighty-ninth year, Mary Soames is the only surviving child of Winston and Clementine Churchill. Younger than her siblings by several years, she went to day school and enjoyed an idyllic childhood played out in her very own 'Garden of Eden' - Chartwell. Here she roamed house and grounds, tended diligently to her collection of pets, and had her first glimpses of the glittering social world in which her parents moved. Then, in 1939, Chamberlain's declaration of war dramatically ended this world as she and her family had known it. Hereafter we follow Mary's life through her fascinating personal diary, published here for the first time. Through the immediacy of her private observations we are drawn into a world where the ordinary minutiae of a packed family, social and romantic life proceed against a background of cataclysmic events. Joining the ATS and serving in mixed anti-aircraft batteries, Mary takes on her own set of professional demands while sharing the many anxieties and

Daughter's Tale: The Memoir of Winston and Clementine Churchill's Youngest Child

DOUBLEDAY

Clementine, Lady Spencer-Churchill died in 1979, aged 92. Instantly recognizable as the seemingly serene, cool and derached wife of Winston Churchill she had nonetheless shunned publicity throughout her life. In this biography her daughter, Mary Soames, throws light on her mother, writing of Clementine's 57-year marriage to Winston, her strongly held political views and a life which spans many of the major events of the 20th century. Clementine Churchill was the perfect wife for Winston. For 75 years she supported him through the triumphs, disasters and tensions which ruled his public and private life. As a young girl she had a strength of character and distinction of mind, allied to outstanding good looks, that attracted the young and impetuous Winston Churchill. The early years of her marriage coincided with the heyday of the reforming Liberal Government, in which Winston was a leading figure: she was later to describe them as the happiest of her life. Always Winston trusted her completely and she became a valuable counsellor and companion. Clementine was shy, passionate and highly strung, and her self-control was tested to its utmost in the turmoil of public life and in the no less harrowing family crises and the ever-present financial anxieties. But one facet of her life was steadfast: the love she shared with her husband, which was to sustain them both even through the most trying times.

Historical

The Churchills' youngest daughter recounts her mother's early life and her fifty-seven-year marriage to Winston Churchill, drawing on their letters to chronicle their private and public lives

Clementine Churchill: The Biography of a Marriage

Community & Culture

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

Featuring more than four hundred pictures from the family's collection of photographs, drawings, and memorabilia, this pictorial biograhy of Winston and Clementine Churchill chronicles their eventful public and private lives

Family Album: A Personal Selection from Four Generations of Churchills

Shows a selection of Churchill's still lifes and landscapes, and describes how his passion for painting influenced his life

Winston Churchill: His Life As a Painter

Churchill, Winston, Sir

Clementine Churchill -- shy, passionate, and high-strung -- shunned publicity but was in the limelight throughout her adult life. As a young woman, her character, intelligence, and good looks won the attention of the impetuous Winston Churchill. Their courtship was swift, but their marriage proved immensely strong, spanning many of the major events of the twentieth century. Written with affection and candor by the Churchills' daughter Mary Soames, this revised and updated biography of a lionhearted couple's life together is not only of historic interest but deeply moving.

Mariner Books

At ninety years old, Mary Soames is the only surviving child of Winston and Clementine Churchill. A Daughters Tale follows her early life from an idyllic childhood in her own Garden of Eden at Chartwell to her ATS service in mixed anti-aircraft batteries during the war. With glimpses into her fascinating personal diary, published here for the first time, she draws us into a world where the experiences of a packed family, social and romantic life unfold against a background of cataclysmic events.When Chamberlains declaration of war in 1939 shatters Marys world, she begins to share the anxieties and stresses suffered by her family through her fathers position. The mutual love between Mary and her parents is evident on every page, from her Chartwell years to Winstons defeat at the 1945 general election, when she recounts her own devastation on her fathers behalf. As she meets her future husband Christopher Soames at the end of this charming memoir, it is clear that, at twenty-four, Mary has lived a full life and is well prepared for her future as wife and mother.

A Daughter's Tale: The Memoir of Winston and Clementine Churchill's youngest child

Black Swan.

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The Profligate Duke: George Spencer Churchill, Fifth Duke of Marlborough, and His Duchess

Winston Churchill: His life as a painter : a memoir by his daughter

Clementine Churchill

Daughter's Tale: The Memoir of Winston and Clementine Churchill's Youngest Child

Clementine Churchill

Clementine Churchill: The Biography of a Marriage

Family Album: A Personal Selection from Four Generations of Churchills

Winston Churchill: His Life As a Painter

Clementine Churchill: The Biography of a Marriage

A Daughter's Tale: The Memoir of Winston and Clementine Churchill's youngest child