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6 unusual facts about Randolph Churchill


Erna Hanfstaengl

Himmler's wife and Erna were acquainted, and Frau Himmler had suggested to her husband that Erna would be a suitable person to conduct peace negotiations with the English, perhaps because she knew "people of influence" such as Randolph Churchill.

Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill

The hotel's Churchill Bar & Terrace reopened in November 2012 after being closed for refurbishment, the re-launch attended by Randolph Churchill, Winston Churchill’s son.

Put Out More Flags

Put Out More Flags is dedicated to Randolph Churchill, who found a service commission for Waugh during the Second World War.

Randolph Churchill

In September that year, Churchill and Waugh established their military mission at Topusko.

In both the Western Desert Campaign and Yugoslavia, Churchill crossed paths with Fitzroy Maclean, who wrote of their adventures, and some of the problems Churchill caused him, in his memoir Eastern Approaches.

H.G. Wells in "The Shape of Things to Come", published in 1934, predicted a Second World War in which Britain would not participate but would vainly try to effect a peaceful compromise.


Rupert Soames

Soames was born in Croydon and is a grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, the son of Lord and Lady Soames, a nephew of the former Defence Secretary Duncan Sandys and Diana Churchill; the journalist Randolph Churchill and the actress and dancer Sarah Churchill and a great-nephew of the founders of the Scout movement, Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell.


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James Cellan Jones

For the miniseries Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974), Cellan Jones won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.

John Albert Bright

The Birmingham Conservatives and Lord Randolph Churchill came under pressure from the party’s Chief Whip at Westminster Aretas Akers-Douglas and from Arthur Balfour, who was closely associated with Churchill.