Donald.. Many thanks once again.
On 26 Sep 2014, at 16:37, DONALD JAKEWAY <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Subject: Lady Ivor Spencer-Churchill >> >> Dear David: >> >> Hopefully this link gets you to this article. Unfortunately it is not >> allowing me to copy it! >> >> Ottawa Citizen, December 27, 1958 - Article: Roses, Roses All the Way. >> (Book of Roses) >> >> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m_ExAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7eIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5061%2C2165200 >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Don >> >> President >> Churchill Center South Texas >> [email protected] >> 210-845-2405 >> >> ******************************** >> Donald E. Jakeway >> Deputy City Manager >> 101 West Abram Street >> Arlington, TX 76004-3231 >> 817-459-6103 (Office) >> 817-459-6116 (Fax) >> 210-845-2405 (Cell) >> [email protected] >> >> *********************************** >> >> >> Lady Ivor Spencer-Churchill (c1914-2010) >> The Lady Ivor Spencer-Churchill, who died at Winchester, 12 Aug 2010, aged >> 96, was the widow of Lord Ivor Charles Spencer-Churchill (1898-1956), son of >> the 9th Duke of Marlborough. >> >> She was the former Betty Cunningham, daughter of J.C. Cunningham, of The >> Lady Ivor Spencer-Churchill, who died at Winchester, 12 Aug 2010, aged 96. >> She married Lord Ivor in 1947. She is survived by a son (?), Robert William >> Charles Spencer-Churchill. >> >> ************************************ >> Ivor Charles Spencer-Churchill >> Birth: >> Oct. 14, 1898, England >> Death: >> Sep. 17, 1956, England >> <http:__www.findagrave.com_icons2_trans.gif> >> Lord Ivor Charles Spencer-Churchill (Lord Ivor Churchill) was the son of >> Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, former Duchess of Marlborough and Charles >> Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough. His older brother >> John Spencer-Churchill was the 10th Duke of Marlborough. He was the grandson >> of William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont; and >> of George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough, and Lady Albertha >> Frances Anne, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn. Lord Ivor's >> father was first cousin of Sir Winston Churchill. Lord Ivor is buried near >> both the former Prime Minister and his American-born mother who was a great >> granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. >> >> Lord Ivor married (15 Nov 1947) Elizabeth "Betty" Cunningham (1914-2010), >> daughter of James Cyril Cunningham. Lord & Lady Ivor were the parents of >> Robert William Charles Spencer-Churchill (b. 7 Feb 1954). >> >> As a young boy, Lord Ivor was often in ill health. His mother, the Duchess, >> took great measures to get him the proper care and living environments. He >> was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford before joining the >> Royal Army Service Corps in 1917 and gaining the rank of lieutenant. He >> fought in the First World War and was decorated with the French Legion of >> Honour. >> >> Lord Ivor died in London from complications of an inoperable brain tumor >> survived by Lady Ivor and their only son. A New York Times obituary >> published 18 Sep 1956 recalled of Lord Ivor as a "patron of art and like his >> kinsman, Sir Winston Churchill, active in fostering Anglo-French relations." >> >> Family links: >> Parents: >> Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964) >> >> Sibling: >> John Albert Edward William Spencer-Churchill (1897 - 1972) >> Ivor Charles Spencer-Churchill (1898 - 1956) >> >> Burial: >> St Martin Churchyard >> Bladon >> West Oxfordshire District >> Oxfordshire, England >> >> > > Sent from my iPhone > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Riddle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
