How This American Teen Changed British Society | Lady Jennie Chuchill

[@ianclarke7958]

Thank you for this; a remarkable lady. Portrayed on screen by Anne Bancroft in 'Young Winston'. The series 'jennie', in which she was portrayed by Lee Remick, covers many of the events you describe. I knew nothing of the term 'dollar princess' until I watched your video.

[@seanfay6954]

Thank You so very much for sharing this remarkable story with us! I only knew a small portion about this fascinating woman; only because she was Winston Churchill's mother and now, thanks to your efforts, we all have more information about her life and loves. Thank you so much. Take care and stay well!! Namaste'

[@rominspiration2382]

You are welcome dear😊

[@seanfay6954]

@@rominspiration2382 🙏🤲🙌

[@grahamt33]

Your channel is such s treasure - such incredible and fascinating stories of those truly Forgotten Lives

[@MichelleFaithLove]

Looking at Winston’s Childhood life via his mother’s life is very enlightening. I’ve only ever seen him in my mind as the Prime Minister of the UK. Sometimes it’s hard to keep in mind that all historical figures were once just children at one point. I cannot imagine Healthcare falling down the stairs, Breaking your ankle could lead to infection and a untimely death. Thank you as Always for your research and delightful content.

[@garlickebagg]

Have you done a video about the Dollar Princess's? Most young people I have never heard of it, but it was very real. A young country America fought ferocious battles and wars to get away from UK, but only to turn around and play with them. Evolving relationships between nations. Danke.

[@SignedOff402]

Victory or vengeance...

[@swymaj02]

And also love the monarchy. How strange.

[@andrewvanhorne4359]

@@swymaj02 The antipathy which started the war was primarily against Parliament. Some of the early Revolutionaries still called themselves King's Men, and wanted George III to rule the colonies directly.

[@Stopthismadnessnow-t4l]

Thank you so much for educating us about the mother of a very famous man. Her story also is worth noting!

[@kaloarepo288]

To add some background to this sort of story one should read Edith Wharton's novel the "Buchaneers" which is about a group of wealthy American young women who go to Britain determined to "land" a titled scion of the English nobility who can add class and legitimacy to the millions their fathers earned in the golden age of the American "robber barons."There was a wonderful TV series too based on the novel.I probably have the spelling wrong as Google is telling me the spelling is wrong no matter how I write the word!But then Google spelling is very narrowly American!

[@annegoodreau4925]

I think it's that Americans don't use the letter h. Buccaneers should do it!

[@chykim1]

I watched the miniseries. It was pretty good.

[@stormyskyz4251]

I LOVE Edith Wharton novels. I’ll have to check it out. Even in Age Of Innocence she references high New York society’s views on those titles.

[@kaloarepo288]

@@stormyskyz4251 Apparently Edith Wharton didn't finish the novel and it was completed by someone else.I loved the movie made of the "Age of Innocence" especially the luxurious mansions of the rich and the beautiful macaws in elaborate cages and the peacocks in the gardens!

[@stormyskyz4251]

@@kaloarepo288 I highly recommend reading The House Of Mirth by Edith Wharton too. There was a movie made with Gillian Anderson and it’s pretty good too.

[@2604ernesto]

Her life certainly was fascinating, she saw the world always from above, and she was really pretty and smart if you ask me I thought that sons always looked like their moms but Winston didn't got his mom lips, he was very attractive in a physical way as a young man Thanks for this video

[@NicoleSummerProductions]

I've actually been reading a two volume biography about her! Thanks for the upload!

[@okie-kan9240]

They made fun of her, but he was the one with syphilis. Boy, Winston was pretty handsome when he was young.

[@bobbyrutherford9359]

Forgotten Lives always has the greatest content thanks again

[@TA-cm9yi]

Good morning from Alberta, thank you FL for another great FL.

[@garlickebagg]

Darling Dear, this is one of your best!!!

[@zero_bs_tolerance8646]

What a sad end. Thank you for the vid.

[@verucasaltbaum2358]

Fascinating story of her life! Thank you for this video, I had never heard this before.. its amazing to hear the description of her as "tattooed ". Scandalous😊

[@ELKE-]

I loved that so much! You did an amazing job FLives, as you always do on your videos. Thank you for the enjoyable time!

[@gamesssful]

Thank you for making these. I have learned so much

[@marygrummer9189]

Very interesting! Thank you.

[@trj1442]

Another excellent episode. Thankyou for your awesome content. The bit about the birth of Winston Churchill was particularly interesting.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

@trj1442 Jenni did have a fall. Her (horrible) sister- in-law tripped her! She (SIL) was jealous of Jennie's and Randolph's happiness and she resented that her husband (Randolph's older brother) as well as his parents liked Jennie too. Randolph's older brother divorced his wife right after their father died. It was Randolph's nephew (and Winston's cousin) who married Consuelo Vanderbilt.

[@meatloafandme]

Thank you this was absolutely intriguing Never knew this about his mother As always you were brilliant love from the UK 🇬🇧

[@msjujuz266]

Chris Martin of COLDPLAY is also related.

[@meatloafandme]

@@msjujuz266 really never knew that, thank you

[@KellyfromMemphis]

She was quite beautiful, and her son was an awesome man!

[@globetrotter5800]

This story was so interesting, that I had to watch it twice!

[@giaatta9303]

I just enjoy your channel very much. Many thanks for all your hard work

[@berenicewaters4096]

What such an amazing video of this heiress who had such an impact in Britain with her son. I thought enjoyed the video. Thanks FL.m

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

It took a Brooklyn Girl to give birth to one of England's Greatest Heros!

[@Badgersj]

Splendid woman. You don't get many of them, in any countries, any political groupings, obviously because of the restrictions on women up until now. But she's definitely one of those around whom events and people circulated. Good video.

[@CatharticCreation]

An interesting yet tragic life! Wonderfully done, thank you

[@dy9278]

Good for her. Wealthy, intelligent, a beauty and a philanthropist, though she suffered a ghastly ending.

[@dy9278]

@annacolleen You seem to proport to be an authority on Madame Churchill. School us if you will, when was she diagnosed with VD? When did she know that her husband was infected and that syphilis "could cross the placenta" ?

[@cozygoats550]

@@dy9278tertiary syphilis was really hard to pass on actually because it is latent and also affects the libido. So , no.

[@thescarletgraywitch8052]

Her father was the namesake of Jerome, Arizona... my personal favorite "ghost town." He actually never visited the town, or mines, but made a lot of money from the copper mined there. Due to the connection, I've always been fascinated with Jennie and afterwards the other Dollar Princesses. I do wonder about what the state of Blenheim Palace would be today without the Jerome money.

[@kimberlymcgee7954]

Actually consuelo Vanderbilt married the 9th duke of Marlborough that saved the Blenheim palace

[@here_we_go_again2571]

The Jerome money primarily went to support Randlolph and Jennie. Every time they were hard -up for cash they went back to Blenheim for awhile. Randolph was the "spare" Randolph's nephew (who was Winston's cousin) was the man who married Consuelo Vanderbilt.

[@thescarletgraywitch8052]

@here_we_go_again2571 well, gotta keep those heiresses in the family. I always found it funny that they named Jerome for E. yet he never went there once... 😂 I have to admit that when it comes to historic places to save, Blenheim Palace has been well worth the spending.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

@@thescarletgraywitch8052 Blenheim was probably worth saving. Blenheim was saved by Vanderbilt money. (It did not have indoor plumbing until after the Duke's marriage to Consuelo) Jennie's $5 million may or may not have helped keep it limping on to some degree. The lion's share of Jennie's fortune was spent by Randolph and Jennie.

[@thescarletgraywitch8052]

@@here_we_go_again2571 didn't he gamble? Or am I thinking of one of the other titled guys that married an American heiress? I know many of the marriages were unhappy...

[@ChildfreeMatto]

Hello Forgotten Lives, another fabulous video. 😁 I love that I learn something new everytime I listen to each one. Thank you, for always having such interesting content.

[@blazefairchild465]

Great video, brilliantly written & read !

[@dtchouros]

Fascinating life. We always think back on those times as a much purer lifestyle when they definitely had their share of scandal.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Most people in the era prior to the Industrial Revolution had arranged marriages with a dowery and a contract. The idle rich could afford to have illegitimate "mishaps" after marriage. So long as the wife provided an heir or two whose fatherhood was not questioned; most of those *upper-class* women *so long as they were discrete* could do as they pleased. Not everyone in the upper classes played musical beds but it was not that uncommon. By contrast, the Middle classes were very disapproving of such behavior for the woman (but ignored it by the man)

[@MegCazalet]

She wasn’t Lady Jennie Churchill, she was Lady Randolph Churchill, as the video later acknowledged. She married the younger son of a Duke, so there was no personal title for her to gain. She would be more properly called “Lady Randolph Churchill, née Jennie Jerome”. Casually she would be called “Lady Randolph”.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Thank you. That was a very nice compact biography of Jennie Churchill.

[@ForgottenLives]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@marcust4238]

Great biography, thank you.

[@maryroberts9315]

I think among the upper classes, children weren’t the focus of their parents’ lives. She was an interesting figure.

[@cozygoats550]

I think even among the upper classes Jennie was a remarkably negligent parent!

[@annfisher3316]

Fascinating video, thank you! ✌

[@racheldianeames3729]

Please mention other famous american dollar princessess whom married into british nobility

[@PatriciaPageMosaicArtsCrafts]

Love this channel 👍🏾

[@miami5949]

Thank you very much give info for history high socialite, power woman and nobility, back ground they family. Best regard from Jakarta🇲🇨👍

[@primesspct2]

That was a fascinating look at a fascinating lady!

[@annegoodreau4925]

As much as I love your accent, while listening I was confused for a minute until I realized you were saying "Boer" war and not "World" war in most instances. But the Boer Wars are not much on Americans' radar, and that may be a problem, too. When I was in my early twenties I saw the graves of Boer prisoners of war in Bermuda, where England sent them. Later I learned that in Bermuda, a spiritual awakening occurred amongst those prisoners of war, and I wondered if my hosts had shown us the cemetery because that site had more than simply military significance.

[@jessicaevans7451]

You should do a compilation of each year's so they can be easily binged

[@mariekitty]

Very interesting history.

[@riremuyi2900]

Thank you for sharing the amazing story.

[@RockReynolds]

Very interesting. Great video.

[@denisewatson5295]

I like your channel it's very interesting. Loved this story ❤. I found out things that I didn't know. Thanks for sharing 👍 😊 😀

[@catherinewolfe1144]

You make wonderful videos. Thank you.

[@irisbristow2977]

She also NEVER visited her lonely little son at boarding school even though he pleaded with her. His nanny gave him mother love

[@krawlb4walking802]

Thank you. 😘

[@characterblub]

Y'know. When you started talking about her affairs, all I could think was "Wow. She gave all those dudes syphilis."

[@CT-od5dl]

She gave us Winston Churchill! The man who stood alone against the Nazis and saved the west!

[@susanbackus157]

Jenny was so beautiful…no obvious makeup.

[@CaptainBruce-bz1sf]

Love your video. Great content. Suggest working on vocal delivery skills as it is "sing song". Cheers!

[@loretta_3843]

Oh Lord, having to deal with syphilis before the proper use of antibiotics sounds like a nightmare. Especially when you find out your new husband has it! Goes to show you can't judge people for such things, disease doesn't care about your social status. I know there are symptoms of congenital syphilis but I have never heard of Winston Churchill having any. Then again, I can't honestly claim to be greatly knowledgeable on either subject!🤭

[@sgh1132]

Your productions are so informative! Thank you! It would be fun if you could use stock photos of what the money looked like for the time frame you are referencing in the production for added historical flavor. What DID a $100.00 bill look like in 1895?? 1921?? 🙂

[@ahuddleston6512]

Odd fact here but she was against the suffragette movement. She had an influence on Winston's view on suffragettes.

[@stacyrussell460]

Love your channel. Wonderful content. Are you still creating videos for Unfortunate Ends?

[@carolinegodden4364]

Thank you

[@maltesemike9114]

h ed ll yea feeling better I've been sleeping on my recliner 4 day cause covid it just hurts your lungs mainly, your awesome bro N friend Michael..

[@hkbabel]

Thank you!

[@cadillacdeville5828]

Thank you so much 💓

[@MK_Nay]

Beautiful video, though I am wondering what happened to Winston’s brother.

[@carolannemckenzie3849]

He died of heart disease at the age of 67.

[@abbatrouble]

Jennie Churchill reminds me of Diana, Princess of Wales, who also had countless affairs while married to Charles.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Well, the Spencers and the Churchills are related! ^_^ Diana's fate was as sad as her ancestor's fate Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire.

[@balthazarification]

I'd always wondered at the great affection between the americans and winston churchill.A small part may be that because of his american mother,Churchill knew how to converse with his american counterparts thanks to his mother influence.

[@chykim1]

She was stunning and knew it♥️

[@LifesPeachy321]

*There is not enough money in the world to make me sleep with a person who had syphilis!* Grossed me out just typing that out! How on earth did she not get it and how were those children born okay? Oh the many questions we ponder, but won't google.

[@CChua-qp6xp]

I believe she stopped having sex with him.

[@steelman86]

You're a really good looking dude!!., great video content!

[@irisbristow2977]

Unlike his mother and father Winston believe and lived by his marriage vows all his life. His love and care of his mother was amazing considering she wed Winston’s best friend 20 years younger than herself and then later married another man 30 years older. Winston paid off her many debts. His greatness came from his own character and certainly not from his parents.

[@catherinereynolds8061]

Churchill stayed married but he had a mistress in France up until his death

[@donnaeturner]

She didn't change History. Her son did.

[@lizabethgussman331]

I always thought Consuelo Vanderbilt was the 1st Dollar Princess.

[@carolannemckenzie3849]

She didn't marry until 1895, when she wed the 9th Duke of Marlborough, who was Winston's cousin.

[@kbunky69]

Winston Churchill real father was King Edward Vii. She had a long time affair with price of Wales as he was titled at the time

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Both Winston and John looked like Randolph Churchill's side of the family

[@debbieanne7962]

All I knew of Jenny Randolph Churchill is that she had an affair with a future monach. Of course she was much more! Thank you for this formative video

[@PlushiestofPlushies]

I love this I just couldn’t believe how racist Winston Churchill was but I guess that was the times.

[@Galen-864]

How was he racist? The British aristocracy and uber rich Americans looked down on everyone equally lol.

[@PlushiestofPlushies]

@@Galen-864 there are several quotes related to his feelings on African Americans or negroes as he called them at the time. But think you for your counter opinion. Other articles online and KZbin videos like this discussing his life and views speak on this. Thank you have a great day ☺️

[@caramia4143]

@@PlushiestofPlushies So has Biden but y'all still elected him president. Him and other Democrats have been paying y'all dust for 50 years and will continue to do so because they know they're guaranteed your votes since what you choose to focus on are people from the past like Churchill who lived in an era where being openly racist/sexist/homophobic was the norm instead of doing research into these modern politicians and blindly voting Democrat and complaining afterwards that they do nothing for you.

[@chykim1]

She's the reason Winston Churchill was so great, I'm sure of it.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

The Churchills were dynamic people, ever since the first Duke of Marlborough.

[@bethtyree6346]

Smart lady

[@stevrgrs]

14:10 Imagine having a broken ankle and getting your leg amputated :(

[@samwillock7626]

Really interesting thank u

[@bethtyree6346]

Winston Churchill "s mommy was a pretty lady

[@treestandsafety3996]

Boer War, not WW1, also WW1 rather than WW2. A few mistakes but good on the whole.

[@TheChosen2030]

While she was married to winston churchill father, she had 5 lovers. 5 LOVERSSSS!!!!! SHE WAS A Whxxx

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Dollar princesses were a real thing?

[@maries8364]

Yup! Really cool to read about

[@nothingworksworks3511]

I there any evidence Jennie had a tattoo? Was that a trend among American gilded aged heiress?

[@hotmeish]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Heothbremel]

❤

[@thenaturalhuman9568]

Poor man must have suffered a lot, thank God for medical advancement

[@lisapop5219]

She was tattooed?

[@ashleelarsen5002]

Doubt it

[@maries8364]

Yes she did some people like Ashley Larsen really are out here questioning a well put history bio by someone with a good track record. A simple search shows it.

[@ashleelarsen5002]

@@maries8364 thanks for spelling my last name correctly! 🤙🏻💋

[@ragantate3995]

Just label the video : William Churchill’s Mama.

[@missmurrydesign7115]

Delicious...

[@DanFontaine]

She looks so serine

[@brendaorourke7594]

💋♥️👍

[@PaulineSouther]

Churchill

[@willowapodosis4661]

Her money didn't buy her another minute. Apart from Christ there is no hope.

[@pbohearn]

The greatest Britain who had ever lived?! Good God man! Ha ha ha

[@NotsoFree_StateofFlorida]

Another Hippocratic. A conservative with syphilis. LOL

[@PegasusID]

Jennie Churchill filled with tattoos? What bullshit. Outta here, dude.

[@dinomonzon1529]

Pls get another Narator😡

[@dinomonzon1529]

Your accent is bad, sounds like talking from your nose 😬

[@tonyaharman8369]

Rude.