New-York tribune., 1908-06-22
JACK" CHURCHILL
Uinston's Younger Brother Avoids
the LimeEght.

5rc,vrseht laos by the Brentwood Company
Jack" churchiIl's engagement to Lady Gwendonn
,-.ta daughter Of the Earl of Abingdon. serves
= -ecan 10 mind the fact. ignored by many people
-, winston Churchill the president OF the Board
a 7--s6e-that is say. the Minister OF Commerce
3, the Asouith Cabinet. has a younger brother,
,bose name is also Winston. but who is seldom
lard Of in the newspapers and moves about just
- unohtrusively in society as his elder brother
,-,,scstes Winston the statesman rejoices in
.he Christian name Of Winston Leonard. while his
h-other is John Strange Winston Churchill and is
-,onularly known as Jack He lives with his
~o+rer Mrs George CORVALLIS West, is on the
,oSf intimate and friendly terms with the latters
.ushand who is only a year or so older than him
.lf and is associated with his stepfather In a
..ock brokerage business in London. Neither OF
.hs takes much interest in politics. being absorbed
n their business and devoting what leisure they
ran 10 boating and horseracing. They absolutely
decline to take seriously winston's pretensions to
craftsmanship and regard his presence IN the
Cabinet 4 gigantic joke ministerial office in
.retr ewes merely qualifying him a butt for all
sorts Of fun and pranks. which. It must be con-
.essed he takes very good naturedly.
lack Ike Winston went through the Boer war,
hearing himself calamity; but, whereas Winston
remained the linelght throughout the struggle,
..Jsck" who Is now twenty-eight. little heard
Of and Il was only through photograph published
IN one Of the illustrated papers representing the
then Lady Randolph Churchill in nurses dress, on
che deck OF the American hospital ship when It
ho-nevard bound with Winston board that at
..ution was called 10 the fact that the wounded
Young officer whom she was supporting Was her
ov-n Youngest son, Jack" The name OF Winston
ho-ne by both Of the Churchill brothers is an old
end hcnored one in the house of the Dukes of
Marlborough II also borne by the seventh
6use-1hat IS to say, their grandfather-and came
into the ferily by the marriage Of the grand
father OF the great Duke OF Marlborough TO Sarah
winston. daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Win
etou. landed magnate of Gloucestershire. Their
sor was Sir Winston Churchill, and II Sir
-v,rs+o-'s son who was the first Duke OF MARI
,n-oush The name Of Winston has thus been pre-
served n the family throughout three centuries
Mrs George Cornwallis West Is by
hsdv of and the fact, therefore that business on
rhe stock Exchange has been rather dull OF late.
sna that Lady "Gunny'' BERTHE has money Of
her Owl. and belongs impoverished family, is
not Of vital Importance. Mrs. George Cornwelns
Vest derives a handsome income from the rental
NJ the building now occupied by the Manhattan
r7ub Of New York. which she inherited from her
father Leonard Jerome, and has, moreover, in
creased her fortune by speculation. Nor did she
yo-feft any os fortune left TO her 6y Lord Ran
dolph Churchill through her second marriage All
his pictures and books he bequeathed TO her abso-
irtelv and gave her besides inalienable life in
terest in the $4,000 which constituted his fortune,
and which included little country seat in Oxford
shire bequeathed TO him only q few weeks before
his death by maiden lady whom he had
met -'in recognition Of his commanding political
genius This fortune OF S5co9oo left by Lord Ran
dolph passes on her death. but not until then to
her two sons, IN such parts she may deter
mine: that Is say. II her eldest displeases
her she is at perfect liberty bequeath two-trds,
or even three-quarters, Of the property TO her
younger boy.