George Cornwallis-West

George Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-West (14 November1874-1 April1951) was a British officer of the Scots Guards. He was the only son of Col. William Cornwallis-West (1835-1917) and his wife Mary, née FitzPatrick (1856-1920). He was noted for his marriage to the mother of Winston Churchill (who was almost exactly two weeks younger, being born on 30 November, 1874), Jennie Jerome.

Personal life

* He and Lady Randolph Churchill were married on 28 July 1900. They separated in 1912 and divorced in April 1914.

* He took, on 6 April 1914, as his second wife, Beatrice (Stella) Tanner, better known as Mrs Patrick Campbell, the celebrated actress.

* His sister, Daisy, Princess of Pless, néd Mary Theresa Cornwallis-West. was a noted society beauty and the first wife of HSH Hans Heinrich XV, Prince of Pless. His sister Constance Cornwallis-West became the first wife of Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, called "Bend Or".

* In 1951 (after having been afflicted for many years with Parkinson's disease), he died by his own hand, leaving no children.

Further reading

* Peregrine Churchill and Julian Mitchell, "Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill: A Portrait with Letters" (London, 1974).