Early Life- Education – Family
Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was born on November 30, 1874 to Jeannie Jerome, and Lord Randolph Churchill in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. His mother was a New York socialite and his father was a British Statesman that belonged to the aristocratic family the Dukes of Marlborough. He had only one sibling, a brother John Strange Spence- Churchill.
Churchill lived in Dublin, Ireland, from the age of 2 to 6. His father worked for his grandfather, the 7th Duke of Marlborough, John Spencer-Churchill. He also lived in Berkshire, west Sussex, and London. He did not spend much time with his parents, and it is said, he adored his mother but had a distant relationship with his father.

Churchill’s earliest education was from his nanny, Elizabeth Everest, who taught him to read and write. As a young boy he was sent to boarding schools. He attended St. George School, Ascot, Brunswick School, and in 1988 was sent to The Harrow School near London. There he joined the Harrow Rifle Corps, which put him on a military path. It is said that Churchill was rebellious and did not do well at school, but did love English and History. He also had a speech impediment that lasted throughout his life. He applied to the Royal Military College and failed the test three times before he was admitted, but he did well and graduated 8th in his class.
In 1904 at a Ball in Crewe House, he met Clementine Hozier, and in 1908 they were married. They had five children; Diana, Randolph, Sarah, Marigold, and Mary. However, Marigold died at the age of three.