2007-10-26 17:17:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Olivo : so I can get more dumb responses like yours.
2007-10-26 17:48:40 · update #1
I'm afraid some of the responders to your question, didn't get the play on words about the different brands of cigarettes.
Very good for your tongue in cheek humor.
Thank you,
Wotan
2007-10-26 18:47:39 · answer #1 · answered by Alberich 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
This link should help explain why Winston was so Christened. Winston is a boy's first name and not the family name which is Churchill - the name of the Dukes of Marlborough : -
Duke of Marlborough - The first holder of the title was John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722), the noted English general, and indeed an unqualified reference to the ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Marlborough
The first duke of Marlborough 1650-1722 is Winston's own ancestor whom he so admired and tried to emulate.
WINSTON CHURCHILL, the son of Randolph Churchill, a Conservative politician, was born in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, on 30th November, 1874. ...
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRchurchill.htm
WINSTON CHURCHILL CENTER USA
Sir Winston Churchill - The Churchill Centre
Comprehensive site, provided by the US-based Churchill Center and Societies.
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/
2007-10-27 04:21:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Duke of Marlborough was John Churchill - died 1722.
One of Marlborough's daughters married a Spencer - specifically Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland.
Closer ancestors included his paternal grandfather, John Winston Churchill (1822 -1883) and his maternal grandfather Leonard Jacobson/Jerome (died in 1891).
So baby Winston in 1874 was named "Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill." An interesting side note is that Sir Winston's father Randolph died in 1892 - from tertiary syphilis infecting his brain. Mother Jennie Jacobson/Jerome Churchill, who was an American citizen born in Brooklyn, lived until 1921.
2007-10-27 00:32:11 · answer #3 · answered by Spreedog 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
D'oh!!
If the prince of wales is the son of the duke of Edinburgh why is he called Charles? And why does the Duke of Edinburgh keep masquerading as some bloke called Philip?
mmm... Maybe their parents wanted to follow churchill's parents' grounbreaking, pioneering example of giving him a forename.
I wonder also if that poor kid, born into poverty in Glasgows gorbals area in the '40's was christened Sir Alex Ferguson by his highly optimistic parents, or if it was a title bestowed on him at a later date? Maybe we'll never know....
2007-10-27 06:33:56 · answer #4 · answered by Proper Gander 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
>Olivo : so I can get more dumb responses like yours.
So, not because it took three attempts to get the spelling right?
2007-10-27 04:36:55 · answer #5 · answered by Tim D 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
winston was his first name. think about it. do you have the same first and last name as ALL of your ancestors. No. You don't.
2007-10-27 00:20:16 · answer #6 · answered by newmindoldsoul 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
why are you asking the same question 3 times!! ???
2007-10-27 00:28:24 · answer #7 · answered by olivo 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋