Biography of Jenny Jerome 1854-1921

On 05 Apr 1849 [her father] Leonard Jerome "King of Wall Street" Financier (age 31) and [her mother] Clarissa Hall (age 24) were married at Palmyra.

On 09 Jan 1854 Jenny Jerome was born to Leonard Jerome "King of Wall Street" Financier (age 36) and Clarissa Hall (age 29) at Cobble Hill Brooklyn, New York.

On 25 May 1868 Ivor Bertie Guest (age 32) and [her future sister-in-law] Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill Baroness Wimborne (age 20) were married. She the daughter of John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke Marlborough (age 45) and Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess Marlborough (age 46).

On 09 Jun 1873 Edward Marjoribanks 2nd Baron Tweedmouth (age 23) and [her future sister-in-law] Fanny Octavia Louise Spencer-Churchill (age 20) were married. She the daughter of John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke Marlborough (age 51) and Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess Marlborough (age 51).

On 15 Apr 1874 Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (age 25) and Jenny Jerome (age 20) were married at British Embassy, Paris. Regarded by some as the original Dollar Princess although there are much earlier examples. He the son of John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke Marlborough (age 51) and Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess Marlborough (age 52).

On 30 Nov 1874 [her son] Winston Churchill was born to [her husband] Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (age 25) and Jenny Jerome (age 20).

On 04 Feb 1880 [her son] John Strange "Jack" Spencer-Churchill was born to [her husband] Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (age 30) and Jenny Jerome (age 26) at Phoenix Park, Dublin.

On 03 Mar 1891 [her father] Leonard Jerome "King of Wall Street" Financier (age 73) died in Brighton. His wife [her mother] Clarissa Hall (age 66) and daughters [her sister] Clarita "Clara" Jerome (age 40), Jenny Jerome (age 37) and [her sister] Leonie Blanche Jerome (age 32) were present.

On 21 Nov 1891 Gordon Chesney Wilson (age 26) and [her sister-in-law] Sarah Isabella Augusta Spencer-Churchill (age 26) were married. She the daughter of John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke Marlborough and Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess Marlborough (age 69).

On 24 Jan 1895 [her husband] Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (age 45) died.

On 02 Apr 1895 [her mother] Clarissa Hall (age 70) died. Her funeral was held at the Grosvenor Chapel on 05 Apr 1895 attended by her daughters [her sister] Clarita "Clara" Jerome (age 44), Jenny Jerome (age 41) and [her sister] Leonie Blanche Jerome (age 36), her grandsons [her son] Winston Churchill (age 20) and [her son] John Strange "Jack" Spencer-Churchill (age 15) and the Dowager [her former mother-in-law] Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess Marlborough (age 72).

On 05 Aug 1904 [her former sister-in-law] Fanny Octavia Louise Spencer-Churchill (age 51) died.

On 08 Aug 1908 [her son] John Strange "Jack" Spencer-Churchill (age 28) and [her daughter-in-law] Gwendoline Theresa Mary "Goonie" Bertie were married at Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map]. She the daughter of Montagu Arthur Bertie 7th Earl of Abingdon (age 72) and Gwendoline Mary Dormer (age 43).

On 12 Sep 1908 [her son] Winston Churchill (age 33) and [her daughter-in-law] Clementine Hozier (age 23) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map].

The Times. 27 Jan 1916. MARRIAGE OF LORD GRANBY.

The marriage of the Marquess of Granby (age 29), only son of the Duke (age 63) and Duchess of Rutland (age 59), to Miss Kathleen Tennant (age 21), youngest daughter of Mr. (age 54) and Mrs. Frank Tennant (age 52), of Innes House, took place yesterday at St. Margaret's [Map]. There was a very large attendance, and a number of those present brought young children with them.

The bride (age 21), who was given away by her father (age 54), wore a Venetian gown of white satin with a gold, brocade train four yards long and a short mantlet of old Venetian family lace; the sleeves were long and close-fitting, and she had a long white net veil with a wreath of orange blossoms. She carried a copy of the marriage service embroidered in seed pearl and coloured silks, worked by her mother (age 52) after an old design in the British Museum.

Lady Diane Manners (age 24), who was one of the bridesmaids, designed the bridesmaids' gowns in the medieval manner; they were of white chiffon belted in silver worn with flowing veils of blue tulle held by silver bands. Each of the bridesmaids carried a tail branch of almond blossom; the others were Miss Elizabeth Asquith (age 18), Miss Mary Lyttelton, and Miss Violet Warrender. The Hon. Stephen Tennant (age 9), who wore a Romeo suit with a jewelleed belt, was the page. Captain Charles Lindsay, Grenadier Guards, was best man. Canon Sheppard (age 35), Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal, and the Rev. F. W. Knox, the Duke of Rutland's (age 63) chaplain, performed the ceremony.

SOME OF THE GOWNS. The Duke of Rutland (age 63) was among the first to come to the church, and most of the guests were there early. The Prime Minister (age 63) arrived with Mr. (age 35) and Mrs. Bonham-Carter (age 28), and Mr. Balfour with a party which included Mr. and Mrs. William Balfour. The Duchess on Rutland (age 59) wore gold charmeuse with gold tissue in her hat and a rose pink velvet cloak bordered with fur. The Marchioness of Anglesey (age 32), in white box-cloth, brought her little daughter, Lady Carolinie Paget (age 2), in a little Ermine coat and hat. Mrs. Asquith (age 51), who was with Mrs. Graham Smith (age 56), wore a black charmeuse gown made with a ruched cape and trimmed with chinchilla; her hat was black with emerald feathers.

Mrs. Tennant (age 52) wore black and white embroidered taffetas; Lady Robert Manners had a long muauve coat trimmed with skunk; and the Countess of Wemyss (age 53) was in black and white. Lady Tree had a pervenche panne long coat made tight-fitting and a plain black sailor hat. The Countess of Drogheda (age 29) wore black and gold, Lady D'Abernon (age 50) grey chinchilla furs with a black coat and skirt, and Lady Arthur Paget a musquash coat bordered with skunk. Mrs. Guy Charteris (age 28) brought her baby, and the Hon. Mrs. George Keppel (age 45), in black and white, was accomapanied by her two daughters, and Mrs. McKenna by her two sons. Mrs. Hwfa Williams and Lady Randolph Churchill (age 62) (who was with Mrs. Churchill (age 30)) both were black velvet.

The Guests. Among those present were:

The Italian Ambassador, the Spanish Ambassador, the Duchess of Buccleuch (age 44), and Lady Margaret Scott, etc.

A small reception was held after the ceremony at Lord (age 56) and Lady Glenconner's (age 45) house in Queen Anne's gate, and the bride (age 59) and bridegroom (age 29) subsequently left for Belvoir Castle [Map], where the honeymoon will be spent.

On 03 Dec 1920 [her former sister-in-law] Rosamond Jane Frances Spencer-Churchill (age 72) died.

On 29 Jun 1921 Jenny Jerome (age 67) died.

Lifes Ebb And Flow Chapter IV. [Around 1881]. Of another group were Henry and Violet Manners, the late Duke of Rutland and the present Dowager Duchess, Lord Rowton, the witty Henry Calcraft, Mr. and Mrs. Henry White (later Ambassadors of the United States in Paris, both now dead), beautiful Gladys deGrey (the late Marchioness of Ripon), Sir Robert Collier (the painter, father of the Hon. John Collier), Lady Randolph Churchill (who was first at Easton in 1885, and figured in all our gatherings afterwards), Admiral Sir Hedworth Lambton, and Henry Chaplin ("the Squire," the late Lord Chaplin), and Lord and Lady Carmarthen (afterwards the late Duke and Duchess of Leeds). Sir William Gordon Cumming, the smartest of men about town and more sinned against than sinning, was a constant friend, but he cut us all off in his retirement, and I often had sad thoughts of him, and always kept a warm comer in my heart for him. Mr. and Mrs. Hwfa Williams, who founded Sandown Park racing, were welcome everywhere. Maurice and Beatrice Ephrussi were dear Paris racing friends. Prince Charles Kinsky rode his own winner of the Grand National, "Zoedone," and was a sharer of my horsey adventures!

Ancestors of Jenny Jerome 1854-1921

GrandFather: Isaac Jerome

Father: Leonard Jerome "King of Wall Street" Financier

GrandMother: Aurora Murray

Jenny Jerome

GrandFather: Amos Hall

Mother: Clarissa Hall