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November 1874 in Ruthin; † 1. April 1951 in London) war ein britischer Offizier und Schriftsteller. Er wurde vor allem bekannt als einer der prominentesten Lebemänner der Edwardianischen Ära und als Stiefvater des Politikers Winston Churchill . George Cornwallis-West.
Major George Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-West (14 November 1874 – 1 April 1951) was a British officer of the Scots Guards. George Cornwallis-West was noted primarily for his marriages, the first to Lady Randolph Churchill , mother of Winston Churchill , and the second to the renowned actress Stella Campbell, who was also known ...
George Cornwallis-West (1874–1951), who married the American heiress, Jennie Jerome in 1900. She was the former wife of Lord Randolph Churchill and the mother of future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , Winston Churchill , whom George was just 16 days older than.
When the Anglo-Boer War broke out in South Africa in 1899, Jennie was personally concerned, since both of her sons and a handsome young officer named George Cornwallis-West were on military duty there. She originated and promoted a plan to provide a hospital ship to assist the wounded in the war and formed a committee of wealthy American women ...
1874 - 1951. George Cornwallis-West was the great-great-grandson of John Whitby, the flag captain of Admiral Sir William Cornwallis (1744-1819) of Milford-on-Sea. He was an unlikely historian, but his two historical works are of considerable value. Educated at Eton, he was more interested in hunting, shooting and fishing than academe.
Major George Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-West. born Ruthin, Wales: 14 November 1874. died London: 1 April 1951. works. The Woman Who Stopped War (London: Hutchinson and Co, 1935) [hb/] links. Internet Speculative Fiction Database; previous versions of this entry. Internet Archive
Learn about the life and death of George Cornwallis-West, the last of the West family in Milford, who served in the army, wrote books and married twice. Find out how he lost his fortune, sold his estates and committed suicide on April Fool's day.
