George Cornwallis-West

George Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-West (1874-1951) was a British officer of the Scots Guards notable for his marriage to the mother of Winston Churchill, Jennie Jerome. He was the only son of Col. William Cornwallis-West and his wife, Mary (Patsy) Fitzpatrick, who was greatly admired by (and before her marriage a teenage mistress of) Edward VII of the United Kingdom.

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1874 - 1951 - British - Scots Guards - Winston Churchill - Jennie Jerome - Edward VII of the United Kingdom

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He and Lady Randolph Churchill were married in 1901. They were separated in 1912 and divorced in April 1914

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1912 - 1914

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

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His sister Mary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West (aka Daisy) was also a noted society beauty and the first wife of HSH Hans Heinrich XV, Prince of Pless. His sister Constance Cornwallis-West (aka Shelagh) became the first wife of Bendor, Duke of Westminster.

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Hans Heinrich XV, Prince of Pless - Bendor, Duke of Westminster

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

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