3-082-210 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late Lord Randolph Churchill, 1895. 'Born Feb 13th 1849 - died Jan 24 1895 - Fiel pero Desdichado [family motto - Spanish phrase meaning "faithful but unfortunate"]...Of all the members of the House of Marlborough, not one of the descendants of ambitious John Churchill experienced so fully "the joy of eventful living" as the brilliant young statesman who died on Jan. 24. Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill was the third son of the seventh Duke of Marlborough, and was born in Blenheim Palace on Feb. 13, 1849. His father represented the borough of Woodstock for a dozen years, and was Viceroy of Ireland in the troublous years 1876 to 1880. His mother was Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane, daughter of the third Marquis of Londonderry'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.