Charles, IXth Duke of Marlborough, K.G.: Winston Churchill's eulogy of his "oldest and dearest friend", his cousin, the IXth Duke of Marlborough
by Winston S. Churchill and C.C. Martindale
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London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd., 1934. First edition, only printing. Paperback. This pamphlet publishes Churchill's tribute to his first cousin and "oldest and dearest friend" Charles Richard John, IXth Duke of Marlborough. The string-bound pamphlet in blue-grey card covers measures 7.25 x 5.25 inches (18.4 x 13.3 cm) and is 20 pages in length. Pages 5-11 contain Churchill's tribute and pages 12-18 that of C.C. Martindale (Jesuit author, scholar, and Oxford philosopher). This first edition, only printing is a near fine copy, clean and complete with only the faintest suggestion of wear to the corners. The contents are clean and bright with neither spotting nor previous ownership marks.
Winston met his cousin, the future Duke of Marlborough, in late 1893, and wrote to his mother on 30 December 1893, I am particularly glad to have made Sunnys acquaintance. They made good on this beginning. Winstons friendship with his cousin became a firm and lasting one, and it remained constant, despite family quarrels of the past and political differences, over the next forty years. (R. Churchill, Vol. I, p.230)
Charles Richard John Sunny, Earl of Sunderland (1871-1934) became the 9th Duke of Marlborough in 1892. Similar to Winston, he served as both a soldier and a politician. In addition, he labored to restore with the dowry of his first wife, a Vanderbilt Blenheim Palace, originally built for the 1st Duke of Marlborough. In addition to being the only non-royal, non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Blenheim is where Winston S. Churchill was born.
Winston and Sunny both served in the Boer War, where, after Winstons famous capture and escape, Winston had the opportunity of galloping over the veldt with his cousin and boon companion (ODNB) It was Sunny who supplied Winston with his first bachelor flat. And it was at Sunnys Blenheim Palace that Winston proposed to his future wife and was saved by the deft intercession of his cousin when Winston slept in, missing his own planned proposal. (Roberts, Walking with Destiny, p.123) Such was their relationship and Winstons regard that when Sunny died in 1934, Churchill wrote and published this lengthy, gracious tribute to his first cousin, his oldest and dearest friend.
The Duke's nickname "Sunny", used by Churchill and all of the Duke's closest friends, "came from his title, Earl of Sunderland, the courtesy title of the eldest son of the Marquess of Blandford, whom he succeeded in 1892." Churchill's tribute was originally published in The Times on 2 July 1934 and subsequently in his Collected Essays, Volume III, pages 120-23.
Reference: Cohen A98, Woods B23.
Winston met his cousin, the future Duke of Marlborough, in late 1893, and wrote to his mother on 30 December 1893, I am particularly glad to have made Sunnys acquaintance. They made good on this beginning. Winstons friendship with his cousin became a firm and lasting one, and it remained constant, despite family quarrels of the past and political differences, over the next forty years. (R. Churchill, Vol. I, p.230)
Charles Richard John Sunny, Earl of Sunderland (1871-1934) became the 9th Duke of Marlborough in 1892. Similar to Winston, he served as both a soldier and a politician. In addition, he labored to restore with the dowry of his first wife, a Vanderbilt Blenheim Palace, originally built for the 1st Duke of Marlborough. In addition to being the only non-royal, non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Blenheim is where Winston S. Churchill was born.
Winston and Sunny both served in the Boer War, where, after Winstons famous capture and escape, Winston had the opportunity of galloping over the veldt with his cousin and boon companion (ODNB) It was Sunny who supplied Winston with his first bachelor flat. And it was at Sunnys Blenheim Palace that Winston proposed to his future wife and was saved by the deft intercession of his cousin when Winston slept in, missing his own planned proposal. (Roberts, Walking with Destiny, p.123) Such was their relationship and Winstons regard that when Sunny died in 1934, Churchill wrote and published this lengthy, gracious tribute to his first cousin, his oldest and dearest friend.
The Duke's nickname "Sunny", used by Churchill and all of the Duke's closest friends, "came from his title, Earl of Sunderland, the courtesy title of the eldest son of the Marquess of Blandford, whom he succeeded in 1892." Churchill's tribute was originally published in The Times on 2 July 1934 and subsequently in his Collected Essays, Volume III, pages 120-23.
Reference: Cohen A98, Woods B23.
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- Title
- Charles, IXth Duke of Marlborough, K.G.
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- Winston S. Churchill and C.C. Martindale
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- Paperback
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- First edition, only printing
- Publisher
- Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1934
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