Birth Name: Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
Date of Birth: 30 November, 1874
Place of Birth: Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
Date of Death: 24 January, 1965
Place of Death: London, England
Ethnicity: English, some Scottish, small amounts of Welsh, French Huguenot, Ulster-Scots, Irish, remote French
Winston Churchill was a British politician, writer, historian, and artist. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 10 May 1940 to 26 July 1945, and again from 26 October 1951 to 6 April 1955. He was awarded the 1953 Nobel Prize in literature.
Prime Minister Churchill was the son of Lady Randolph Churchill (born Jeanette Jerome), a socialite, and Lord Randolph Churchill (Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill), a statesman. His father was English, from Belgravia, London. His mother was American, from Brooklyn.
Prime Minister Churchill is sometimes described on the internet as having had Jewish ancestry from his mother’s side, usually from her surname, “Jerome”. This is not accurate. The “Jerome” family of his mother was not of Jewish heritage. Prime Minister Churchill is also said to have had some degree of Native American ancestry from his mother’s side. It does not appear that this Native American ancestry has been verified/documented.
Prime Minister Churchill’s paternal grandfather was John Winston Spencer-Churchill (the son of George Spencer-Churchill and Jane Stewart). George was the son of George Spencer-Churchill and Susan Stewart. Jane was the daughter of George Stewart and Jane Bailey Paget. Churchill’s great-grandparents George and Jane were first cousins (George’s mother and Jane’s father were siblings). The Stewart siblings had a Scottish father and an English mother.
Prime Minister Churchill’s paternal grandmother was Frances Anne Emily Vane (the daughter of Charles William Stewart and Frances Anne Emily Vane-Tempest). Charles was the son of Robert Stewart and Frances Pratt. Churchill’s great-grandmother Frances was the daughter of Henry Vane and Anne Catherine MacDonnell.
Prime Minister Churchill’s maternal grandfather was Leonard Walter Jerome (the son of Isaac Jerome and Aurora Murray). Isaac was the son of Aaron Jerome and Elizabeth Betsey Ball. Aurora was the daughter of Reuben Murray and Sarah Guthrie.
Prime Minister Churchill’s maternal grandmother was Clarissa “Clara” Hall (the daughter of Ambrose Hall and Clarissa Wilcox). Ambrose was the son of Ambrose Hall and Mehitable Beach. Churchill’s great-grandmother Clarissa was the daughter of David Wilcox and Anna/Anne Baker. Anna/Anne was Canadian, born in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Sources: Genealogies of Winston Churchill – https://www.geni.com
http://www.wikitree.com