February 10, 2015

The Other Club

Expecting their second child (dubbed “the Chumbolly”), the Churchills celebrated Easter at Blenheim. On 28 May a son, Randolph, was born at their home on Eccleston Square, London.

Shortly after, Winston attended his annual camp with the Oxfordshire Yeomanry at Blenheim.

On 22 June they attended the first of three coronations they would see during their lives. Clementine was not expected to attend but, through the kind offices of King George V, a royal carriage was sent for her and returned her to the hungry Randolph immediately after the ceremony.

Along with Home Office duties, Winston piloted the Parliament Bill through the House of Commons. When the House of Lords amended it out of recognition, it was obvious that the final battle was at hand.

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Meanwhile, the Government searched for a solution to the perennial Irish problem. The acrimony created by these political battles was somewhat mitigated by the creation of The Other Club. The genesis of The Other Club is unclear. Some claim that Parliament was the first club but The Other Club’s official historian suggests that the founders, Winston Churchill and F.E. Smith, started it in response to their failure to secure election to The Club, in Oxford. The first dinner was held on 18 May 1911 and The Other Club still meets in the Pinafore Room of the Savoy Hotel.

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