history of his Spencer
Churchill
Marlborough
ancestors, would afford him
a broad perspective of the
world.
The prevalent feeling in many
circles during much of his life
was that he was somewhat of
an upstart, an American from
Brooklyn, a kind of half-breed.
Lady Nancy Astor, American
born (she would later become
the first female member of
the House of Commons),
married to a branch of the
New York Astor family that
had forsaken America, told
Winston
Churchill,
���the
trouble with you, is that
you have the worst blood
of two continents in your
veins!��� Duchess Frances,
known as Fanny, Winston���s
grandmother, believed, ���It
would be intolerable to have
that little upstart Winston
become Duke!���
Winston Churchill would
substantially overcome these
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