Family
Churchill was the son of Randolph Churchill (1911–1968), the only son of Sir Winston Churchill, and of Randolph's wife Pamela Digby (1920–1997), later to become famous as Pamela Harriman. His parents divorced in 1945. His father married June Osborne: their daughter was Arabella Churchill (1949–2007).
Churchill's first marriage, in July 1964, was to Minnie Caroline d'Erlanger, the daughter of the banker Sir Gerard John Regis d'Erlanger. The couple had four children:
- Randolph Leonard Spencer-Churchill (born 1965)
- Jennie Spencer-Churchill (born 1966)
- Marina Spencer-Churchill (born 1967)
- John Gerard Averell "Jack" Spencer-Churchill (born 1975)
Churchill's second marriage, to Luce Engelen, a Belgian-born jewellery maker, lasted from 1997 until his death. His mother's will shared his inheritance with his first wife.
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