Talk:Winston Churchill (1940-)

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Is there any reason that this page is at Winston Spencer Churchill and not Winston Spencer-Churchill, or can it be moved? Proteus (Talk) 22:42, 8 May 2004 (UTC)

Is the correct version "Spencer-Churchill"? I thought there was no hyphen. However equally I can't recall this Churchill being called WSC - that name is more commonly associated with his grandfather's books which included Spencer (to distinguish from "Winston Churchill the American"). Dare we go for "Winston Churchill (grandson)? Timrollpickering 08:20, 15 May 2004 (UTC)

Well, we do have Charles de Gaulle (grandson). so.... Morwen 08:22, May 15, 2004 (UTC)

This one's "Winston Churchill", not "Spencer-Churchill", as per Burke's (sub Marlborough). "Spencer" might in his case be a middle name rather than part of a surname. So "Winston Spencer Churchill" (no hyphen) might be correct, but we know "Winston Churchill" is right. - Nunh-huh 08:34, 15 May 2004 (UTC)

A bunch of them here, where it appears that Winston Sr. is known simply as "C", but his less distinguished relatives are "S-C" Mmartins 10:51, 15 May 2004 (UTC)

I think the name is formally "Spencer Churchill" or "Spencer Churchill" (the hyphen has a habit of appearing and disappearing) since the early 19th century. However Lord Randolph Churchill believed a double barrelled name would be a disadvantage (this wasn't the only thing he was wrong about!!!) and so he and his descendants in politics used "Churchill". I don't know if he formally changed the name, though it wouldn't affect other branches of the family. Winston the War PM added "Spencer" only on his books to disambiguate them from the American author, and I've seen books by both the later Randolph and the later Winston using both versions. However when the grandson was in Parliament he was always called "Winston Churchill". So I say copy de Gaulle and go for the grandson option. Timrollpickering 08:21, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)