Two-handled cup, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, Major John (Jack) Strange Spencer-Churchill, 1907 (c)

Silver, two-handled cup, hallmarked London, 1907 (c). Inscribed on the front, 'John Spencer Churchill on his marriage'; inscribed on the back, 'From H.R.H. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught'.

Major John Strange Spencer-Churchill (1880-1947), known as Jack, was Winston Churchill's younger brother. The Spencer-Churchill family was strongly linked to the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars from its formation as a Yeomanry unit. In 1908 Jack Churchill married Lady Gwendoline Theresa Mary Bertie (1885-1941) in Oxford.

Jack Churchill was commissioned into the unit in 1898. He fought in the Boer War (1899-1902) with the South African Light Horse and was wounded at the Battle of the Tugela Heights in 1900. He went on to win the Distinguished Service Order during World War One (1914-1918).