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*Lady Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill (17 September 1847{{snd}}[[Mayfair|Upper Brook Street, Mayfair, London]], 22 January 1927), married 25 May 1868 [[Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne]], by whom she had issue.
*Lady Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill (17 September 1847{{snd}}[[Mayfair|Upper Brook Street, Mayfair, London]], 22 January 1927), married 25 May 1868 [[Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne]], by whom she had issue.
*[[Lord Randolph Churchill|Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill]] (13 February 1849{{snd}}24 January 1895), married 15 April 1874 [[Lady Randolph Churchill|Jennie Jerome]]. Their issue included [[Winston Churchill|Sir Winston Churchill]] and [[John Strange Spencer-Churchill]].
*[[Lord Randolph Churchill|Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill]] (13 February 1849{{snd}}24 January 1895), married 15 April 1874 [[Lady Randolph Churchill|Jennie Jerome]]. Their issue included [[Winston Churchill|Sir Winston Churchill]] and [[John Strange Spencer-Churchill]].
*Lady Rosamund Jane Frances Spencer-Churchill ( 9 November 1851- 3 December 1920), married 12 July 1877 [[William Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey]], by whom she had issue.
*Lady Rosamund Jane Frances Spencer-Churchill (9 November 1851 – 3 December 1920), married 12 July 1877 [[William Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey]], by whom she had issue.
*Lady Fanny Octavia Louise Spencer-Churchill (29 January 1853{{snd}}5 August 1904), married 9 June 1873 [[Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth]], by whom she had issue.
*Lady Fanny Octavia Louise Spencer-Churchill (29 January 1853{{snd}}5 August 1904), married 9 June 1873 [[Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth]], by whom she had issue.
*[[Anne Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe|Lady Anne Emily Spencer-Churchill]] ([[Mayfair|Lower Brook Street, Mayfair, London]], 14 November 1854{{snd}}[[South Audley Street]], [[Mayfair]], [[London]], 20 June 1923), married 11 June 1874 [[James Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe]], by whom she had issue.
*[[Anne Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe|Lady Anne Emily Spencer-Churchill]] ([[Mayfair|Lower Brook Street, Mayfair, London]], 14 November 1854{{snd}}[[South Audley Street]], [[Mayfair]], [[London]], 20 June 1923), married 11 June 1874 [[James Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe]], by whom she had issue.

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His Grace
The Duke of Marlborough
KG PC
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
In office
11 December 1876 – 21 April 1880
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterBenjamin Disraeli
Preceded byThe Duke of Abercorn
Succeeded byThe Earl Cowper
Lord President of the Council
In office
8 March 1867 – 9 December 1868
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterBenjamin Disraeli
Preceded byThe Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Succeeded byThe Earl de Grey and Ripon
Member of the House of Lords
as Duke of Marlborough
In office
1 July 1857 – 4 July 1883
Preceded byGeorge Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough
Succeeded byGeorge Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough
Personal details
Born(1822-06-02)2 June 1822
Garboldisham Hall, Garboldisham, Norfolk, England
Died4 July 1883(1883-07-04) (aged 61)
Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
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(m. 1843)​
Children
Parents
Alma materOriel College, Oxford
Garter encircled arms of John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, KG, as displayed on his Order of the Garter stall plate in St. George's Chapel.

John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough KG PC (2 June 1822 – 4 July 1883), styled Earl of Sunderland from 1822 to 1840 and Marquess of Blandford from 1840 to 1857, was a British Conservative cabinet minister, politician, peer, and nobleman. He was the paternal grandfather of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.

Background and education

John Spencer-Churchill was born at Garboldisham Hall, Norfolk, the eldest son of George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough, and Lady Jane Stewart, daughter of Admiral George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway. He was educated at Eton College and Oriel College, Oxford.

He commenced his career as a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars in 1842. [1]

Political career

Spencer-Churchill was Member of Parliament for Woodstock from 1844 to 1845 and again from 1847 to 1857. He was responsible for the "Blandford Act" of 1856, enabling populous parishes to be divided for purposes of Church work.[2] In 1857 he succeeded his father in the dukedom and entered the House of Lords.

He served under Lord Derby as Lord Steward of the Household from 1866 to 1867, and under Derby and later Benjamin Disraeli as Lord President of the Council—with a seat in the cabinet—from 1867 to 1868. He was an influential Freemason;[3] he was sworn of the Privy Council in 1866, and made a Knight of the Garter in 1868. On the formation of Disraeli's second cabinet in 1874, he was offered, but declined, the Viceroyalty of Ireland.[1] He again held office under Disraeli as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1876 to 1880.[4]

Spencer-Churchill was president of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society for many years. He died suddenly of angina pectoris at 29 Berkeley Square, London, on 4 July 1883. After lying in state at Blenheim Palace, he was buried in the private chapel on 10 July.[1]

Family

On 12 July 1843, Spencer-Churchill married Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane (15 April 1822 – 16 April 1899), eldest daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane-Tempest. They had eleven children:

Marlborough died on 4 July 1883, aged 61, and was succeeded in the title by his eldest son, George. His wife died sixteen years later, on 16 April 1899, aged 77.

Portrayals in film and television

Marlborough was portrayed by Cyril Luckham in the 1974 Thames TV mini-series Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill.

Ancestry

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Boase 1887.
  2. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Marlborough, Earls and Dukes of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 737.
  3. ^ Churchill, Lord Randolph. "Churchill Freemason". Churchills who were Freemasons. freemasons-freemasonry/com. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  4. ^ Chisholm 1911.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Boase, George Clement (1887). "Churchill, John Winston Spencer". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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