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Hace 2 días · The senior branch of the Spencers (later known as the Spencer-Churchill family) is currently represented by Jamie Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough, direct descendant via the eldest male-line of Sir John Spencer, who was knighted by King Henry VIII in 1519 while the cadet branch of the family, the Spencers of Althorp, who descend via ...
22 de jul. de 2024 · Major John Strange Spencer-Churchill DSO TD (4 February 1880 – 23 February 1947), known as Jack Churchill, was the younger son of Lord Randolph Churchill and his wife Jennie, and the brother of former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Winston Churchill.
Hace 2 días · General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, KG, PC (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S.) was an English soldier and statesman.
Hace 2 días · From the duke's eldest daughter Henrietta Godolphin, countess of Godolphin and suo jure duchess of Marlborough, the manor passed to her nephew Charles Spencer, duke of Marlborough (d. 1758), and thereafter descended with the title to John Spencer-Churchill, duke of Marlborough (d. 1883), who sold it in 1866 to R. C. Long(d. 1869).
22 de jul. de 2024 · Charles’ celebrated father-in-law, the First Duke of Marlborough, died without a male heir. The Marlborough title ended up going to his eldest surviving Spencer grandson, who moved to Blenheim Palace. The next grandson, the Hon. John Spencer, received the Spencer inheritance, including Althorp.
Hace 2 días · Through his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, the meteoric Tory politician, he was directly descended from John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, the hero of the wars against Louis XIV of France in the early 18th century.
18 de jul. de 2024 · Blenheim Palace, residence near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, built (1705–24) by the English Parliament as a national gift to John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough. It was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh and is regarded as the finest example of truly Baroque architecture in Great Britain.
