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Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough. by Richard Houston, sold by Robert Sayer, after Sir Joshua Reynolds. mezzotint, (1758) NPG D38244. Find out more >. Buy a print. Buy as a greetings card. Use this image. Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough.
Biography. Following the death of his rakish elder brother in September 1688, Spencer became heir to the 2nd Earl of Sunderland, one of the most adept politicians of the age. Styled Lord Spencer, he was too young to be tainted with his father’s (and elder brother’s) conversion to Rome in 1687. Indeed, John Evelyn in 1688 professed him ‘a ...
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Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, KG, PC (22 November 1706 – 20 October 1758), styled as The Honourable Charles Spencer between 1706 and 1729 and as The Earl of Sunderland between 1729 and 1733, was a British soldier, nobleman, and politician from the Spencer family. He briefly served as Lord Privy Seal in 1755.
3rd Duke of Marlborough Marquess of Blandford Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, was born 22 November 1706 in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom to Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (c1674-1722) and Anne Churchill (1682-1716) and died 20 October 1758 Münster, Westphalia, Germany of unspecified causes. He married Elizabeth Trevor (c1713-1761) 23 May 1732 . Charles ...
This connection was the result of the marriage, in 1700, of the 3rd Duke of Sunderland to the daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. The youngest son of this union, John Spencer (1708–46), was the father of the 1st Earl Spencer (1734–83).
Upon his maternal aunt Henrietta's death in 1733, Charles Spencer succeeded to the Marlborough family estates and titles and became the 3rd Duke. When he died in 1758, his titles passed to his eldest son George (1739–1817), who was succeeded by his eldest son George, the 5th Duke (1766–1840).
