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At the beginning of the 18th century Queen Anne gave the manor and estate to John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, in gratitude for victories he had won, particularly at Blenheim on the River Danube, against the French and Bavarian armies. Not only was he given the estate, the Queen also promised to pay for the building of a new house on the s...

Perhaps the most famous person connected with Blenheim Palace is Sir Winston Churchill. He was born there on 30th November, 1874. Although the dukedom passed to his cousin, he apparently was very attached to the place. He proposed to his future wife Clementine beside the lake in the Temple of Diana. When he died in 1965, his wish was to be buried i...

John Singer Sargentin 1905 painted the 9th Duke of Marlborough and his wife Consuelo Vanderbilt with their two sons, the Marquess of Blandford and Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill. Few portraits could be more steeped in British and American history. Not only are the individuals scions of two of the most notable British and American families, but it illu...