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Oct 16, 2014 · The Duke of Marlborough died this morning, aged 88. Blenheim Palace – where he held his principal seat – confirmed the news. His cause of death is not yet known.
Oct 16, 2014 · The Duke of Marlborough has died, Blenheim Palace has announced. John Spencer-Churchill, the 11th Duke of Marlborough, "passed away peacefully" early on Thursday morning, a Palace spokesman said.
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. [a]) was an English soldier and statesman. From a gentry family, he served as a page at the court of the House of Stuart under James, Duke of York, through the 1670s and ...
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Oct 18, 2014 · With the death of his father, in 1972, Spencer-Churchill became the 11th Duke of Marlborough and inherited the vast property—as well as the headaches all his ancestors had suffered trying to ...
Born at 3 Wilton Terrace, Belgravia, London, Randolph Spencer was the third son of John Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford and his wife the Marchioness of Blandford (née Lady Frances Vane) who became the (7th) Duke of Marlborough and the Duchess of Marlborough upon the death of John's father in 1857.
Oct 16, 2014 · The Duke of Marlborough obituary. Inheritor of Blenheim Palace who improved its financial fortunes. Dennis Barker. Thu 16 Oct 2014 12.30 EDT. Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, has a romantic ...
May 22, 2024 · John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough (born May 26, 1650, Ashe, Devon, England—died June 16, 1722, Windsor, near London) was one of England’s greatest generals, who led British and allied armies to important victories over Louis XIV of France, notably at Blenheim (1704), Ramillies (1706), and Oudenaarde (1708).
