John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough
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Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, KG, TD, PC (13 November 1871 – 30 June 1934), styled Earl of Sunderland until 1883 and Marquess of Blandford between 1883 and 1892, was a British soldier and Conservative politician, and a close friend of his first cousin Winston Churchill.
Those in the throng had come to witness the arrival of the bride and groom in the ultimate ‘celebrity wedding’: Consuelo Vanderbilt — young, beautiful, and one of the two wealthiest young women in the United States at the time, reputedly worth around $4 billion in today’s money — and Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, the 9th ...
Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough. (1871-1934), Under-Secretary for the Colonies. Sitter in 10 portraits. In 1895, Charles Spencer-Churchill married the American railroad heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt.
Charles Richard John Spencer Churchill (Sunny), Churchill's cousin and the 9th Duke of Marlborough, born : 1874 : April 15, 1874 - Churchill's parents marry : First Impressionist exhibition held in Paris : November 30, 1874 - Winston Spencer Churchill (WSC) born in Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England : 1876
Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (1871-1934), Under-Secretary for the Colonies. Sitter in 10 portraits. Artist. Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), 'Spy'; caricaturist and portrait painter; son of Edward Matthew Ward. Artist or producer associated with 1617 portraits, Sitter in 9 portraits. Linked publications.
The Duke succeeded his father in 1892. He was a Knight of the Garter, and held many governmental positions. These include Paymaster-General of the Forces (1899-1902), Mayor of Woodstock (1907-1908), Under-Secretary of State to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (1917-1918), and finally Lord Lieutenant and custos rotulorum of Oxfordshire.
Determined to secure the highest-ranking mate possible for her only daughter, a union that would emphasize the preeminence of the Vanderbilt family in New York society, Alva Vanderbilt engineered a meeting between Consuelo and the indebted, titled Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, chatelain of Blenheim Palace.
