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Sarah Churchill. Actress: Royal Wedding. Sarah Churchill was a British actress and dancer, of American descent. She was born in London in 1914. She was the 3rd child and 2nd daughter born to politician Winston Churchill (1874-1965) and his wife Clementine Ogilvy Hozier (1885 -1977).
Mar 25, 2024 · spouse John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough. Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough (born May 29, 1660, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, Eng.—died Oct. 18, 1744, London) was the wife of the renowned general John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Her close friendship with Queen Anne bolstered her husband’s career and served to aid the Whig cause.
Churchill, Mary (1689–1751) Duchess of Montagu. Born on July 15, 1689; died in 1751; daughter of Sarah Jennings Churchill (1660–1744) and John Churchill (1650–1722), 1st duke of Marlborough (r. 1702–1722); married John Montagu, 2nd duke of Montagu. James II proved a troublesome monarch. An avowed Roman Catholic, he aroused deep-seated ...
Feb 23, 2019 · Queen Anne was drawn to Sarah Churchill's "vibrancy and exuberance." Anne met Sarah Jennings, a lady-in-waiting to her stepmother Mary of Modena, when they were young girls in the court of Anne ...
Apr 12, 2019 · Sarah with the Big Three at Tehran, 1943. An actress by trade, Sarah Churchill had joined the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force—the WAAFs—as an interpreter of aerial reconnaissance photographs in autumn of 1941. At twenty-nine, she was the perfect person to accompany her father. As a WAAF Section Officer, she was familiar with the inner ...
Jan 25, 2019 · Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill were childhood friends—but grew closer in court. Anne was born in 1665, to James, then Duke of York, and his first wife, Anne Hyde.
Jan 9, 2019 · Portrait of Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1744), c. 1700, by Charles Jervas. Soon, childhood fun and games had to be put aside as marriage was on the horizon. In 1677, the 15-year-old Mary was the first to be wedded, and she was given to her first cousin, William of Orange. Soon after, Sarah began attracting attention.
