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Lady Caroline Russell. George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough FSA (6 March 1766 – 5 March 1840), styled Marquess of Blandford until 1817, was a British nobleman, politician, peer, and collector of antiquities and books. He was the first one to specifically use the surname "Spencer-Churchill"; Churchill was the name of the first Duke .
George John Godolphin Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford (born 28 July 1992), styled as Earl of Sunderland until 2014, is a British aristocrat and polo player. He is a model and brand ambassador for La Martina, an Argentine polo clothing and accessories company. [1] [2] As the heir apparent to the Dukedom of Marlborough, he uses the ...
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Nov 23, 2021 · George Spencer-Churchill was born in 1766, the eldest son of George Spencer and Caroline Russell, daughter of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford. Francis Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill, was his younger brother. Marlborough married Lady Susan Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway, on 15 September 1791. They had four children.
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- June 6, 1766
- Susan (Stewart) Spencer-Churchill
- March 5, 1840
Blandford's political career in the House of Commons began with his election for Chippenham in 1818. He did not stand in the election of 1820, but returned to the Commons in 1826 for his family's seat of Woodstock. He opposed Catholic emancipation in 1829, and the Maynooth grant in 1845. He also opposed the repeal of the Corn Laws.
Winston Churchill, in addition to his careers as a soldier and politician, was a prolific writer under the variant of his full name 'Winston S. Churchill'. After being commissioned into the 4th Queen's Own Hussars in 1895, Churchill gained permission to observe the Cuban War of Independence, and sent war reports to The Daily Graphic.
Mar 15, 2022 · George Spencer-Churchill, a relative of Princess Diana and, as his last name suggests, Winston Churchill, the 28-year-old Marquess of Blandford, is the future Duke of Marlborough. And although he’s heir to the 187-room Blenheim Palace and a £183 million fortune, as well as a distant relative of Sir Winston Churchill, George wears his grand ...
Mar 5, 2022 · In 1811 John William Ward* described the 17-year-old Blandford as ‘a very fine lad’, who ‘seems to have good parts, and a good disposition’.2 He did not improve with age, and four years later George Agar Ellis* referred to his ‘drunkenness, obstinacy, indolence, shocking temper, duplicity and bad manners’, which had contributed ...
