- 6th Duke of Marlborough
- Marquess of Blandford
- Member of Parliament for Chippenham (1818-1820)
- Member of Parliament for Woodstock (1826-1840)
- Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (1842-1857)
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George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough, Earl of Sunderland, Marquess of Blandford, was born 27 December 1793 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom to George Spencer-Churchill (1766-1840) and Susan Stewart (1767-1841) and died 1 July 1857 Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom of unspecified causes. He married Jane Stewart (1798-1844) 13 January 1819 in Saint George, Hanover Square, London, England. He married Charlotte Augusta Flower (1818-1850) 10 June 1846 . He married Jane Francis Clinton Stewart (1817-1897) 18 October 1851 .
George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough, DCL (27 December 1793 – 1 July 1857), styled Earl of Sunderland until 1817 and Marquess of Blandford between 1817 and 1840, was a British nobleman, politician, and peer. The great-grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill, he served as Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire between 1842 and 1857.
Dukedom of Marlborough
Arms of Churchill
Duke of Marlborough is a title of English Peerage created by Queen Anne in 1702 for John Churchill the noted military leader. The name of the dukedom refers to Marlborough in Wiltshire. A good number of their descendants have married into many of the other noble hours of England.
The title Marquess of Blandford is used as the courtesy title for the Duke's eldest son and heir. The Duke's eldest son's eldest son can use the courtesy title Earl of Sunderland, and the duke's eldest son's eldest son's eldest son (not necessarily the eldest great-grandson) the title Lord Spencer of Wormleighton (not to be confused with Earl Spencer).
Background and education
Styled Earl of Sunderland from birth, he was born at Bill Hill, Hurst, Berkshire (an estate his father was renting at the time), the eldest son of George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford (later the 5th Duke of Marlborough) and his wife, Lady Susan Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway. He was educated at Eton between 1805 and 1811, and later at Christ Church, Oxford. He was also given an honorary Doctorate of Civil Laws by Oxford University on 15 June 1841.[1]
Political career
He became known by the courtesy title Marquess of Blandford in 1817, when his father succeeded to the dukedom. He sat as a Tory Member of Parliament for Chippenham between 1818 and 1820,[1][2] and for Woodstock from 1826 to 1831, from 1832 to 1835 and from 1838 to 1840, when he succeeded to the dukedom and entered the House of Lords.[1][3] In 1842, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, a post he held until his death.[1]
In parliament, Blandford became an Ultra-Tory, splitting with Wellington in opposition to Catholic emancipation. In response to the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, Blandford introduced the first major reform bill in February 1830, calling for transfer of rotten borough seats to the counties and large towns, disfranchisement of non-resident voters, prevention of holders of office under the Crown from sitting in Parliament, payment of a salary to MPs, and the general franchise for men who owned property. He believed that somewhat more open elections could be relied upon to oppose Catholicism.[4]
Cricket
He played cricket as a young man and is recorded in one first-class match in 1817, totalling 4 runs with a highest score of 4.[5]
Later Years
The 6th Duke of Marlborough died at Blenheim Palace on 1 July 1857, aged 63, and was succeeded by his eldest son, John. The Duchess of Marlborough died at 28 Grosvenor Street in Mayfair, London, in March 1897, aged 79.[1]
Family
Fax Marriage : Harriett Spencer
Lady Jane Stewart
Lord Almeric and Lady Clementina, the children of the 6th Duke by his second wife, Charlotte Augusta Flower
As a young man, he and Harriet Caroline Octavia Spencer (1798–1831),[6] daughter of William Robert Spencer (youngest son of Lord Charles Spencer), went through a false ceremony of marriage with a relative of the groom posing as a cleric. A voyage to Scotland, where they lived as husband and wife, was intended by the bride and her parents to make this marriage legal under Scottish law. The sixth Duke did, however, successfully contest in a court of law that they had lived as if they had been married.[7]
Child by Harriet Caroline Octavia Spencer, who subsequently married Karl Theodor von Westerholt (1795–1863) in 1819:[6]
- Susan Harriett Elizabeth Churchill (1818–1887), married Aimé Timothée Cuénod (1808–1882).
1st Marriage : Jane Churchill
He married, firstly, his first cousin Lady Jane Stewart (1798–1844), daughter of George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway, on 13 January 1819. They had four children:
- Lady Louisa Spencer-Churchill (c. 1820–1882), married the Hon. Robert Spencer, son of Francis Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill, and had issue.
- John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822–1883).
- Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill (1824–1893), married the Hon. Harriet Gough-Calthorpe, daughter of Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe, and had issue.
- Lord Alan Spencer-Churchill (25 July 1825 – 18 April 1873), married Rosalind Dowker.
2nd Marriage : Charlotte Flower
After his first wife's death in October 1844, aged 46, he married, secondly, the Hon. Charlotte Augusta Flower (1818–1850), daughter of Henry Flower, 4th Viscount Ashbrook, on 10 June 1846. They had two children:
- Lord Almeric Athelstan Spencer-Churchill (1847 – 12 December 1856), died young.
- Lady Clementina Augusta Spencer-Churchill (4 May 1848 – 27 March 1886), married John Pratt, 3rd Marquess Camden, and had issue.
3rd Marriage : Jane Stewart
After his second wife's death in April 1850, aged 31, he married, thirdly, his first cousin Jane Francis Clinton Stewart (1818–1897), daughter of the Hon. Edward Richard Stewart and grand-daughter of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway, on 18 October 1851. They had one child:
- Lord Edward Spencer-Churchill (28 March 1853 – 5 May 1911), married Augusta Warburton, daughter of Major George Drought Warburton, and had issue.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Louisa Spencer-Churchill (c1820-1882) | 2 January 1821 | 23 March 1882 | Robert Charles Henry Spencer (1817-1881) |
| John Winston Spencer-Churchill (1822-1883) | 2 June 1822 Garboldisham Hall, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom | 4 July 1883 Berkeley Square, Mayfair, England, United Kingdom | Frances Anne Emily Vane (1822-1899) |
| Alfred Spencer-Churchill (1824-1893) | 24 April 1824 Garboldesham Hall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom | 21 September 1893 Rutland Gate, Greater London, England, United Kingdom | Harriet Louisa Hester Gough-Calthorpe (1832-1901) |
| Alan Spencer-Churchill (1825-1873) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Almeric Athelstan Spencer-Churchill (1847-1856) | |||
| Clementina Augusta Spencer-Churchill (1848-1886) | 4 May 1848 England, United Kingdom | 27 March 1886 Villa Clemntine, Cannes, France | John Charles Pratt, 3rd Marquess Camden (1840-1872) Philip Green (-1904) |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Edward Spencer-Churchill (1853-1911) | 28 March 1853 | 5 May 1911 | Augusta Warburton (1854-1941) |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Susan Harriet Elizabeth Churchill (1818-1882) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| George Spencer-Churchill (1793-1857) | 27 December 1793 Wokingham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom | 1 July 1857 Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom | Jane Stewart (1798-1844) Charlotte Augusta Flower (1818-1850) Jane Francis Clinton Stewart (1817-1897) Harriet Caroline Octavia Spencer (1798-1834) |
| Charles Spencer-Churchill (1794-1840) | |||
| George Henry Spencer-Churchill (1796-1828) | |||
| Henry John Spencer-Churchill (1797-1840) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Georgina Matilda (1819-1898) | |||
| Caroline Augusta (1821-1905) | |||
| Elizabeth (1823-1878) | |||
| Henry Spencer (1831-1831) | |||
| George | |||
| Henry | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| John Tustian (1799-1873) | |||
Literature
- Mary Soames; The Profligate Duke: George Spencer Churchill, Fifth Duke of Marlborough, and His Duchess (1987)
References
- ^ a b c d e George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
- ^ Eric J. Evans, The Forging of the Modern State: Early Industrial Britain, 1783–1870 (2nd ed. 1990), p. 216
- ^ "Marquis of Blandford". https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36390/36390.html. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
- ^ a b Marquis Ruvigny, Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, being a complete table of all the descendants now living of Edward III, King of England: Essex Volume (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1907), p.89.
- ^ The profligate Duke
External links
See also
- Spencer-Churchill in Oxfordshire
- wikipedia:en:George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough
- George Spencer-Churchill at thePeerage
- George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough at Genealogics
- British nobility
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| Preceded by Charles Brooke John Maitland |
Member of Parliament for Chippenham 1818–1820 With: William Miles 1818–1820 |
Succeeded by William Madocks John Grossett |
| Preceded by John Gladstone James Langston |
Member of Parliament for Woodstock 1826–1831 With: Lord Ashley 1826–1830 Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill 1830–1831 |
Succeeded by Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill Viscount Stormont |
| Preceded by Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill Viscount Stormont |
Member of Parliament for Woodstock 1832–1835 |
Succeeded by Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill |
| Preceded by Henry Peyton |
Member of Parliament for Woodstock 1838–1840 |
Succeeded by Sir Frederic Thesiger |
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| Preceded by The Earl of Macclesfield |
Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire 1842–1857 |
Succeeded by The Duke of Marlborough |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by George Spencer-Churchill |
Duke of Marlborough 1840–1857 |
Succeeded by John Spencer |
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