Dukes of Marlborough genealogy
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Arms: Quarterly I and IV Sable a lion rampant Argent on a canton of the last a cross Gules (Churchill); II and III quarterly Argent and Gules in the II and III quarters a fret Or overall on a bend Sable three escallops of the first (Spencer) in chief an escutcheon Argent charged with the Cross of St George Gules (Augmentation of Honour granted 1661 by Charles II for Sir Winston Churchill in his service in the late English Civil War) thereon an escutcheon of the Arms of France (Azure three fleur-de-lys Or) the whole arms borne upon an Imperial Eagle as (as a Prince of the HRE) and above the arms a princely coronet as such. Crests: (1) A lion couchant guardant Argent supporting with the dexter paw a banner Gules charged with a dexter hand appaumé of the first staff Or (Churchill); (2) Out of a ducal coronet Or a griffin’s head between two wings expanded Argent gorged with a collar gemelle and armed Gules (Spencer). Supporters: On either side a wyvern wings expanded Gules. Motto: Fiel Pero Desdichado (Spanish: Faithful, though unfortunate).
Creations: Baron Churchill, of Wormleighton in the County of Warwick [E] 21 July 1603; Baron Churchill, of Sandridge in the County of Hertford [E] 14 May 1685; Earl of Sunderland [E] 8 June 1643; Earl of Marlborough, in the County of Wiltshire [E] 9 Apr 689; Marquess of Blandford, in the County of Dorset and Duke of Marlborough [E] 14 Dec 1702.
Foreign Titles: Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (Holy Roman Empire) 28 Aug 1704; Prince of Mindelheim (Holy Roman Empire) 18 Nov 1705.
(Charles) James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough, 12th Marquess of Blandford, 14th Earl of Sunderland, 12th Earl of Marlborough, 16th Baron Spencer of Wormleighton and 12th Baron Churchill of Sandridge also a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Prince of Mindelheim [His Grace The Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1PX (2025)]; b 24 Nov 1955; educ Harrow, RAC Cirencester, Royal Berks Coll of Agriculture; Marketing Dir for Brodie Brittain Racing (Brackley, Northants); Organizer of VIP Hospitality for Benetton Formula One Team 1996; mar 1st 24 Feb 1990 (div 1998), Rebecca Mary, dau of Peter Few Brown, and has issue,
1. +George John Godolphin, styled Marquess of Blandford; b 28 July 1992; educ Harrow, UCL; Dir: Oarinspiring Ltd 2018-19; mar 8 Sept 2018, ●Camilla Elizabeth Antonia (b 1987), eldest dau of James Nicholas Thorp, by Philippa Clare Thomas, and has issue,
1.1. +Lady Leonora Eliza Cressida; b 2024.
(continued) 12th Duke of Marlborough mar 2nd 2002 (sep 2024), ●Ella, only dau of Alun Griffiths OBE, of Abergavenny, Monmouths, and has further issue by his 2nd w,
2. +Lady Araminta Clementine Megan Cadogan; b 8 Apr 2007.
3. +Lord Caspar Sasha Ivor; b Sept 2008.
Lineage of Churchill: William Churchill, of Rockbear, Devons, had a s,
Giles Churchill, who had a s,
Charles Churchill; supported Edward IV during the Wars of the Roses and was a retainer of Thomas Courtenay, Earl of Devon, though remained faithful when Courtenay deserted the King (possibly during Edward IV’s temporary eclipse in 1470); mar (through the influence of Edward IV), Margaret, dau and hrss of Sir William Woodville, member of the Woodville family, sometime Earls Rivers and a relative of Edward IV’s w, Elizabeth Woodville, and was g-g-g-grandf of,
Matthew Churchill, of Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts; mar Alice, dau of James Gould, of Dorchester, and had a s,
Jasper Churchill, of Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts; mar Elizabeth, dau of John Chaplet, of Herringtston, Dorset, and had an elder s,
John Churchill, of Minterne Magna, Dorset; b 1600; educ Middle Temple (Barrister); supported Royalists during Civil War; mar Sarah, dau and cohrss of Sir Henry Winston, of Standish, Gloucs; d 1673 (bur at St Andrew’s Ch, Bridport, Dorset), leaving an eldest surv s and h,
Sir Winston Churchill JP (Dorset July 1660-d; Middx 1680-d), DL (Dorset 1664-d), MP, of Minterne Magna, Dorset; b 18 Apr 1620; educ St John’s Coll Oxf 1636-38, Lincoln’s Inn (admit 1637; Barrister 1652); served Civil War 1643-45 as Capt of Troop of Horse with Royalists (fined £446); Commsnr of Assessment: Dorset 1660-80, Middx 1664-69, Westminster 1679-80; Commsnr for Court of Claims and Explanations [I] 1662-68; Freeman: Poole Nov 1660, Lyme Regis 1685; Clerk-Comptroller of the Green Cloth 1664-d; FRS 1664; mar 26 May 1648 (with £1,500), Elizabeth, dau of Sir John Drake MP, of Ashe, Musbury, Devons (b ca 1592; d 1636), leaving with a ygr dau,
1. John, later 1st Duke of Marlborough (see below).
2. Adm George MP, RN, of Windsor Little Park, Berks; b 20 Feb 1654 at Minterne Magna; RN: Lt 1666-68, 1672-74, Capt 1678-93, Adm 1702-08; Ensign of Dragoons Duke of York’s Regt 1676; Lt 1678-79; Capt King’s Dragoons 1685-88; Cornet and Maj 3rd Life Grds 1691-92; Lt-Col by 1692; served Second Anglo-Dutch War, Third Anglo-Dutch War, Nine Years’ War (Battles of Bantry Bay, Beachy Head, Barfleur and La Hogue), War of the Spanish Succession); MP (Tory): St Albans 1685-1708, Portsmouth 1708-d; Groom of Bedchamber to HRH Prince George of Denmark 1689-1708; Ld of Admiralty 1699-1702; Freeman: Hertford 1698, Portsmouth 1702; dspl 8 May 1710 (bur at Westminster Abbey), leaving an only illegit s by Mary Cooke,
2.1. Lt-Gen George; Lt 12 Jan 1707; Capt 15th Ft 24 March 1712; transf as Capt and Lt-Col Coldstream Grds 28 Sept 1715; 2nd Maj 5 July 1739; 1st Maj 25 Dec 1740; Lt-Col 1 Apr 1743; Brig-Gen 5 July 1739; Maj-Gen 31 May 1745; Lt-Gen 19 Sept 1747; Col of 1st Regt of Marines 20 Sept 1745-48; served War of the Austrian Succession (Battle of Fontenoy); C-in-C of Forces in Scotland 1752-d; Lt-Gov of Fort St Philip (Minorca); mar Catharine (d 2 June 1725), dau of Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Bt (see BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, E); dsp 1753.
3. Gen Charles MP, of Minterne Magna, Dorset; b 2 Feb 1656; MP (Whig) for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis 1701-10; Ensign of Ft Duke of York’s Regt 1674; Lt 1675; Capt 1678; Capt-Lt of Dragoons 1679; Lt-Col of Ft Charles Trelawny’s Regt 1682; Lt-Col Duke of York’s Regt 1684; Lt-Col Queen Consort’s Regt 1685; Lt-Col Queen’s Regt 1687; Col of 3rd Ft 1688-d; Brig-Gen by 1690; Maj-Gen 1694; Lt-Gen 1702; Gen 1703; served Monmouth Rebellion (Battle of Bedgemoor), Williamite War (Siege of Cork), Nine Years’ War (Battles of Steenkerque and Landen), War of the Austrian Succession (Battles of Blenheim and Ramillies); Gent of Bedchamber to HRH Prince George of Denmark 1672-1708; Gov: Kinsale 1690, Brussels 1706, Guernsey 1706; Lt of Tower of Loddon 1702-06; Master of the Buckhounds 1702; Act C-in-C 1703; Freeman: Portsmouth 1684, Kinsale 1690, Hertford 1703; mar 9 Feb 1702, Mary (mar 2nd 13 Feb 1716/17, Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon, see LINDSAY and ABINGDON), dau and sole hrss of James Gould MP, of Dorchester; dspl 29 Dec 1714, leaving an only s by his mistress, Elizabeth Dodd,
3.1. Lt-Gen Charles; b 1679; Brig 1727; Col: Churchill’s Regt of Marines 1709-13, Prince of Wales’s Own Regt of Dragoons 1715-17, Churchill’s Regt of Dragoons 1723-d; MP for Castle Rising 1715-45; Gov of Royal Hosp Chelsea 1720-22; Gov of Plymouth 1722-d; Groom of Bedchamber to George II 1727; dspl 14 May 1745, leaving an illegit s by Anne Oldfield, a famous actress (b 1683; d 23 Oct 1730),
3.1.1. Charles MP, of Charlfont,
(continued) Lt-Gen Charles also had an illegit dau by an unknown woman,
1.1.1. Harriet; mar 1st, Sir Everard Fawkener KB, Amb to the Constantinople 1737-44 and Postmaster-Gen 1745-58 (b 1694; d 1758); mar 2nd 1765, Thomas Pownall MP, Lt-Gov of New Jersey 1755-57 and Gov of the Massachusetts Bay 1757-60 (bapt 4 Sept 1722 NS; d 25 Feb 1805), and had issue by both husbands.
2. Winston.
3. Theobald; d um 1684.
4. Henry.
5. Jasper.
6. Mountjoy.
7. Arabella; b 23 Feb 1648; Mistress to James II & VII from 1665; mar 1 June 1680 at the Ch of Holy Trinity, Minories, London, Col Charles, of Windmill Str, Westminster and of Huntercombe, Bucks, Capt Gren Grds 1674; Lt-Col of Ft Sir Thomas Slingsby’s Regt 1678; Capt-Lt of Horse Duke of Monmouth’s Regt 1678; Maj of Horse Lord Gerard’s Regt 1679; Col of 4th Dragoon Grds Dec 1688-93; Burgess of Chipping Wycombe 1691; MP: Malmesbury 1689-90, Chipping Wycombe 1691-1713; Dep-Master Marshal of the King’s Hawks 1693; Dep Constable of Tower of London 1694(?)-98; Master of the Jewel Office 1698-1704; Clerk Comptroller of Brd of Green Cloth 1704-14; Clerk of Green Cloth Oct 1714-d; (b ca 1648; d 23 Feb 1715 at Bath; bur at Bath Abbey there), s of Francis Godfrey, of Little Chelsea, Middx, by Anne Blount (b 1646; d 23 Feb 1714); d 30 May 1730, leaving illegit issue by James II & VII,
7.1. Henrietta FitzJames; b 1667; mar 1st 29 Nov 1683, Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave (see WALDEGRAVE, E); mar 2nd 3 Apr 1695, Piers Butler, 3rd Viscount Galmoye (see MOUNTGARRET, V); d 3 Apr 1730, leaving issue by her 1st husband.
7.2. James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed also Baron Bosworth, in the County of Leicester and Earl of Tinmouth, in the County of Northumberland [E] (so cr 19 March 1686/87) also Grandee of Spain (Feb 1704) also Duque de Liria y Jérica [Spain] (so cr 1707) also Duc de Fitz-James [France] (so cr 23 May 1710 with spec rem to the h of his body by his 2nd w), KG (1688; annulled 1689); b 21 Aug 1670; educ Coll of Juilly, Collège du Plessis and Collège Henri-IV de La Flèche; Col 8th Ft 1686; Col Cuirassier Regt of Taafe 1687 (France); Maj-Gen (France) 1687; Col of Royal Regt of Horse Grds 1688; Capt 3rd Troop Horse Grds 1688; Maj-Gen (Ir) 1689; Lt-Gen (Ir) 1689; Capt 1st Troop of Ir Horse Grds (France) 1693; Capt-Gen (Spain) 1704; Served Great Turkish War of 1686 (Siege of Buda; Battle of Mohács), Williamite War (Siege of Derry; Battles of Cavan and the Boyne), War of the Spanish Succession (Battle of Ekeren); Gov of Portsmouth 1687-89; Ld-Lt of Hants 1687-88; Constable of Porchester Castle and Lt of the Forest of Southbere 1687-88; naturalized as a French subject 17 Dec 1703; Gov of Provence (France) 1705; Marshal of France 1706; Lt of Aragon 1707; Gov of Limousin 1708; Gov of Strasbourg 1730; Kt of the Order of the Golden Fleece (Spain) 1704; Kt of the Order of St Michael (France) 1724; Henry FitzJames, titular 1st Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Rochford and Baron (of) Romney [JE] (so cr 13 Jan 1696 by the exiled James II); b 6 Aug 1673; educ Coll of Juilly, Collège Henri-IV de La Flèche; served Williamite War (Battle of the Boyne); outlawed 1695; Adm and Lt-Gen in France 1702; mar 20 July 1700, Marie Gabrielle (mar 2nd May 1707, John Drummond, titular 2nd Duke of Melfort [JS] who d 1754), dau and hrss of Comte Jean d’Audibert de Lussan, by Marie Françoise Raimond; dspm and spl 16 Dec 1702 when the peerages are believed to have become attainted, though there is no formal evidence for such, and left issue, and is the distant ancestor of,
7.2.1. ●Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y Martínez de Irujo, 19th Duke of Alba de Tormes also Grandee of Spain and holder of over 30 titles of nobility; b 2 Oct 1948; educ Complutense Univ of Madrid; Adviser: Hispania Nostra Fdn, Valencia de Don Juan Inst, Hispanic Soc of America; mar 13 June 1988 (annulled 2004), Matilde, dau of Fernando de Solís y Atienza, 10th Marquess of la Motilla, and has 2 s.
7.3. Arabella; b 1674; d unm 7 Nov 1704 as a Benedictine nun.
(continued) Arabella also left legit issue by her husband, Charles,
1.1. Francis.
1.2. Charlotte; b bef 1685; mar 23 Apr 1700, Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth (qv); d 22 March 1754, leaving issue.
1.3. Elizabeth; mar Edmund Dunch MP, of Little Wittenham, Berks (b 14 Dec 1677; d 31 May 1719), and had 4 dau.
The eldest s,
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and Marquess of Blandford, in the County of Dorset [E] (so cr 14 Dec 1702) also earlier Lord Churchill, of Eyemouth in the County of Berwick [S] (so cr 14 May 1658) later Baron Churchill, of Sandridge in the County of Hertford [E] (so cr 14 May 1685) later still Earl of Marlborough [E] (so cr 9 Apr 1689) all with ordinary rem to the h m of his body (which titles by Act of Parl dated 21 Dec 1706 were given a revised rem, except the Lordship of Churchill, expanding the descent of the titles, together with the Manor of Woodstock and Blenheim Palace, failing h m, to his daughters, Lady Henrietta, Lady Anne, Lady Elizabeth and Lady Mary in succession and their h m, failing which to any other dau yet to be born and her h m, failing which to his granddaughters, beginning with the daughters of his eldest daughter in succession and their h m and lastly to all and every other issue, male and female, lineally descending from him) also a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (so cr 28 Aug 1704 by Emperor Leopold I with rem to the h of his body, whether male or female) also further Prince of Mindelheim in Swabia (so cr 18 Nov 1705 by Emperor Joseph, which he exchanged 1713 for the County of Mellenburg, Upper Austria, which was then erected into a principality), KG (1702), PC (1688/89-92, 1698-1711, 1714-22), JP (Herts 1683?-92; Dorset 1685-ca 1690; Middx and Westminster 1687-92?), DL (Dorset 1685-88); b 24 June 1650; Lt-Col 1675-83; Maj-Gen 1685-86; Lt-Gen 1688; Col: 1st Dragoons Grds 1683, 3rd Horse Grds 1685-88, 7th Ft 1689-92, 24th Ft 1702-41, 1st Ft Grds 1704-11, 1714-d; C-in-C of English Forces in The Netherlands 1690-92; served Franco-Dutch War, Monmouth Rebellion, Nine Years’ War, Williamite War, War of the Spanish Succession (famously winning the Battle of Blenheim among others); Page to HRH The Duke of York 1667 (Gent of Bedchamber 1673-85); MP for Newport (IoW) 1679; Gent of Bedchamber to James II 1685-88; High Steward of St Albans 1685-d; Master of the Wardrobe 1679-85; Amb: Paris March-Apr 1685, The Hague 1701-12; Ld of Bedchamber 1689-92; Master of Horse 1698-1700; Ld Justice of the Realm 1702-11, 1715-d; Custos Rot of Oxon 1706-12; Gov of Chelsea Hosp 1715-d; mar 1 Oct 1678, Royal Favourite of Queen Anne (b 5 June 1660 OS; d 18 Oct 1744), dau and cohrss of Richard Jennings, of Sandridge, Herts, by Frances, ygr sis of Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel (see TALBOT OF MALAHIDE, B) and dau of Sir Giffard Thornhurst, 1st Bt, of Agnes Court, Kent; dspms 16 June 1722, when the Lordship of Churchill became EXTINCT, but the other peerages passed under their special rem to his eldest dau (see below),
1. Harriet; b Oct 1679; dvp an infant.
2. Lady Henrietta, later 2nd Duchess of Marlborough suo jure (see below).
3. Lady Anne; b 27 Feb 1684; mar 14 Sept 1699 as his 2nd w, Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (see Lineage of Spencer below); d 15 Apr 1716, leaving issue.
3.1. Charles, later 3rd Duke of Marlborough (see below).
3.2. John, ancestor of the Earls Spencer (qv).
4. Lady Elizabeth; b 15 March 1687; mar 9 Feb 1703, Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgwater (see GREY EGERTON of Egerton and Oulton, Bt); d 22 March 1713/14, leaving issue.
5. John, styled Marquess of Blandford; b 13 Feb 1689/90; dvp 20 Feb 1702/03 from smallpox.
6. Lady Mary; b 15 July 1689; mar 17 March 1705, John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu KG (see MANCHESTER, D); dspms 14 May 1751.
7. Charles; b 19 Aug 1690; dvp 22 May 1692.
The eldest dau,
Lady Henrietta (née Churchill), 2nd Duchess of Marlborough suo jure; b 19 July 1681; mar ca 23 Apr 1698, Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin (see Lineage of Godolphin below); d 24 Oct 1733, leaving issue,
1. William, styled Marquess of Blandford; b ca 1699; educ Pembroke Coll Camb; MP: Penryn 1720-22, New Woodstock 1727-31; mar 25 Apr 1729, Maria Catherine, sis of Isabella, Countess of Denbigh (see DENBIGH and DESMOND, E) and dau of Peter C. S. de Jong, burgomaster of Utrecht; dsp 24 Aug 1731.
2. Lady Henrietta; mar 2 Apr 1717, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne KG (see LINCOLN, E); dsp 17 July 1776.
3. Lady Mary; mar 26 June 1740, Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds KG (b 6 Nov 1713; d 23 March 1789); d 3 Aug 1764, leaving issue.
The nephew,
Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough later also 5th Earl of Sunderland (suc his elder bro 15 Sept 1729, see Lineage of Spencer below), KG (1741), KB (1743); b 22 Nov 1706; educ Eton; Brig-Gen 1743; Maj-Gen 1745; Lt-Gen 1758; Col: 38th Ft 1738-39, 1st Dragoons 1739-40, 2nd Horse Grds 1740-42, 2nd Ft Grds 1742-44; Ld-Lt of Oxon and Bucks 1738-58; Ld Steward 1749-55; Ld Privy Seal Jan-Dec 1755; Master-Gen of Ordnance 1755-58; mar 23 May 1732, Hon Elizabeth (b ca 1713; d 7 Oct 1761), dau of Thomas Trevor, 2nd Baron Trevor (see HAMPDEN, V); d 20 Oct 1758, leaving issue,
1. Lady Diana; b 24 March 1734; a talented artist who had connections with Samuel Johnson, Georgina Cavendish, Edward Gibbon, David Garrick, Charles James Fox, James Boswell and Edmund Burke among others; mar 1st 8 Sept 1757, Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke and 3rd Viscount St John (qv); mar 2nd Feb 1768, Topham Beauclerk, of Old Windsor, Berks, a celebrated wit (b 22 Dec 1739; d 11 March 1780), paternal grands of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans KG (qv); d 1 Aug 1808, leaving issue by both husbands.
2. Lady Elizabeth; b Jan/March 1737; Lady of Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte; mar 1756, Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke (see PEMBROKE and MONTGOMERY, E); d 30 Apr 1831, leaving issue.
3. George, later 4th Duke of Marlborough (see below).
4. Lord Charles PC (20 Apr 1763), MP, of Wheatfield, Oxon; b 31 March 1740; b educ Eton 1747-54, Christ Church Oxf 1756-59, in Holland 1759-60; MP for Oxfordshire 1761-1801; Surveyor of Gardens and Outranger of Windsor Forest 1763-63; Comptroller of HH Apr-July 1763; Ld of Admiralty 1768-79; Treas of Chamber 1779-82; Jt V-Treas [I] 1782-84; Jt Postmaster-Gen 1801-06; Master of the Mint Feb-Oct 1806; mar 2 Oct 1762, Hon Mary, sis of Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans and dau and hrss of Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere (see ST ALBANS, D); d 17 Dec 1831, leaving issue,
4.1. John; b 21 Dec 1767; MP for Wilton 1801-04; mar 5 Feb 1790 his cousin, Lady Elizabeth (b 1764; d 1812), dau of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough KG (see below); d 17 Dec 1831, leaving issue,
4.1.1. Rev Frederick Charles, Rector of Wheatfield, Oxon; b 18 March 1796; mar 6 Oct 1823, Mary Anne (mar 2nd 1835, Rev Edward Fanshaw Glanville; d 1882), dau of Sir Scrope Bernard-Morland, 4th Bt, of Nettleham, Lincs (b 1 Oct 1758; d 18 Apr 1830); d 2 Oct 1831, leaving issue,
4.1.1.1. Rev Charles Vere, Rector of Wheatfield, Oxon; b 17 May 1827; mar 22 June 1852, Emma Frederica (d 20 Jan 1907), only dau of John Robert a’Court Gray, of Kingweston, Somerses; d 27 May 1898, leaving issue,
4.1.1.1.1. Aubrey John JP; b 18 June 1853; educ Marlborough, Christ Church Oxf (MA); a barrister; mar 9 Apr 1855, Florence Mary (d 23 Aug 1952), dau of Frederick Halsey Janson; d 19 June 1935, leaving issue,
4.1.1.1.1.1. Lt-Col Aubrey Vere DSO (1914), JP (Oxon 1938), DL (Oxon 1944), Oxon and Bucks LI; b 4 Apr 1886; educ Marlborough, Wye Agricultural Coll, Corpus Christ Coll Oxf (MA 1929; Bursar); served WWI (wounded; despatches); cmded a Btn of Oxon HG 1940-44; Land Agent to Oxf Univ 1946; High Sheriff of Wilts 1959-60; FLAS; PASI; mar 15 Sept 1926, Gwendoline Esther Hall (d 24 Sept 1968), widow of Capt Claude Holdsworth Hunt and dau of George Neame Murton, of Petleys, Downe, Kent; dsp 7 June 1973.
4.1.1.1.1.2. Ethel Frances; b 16 Dec 1887.
4.1.1.1.1.3. Frederica Elizabeth; b 31 March 1892; mar 23 Apr 1919, Thomas Henry Bayley (d 3 Nov 1937), and had issue.
4.1.1.1.1.4. Caroline Mildred; b 26 Nov 1898.
4.1.1.1.2. George Trevor RN; b 6 Feb 1855; d 8 Feb 1931.
4.1.1.1.3. Capt Edmund Vere RE; b 13 Nov 1866; educ Oxf Univ (BA); d unm 7 Feb 1944.
4.1.1.1.4. Sir Charles Gordon ICS; b 23 Feb 1869; Puisine Judge of Madras; mar 13 Jan 1903, Edith Mary (d 18 Dec 1936), dau of Col Hugh Pearce Pearson CB; d 17 Nov 1934, leaving issue,
4.1.1.1.4.1. Cynthia Mary; b 16 March 1904; mar 5 Jan 1928, William H. Peppercorn; d 1995, leaving issue,
4.1.1.1.4.1.1. John Julian; b 4 March 1935; mar 1959, Elizabeth (liv 2003), only dau of A. S. Grant; d 1995, leaving issue.
4.1.1.1.4.2. John Gray Churchill Spencer (later Spencer Bernard by Deed Poll dated 1955); b 26 May 1907; educ Marlbrough, Magdalene Coll Camb (BA 1930; MA 1935; MD 1938); Assist Surgeon at Royal Salop Infirmary; Pathologist at Frenchay Hosp, Bristol; MRCS and LRCP 1933; FRCS 1940; mar 31 Aug 1933, Elsie Phyllis, of Nether Winchendon House, Aylesbury, Bucks (2003) (d 2001 aged 93), only dau of Ferrand Corley, of Christian College, Madras, British India; d 28 March 1977, leaving issue,
4.1.1.1.4.2.1. Julia Diana; b 20 Apr 1936; educ Lady Margaret Hall Oxf; mar 12 Sept 1959, ●John Simon Baskerville Cadwallader, s of Maj Otho Cadwallader Hopton, of Clyro, Herefs; d 1 July 2011, leaving issue,
4.1.1.1.4.2.1.1. +Richard Henry Cadwallader; b 20 Apr 1962; mar 29 June 2002, ●Caroline Hastie.
4.1.1.1.4.2.1.2. +Edward Charles Adams; b 28 June 1964.
4.1.1.1.4.2.1.3. +Isobel Georgiana; b 6 March 1967; mar 1 June 2002, ●Robin Arthur.
4.1.1.1.4.2.2. Clare Rosemary; b 1 Nov 1938; educ Newnham Coll Camb (MA); mar 10 Aug 1963, ●(Rio Tyrrell) Arthur, of Gambais, France, elder s of Henry Arthur Frederick Hohler CMG, of Long Crendon, Bucks; d 2025, leaving issue,
4.1.1.1.4.2.2.1. +Harriet Valentine; b 1 Feb 1967; mar 28 Sept 2002, ●Peter Edmund, ygr s of Sir Brian John Hill, of Corner Oak, 5 Glen Close, Kingswood, Surrey KT20 6NT (2003), Chm of Great Ormond Str Hosp for Children NHS Tst 1992-97, FRICS, FCIOB, Hon FIStrucE, Hon FCGI (b 19 Dec 1932; d 5 Nov 2017), by Janet Joyce, dau of Alfred S. Newman OBE, and has issue,
4.1.1.1.4.2.2.1.1. +Juliet Janet; b 2005.
4.1.1.1.4.2.2.2. +Camilla Clare; b 9 Nov 1968; mar 25 March 2000, ●Joseph Michael, ygr s of Michael Barry, of Romford, Essex, and has issue,
4.1.1.1.4.2.2.2.1. +Imogen Clare; b 9 June 2001.
4.1.1.1.4.2.2.2.2. +Flora Mary; b 2003.
4.1.1.1.4.2.2.3. +Amanda Sophie; b 19 Nov 1970; mar 5 Sept 1998, ●Rev Philip, of Sleaford, Lincs, s of William Johnson, of Bukchurst Hill, Essex, and has issue,
4.1.1.1.4.2.2.3.1. +Lucia Clare; b 19 Jan 2002.
4.1.1.1.4.2.2.3.2. +Hugo William Rio; b 2003.
4.1.1.1.4.2.2.3.3. +Emma Valentine; b 2005.
4.1.1.1.4.2.2.4. +Rupert John Frederick; b 15 Nov 1972; mar 2003, ●Sophie Aline Françoise, dau of Christian Grandgirard, of France, and has issue,
4.1.1.1.4.2.2.4.1. +Leo Arthur Christian; b 2001.
4.1.1.1.4.2.2.4.2. +Alexis Sylvian Adrian; b 2004.
4.1.1.1.4.2.2.4.3. Scarlett Valentine Reine; b 2010.
4.1.1.1.4.2.2.4.4. Cyrus Michael Gérald; b 2012.
4.1.1.1.4.2.3. Charles Francis Churchill, of 18 rue Barbette, 75003 Paris, France (2003); b 23 Jan 1942; educ Marlborough, Magdalen Coll Camb (BA 1964); 2nd Lt RA (TA) 1965; mar 1974, ●Rosalyn Anne, dau of Maj Patrick Plunkett, of Hazelbury Plucknett, Somersets; d 2016, leaving issue,
4.1.1.1.4.2.3.1. +Jane Beatrice; b 1979.
4.1.1.1.4.2.3.2. +Sarah Penelope Katherine; b 1983; mar 2013, ●Giorgio Giorgi, and has issue,
4.1.1.1.4.2.3.2.1. +Orlando.
4.1.1.1.4.2.3.3. +Elizabeth Joana; b 1986.
4.1.1.1.4.2.4. +Robert Vere; b 1 Dec 1944; educ Marlborough, Trinity Coll Oxf, Inner Temple (Barrister 1969); mar 1975 (div 2003), Katharine Margaret (d 2008), dau of Lt-Col Claud Everard Montagu Douglas Scott MC (see BUCCLEUCH and QUEENSBERRY, D); mar 2nd 2003, ●Mrs Georgianna Sarah Preston (née Tomkins), of Apethorpe, Northants, and has issue by his 2nd w,
4.1.1.1.4.2.4.1. +Edmund Robert; b 1991.
4.1.1.1.4.3. Charles Bernard; b 9 Nov 1909; educ Marlborough, Corpus Christ Coll Oxf (BA 1932); mar 1st 1 Aug 1936, Nora (d 13 June 1947), dau of Frederick Gibbs; mar 2nd 29 Sept 1961, ●Anne Margaret Helen, of Bark Barn Cottage, 12 West Dean, Salisbury, Wiltshire (2003) (mar 2nd 1969, ●Rock Noel Humphreys), dau of Alan George Marjoribanks, of Colinton, Edinburgh; d 11 Sept 1963, leaving issue,
4.1.1.1.4.3.1. +Piers Bernard; b 7 Feb 1963; an osteopath; Dir: London Sch of Osteopathy 2004-19.
4.1.1.1.5. Rev Frederick Augustus Morland; b 23 July 1878; educ Bradfield, Brasenose Coll Oxf (BA; John Locke Scholar 1902; MA 1904; DD 1929; Chaplain 1929-34); Chaplain AIF during WWI; Rector of Rollright 1935-48; Author: Human Ideals, The Ethics of the Gospel, Civilisation Re-made by Christ, The Theory of Christ’s Ethics, The Future Life; mar 3 June 1913, Gertrude Lucie (d 3 Oct 1970), dau of George John Burke MICE, of St Kilda, Melbourne, Austria; d 28 Sept 1962, leaving issue,
4.1.1.1.5.1. Marion Gertrude, of 10 Longdown Lane, North Ewell, Surrey KT17 3JQ (2003); b 15 Jan 1916; mar 18 June 1940 (div 1971), Kenneth Ninian MBE, MA, s of Frank Edgar Hoare, and had issue,
4.1.1.1.5.1.1. +Gillian Sheila; b 19 Sept 1947; mar 22 May 1971, ●Richard James Kenneth, ygr s of James Stephen Button, and has issue,
4.1.1.1.5.1.1.1. +Sarah Nicola; b 7 Nov 1971; mar 29 June 2001, ●Guido Alberto, s of Alberto Miani, and has issue,
4.1.1.1.5.1.1.1.1. ●Aurora Alberto; b 1 Aug 2001.
4.1.1.1.5.1.1.1.2. +Daniel Alberto; b 1 Aug 2001.
4.1.1.1.5.1.1.2. +Teresa Jane; b 1 Feb 1974.
4.1.1.1.5.1.1.3. Daniel Mark; b 13 March 1983; dvm 1 Aug 1987.
4.1.1.1.5.1.2. +Celia Jennifer; b 1 May 1952; mar 11 Oct 1975 (div 2000), Capt Keith Reading MN, and has issue,
4.1.1.1.5.1.2.1. +Katrina Louise; b 4 Apr 1976.
4.1.1.1.5.1.2.2. +Kyle Gareth; b 21 Dec 1983.
4.1.1.1.5.2. Geraldine Mildred, of 70c Currong Apartments, Braddon, Canberra 2601, Australia (2003); b 16 Apr 1920; educ Sydney Univ (BA); liv 2003.
4.1.1.1.6. Mildred Frances; d unm 16 May 1923.
4.1.1.1.7. Frederica Marion; b 6 July 1858; d unm 3 Aug 1951.
4.1.1.2. George Bernard; b 27 July 1829; d 2 Nov 1853.
4.1.1.3. Harriet Frances; d unm 29 June 1899.
4.1.2. Georgiana Elizabeth; d unm 13 Apr 1863.
4.1.3. Caroline Susannah; mar 14 Jan 1830, Vicomte Charles de Mentque; d 5 May 1840.
4.1.4. Elizabeth; mar 22 Apr 1823, Lacy Rumsey, Clerk of Bills in HMT, and has issue.
4.2. William Robert; b 9 Jan 1769 at Kensington, Palace, London; educ Harrow, Christ Church Oxf (matric 1786; left without degree); a minor poet; mar 13 Dec 1791, Susan, widow of Count Franz von Spreti and dau of Count Ralph Jenison von Walworth, Chamberlain to the Elector Palatine; d 23 Oct 1834, leaving with other issue,
4.2.1. Louisa Georgina; b 1792; mar Edward Joseph, s of Thomas Canning.
4.2.2. Rt Rev Aubrey George DD; b 8 Feb 1795 at London; educ St Albans Sch, Magdalen Hall Oxf; ordained Deacon 1818 and Priest 1819; Bp of Newfoundland 1839-43; Bp of Jamaica 1834-55; mar 14 July 1822, Eliza (d 1883), dau of John Musson; d 24 Feb 1872, leaving issue,
4.2.2.1. Ella Louisa; mar 5 Sept 1842, Capt Henry John RN (d 1878), 2nd s of Lt-Gen Sir John Harvey KCB; d 25 June 1906.
4.2.2.2. Emily Jane Pembroke; mar 25 Sept 1856, Rev Duncan Houston Campbell (d 1878.
4.2.2.3. Mary Shaftesbury; mar 1 Feb 1849, Rev Charles John Smith, Vicar of Erith, Kent; d 20 May 1854.
4.2.3. William; b 4 May 1796; mar 20 July 1820, Frances, dau of John Garland, and had issue.
4.2.4. Harriet Caroline Octavia; b 1798; mar 1819 her cousin, Count Karl Theodor, s of Count Alexander von Westerholt, a Bavarian statesman (b 1763; d 1827); had an illegit child with her kinsman, George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough (see below).
4.2.5. Rt Rev George John DD; b 11 Dec 1799; educ University Coll Oxf (BA 1822; Hon DD 1847); ordained Deacon 1823 and Priest 1842; Perpetual Curate of Buxton, Derbys 1829-37; Rector of Leaden Roding, Essex till 1837; Bp of Madras 1837-49; Min of the Marboeuf Chapel 1849; Assist Bp of Bath and Wells 1852-53; Chllr of St Paul’s 1860-d; Rector of Walton-on-the-Woods, Leics; mar 1823, Harriet Theodora (b 1798; d 1885), dau by his 2nd w of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, 1st Bt Chantry House and Westbury College (qv); d 16 July 1866, leaving issue,
4.2.5.1. Theodora Amelia Mary; b 1824; mar 22 Sept 1840, Hatley Frere, Madras Civil Service; d 28 May 1848, leaving issue.
4.2.5.2. Susan Ann Sophia Churchill; b 1829; mar Rev Robert Kerr Hamilton, Chaplain in Madras; d 13 Nov 1866 his widow, leaving a dau (who d unm).
4.2.5.3. William Cavendish, Bengal Civil Service; b 19 Jan 1829; mar 28 June 1858, Patience Caroline (d 20 Nov 1859), dau of Col J. C. Hannyngton IA; d 23 Jan 1860, leaving issue,
4.2.5.3.1. Maj John Trevor, 1st Btn Essex Regt; b 13 Nov 1859; Lt-Col cmdg 4th Btn 1st Btn Essex Regt; mar 1889, Lillian (mar 2nd 12 March 1910, Capt A. H. Rose, Essex Regt (KIA 23 Nov 1914 during WWI), dau of Robert Gordon, of NY, USA; d 16 Oct 1906, leaving issue,
4.2.5.3.1.1. Lillian Mary Latina; b 1 Dec 1890; mar 1918 (annulled 1921 on her petition), Maj Armistead L. Armistead MC, Essex Regt; d 17 July 1933.
4.2.5.4. Rev Almeric John Churchill, Rector of Ear Sterndale, Derbys; b 23 Jan 1834; mar 18 June 1857, Isabella Elizabeth (d 8 Dec 1924), dau of Rev Frederick Adrian Scrope Fane (see WESTMORLAND, E); d 3 May 1864, leaving issue,
4.2.5.4.1. Harriette Isabella Barbara; d unm 8 Aug 1918.
4.2.5.4.2. Adelaide Churchill; mar 1st 11 Feb 1885 (div 1902), Col George M. Davison, Durham LI; mar 2nd 16 sept 1902, William Freeman, Accountant-Gen for IPWD, s of Col Charles O’Donoghue, 76th Regt; d 22 Apr 1935.
4.2.5.5. Emily Joanna Elphinstone; b 1841; d unm 1927.
5. Lord Robert PC (5 June 1782), MP, of Woolbeding House, nr Midhurst, Sussex; b 8 May 1747; educ Harrow, Christ Church Oxf 1762-65, Grand Tour 1766-68; MP: New Woodstock 1768-71, 1818-20, Oxford 1771-90, Wareham 1790-99, Tavistock 1802-07, 1817-18; Member of BoT 1770-81; Jt V-Treas [I] May-July 1782; Surveyor-Gen of Woods and Forests 1806-07; mar 2 Oct 1811, Henrietta, widow of Hon Edward Bouverie MP, of Delapré Abbey, nr Northampton, ygr s of Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone (see RADNOR, E) and dau of Sir Everard Fawkener KB, Amb to the Constantinople 1737-44 and Postmaster-Gen 1745-58 (b 1694; d 1758), by Harriet, illegit dau of Lt-Gen Charles Churchill MP (see as above); dsp 23 June 1831 but left 1 illegit dau by an unknown woman.
The eldest s,
George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough KG (1768), PC (1762); b 26 Jan 1739; Ensign Coldstream Grds 1755; Capt 20th Ft 1756; Ld-Lt of Oxon 1761-d; Bearer of Sceptre with Cross at Coronation of George III 1761; Ld Chamberlain 1762-63; Ld Privy Seal 1763-65; FRS 1786; mar 23 Aug 1762, Lady Caroline (d 26 Nov 1811), only dau of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford KG (qv); d 30 Jan 1817, leaving issue,
1. Lady Caroline; b 27 Oct 1763; mar 19 March 1792, Henry Agar-Ellis, 2nd Viscount Clifden (see NORMANTON, E); d 23 Nov 1813, leaving issue.
2. Lady Elizabeth; mar 5 Feb 1790 her cousin, John Spencer MP (d 17 Dec 1831) (see above); d 1812, leaving issue.
3. George, later 5th Duke of Marlborough (see below).
4. Lady Charlotte; b 1769; mar Rev Edward Nares, a theologian and writer (b 26 March 1762 at London; d 23 July 1841 at Biddenden, Kent); d 1802, leaving issue.
5. Lord Henry John; educ Eton, Oxf Univ; MP for Woodstock 1790-d; Min: The Netherlands 1790-93, Sweden 1793-d, Prussia 1795-d; d unm 3 July 1795 at Berlin from a fever.
6. Lady Anne; b 1773; mar 10 Dec 1796, Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury (qv); d 7 Aug 1865.
7. Lady Amelia Sophia; mar 1812, Henry Pytches Boyce; d 1829.
8. Lord Francis Almeric Spencer, later 1st Baron Churchill (qv).
The eldest s,
George Spencer (later Spencer-Churchill by Royal Lic dated 26 May 1817), 5th Duke of Marlborough; b 6 March 1766; educ Eton, Christ Church Oxf (BA 1786; MA); Hon DCL 1792); Maj 1st Reading Vols 1803; Lt-Col Cmdt (Militia) 1808; MP (Whig): Oxfordshire 1790-96, Tregony 1802-04; Ld of HMT 1804-06; sum vp to HoL as Baron Spencer of Wormleighton 12 March 1806; mar 15 Sept 1791, Lady Susan (b 29 March 1798; d 2 Apr 1841), eldest dau of George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway KT (qv); d 5 March 1840, leaving issue,
1. George, later 6th Duke of Marlborough (see below).
2. Lt-Col Lord Charles, of 26 Grosvenor Str, Middx; b 3 Dec 1794; educ Eton 1805-08; Ensign 68th Ft 1811; 2nd Lt 95th Ft 1812; 1st Lt 1813; Capt 60th Ft 1815; Capt 85th Ft 1815; half-pay 1823; Maj 75th Ft 1825; Lt-Col 1827; retired 1832; served Peninsular War (Battles of Salamanca, San Millan-Osma, Vitoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive; wounded); MP: St Albans 1818-20, New Woodstock 1830-31, 1835-37; mar 24 Aug 1827, Ethelred Catherine, dau of John Benett MP, of Pyt House, Wilts; d 28 Apr 1840 at London, leaving issue,
2.1. Susan; mar 27 Aug 1857, Rev Hon John Horatio, ygr s of Thomas Nelson, 2nd Earl Nelson (qv); d 2 Feb 1898, leaving issue.
2.2. Lt-Col Charles Henry, 60th Rifles; b 27 May 1828; educ Eton; 2nd Lt Rifle Brigade 10 Oct 1845; Capt 4 Aug 1854; Brevet Maj 2 Nov 1855; Brevet Lt-Col 60th Ft 5 Sept 1865; half-pay 11 Dec 1866; retired 13 Jan 1869; served Seventh Xhosa War, Crimean War, Indian Rebellion of 1857; Member 5th Class Order of the Medjidie; mar 30 Oct 1862, Rosalie (mar 2nd 9 Oct 1886, Baron von Fahnenberg Burckheim, of Burckheim, Rothwell, Grand Duchy of Baden), yst dau of Rev Gorged Paulin Lowther, Rector of Orcheston St George, Wilts and Prebendary of Salisbury; dsp 3 Apr 1877.
2.3. Etheldreda Catherine; b 15 June 1829; d unm 24 Oct 1881.
2.4. Lucy Caroline; b 29 Jan 1832; mar 1880, Rev John Fletcher Dixon-Stewart, uncle of Rowena, Duchess of Somerset, w of Edward Hamilton Seymour, 16th Duke of Somerset KBE, CB, CMG (qv); d 13 March 1904.
2.5. John Kemys George Thomas CMG; b 27 Dec 1835 at London; educ Winchester; joined Army 1854; served Crimean War (Siege of Sebastopol); Pres of the British Virgin Islands 1879-82; Gov of Montserrat 1888-89; Commsnr of St Kitts and Nevis 1889-95; mar 1881, Edith Maxwell (d 28 June 1932), dau of Edward Lockhart, of Geneva, Dominica, W Indies; dsp 9 Aug 1913 at Falmouth.
3. Rev Lord George Henry; b 18 May 1796; mar 13 July 1824 his cousin, Elizabeth Martha (mar 2nd 18 Aug 1834, William Whately QC; d 14 Feb 1866), dau of Rev Edward Nares DD, s of Mr Justice Nares, Court of Common Pleas; d 1828.
4. Capt Lord Henry John RN; b 1797; bur unm 2 June 1840 at Macao.
The eldest s,
George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough; b 27 Dec 1793; educ Eton, Christ Church Oxf (Hon DCL 1841); Lt-Col Cmdt QO Oxon Yeo 1845; MP (Tory): Chippenham 1818-20, Woodstock 1826-31, 1832-35, 1838-40; Ld-Lt of Oxon 1842-d; High Steward: Oxford, Woodstock; mar 1st 13 Jan 1819 his cousin, Lady Jane (b 29 March 1798; d 12 Oct 1844), eldest dau of George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway KT (qv), and had issue,
1. Lady Louisa; b ca 1820; mar 4 July 1845, Col Hon Robert Charles Henry (d 17 June 1881), ygr s of Francis Almeric Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer (qv); d 23 March 1882, leaving issue.
2. John Winston, later 7th Duke of Marlborough (see below).
3. Lt-Col Lord Alfred JP (Oxon), DL, MP, QO Oxon Yeo; b 24 Apr 1824; Cornet 4th LD 1 July 1842; Lt 83rd Ft Apr 1847; retired Apr 1848; Adj of QO Oxon Yeo 21 Oct 1848; Maj 1857; Lt-Col 1860; MP (Con) for Woodstock 1845-47, 1857-65; mar 5 Feb 1857, Hon Harriet Louisa Hester (d 20 July 1903), 3rd dau of Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe (b 14 June 1790; d 2 May 1868), by Lady Charlotte Sophia, dau of Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort KG (qv); d 21 Sept 1893, leaving issue,
3.1. Jane; mar 5 Feb 1879, Sir Francis Salwey Winnington, of Stanford Court (qv); d 20 June 1940, leaving issue.
3.2. Olivia; mar 6 Nov 1883, Brig-Gen Arthur Edward William Colville (see COLVILLE OF CULROSS, V); d 28 May 1943, leaving issue.
3.3. Adeline; mar 1 Aug 1895, Col William Hugh CMG, RA (d 20 Jan 1938), eldest s of Gen Sir John William Collman Williams KCB, RM, of Purbrook, Hants, Dep Adj-Gen of RM 1883-88; d 10 Jan 1937, leaving issue.
3.4. Violet; mar 20 Apr 1908, Brig-Gen Charles FitzClarence VC (b 8 May 1865; KIA 12 Nov 1914), paternal grands of George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster (see DE L’ISLE, V); d 22 Dec 1941, leaving issue.
4. Lord Alan DL (Oxon Aug 1852); b 25 July 1825; educ Eton; Lt 8th King’s Royal Ir Hussars; mar 25 July 1846, Rosamond (mar 2nd 4 Aug 1874, Alfred Henry Caulfeild, see CHARLEMONT, V; d 10 Dec 1888), dau of Thomas Dowker, of Huntingdon Hall, Yorks; suddenly dsp 18 Apr 1873 in his residence at Lowndes Sq, London (bur at Brompton Cemetery).
(continued) 6th Duke of Marlborough mar 2nd 10 June 1846, Charlotte Augusta (d 20 Apr 1850), 5th dau by his 2nd w of Henry Jeffrey Flower, 4th Viscount Ashbrook (qv), and had further issue by his 2nd w,
5. Lord Almeric Athelstan; b 1847; dvp 12 Dec 1856.
6. Lady Clementina Augusta; b 4 May 1848; mar 1st 12 July 1866, John Charles Pratt, 3rd Marquess Camden (qv); mar 2nd 28 Dec 1876, Capt Philip Green, 5th Lancers (d 18 Nov 1904); d 27 March 1886, leaving issue by both husbands.
(continued) 6th Duke of Marlborough mar 3rd 11 Oct 1851, Jane Frances Clinton (d 24 March 1897), dau of Hon Edward Richard Stewart, 5th surv s of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway (qv); d 1 July 1857, leaving further issue by his 3rd w,
7. Lord Edward DL (Worcs); b 28 March 1853; mar 15 Sept 1874, Augusta CBE (1935; OBE 1920) (d 1 Sept 1941 following a car crash), dau of Maj George Drought Warburton RA, MP (b 1816; d 1857), by Hon Elizabeth Augusta (later w of George Rushout, 3rd Baron Northwick, who d 11 Nov 1887), dau of William Bateman-Hanbury, 1st Baron Bateman (b 24 June 1780; d 22 July 1845); d 5 May 1911, leaving issue,
7.1. Capt Edward George MC, Gren Grds, of Northwick Park, Blockley, Gloucs; d 21 May 1876; educ Eton, Magdalen Coll Oxf (BA 1898); served Boer War 1899-1901 (medal with 7 clasps), WWI (wounded twice; Croix de Guerre with Palm of France); High Sheriff of Worcs 1924-25; Tstee: Natl Gallery 1943-50; d unm 24 June 1964.
7.2. Augusta Ruby; b 6 Apr 1877; mar 22 Apr 1902, Lt-Col Hon (Allen) Benjamin DL, MP (b 25 June 1872; d 8 Oct 1947), 3rd s by his 1st w of Allen Alexander Bathurst, 6th Earl Bathurst (qv), and had issue.
7.3. Katharine Maude Mary; b 17 Apr and dvp 5 Aug 1878.
7.4. Agnes Beryl; b 20 Nov 1881; mar 14 Nov 1905, Weetman Harold Miller Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray (qv); d 19 Feb 1948, leaving issue.
The eldest s,
John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough KG (1868), PC (1866); b 2 June 1822; educ Eton, Oriel Coll Oxf; MP (Con) for Woodstock 1844-45, 1847-57; Ld-Lt of Oxon 1857-d; Ld Steward 1866-67; Ld Pres of Cncl 1867-68; Ld-Lt of Ir 1876-80; mar 12 July 1843, Lady Frances Anne Emily VA (d 16 Apr 1899), eldest dau of Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry KG, GCB, GCH (qv); d 4 July 1883, leaving issue,
1. George Charles, later 8th Duke of Marlborough (see below).
2. Lord Frederick John Winston; b 2 Feb 1846; dvp 5 Aug 1850.
3. Lady Cornelia Henrietta; b 17 Sept 1847; mar 25 May 1868, Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne (see WIMBORNE, V); d 22 Jan 1927, leaving issue.
4. Lord Randolph Henry (this branch of the family uses the surname of Churchill publicly), PC (1885), JP, DL, MP; b 13 Feb 1849 at 3 Wilton Terrace, Belgravia, London; educ Tabor’s Preparatory Sch (Cheam, Hants), Eton 1863-65, Merton Coll Oxf (matric Oct 1867; MA; Member of Bullingdon Club); MP (Con): Woodstock 1874-85, Paddington South 1885-95; SoS for India 1885-86; Chllr of Excheq Aug-Dec 1886; Hon LLD (Camb); mar 15 Apr 1874 at Paris, France, Jennie CI, RRC (26 June 1902), DGStJ, Chm of American Women’s War Relief Fund 1914 (b 9 Jan 1854 at Brooklyn, NY, USA; mar 2nd 28 July 1900 (div 1913), Maj George Frederick Myddelton Cornwallis-West, Scots Grds (b 14 Nov 1874; d 1 Apr 1951), see DE LA WARR, E; mar 3rd 1 June 1918, Montague Phippen Porch, British Resident at Nigeria (b 15 March 1877 at Glastonbury, Somersets; d 9 Nov 1964 at Glastonbury); d 29 June 1921), 2nd dau of Leonard Walter Jerome, of Jerome Mansion, 26th Str and Madison Avn, NY, USA, a financier (b 3 Nov 1817; d 3 March 1891), by Clarissa Hall; d 24 Jan 1895 at Westminster (bur at St Martin’s Ch, Bladon, nr Woodstock, Oxf), leaving issue,
4.1. Sir Winston Leonard KG (1953), OM (1946), CH (1922), TD (1924), PC (1907), PC(C) (1941), DL (Kent 1949); b 30 Nov 1874 at Blenheim educ St George’s Sch (Ascot, Berks), Brunswick Sch (Hove), RMA Sandhurst; Cornet 4th QO Hussars 20 Feb 1895; Lt 20 May 1896 (resigned 3 May 1899); Lt S African Light Horse Jan 1900; Cap QO Oxon Hussars Imp Yeo 4 Jan 1902; Maj 27 May 1905; Maj 2nd Btn Gren Grds Nov 1915-Jan 1916; T/Lt-Col 6th Btn Royal Scots Fusil Jan-March 1916; Maj (TA) 1916-24; retired as Maj (TA) 20 Feb 1942; Hon Col: QO Oxon Hussars 1939-59, RA (TA) 1939-65, 6th Btn Scots Fusil 1940-47, 4th QO Hussars 1941-58, 4th/5th (Cinque Ports) Btn Royal Sussex Regt 1941-d; 489th (Cinque Ports) Heavy AA Regt RA (TA) 1942-55, 4th Btn The Essex Regt 1945-d, QO Royal Ir Hussars 1958-d; Hon Pilot Wings (RAF) March 1943; Hon Pilot Wings (USAF); Kentucky Col (USA); contested (Con) Oldham 1899; served Cuba 1895 (as war correspondent), India with Malakand Field Force 1896-97, Sudan 1898 (present at Battle of Omdurman), Boer War 1899-1900 (POW later escaped), WWI (Gallipoli 1915-16); MP (Con): Oldham 1900-06, Manchester North West 1906-08, Dundee 1908-22, Epping 1924-45, Woodford 1945-64; Min of Munitions 1917-19; U-SoS for the Colonies 1905-08; Pres of BoT 1908-10; Chllr of Duchy of Lancs 1915; Colonial Sec 1921-22; SoS for War and SoS for Air 1919-21; Home Sec 1924-29; 1st Ld of Admiralty 1911-15; PM 1940-45, 1951-55 and led the UK out of WWII and post-WWII; Ldr of Oppsn 1945-51; Ld Warden of Cinque Ports 1941-d; Rector: Aberdeen Univ 1914-18, Edinburgh Univ 1929-32; Chllr of Bristol Univ 1929-d; Elder Bro of Trinity House 1913; GM of the Primrose League 1943-65; Hon Fellow of Merton Coll Oxf 1942; FRS 1941; FRSL 1947; Hon FRCS 1943; FRIBA 1941; FZS 1944; FRAeS 1944; FRGS 1948; Hon FRCP 1951; Hon Bencher of Gray’s Inn 1942; Hon Academician Extra by the Royal Academy 1948 due to his amateur work in oil painting; won Nobel Prize in Literature 1953; Companion in Literature (Royal Soc of Literature) 1961; Hon Citizen of USA (by special Act of Congress) 1963; Freeman: Oldham 1941, Edinburgh 1942, London 1943, Paris 1944, Wanstead and Woodford 1945, Blackpool 1946, Poole 1946, Aberdeen 1946, Westminster 1946, Birmingham 1946, Manchester 1947, Ayr 1947, Darlington 1947, Brighton 1947, Eastbourne 1948, Aldershot 1948, Cardiff 1948, Perth 1948, Kensington 1949, Worcester 1950, Bath 1950, Portsmouth 1950, Swindon 1951, Sheffield 1951, Deal 1951, Aberystwyth 1951, Dover 1951, Stirling 1953, Kingston (Jamaica) 1953, Harrow 1955, Derry 1955, Belfast 1955, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (France) 1956, Douglas 1957, Margate 1957, Leeds 1958, Estcourt (S Africa) 1964; offered the Dukedom of Dover 1945 by George VI and Dukedom of London 1955 by Elizabeth II but refused both times; Grand Cross of Order of Mil Merit (Spain) 1895; Distinguished Service Medal (USA) 1919; Cross of Liberty for Mil Leadership (Estonia) 1925; Grand Cordon of Order of Leopold with Palm (Belgium) 1945; Kt Grand Cross of Order of the Netherlands Lion 1946; Grand Cross of Order of the Oak Crown (Luxembourg) 1946; Grand Cross with Collar of Order of St Olav (Norway) 1948; Kt of Order of the Elephant 1950; Companion of the Ordre de la Liberation (France) 1958; Member 1st Class of Order of the Star of Nepal 1961; Grand Sash of Order of Sayyid Muhammad Ibin Ali as-Senussi (Libya) 1962; Member 1st Class of Order of the White Lion (Czech Republic) 2014 (posthumously); Hon LLD: Belfast Univ 1926, Rochester Univ (USA) 1941, Harvard Univ 1943, McGill Univ 1944, Miami Univ 1946, Aberdeen Univ 1946, Westminster Coll (USA) 1946, London Univ 1948, Liverpool Univ 1949; Author: The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898), The River War (1899), London to Ladysmith via Pretoria (1900), Ian Hamilton’s March (1900), Lord Randolph Churchill (1906), My African Journey (1908), The World Crisis (1923-31), Shall We All Commit Suicide? (1924), My Early Life (1930), Thoughts and Adventures (1932), Marlborough: His Life and Times (1933-38), Great Contemporary (1937), The Second World War (1948-53, 6 vols), A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (1956-58, 4 vols), Savrola (1900; only fictional novel) among many other works, speeches and essays; mar 12 Sept 1908, Clementine Ogilvy (née Hozier), Baroness Spencer-Churchill, of Chartwell in the County of Kent [L] (so cr 17 May 1965) (b 1 Apr 1885; d 12 Dec 1977 when the life peerage became EXTINCT), dau of Col Sir Henry Montague Hozier KCB (b 20 March 1838; d 28 Feb 1907), ygr bro of William Wallace Hozier, 1st Baron Newlands (b 24 Feb 1825; d 30 Jan 1906), and his w, Lady Blanche, dau of David Graham Drummond Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie KT (qv), though Clementine’s paternity is in dispute and is considered to have been fathered by her sis’s husband, Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale (qv) or Capt William George Middleton, Royal Lancers (b 16 Apr 1846; d 9 Apr 1892); d 24 Jan 1965 at Hyde Park Gate, London (bur at St Martin’s Ch, Bladon, Oxon after a state funeral at Westminster Abbey), leaving issue,
4.1.1. Diana; b 11 July 1909; served WWII with WRNS; mar 1st 12 Dec 1932 (div 1935), Sir John Milner Bailey, 2nd Bt, of Cradock (qv); mar 2nd 16 Sept 1935 as his 1st w (div 1960; resumed maiden surname by Deed Poll dated 11 Apr 1962), Duncan Edwin Duncan-Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys [L] CH (b 24 Jan 1908; d 26 Nov 1987); d 19 Oct 1963, leaving issue by her 2nd husband.
4.1.2. Maj Hon Randolph Frederick MBE, 4th Hussars; b 28 May 1911 at Eccleston Sq, London (bapt 26 Oct at the crypt of the HoC; sponsored by Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon KG and Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead GCSI); educ Sandroyd, Eton, Christ Church Oxf; served WWII; MP (Con) for Preston 1940-45; Author: The Story of the Coronation (153), Churchill: His Life in Photographs (1955), The Rise and Fall of Sir Anthony Eden (1959), Lord Derby: King of Lancashire (1959), The Six Day War (1967; co-author with his f), Winston S. Churchill (1966-69, 4 vols; biography of his f); mar 1st 4 Oct 1939 (div 1946) as her 1st husband, Hon Pamela Beryl, US Amb to France 1993-97 (b 20 March 1920; d 5 Feb 1997), dau of Edward Kenelm Digby, 11th Baron Digby KG, DSO, MC, TD (qv), and had issue,
4.1.2.1. Winston Spencer MP; b 10 Oct 1940 at Chequers, Bucks; educ Ludgrove, Eton, Christ Church Oxf; MP (Con): Stretford 1970-83, Davyhulme 1983-97; PPS: Min of Housing and Construction 1970-72, MoS for FCO 1972-73; Member: 1922 Exec Cttee 1979-88; Author: First Journey (1964), Defending the West (1981), Memoires and Adventure (1989), His Father’s Son (1996; biography of his f), Never Give In! (2003); mar 1st 15 July 1964 (div 21 Feb 1997), Mary Caroline “Minnie” JP (Dorset 2006), ygr dau of Sir Gerald John Regis Leo d’Erlanger CBE, of Bayswater, London and of Singleton Manor, Kent, a banker; mar 2nd 25 July 1997, ●Mrs Luce Danielson (née Engelen), a Belgian jewelry maker; d 2 March 2010 at Belgravia, London (bur at St Martin’s Ch, Bladon, nr Woodstock, Oxon), leaving issue by his 1st w,
4.1.2.1.1. +Randolph Leonard Spencer; b 22 Jan 1965; Lt RN (retired); ACA; Dir: Charities Lazard Asset Mngmnt 1995-2000, Schroder & Co 2003-03; Investment Dir: Rathbones 2003; mar 1992, Catherine Zoe (d 2022), elder dau of Antony Lancaster, of Kensington, London, and has issue,
4.1.2.1.1.1. +Serena Barbara Spencer; b 12 May 1996.
4.1.2.1.1.2. +Zoe Lancaster Spencer; b 29 Oct 1998.
4.1.2.1.1.3. +Alice Grace Spencer; b 2003.
4.1.2.1.1.4. +John Winston Spencer; b 2007.
4.1.2.1.2. +Jennie Spencer b 25 Sept 1966; mar 1993, ●James P. Repard, and has issue,
4.1.2.1.2.1. +George Spencer; b 2 Aug 1994.
4.1.2.1.2.2. +Arabella Spencer; b 14 Aug 1998.
4.1.2.1.3. +Marina Spencer; b 11 Sept 1967; Dir: Bloxham Sch Ltd 2003-17; mar 10 June 2000, ●David William John Brounger, and has issue,
4.1.2.1.3.1. +Henry; b 27 July 1998; a producer; Dir: Turnus Pictures Ltd 2020;
4.1.2.1.3.2. +William George; b 19 March 2001.
4.1.2.1.3.3. +Olivia Clementine; b 2003.
4.1.2.1.4. +John “Jack” Gerard Averell OBE (2022); b 27 Aug 1975; co-Fndr and CEO: Scanning Pens Ltd; mar 2005, ●Charlotte May, elder dau of Robert Baber, of Evercreech, Somersets, and has issue,
4.1.2.1.4.1. +Edward Ian Spencer; b 2008.
4.1.2.1.4.2. +Emilia Rose Spencer; b 2010.
4.1.2.1.4.3. +Alexander Robert Spencer; b 2014.
(continued) Maj Hon Randolph Frederick mar 2nd 2 Nov 1948 (div 1961), June (d 1980), only dau of Col Rex Hamilton Osborne DSO, MC, of Little Ingleburn, Malmesbury, Wilts; d 6 June 1968, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
4.1.2.2. Arabella, of 2 St Edmund’s Cottages, Bove Town, Glastonbury, Somersets (2003); b 30 Oct 1949; educ Fritham Sch for Girls, Ladymede Sch (Aylesbury, Bucks); Dir: The Children’s World Charity: Organiser for Theatre and Circus Fields at Glastonbury Festival of Performing Arts; mar 1st 10 Aug 1972, James J. Barton, a Scottish schoolteacher, and had issue,
4.1.2.2.1. +Nicholas Jake Gompo; b 1973; educ St Dunstan’s Sch (Glastonbury).
(continued) Arabella mar 2nd 1988, ●Ian McLeod, a juggler as “Haggis McLeod”, s of Harold Leonard Hodges; d 20 Dec 2007 at St Edmund’s Cottage, Glastonbury, Somersets (aged 58), leaving further issue by her 2nd husband,
4.1.2.2.2. +Jessica Jules; b 1988.
4.1.3. Sara Millicent Hermione; b 7 Oct 1914; educ Notting Hill HS, North Foreland Lodge; served WWII with WAAF; an actress: Royal Wedding (1951), He Found a Star (1941), Spring Meeting (1941), All Over the Town (1949), Fabian of the Yard (1954) and Serious Charge (1959) among others; Author: The Empty Spaces (1966), The Prince with Many Castles and Other Stories (1966), A Threat in The Tapestry (1967; autobiography), The Collected Poems of Sarah Churchill (1974), Keep On Dancing (1981; autobiography); d 24 Sept 1982 (bur at St Martin’s Ch, Bladon, nr Woodstock, Oxon); mar 1st 25 Dec 1936 (div 1945), Victor “Vic” Oliver, an actor (d 15 Aug 1964), s of Baron Victor von Samek, of Vienna, Austria; mar 2nd 18 Oct 1949, Antony Beauchamp (d 18 Aug 1957), s of Ernest George Entwistle; mar 3rd 26 Apr 1962, Thomas Percy Henry Touchet-Jesson, 23rd Baron Audley MBE (qv); dsp 24 Sept 1982.
4.1.4. Marigold Frances; b 15 Nov 1918; dvp 23 Aug 1921 from septicemia (bur at Kensal Green, London; rebur 2020 at St Martin’s Ch, Bladon, nr Woodstock, Oxon).
4.1.5. Hon Mary LG (2005), DBE (1980); b 15 Sept 1922; served WWII with Red Cross and WVS 1939-41; Jr Cdr ATS 1941-46; Chm: Brd of Tstees for Winston Churchill Memorial Tst 1991-2002 (Tstee 1978-97), Royal Natl Theatre Brd 1989-95; Patron: Natl Benevolent Fund for the Aged 1978; Gov: Harrow 1980-85; Freeman of CoL 1994; FRSL 2000; Chevalier of Legion d’Honneur 1995; Author: Clementine Churchill by Her Daughter Mary Soames (1979), A Churchill Family Album (1979), The Profligate Duke: George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough and His Duchess (1987), Winston Churchill: His Life as a Painter (1990), Speaking for Themselves (1998); mar 11 Feb 1947, (Arthur) Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames GCMG, GCVO, CH, CBE (b 12 Oct 1920; d 1 Sept 1987); d 31 May 2014, leaving with other issue,
4.1.5.1. (Arthur) Nicholas Winston Soames, later Baron Soames of Fletching (qv).
4.2. Maj John “Jack” Strange DSO (1918), TD, Oxon Yeo; b 4 Feb 1880; educ Harrow; Cornet QO Oxon Hussars 1899; served Boer War 1899-1900 (wounded; despatches; medals), WWI (despatches); Member of London Stock Exchange; Partner: Nelke, Phillips & Bendix 1906, Vickers Da Costa 1921; mar 8 Aug 1908, Lady Gwendoline Theresa Marie “Goonie” (b 20 Nov 1885; d 7 July 1941), dau of Montagu Arthur Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon (see LINDSEY and ABINGDON, E); d 23 Feb 1947 (bur at St Martin’s Ch, Bladon, nr Woodstock, Oxon), leaving issue,
4.2.1. Maj John George RE; b 31 May 1909; educ Harrow; a painter, sculptor and composer; served WWII; Author: Crowded Canvas; mar 1st 13 May 1934 (div 1938), Angela Mary (d 2012 aged 99), dau of Capt George Culme-Seymour KRRC (see CULME-SEYMOUR, B); (continued) Maj John George mar 2nd 20 May 1941 (div 1953), Mary (d 2007), only dau of Kenneth Cookson, of Wynberg, Cape Province, S Africa; mar 3rd 5 March 1953, Mrs Kathlyn Maude Muriel Hall Tandy (d 25 June 1957), only dau of Maj-Gen Walter Samuel Hall Beddall CB, OBE; mar 4th 27 Aug 1958 (div 1972), Anna Gunvor Maria (d 2002), widow of Granger Boston and dau of Johan Janson, of Kristianstad, Sweden; d 1992, leaving issue by his 1st w,
4.2.1.1. +Sarah Cornelia; b 26 March 1935; mar 1st 19 Nov 1957, James Colin Crew; mar 2nd 27 Oct 1987, John Francis Harcourt Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton KG, KCVO (qv), and has issue by her 1st husband,
4.2.1.1.1. +Peregrine John; b 12 July 1959.
4.2.1.1.2. +Emma; b 9 March 1963; mar 1993, ●Nicholas G. S. Vester, and has issue,
4.2.1.1.2.1. +Cleo; b 1995.
4.2.1.1.2.2. +Scarlett; b 2001.
4.2.1.1.3. +Annabel Sophia; b 21 Jan 1965; partner of ●Daniel Richard Butler, and has issue,
4.2.1.1.3.1. ●Jack Badger Butler-Crewe; b 1994.
4.2.1.1.3.2. ●Molly Megan Butler-Crewe; b 1997.
4.2.2. Henry Winston “Peregrine”, of Fairdown, Vernham Dean, Hampshire SP11 0EL (2003); b 25 May 1913; educ Harrow, Trinity Coll Camb (BA); mar 1st 15 Nov 1954, Patricia Ethel Louise (d 22 Oct 1956), dau of Thomas March, of Chesham, Bucks; mar 2nd 21 Dec 1957, Yvonne Henriette Marie, 2nd dau of Constant Jehannin, of France; d 19 March 2002 (bur at St Martin’s Ch, Bladon, nr Woodstock, Oxon).
4.2.3. Anne Clarissa; b 28 June 1920; mar 14 Aug 1952 as his 2nd w, (Robert) Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon KG, MC (see EDEN of West Auckland and Maryland, Bt); d 15 Nov 2021 (aged 101), leaving issue.
5. Lady Rosamund Jane Frances; b 9 Nov 1851; mar 12 July 1877, William Henry Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey (qv); d 3 Dec 1920, leaving issue.
6. Lady Fanny Octavia Louise; b 29 Jan 1853; mar 9 June 1873, Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth KT (qv); d 5 Aug 1904, leaving issue.
7. Lady Anne Emily; b 14 Nov 1854; mar 11 June 1874, James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe (qv); d 20 June 1923, leaving issue.
8. Lord Charles Ashley; b 25 Nov 1856; dvp 11 March 1858.
9. Lord Augustus Robert; b 4 July 1858; dvp 12 May 1859.
10. Lady Georgiana Elizabeth; b 14 May 1860; mar 4 June 1883, Richard George Penn Curzon, 4th Earl Howe (qv); d 9 Feb 1906, leaving issue.
11. Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta RRC (Dec 1901); b 4 July 1865; a war correspondent during the Boer War and present during the Siege of Mafeking; DStJ May 1901; mar 21 Nov 1891, Lt-Col Gordon Chesney MVO (1901), RHG (b 3 Aug 1865 at Longerenong, Victoria, Australia; KIA 6 Nov 1914 at the Battle of Ypres during WWI), eldest s of Sir Samuel Wilson, MP for Portsmouth 1886-92 (b 7 Feb 1832; d 11 June 1895); d 22 Oct 1929, leaving issue.
The eldest s,
George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough DL; b 13 May 1844; educ Eton; Lt RHG 1863; mar 1st 8 Nov 1869 (marriage attended by HRH The Prince of Wales later Edward VII; div 1883), Lady Albertha Frances Anne VA (b 29 July 1847; d 7 Jan 1932), 6th dau of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn KG, KP (qv); mar 2nd 29 June 1888, Lillian Warren (mar 3rd 30 Apr 1895, Lt-Col Lord William de la Poer VC, KCIE, who d 30 Dec 1900, 3rd s of John de la Poer Beresford, 4th Marquess of Waterford, qv), widow of Louis Carré Hamerlsey, of NY, USA (d 1883) and dau of Cdre Cicero Price USN (b 2 Dec 1805; d 24 Nov 1888); d 9 Nov 1892, leaving issue by his 1st w,
1. Lady Frances Louisa; b 15 Sept 1870; mar 8 Oct 1898, Col Cecil Alfred Grenfell (see GRENFELL, B); d 4 Jan 1951, leaving issue.
2. Charles Richard John, later 9th Duke of Marlborough (see below).
3. Lady Norah Beatrice Henriette VA; b 1 Sept 1875 at Blenheim Palace; mar 1 Dec 1920 (resumed maiden name 1921), Francis Bradley FRGS, ICS, of Birtsmorton Court, Worcs (b 25 June 1874; d 11 June 1963), s of John Bradley-Bird, of Birtsmorton Court and of The Barrow, Worcs; dsp 28 Apr 1946.
(continued) 8th Duke of Marlborough also had by Edith (w of Heneage Finch, 7th Earl of Aylesford, qv), an illegit s,
1. Guy Bertrand Spencer, of 2 Glaziers Ln, Normandy, Surrey; worked at a brewery; served WWI with Royal Garrison Artillery; mar 1910, Lily Blanche Minnie Saville, a coachman’s dau (b 1876; d 1953); d 31 March 1950 at Knaphill, Woking, Surrey.
The only s,
Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough KG (1894), TD, (1913) PC (1894); b 13 Nov 1871; educ Winchester, Trinity Coll Camb; Lt QO Oxon Hussars 1897; Maj 1901; Hon Col: 3rd (Special Reserve) Btn Oxon and Bucks LI 1908, Oxon Vol Regt 1918-20; served Boer War 1900-01 (despatches), WWI as Lt-Col Gen Staff; Paymaster-Gen 1899-1902; Ld High Steward for Coronation of Edward VII 1902; Parly U-SoS for the Colonies 1903-05; Mayor of Woodstock 1907-09; Ld-Lt of Oxon 1915-d; Jt Parly Sec to Brd of Agriculture and Fisheries 1917-18; Fndr and Pres of Women’s Natl Land Service Corps (later the Women’s Land Army); mar 1st 6 Nov 1895 (sep 1906; div 1921; annulled by the Vatican Ch 19 Aug 1926), Consuelo (b 2 March 1877; mar 2nd 4 July 1921, Lt-Col Jacques Balsan, a French aviator and industrialist (b 16 Sept 1868; d 4 Nov 1946); d 6 Dec 1964), only dau of William Kissam Vanderbilt, of NY, USA (b 12 Dec 1849; d 22 July 1920); mar 2nd 25 June 1921, Gladys Marie (b 7 Feb 1881; d 13 Oct 1977), dau of Edward Parker Deacon, of Boston, MA, USA (b 2 Oct 1844; d 5 July 1901), by Florence, dau of Adm Charles Henry Baldwin USN (b 3 Sept 1822; d 17 Nov 1888); d 30 June 1934, leaving issue by his 1st w,
1. John Albert Edward William, later 10th Duke of Marlborough (see below).
2. Lord Ivor Charles, of Springhead, Fontmell Magna, Dorset (purchased 1930); b 14 Oct 1898; educ Eton, Magdalen Coll Oxf; served WWI as Lt RASC 1917-18; Legion of Honour (France); an art collector; mar 15 Nov 1947, Mona Elizabeth “Betty” (b 1914; d 2010), dau of James Cyril Cunningham, of London W1; d 17 Sept 1956 at London (bur at St Martin’s Ch, Bladon, nr Woodstock, Oxon), leaving issue,
2.1. +Robert William Charles; b 7 Feb 1954; educ Eton; mar 1979, ●Jeanne M., elder dau of Etienne, s of Paul Maze DCM, a painter, and has issue,
2.1.1. +John “Jack” Robert Ivor; b 1984.
2.1.2. +Ivor Charles; b 1986.
The elder s,
John Albert Edward William Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough DL (1936), JP (1936); b 18 Sept 1897; educ Eton; served WWI as Lt-Col Life Grds (2 medals), WWII as Mil Liaison Officer to Regional Commsnr of the S Region 1942; Lt-Col Liaison Officer to US Forces 1942-45; High Steward of the City of Oxford 1937-72; Mayor of Woodstock 1937-42; Hon Treas of Queen Mary’s Hosp; Bronze Star Medal (USA); mar 1st 17 Feb 1920, Hon Alexandra Mary CBE (1953), JP (Oxon), Chief Cmdt of ATS 1938-40, CStJ (d 23 May 1961), paternal granddau of George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan KG, KP (qv); mar 2nd 26 Jan 1972, (Frances) Laura (b 10 Aug 1915; d 19 Feb 1990), former w of (1) Walter Francis David Long, 2nd Viscount Long (qv), (2) William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley MC, TD (qv) and (3) Michael Temple Canfield an American diplomat (b 20 Aug 1926 as Anthony Kerslake; d 20 Dec 1969), being ygr surv dau of Hon Guy Lawrence, 2nd s of Hugo Richard Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss and 7th Earl of March (qv); d 11 March 1972, leaving issue by his 1st w,
1. Lady Sarah Consuelo; b 17 Dec 1921 at Portland Sq, London; mar 1st 15 May 1943 (div 1966), Lt Edwin F. USN, eldest s of Lucius T. Russell, of Beverly Hill, CA, USA; mar 2nd 11 Nov 1966 (div 1967 in Mexico), Guy Burgos, of Santiago, Chile; mar 3rd 1967 at Philadelphia, PA, USA, Theodorus Roubanis; d 13 Oct 2000 at Middlesex co, CT, USA, leaving issue by her 1st husband,
1.1. +Serena Mary Churchill; b 1944; mar 1st 1966 (div 1967 in Mexico), R. Stephen Salant; mar 2nd 1968, Neil A. McConnell, and has issue by her 2nd husband,
1.1.1. +Morgan Alexandra; b 19 June 1973.
1.1.2. +Lucinda Mary; b 14 Aug 1975.
(continued) Mrs Serena Mary Churchill mar 3rd 4 Nov 1978, ●Neil Roxburgh Balfour, a barrister, s of Archibald Balfour, and has further issue by her 3rd husband,
1.1.3. +Consuelo Lily; b 29 Nov 1979.
1.1.4. +Alastair Albert David; b 20 Aug 1981.
1.2. +Consuelo Sarah; b 1946; mar 1st 1968 (div 1969 in Mexico), James Toback; mar 2nd 1970, Mark Schulman, of NY, USA; mar 3rd, ●B. William Judson, and has issue by her 2nd husband,
1.2.1. +Nicholas; b 1976.
1.2.2. +Ian; b 1978.
1.3. +Alexandra Brenda; b 1949; mar 1970, ●Timothy Beich, of Camp Hill, PA, USA.
1.4. +Jacqueline; b 1958; mar ●Eugene Williams.
2. Lady Caroline; b 12 Nov 1923; mar 5 Dec 1946, Maj Charles Huguenot “Hugo”, Life Grds, eldest s of Capt Charles Waterhouse MC, JP, DL, PC, Life Grds, of Middleton Hall; d 5 Jan 1992 at Bakewell, Derbys, leaving issue,
2.1. +Michael Thomas; b 25 May 1949; educ Eton, Trinity Coll Camb; mar 1983, ●Lucinda Ileene (sic), dau of Lt-Col Robin Hood William Stewart Hastings DSO, OBE, MC (see HUNTINGDON, E), and has issue,
2.1.1. +Robin Hood E. T.; b 1987.
2.1.2. +Marcus Charles; b 1990.
2.2. Elizabeth Ann; b 24 June 1951.
2.3. +David Charles; b 8 July 1956; educ Eton.
3. John George Vanderbilt, later 11th Duke of Marlborough (see below).
4. +Lady Rosemary Mildred; b 24 July 1929; Train Bearer at Coronation of Elizabeth II 1953; mar 26 June 1953, Charles Robert “Robin” (d 24 March 1972), only s of Rowland Huntly Muir, of Billingbear House, Bracknell, Berks, and has issue,
4.1. +Alexander Pepys; b 8 Nov 1954 (sponsored by HRH The Princess Margaret Rose, Countess of Snowdon); educ Gordonstoun; mar 1999, Faber, widow of Mark James Julian Faber (see STOCKTON, E) and dau of Christopher Griffith, of Natal, S Africa, by Mrs Gordon Rennie, and has issue,
4.1.1. +Isabella Beatrice; b 2000.
4.2. +Simon Huntly; b 3 July 1959; mar 1990, ●Sarah-Jane E., only dau of Barry Jenkinson, of Chetton Grange, Bridgnorth, Salop, and has issue,
4.2.1. +Robin Hugo; b 1993.
4.2.2. +Thomas Sebastian; b 1995.
4.2.3. +Caspar William; b 2000.
4.3. +Mary Arabella; b 16 Jan 1962; mar 1991, J. Timothy, of London SW17 (2025), s of J. H. Haynes, of Spain, and has issue,
4.3.1. +John “Jack” Cresswell; b 1993.
4.3.2. +Rowley James; b 1996.
4.3.3. +Consuelo Rose; b 2000.
5. Lord Charles George William Colin, of 1 Shepherd’s Place, Upper Brook Str, London W1 (2003); b 13 July 1940 (sponsored by HRH Prince Edward, 2nd Duke of Kent); educ Eton; mar 1st 23 July 1965 (div 1968), Gillian Spreckels, only child of Andrew D. Fuller, of NY and of Fort Worth, TX, USA; mar 2nd 9 Dec 1970, (Elizabeth) Jane, elder dau of Hon Mark Hugh Wyndham (see LECONFIELD, B); mar 3rd 2014, ●Sarah, dau of Michael Goodbody; d 21 Dec 2016, leaving issue by his 2nd w,
5.1. +Rupert John Harold Mark; b 26 Nov 1971; a builder; Dir: Vanderbilt Strategic Ltd 2014, Badgers Walk Ltd 2022, Brickell Land Ltd 2022.
5.2. +Dominic Albert Charles; b 1979; a property consultant; Dir: DSC Estate Ltd 2015, Hurst Spit Holdings Ltd 2022, Lucida Ltd 2024; mar 2011, ●Claire Gillean, ygr dau of James Michael Troughton, and has issue,
5.2.1. +Martha Melissa; b 2012.
5.2.2. +Ivor Charles Robert; b 2014.
5.3. +Alexander David; b 9 June 1983; Dir: Widge Ltd 2012, Imp War Mus Fdn 2016, Bear Capital Ltd 2017; mar 2016, ●Scarlett, only dau of Henry Clavering Tollemache Strutt (see BEPER, B), and has issue,
5.3.1. +Jake Charles Winston; b 2018.
5.3.2. +Florence Rose; b 2019.
The elder s,
John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough JP (Oxon 1962), DL (Oxon 1974); b 13 Apr 1926; educ Eton; Capt Life Grds; mar 1st 19 Oct 1951 (div 1961), Susan Mary (mar 2nd 1962, Alan Cyril Heber-Percy, see NORTHUMBERLAND, D; mar 3rd 1983, John Osborne Gough), only dau of Michael Charles St John Hornby, of Pusey House, Faringdon, Berks; d 16 Oct 2014, leaving issue,
1. Lord John David Ivor, styled Earl of Sunderland; b 17 Nov 1952 (sponsored by HRH The Princess Margaret Rose, Countess of Snowdon); dvp 14 May 1955.
2. Charles James, present 12th Duke of Marlborough (see as above).
3. +Lady Henrietta Mary; b 7 Oct 1958; an interior designer; Dir: HRW Antiques Ltd 1991-97, Spencer Churchill Designs Ltd 1992, Spencer Church Marketing Ltd 1992, Marvic Textiles Ltd 1995, Enstone Projects Ltd 2001-14, Enstone Manor Farm Ltd 2002-14, The Blenheim Classic Ltd 2012-15; mar 1st 1980 (div 1989; resumed maiden name), Nathan Gelber, a German banker, and has issue,
3.1. +David Alba; b 1981; educ Oriel Coll Oxf.
3.2. +Maximilian Henry; b 1985; mar 2015, ●Victoria M. eldest dau of Russell Hayman, of South Buckinghamshire, and has issue,
3.2.1. +Isla Sophia; b 2017.
(continued) 11th Duke of Marlborough mar 2nd 23 Oct 1961 (div 1971), Athina “Tina” Mary (b 19 March 1929; mar 3rd 1971, Stavros Niarchos, a Greek billionaire and shipping tycoon (b 3 July 1909; d 15 Apr 1996); d 10 Oct 1974)), former w of Aristotle Socrates Onassis, a Greek billionaire and businessman (who d 15 March 1975, being husband of Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, widow of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th Pres of USA 1961-63); mar 3rd 20 May 1972 (div 2008), ●Countess (Dagmar) Rosita Astrid Libertas (b 26 Sept 1943), ygr dau of Count Carl Ludvig Douglas, Swedish Amb to Brazil 1960-61 (b 26 July 1908; d 21 Jan 1961); mar 4th 3 Dec 2008, ●Lily (b ca 1954-57), former w of Ratan Mahtani and dau of Narinder Sahni, of Iran; d 16 Oct 2014, leaving further issue by his 3rd w,
1. Lord Richard; b and dvp 1973.
2. +Lord Edward Albert Charles; b 1974; educ Pembroke Coll Camb; Mng Consultant with Bain & Co till 1998; Partner: Mudlark Hotels Ltd 2013-16, Avantus Aerospace Gp Ltd 2015, Suncap Ltd 2017, Hyperjar Ltd 2021, Sun Capital Partners 1998; Dir: Spirit Gp, Capital Mngmnt & Investment; mar 2018, ●Kimberly Hammerstroem, and has issue,
2.1. +Phoenix Sunny M. U.; b 2019.
3. +Lady Alexandra Elizabeth; b 1977.
Lineage of Spencer: The Spencer family were from a long line of prosperous Midlands graziers and sheep-herders from the 15th century onwards. One member of this family was,
Sir John Spencer Kt (by Henry VII), of Wormleighton, Warwicks (purchased 3 Sept 1506) and of Althorp, Northants; mar Isabel, dau and cohrss of Walter Grant, of Snitterfield, Warwicks; d 14 Apr 1522, leaving with other issue,
1. Dorothy; mar Sir Richard Catesby MP, grands of Sir Richard Empson MP, Spkr of HoC 1491-92 and Chllr of Duchy of Lancs 1505-09 (d 17 Aug 1510), and was g-grandm of,
1.1. Robert Catesby; b 3 March 1572; one of the English Catholics implicated in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605; mar Catherine Leigh; d 8 Nov 1605.
2. William (see below).
The ygr s,
Sir William Spencer Kt (1529), of Wormleighton, Warwicks and of Althorp, Northants; b ca 1496; Sheriff of Northants 1531-d; mar Susan, dau of Sir Richard Knightley, of Fawsley, Northants; d 22 June 1532, leaving issue,
1. John (see below).
2. Isabel; mar Sir John Cotton, of Landwade, Cambs.
3. Jane; mar 1st, Sir Richard Bruges, of Shefford, Berks; mar 2nd as his 3rd w, Sir Simon Harcourt (see VERNON, B).
4. Dorothy; mar Thomas Spencer, of Everton, Northants.
5. Anne; mar Sir John Goodwin, of Winchington, Bucks; dsp.
6. Maria; mar Thomas Boles, of Walington, Herts.
The s and h,
Sir John Spencer MP, of Wormleighton, Warwicks and of Althorp, Northants; High Sheriff of Northants ca 1552; MP for Northamptonshire 1553, 1571; mar Katherine, dau of Sir Thomas Kitson, of Hengrave, Suffolk; d 8 Nov 1586, leaving with other issue,
1. John (see below).
2. Thomas, of Claverdon, Warwicks; mar Mary, eldest dau of Henry Cheeke Esq; dspm 1580, leaving issue,
2.1. Alice; mar Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, Warwicks.
3. Sir William Kt (1592), of Yarnton Manor, Oxon; mar Margaret, dau of Francis Bowyer, Alderman of CoL; d 18 Dec 1609 (bur at Yarnton), leaving issue,
3.1. Sir Thomas Spencer, 1st Bt, of Yarnton Manor, Oxfordshire [E] (so cr 29 June 1611), Kt (4 May 1612 sic); b unknown; educ Brasenose Coll Oxf (matric 8 June 1599 aged 13; BA 1602), Lincoln’s Inn; MP for Woodstock 1604-11; High Sheriff of Oxon 1616-17; mar ca 1605, Margaret (mar 2nd aft 1625 as his 3rd w, Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret, qv; d 16 Dec 1655), dau of Richard Brainthwait SL; d 7 Aug 1622, leaving issue,
3.1.1. Sir William Spencer, 2nd Bt, of Yarnton Manor, Kt (27 Aug 1629 sic); aged 14 on 17 Aug 1622; mar ca 1635 his kinswoman, Constance (mar 2nd, Sir Edward Smith, of Whitchurch, Bucks, CJ CP [I] 1665-69), eldest dau of Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, Warwicks, by Alice, only dau and hrss of Thomas Spencer, of Claverdon (see above); d May 1647, leaving issue,
3.1.1.1. Sir Thomas Spencer, 3rd Bt, of Yarnton Manor; b 1 Jan 1638/39; MP for Woodstock 1660, 1661-79; mar 24 Jan 1654/55, Jane (d 30 March 1712), dau of Sir John Garrard, 2nd Bt, of Lamer, Herts (d 1686); dspms 6 March 1684/85, when he was suc by his cousin (see below),
3.1.1.1.1. Jane; mar her kinsman, Robert Spencer, 1st Viscount Teviot (see below), and had issue.
3.1.1.1.2. Constance; mar George, only s and h app of Sir Henry Marwood, 2nd Bt, of Little Busby, Yorks (d 1725).
3.1.1.1.3. Elizabeth; mar 1st, Sir Samuel Gerrard, of Brafferton, Yorks; mar 2nd, Francis Basset Esq, of Tehidy, Cornw.
3.1.1.1.4. Catherine; mar 1st, John Dormer Esq, of Ascot, Oxon; mar 2nd as his 1st w, Lt-Gen Hon Harry MP, Treas of the Ordnance 1699-1702, 1705-12, 1714-20 (b 29 March 1663; d 4 Jan 1720), ygr bro of Charles Morduant, 3rd Earl of Peterborough KG (d 25 Oct 1735), and had issue.
3.1.1.2. Constance; mar as his 1st w, Sir Edward Smith, Bt, of Edmonthorpe, Leics (d 6 Sept 1707).
3.1.1.3. Alice; mar Francis Keyt, of Mickleton, Gloucs.
3.1.2. Thomas; dsp.
3.1.3. John; dsp.
3.1.4. Richard; bapt 2 Feb 1616/17 at Yarnton; mar Anne Wagstaffe, and had issue,
3.1.4.1. Sir Thomas Spencer, 4th Bt, of Yarnton Manor; b unknown; mar Elizabeth, dau of Ancor Palmer, of Bricklehampton, Worcs; d ca 1722, leaving with 7 s and 6 dau,
3.1.4.1.1. Sir Henry Spencer, 5th Bt, of Yarnton Manor; dsp 1726, when he was suc by his ygr bro (see below).
3.1.4.1.2. Sir William Spencer, 6th Bt, of Yarnton Manor; mar Elizabeth, dau of Thomas Dee, of Bridgnorth, Salop; dsp, when he was suc by his cousin (see below).
3.1.4.1.3. Ursula; mar Hugh Philips, of London.
3.1.4.2. Charles, of Lyons Hall, Herts; mar Anne, dau of Francis Pember, of Elston, Herts, and was grandf of,
3.1.4.2.1. Sir Charles Spencer, 7th Bt, of Yarnton Manor; liv as a minor ca 1741 but dsp, when the baronetcy became EXTINCT.
3.1.4.3. Mary; mar Mr Richards Esq.
3.1.4.4. Gertrude; mar 1st, John Crump Esq, of Lugwardine, Herts; mar 2nd, Essex Sherborne Esq, of Pembridge.
3.1.5. Edward; d unm.
3.1.6. Alice.
3.1.7. Anne.
3.1.8. Margaret.
3.1.9. Catherine.
3.2. George.
3.3. Elizabeth; mar Sir Thomas Russell, of Strensham.
3.4. Catherine; mar Sir Henry Montagu (see MANCHESTER, D).
3.5. Mary; mar Sir Maximilian Dalyson, of Haling, Kent.
3.6. Alice; mar Sir Thomas Colville, of Newton, Cambs.
3.7. Margaret; mar Sir John Woodward, of Evesham.
4. Sir Richard, of Offley, Herts; mar Helen, 4th dau and cohrss of Sir John Brocket, of Brocket Hall, Herts; d Nov 1624, leaving issue,
4.1. Sir John Spencer, 1st Bt, of Great Offley, Hertfordshire [E] (so cr 14 March 1626/27); mar in or bef 1618, Mary, dau of Sir Henry Anderson, Sheriff of London 1601-02, by Elizabeth (bapt 29 Feb 1595/96), sis of Sir William Bowyer, of Denham, Bucks and dau of Francis Bowyer, Sheriff of London 1577-78; dspm Aug 1633, when the baronetcy became EXTINCT,
4.1.1. Alice; mar Sir James Atham, of Mark Hall, Essex, and had issue,
4.1.1.1. Mary; mar Sir John Tufton; dsp.
4.2. Sir Brocket Spencer, 1st Bt, of Great Offley, Hertfordshire [E] (so cr 26 Sept 1642); suc his elder bro Aug 1633; mar in or bef 1646, Susan (bapt 8 July 1619; d 9 March 1692), dau of Sir Nicholas Carew (formerly Throckmorton), of Beddington, Surrey, by his 2nd w, Susan Bright; d 3 July 1668, leaving issue,
4.2.1. Sir Richard Spencer, 2nd Bt, of Great Offley; b ca 1647; mar 23 July 1672 (she aged 19), Mary (bapt 8 July 1619; bur 12 May 1692), dau of Sir John Musters, of Colwick, Notts, by Anne, dau of Sir John Maynard; d 21 Feb 1687/88, leaving an only surv s and h,
4.2.1.1. Sir John Spencer, 3rd Bt, of Great Offley; bapt 27 Feb 1677/78; d unm 6 Aug 1699, when he was suc by his uncle (see below).
4.2.2. Sir John Spencer, 4th Bt, of Great Offley; b ca 1650; educ Oxf Univ (matric 12 July 1667 aged 17), Inner Temple (Barrister 1675); dsp 16 Nov 1712, when the baronetcy became EXTINCT.
4.2.3. Elizabeth; mar 2nd Nov 1677, Sir Humphrey Gore, of Gilton, and had issue,
4.2.3.1. Elizabeth; mar 1714, Sir Henry Penrice LLD, Judge of the Admiralty Court, and had issue,
4.2.3.1.1. Spencer; d unm.
4.2.3.1.2. Anna Maria; mar 1751, Sir Thomas Salusbury LLD; dsp 7 March 1750.
4.2.3.2. Susanna; mar Abraham Nelson Esq.
4.2.3.3. Anne; mar Roger Meredith Esq.
4.2.3.4. Alice; mar Granado Pigott, of Abingdon Pigott.
4.3. Elizabeth; mar Sir Wiliam Colepeper, 1st Bt, of Preston Hall, Kent (b 1588; d 1651), and had issue.
4.4. Anne; mar Sir John Boteler KB.
4.5. Alice; mar Sir John Jennings KB, of Halywell House, St Albans, Herts and of Churchill, Somersets, High Sheriff of Herts 1626-27 and MP for St Albans 1628, Apr 1640, Nov 1640-42 (b 20 May 1596; d 1668), leaving 8 s (2 dvp) and 4 dau (at least 1 dvp).
5. Elizabeth; b 20 June 1552; inspiration for Edmund Spenser’s Muiopotomos (1591) and dedicated in The Faerie Queene (1590); mar 1st (by lic dated 29 Dec 1574), George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon KG (see ALDENHAM and HUNSDON OF HUNSDON); mar 2nd bef Jan 1613, Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure (b 24 Sept 1558; d 1 Apr 1617); d 25 Feb 1618, leaving issue by both husbands.
6. Alice; b 4 May 1559; a noted patroness of the arts; represented Amaryllis in Edmund Spenser’s Colin Clouts Come Home Againe (1595) and dedicated to in The Teares of the Muses (1591); mar 1st ca 1579, Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby (qv); mar 2nd 20 Oct 1600, Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley KG (see GREY EGERTON of Egerton and Oulton, Bt); d 23 Jan 1637, leaving issue by her 1st husband.
7. Anne; dedicated to in Edmund Spenser’s “Mother Hubberd’s Tale” (1590); mar 1st Sept 1575 as his 2nd w, William Stanley, 3rd Baron Monteagle (see DERBY, E); mar 2nd, Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton (see NORTHAMPTON, M); mar 3rd 4 Dec 1592 as his 2nd w, Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset (see SACKVILE, B); d 22 Sept 1618, leaving issue by her 1st husband.
8. Katharine; mar Sir Thomas Leigh, 1st Bt, of Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwicks (see LEIGH, B), and had issue.
9. Margaret; mar 1st, Giles Allington, of Horseheath, Cambs; mar 2nd, Edward Eldrington.
The eldest s,
Sir John Spencer JP (Bedfords 1577; Northants 1584), MP, of Wormleighton, Warwicks and of Althorp, Northants; b ca 1551; educ Trinity Coll Camb, Middle Temple; High Sheriff of Northants 1578-79, 1590-01; MP for Northampton 1572; mar Mary (mar 2nd, Edward Glascoke, of Castle Hedingham, Essex), only dau and hrss of Sir Robert Catlyn, of Berne, Dorset, LCJ 1559-74 (d 1574); d 9 Jan 1599/1600 (bur at St Mary the Virgin’s Ch, Great Brington, nr Althorp; MI), leaving an only s and h,
Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer, of Wormleighton in the County of Warwick [E] (so cr 21 July 1603), KG (1601), Kt (1601); b 1570; MP for Brackley 1597-80; Sheriff of Northants 1601-02; mar 15 Feb 1587, Margaret, dau of Sir Francis Willoughby, of Wollaton Hall, Notts (b 1547; d 1596); d 25 Oct 1627, leaving issue,
1. Hon Sir Henry; b 1587; mar Joan, dau of Sir William Church; dvp.
2. Hon Mary; bapt 24 Aug 1588; mar Richard Anderson; d 14 July 1658.
3. Hon Elizabeth; bapt 30 Nov 1589; mar as his 1st w, Sir George Fane MP (d 26 June 1640).
4. Hon Sir John; bapt 6 Dec 1590; dvp 16 Aug 160.
5. William, later 2nd Baron Spencer (see below).
6. Hon Sir Richard JP (Kent by 1636-41, July 1660-d), DL (Kent July 1660-d), MP, of Orpington, Kent; bapt 21 Oct 1593; educ Corpus Christ Coll Oxf (matric 1609; BA 1612), Gray’s Inn (admit 1624); served Civil War with Royalists as Col of Horse 1642-43; MP for Northampton 1621, 1624, 1625, 1626, 1628, May-Nov 1661; Gent of Bedchamber 1626; Commsnr of Oyer and Terminer for Home Circuit July 1660; mar 1628, Mary, dau of Sir Edwin Sandys MP, of Northbourne, Kent (b 9 Dec 1561; d bef 31 Oct 1629); d 1 Nov 1661 (bur at Orpington), leaving 4s (dvp) and 2 dau.
7. Hon Sir Edward Kt (27 Dec 1625), MP, of Boston Manor House, Middx; bapt 2 March 1594; educ Corpus Christ Coll Oxf (matric 13 Nov 1609 aged 14; BA 18 Feb 1612), Lincoln’s Inn (Barrister 1618); MP: Brackley 1621-25, Middlesex 1626, 1648; mar Lady Margaret, widow of Sir William Reade, of Osterley and dau of John Goldsmith, of Welby, Suffolk; dsp 16 Feb 1656.
8. Hon Margaret; bapt 14 Aug 1597; dvp 6 Dec 1613.
The 3rd surv s,
William Spencer, 3rd Baron Spencer KB (1616), JP (Northants 1619-d), DL (Northants 1618-21); bapt 4 Jan 1591/92; educ Magdalen Coll Oxf; MP: Brackley 1614, Northants 1620-22, 1624-25, 1626; Custos Rot of Northants 1629-d; mar 7 Oct 1614, Lady Penelope (d 16 July 1667), eldest dau of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton KG (b 6 Oct 1573; d 10 Nov 1624); d 19 Dec 1636, leaving issue,
1. Henry, later 1st Earl of Sunderland (see below).
2. Robert Spencer, 1st Viscount of Teviot [S] (so cr 20 Oct 1685); bapt 2 Feb 1629; educ Christ Church Oxf (Hon DCL 1669), King’s Coll Camb, Padua Univ; MP: Great Bedwyn 1660, Brackley 1661; Commsnr of Assessment: Northants 1661-74, Middx 1664-69; Commsnr for Excise Appeals 1663-89; Jt Farmer of Barbados Sugar Duties 1670-77; Commsnr for the Privy Seal 1685-87; mar his cousin, Jane, dau and cohrss of Sir Thomas Spencer, 3rd Bt, of Yarnton Manor (see above); dsp 20 May 1694 committed suicide by slitting his throat.
3. Hon William, of Ashton, Lancs; b 1630; mar Elizabeth, dau of Dutton Gerard (see GERARD, B); d 1688, leaving issue.
4. Hon Elizabeth; b 1618; mar 1st 1634, John Craven, 1st Baron Craven (see CRAVEN, E); mar 2nd 1648, Hon Henry, 2nd s of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire (see SUFFOLK and BERKSHIRE, E); mar 3rd, William Crofts, 1st Baron Crofts (d 1677); d 1672.
5. Hon Anne; mar Sir Robert Townshend, Gent of Privy Chamber to Charles II.
6. Hon Margaret; mar 30 Aug 1655 as his 3rd w, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (qv); dsp 1693.
7. Hon Alice; mar Henry Moore, 1st Earl of Drogheda (qv), and had issue.
The eldest s,
Henry Spencer, 3rd Baron Spencer later 1st Earl of Sunderland [E] (so cr 6 June 1643); bapt 23 Nov 1620; educ Magdalen Coll Oxf (MA 1636); served Civil War with Royalists (Battle of Edgehill; Siege of Gloucester; First Battle of Newbury); mar 20 July 1639, Lady Dorothy (bapt 5 Oct 1617; mar 2nd 8 July 1652, Robert Smythe, of Bounds, Kent; d 5 Feb 1684), dau of Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester (see DE L’ISLE, V); k 20 Sept 1643 at the First Battle of Newbury, leaving issue,
1. Lady Dorothy; b 1640; mar 29 Dec 1656 as his 1st w, William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax (see SAVILE, B); d 16 Dec 1670, leaving issue.
2. Robert, later 2nd Earl of Sunderland (see below).
3. Lady Penelope; b ca 1642; d unm 1667.
The only s,
Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland KG (1687), PC (1674-Jan 1680/81); b 1641; Amb: Madrid 1671-72, Paris 1672-73, July Oct 1678; SoS (N Dept) 1678/79-Apr 1680, Jan 1682/83-Apr 1684; SoS (S Dept) 1680-Feb 1680/81, 1684-88; Ld Pres of Cncl 1685-88; converted to RC July 1688 and lived in exile 1688-91 but later returned and was pardoned by William III; Ld Chamberlain Apr-Dec 1697; mar 10 June 1665, Lady Anne (b ca 1646; d 26 Apr 1715), dau of George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol (see DIGBY, B); d 28 Sept 1702, leaving with 2 other children (who dvp young),
1. Robert, styled Baron Spencer; b 1666; dvp 1688.
2. Lady Anne; b 1667; mar 1686, James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton and 1st Duke of Brandon (qv); d 1690, leaving issue.
3. Lady Isabella; b 1668; dvp 1684.
4. Lady Elizabeth; b 1671; mar 30 Oct 1684, Donough MacCarthy, 4th Earl of Clancarty (qv); d 1704, leaving issue.
5. Charles, later 3rd Earl of Sunderland (see below).
The only s and h,
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland KG (1719), PC (1706); b 23 Apr 1675; MP (Whig) for Tiverton 1695-1702; Envoy Extra to Vienna 1705; Commsnr for the Union 1706; SoS (S Dept) 1706-10; Ld-Lt of Ire 1714; Ld Privy Seal 1715-16; SoS (N Dept) 1717-18; Ld Pres of Cncl 178-19; 1st Ld of HMT 1718-21; mar 1st 12 Jan 1694/95, Lady Arabella (d 4 June 1698), dau and cohrss of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne KG (see DEVONSHIRE, D), and had issue,
1. Robert, styled Baron Spencer; b 2 Dec 1700; dvp 12 Sept 1701.
2. Robert, later 4th Earl of Sunderland (see below).
3. Lady Anne; b 1702; mar 1720, William Bateman, 1st Viscount Bateman KB (d Dec 1744); d 19 Feb 1769, leaving issue.
4. Charles, later 5th Earl of Sunderland and 3rd Duke of Marlborough (see as above)
1. Hon John MP, of Althorp, Northants and of Wimbledon Park, Surrey; b 13 May 1708; educ Eton ca 1722, Grand Tour (France, Switzerland) 1725-27; MP (Whig) for New Woodstock 1732-46; Ranger of Windsor Park 1744-d; mar 14 Feb 1734, Lady Georgina Caroline (mar 2nd 1 May 1750, William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper, see LUCAS OF CRUDWELL, B), 3rd dau and cohrss of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (see BATH, M); d 20 June 1746, leaving with a dua,
1.1. John, later 1st Earl Spencer (qv).
2. Lady Diana; b 31 July 1710; namesake of Diana, Princess of Wales (former w of Charles III); mar Oct 1731, John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford KG (qv); d 27 Sept 1735, leaving issue.
(continued) 3rd Earl of Sunderland mar 2nd 1717, Judith (b ca 1702; d 17 May 1749), dau of Sir Benjamin Tichborne, of Beaulieu, ygr bro of Henry Tichborne, 1st Baron Ferrard (d 3 Nov 1731); d 19 Apr 1722, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
3. An unnamed child; b and dvp 1718.
4. Lady Margaret; b and dvp 1719 (bur at St James’s Ch, London; later rebur the same day as her f’s funeral 1 May 1722 at Great Brinton Ch, nr Althorp).
5. Hon William; b 1720; dvp 17 Apr 1722 (bur the same day as his f’s funeral 1 May 1722 at Great Brinton Ch, nr Althorp).
The 2nd surv s,
Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland; b 24 Oct 1701; d unm 15 Sept 1729, when he was suc by his ygr bro, Robert, who later also suc as 3rd Duke of Marlborough (see Lineage of Churchill above).
Lineage of Godolphin, Earls of Godolphin: Sir John Godolphin; High Sheriff of Cornw 1505-06; mar Margaret, dau of John Trenouth, and had a s and h,
Sir William Godolphin MP; b ca 1486; MP for Cornwall; High Sheriff of Cornw 1529-30, 1533-34; mar Margaret Glyn; d ca 1570, leaving issue,
1. William (see below).
2. Thomas; b 1520; Gov of the Isles of Scilly; mar Katherine Bonithon; disappeared at sea 1646, leaving with other issue,
2.1. Francis (see below).
3. Elizabeth; b 1522; mar John Langdon.
4. Honor; b ca 1624; mar William Melton.
The elder s and h,
Sir William Godolphin MP; b 1515; MP for Cornwall 1539, 1553; Member of the Cncl of Regency for Edward VI 1547-51; High Sheriff of Cornw 1549-50, 1568-69; Custos Rot of Cornw 1562-d; mar Blanch Langdon; dspm 1570, when he was suc by his nephew,
Sir Francis Godolphin MP; b 1540; MP: Cornwall 1588-89, Lostwithiel; High Sheriff of Cornw 1580-81, 1604-05; mar 1st, Margaret, dau of Sir John Killigrew MP, of Arwenack, nr Penryn, Cornw (d 5 March 1584), by Mary Wolverston, a pirate (b bef 1525; d aft 1587); d 1608, leaving issue,
1. William (see below).
2. Sir Francis; MP: St Ives 1624-25, 1625, Cornwall 1626; Recorder of Helston 1620; liv 1637 (will pr 2 May 1640).
3. Thomasine; Lady-in-W to Queen Anne of Denmark; mar 1588, George Carew (d 1612), and had issue.
The elder s and h,
Sir William Godolphin Kt (13 July 1599 by the 2nd Earl of Essex during the Essex Campaign in Ir), PC(Ir), of Godolphin, Cornw; b 1567; educ Emmanuel Coll Camb (matric 1585), Lincoln’s Inn (admit 29 Jan 1587); MP for Cornwall 1604-11; Lt-Gov of Scilly 1597-1608; Gov of Scilly 1608-d; mar Thomasine, only surv dau and hrss of Thomas Sidney, of Wighton, Norfolk; d early Sept 1613 (bur 5 Sept at Breage, Cornw), leaving issue,
1. Francis (see below).
2. Sidney MP, of Wighton, Norfolk; bapt 14 Jan 1610; educ Exeter Coll Oxf (matric 1624), travelled abroad (France, Low Countries), Angers Academy 1630, Denmark Embassy 1632; a minor poet; served Civil War with Royalists; MP for Helston 1628-29, 1640-43; Extra Gent of the Privy Chamber 1635-d; Gov of Scilly 1636-d; d unm 8 Feb 1643.
3. William; b 1611; d 1636.
4. Penelope; mar Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (see BERKELEY, B).
The eldest s,
Sir Francis Godolphin KB (23 Apr 1661), JP (Cornw July 1660-d), DL (1662-d), MP, of Godolphin, Cornw; b 25 Dec 1605; educ Exeter Coll Oxf (matric 1624); MP: Helston 1626, Nov 1640-44, Aug 1660, St Ives 1628, Cornwall Apr 1640; Stannator for Penwith and Kerrier 1636, 1663; High Sheriff of Cornw 1637-38; Gov of Schill 1640-46, June 1660-d; Commsnr of Oyer and Terminer for W Circuit July 1660; Commsnr of Assessment for Cornw Aug 1660-d; Receiver of Devon and Cornw by 1663-d; mar bef 1635, Dorothy, dau of Sir Henry Berkeley MP, of Yarlington, Somersets (see BERKELEY, B); suddenly d 22 March 1667, leaving issue,
1. Sir William Godolphin, 1st Bt, of Godolphin House, Cornwall [E] (so cr 29 Apr 1661), JP (Cornw 1667-88, Oct 1688-96, by 1701-d), DL (Cornw 1661-96, 1702-d); b ca 1640; educ Christ Church Oxf; Col of Militia of Ft (Cornw) by 1679-89; MP for Helston 1665, 1679; Receiver of Devon and Cornw 1667-89; Gov of Scilly 1667-81; Stannator of Penwith and Kerrier 1673; d unm 17 Aug 1710 (bur at Westminster Abbey) and left his estates to his ygr bro, Sidney, 1st Earl of Godolphin (see below).
2. Francis; Auditor of the Imprests; d 1675.
3. Sidney, later 1st Earl of Godolphin (see below).
4. Very Rev Henry; b 15 Aug 1658 at Godolphin; educ Wadham Coll Oxf (matric 30 Aug 1665; BA 1668), All Souls Coll Oxf (MA 1672; DD 11 July 1685; Fellow 1668); Provost of Eton 1695-1732; Dean of St Paul’s 1706-26; mar Mary (d 30 June 1743), dau of Col Sidney Godolphin MP, Gov of Scilly 1700-d (bapt 12 Jan 1652; d 30 Sept 1732); d 39 Jan 1732/33 at Windsor (bur at Eton Coll Chapel), leaving issue,
4.1. Francis, later 2nd Baron Godolphin of Helston (see below).
4.2. Mary; mar William Owen, of Porkington, Salop.
5. Elizabeth; mar as his 2nd w, Sir Arthur Northcote, 2nd Bt, of Hayne, Devons (see IDDESLEIGH, E); d 30 Aug 1707, leaving issue.
6. Ursula; b 1643; mar John Crudge, and had issue,
6.1. William; b ca 1660; d ca 1720.
7. Jael; mar Edward Boscawen MP, of Cornw (b 1628; d 1685).
The 2nd s,
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, in the County of Cornwall and Viscount Rialton [E] (so cr 26 Dec 1706) also earlier Baron Godolphin, of Rialton in the County of Cornwall [E] (so cr 28 Sept 1684), KG (1704), PC (1680/81, 1690); b 15 June 1645; educ Oxf Univ (MA 1663), Lincoln’s Inn; Page of Honour to Charles II 1662-72; Gov of Scilly 1667-d; MP (Tory): Helston 1668-79, 1678-81, St Mawes 1679; Groom of Bedchamber to Charles II 1672-78; Envoy: Paris 1672, Brussels 1677, The Hague 1678; Master of the Robes to Charles II 1678-85; Ld of HMT 1679-84, 1687-88, 1689-90, 1700-01; SoS (S Dept) Apr-Aug 1684; Ld Chamberlain to Queen Mary of Modena 1685-88; Member of Cncl to Queen Catherine of Braganza 1687-91; Ranger of Cranborne Chase 1688-98; Ld Justice of the Realm 1695, 1696, 1701; Ld-Lt of Cornw 1705-10; Ld High Treas 1702-10; Commsnr for the Union 1706; Commsnr for Greenwich Hosp 1695; Gov of Charterhouse 1707; Freeman: Portsmouth 1688, Liskeard 1685; Hon MA (Oxf) 1663; mar 16 May 1675, Margaret, Maid of Honour to Queen Catherine of Braganza (b 2 Aug 1652; d 9 Sept 1678), dau and cohrss of Thomas Blagge, of Horningsheath, Staffs; d 15 Sept 1712, leaving an only s and h,
Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin also Baron Godolphin, of Helston in the County of Cornwall [GB] (so cr 23 Jan 1734/35 with spec rem, failing h m, to his uncle, Very Rev Henry Godolphin, and his h m), PC (1723); b 3 Sept 1678; educ Eton, King’s Coll Camb (MA 1705); Jt Registrar of the Chancery 1698-1727; Teller of the Excheq 1699-1704; MP: Helston 1695, Dec 1701, 1702, 1705, East Looe Feb 1701, Oxfordshire 1708, Tregony 1710-15, Sept 1712; Cofferer of the HH 1704-11, 1714-23; Ld Warden of the Stannaries 1705-08; Ld-Lt of Oxon 1715-35; Ld of Bedchamber to George I 1716-23; Groom of Stool to George I 1723-27 and George II 1727-35; Ld Justice of the Realm 1723, 1726, 1727; Gov of Scilly 1733-d; Ld Privy Seal 1735-40; mar (by lic dated 23 Apr 1698), Lady Henrietta (née Churchill), 2nd Duchess of Marlborough suo jure (see Lineage of Churchill above); dspms 17 Jan 1766, when all the peerages became EXTINCT, except the Barony of Godolphin of Helston, which passed under its spec rem to his cousin (see below),
1. William, styled Marquess of Blandford (see Lineage of Churchill above).
2. Lord Henry; b Feb see above 1701; dvp.
3. Lady Margaret; b ca 1703; dvp.
4. Lady Henrietta; b ca 1707; mar 2 Apr 1717, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne KG (see LINCOLN, E); dsp 1776.
5. Lady Mary; b 1723; mar 26 June 1740, Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds KG (b 6 Nov 1713; d 23 March 1789); d 1764, leaving issue.
The cousin,
Francis Godolphin, 2nd Baron Godolphin of Helston; b 2 Nov 1706; educ Eton, Queen’s Coll Oxf (Hon DCL 1733); MP (Whig) for Helston 1741-66; Gov of Scilly 1766-d; Recorder of Helston; mar 1st 18 Feb 1733/34, Lady Barbara (d 13 Apr 1736), yst dau of William Bentick, 1st Earl of Portland KG (qv); mar 2nd 28 May 1747, Lady Anne (b 22 Aug 1722; d 1805), eldest dau of John Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam (d 28 Aug 1728); dsp 25 May 1785, when the peerage became EXTINCT.
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