John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough

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His Grace
The Duke of Marlborough
KG PC
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
In office
11 December 1876 – 21 April 1880
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterBenjamin Disraeli
Preceded byThe Duke of Abercorn
Succeeded byThe Earl Cowper
Lord President of the Council
In office
8 March 1867 – 9 December 1868
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterBenjamin Disraeli
Preceded byThe Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Succeeded byThe Earl de Grey and Ripon
Personal details
Born(1822-06-02)2 June 1822
Garboldisham Hall, Norfolk
Died4 July 1883(1883-07-04) (aged 61)
Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
SpouseLady Frances Anne Emily Vane
Alma materOriel College, Oxford

John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough KG PC (2 June 1822 – 4 July 1883), styled Earl of Sunderland from 1822 to 1840 and Marquess of Blandford from 1840 to 1857, was a British Conservative statesman and nobleman. He was the paternal grandfather of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.

Background and education

Marlborough was born at Garboldisham Hall, Norfolk, the eldest son of George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough, and Lady Jane Stewart, daughter of Admiral George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway. He was educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford.

Political career

He commenced his public career as a lieutenant in the 1st Oxfordshire yeomanry in 1843.[1] Marlborough was Member of Parliament for Woodstock from 1844 to 1845 and again from 1847 to 1857, when he succeeded his father in the dukedom and entered the House of Lords. He served under Lord Derby as Lord Steward of the Household from 1866 to 1867 and under Derby and later Benjamin Disraeli as Lord President of the Council (with a seat in the cabinet) from 1867 to 1868. He was an influential Freemason [2] and was sworn in of the Privy Council in 1866 and made a Knight of the Garter in 1868. In 1874, on the formation of Mr. Disraeli's second cabinet, he was offered, but declined, the viceroyalty of Ireland.[1] He again held office under Disraeli as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1876 to 1880.

He was president of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society for many years. He died suddenly of angina pectoris at 29 Berkeley Square, London, on 5 July 1883. After lying in state at Blenheim Palace, he was buried in the private chapel on 10 July.[1]

Family

On 12 July 1843, Marlborough married Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane (15 April 1822 – 16 April 1899), the eldest daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane-Tempest. They had eleven children:

Marlborough died on 4 July 1883, aged 61, and was succeeded by his eldest son, George. His wife died sixteen years later, on 16 April 1899, aged 77.

Ancestry

Family of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
16. Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough
8. George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough
17. The Hon. Elizabeth Trevor
4. George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough
18. John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
9. Lady Caroline Russell
19. Lady Gertrude Leveson-Gower
2. George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough
20. Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway
10. John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway
21. Lady Catherine Cochrane
5. Lady Susan Stewart
22. Sir James Dashwood, 2nd Baronet, of Kirtlington Park
11. Anne Dashwood
23. Elizabeth Spencer
1. John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
24. Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway (= 20.)
12. John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway (= 10.)
25. Lady Catherine Cochrane (= 21.)
6. George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway
26. Sir James Dashwood, 2nd Baronet, of Kirtlington Park (= 22.)
13. Anne Dashwood (= 11.)
27. Elizabeth Spencer (= 23.)
3. Lady Jane Stewart
28. Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet, of Plas Newydd
14. Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge
29. Caroline Paget
7. Lady Jane Paget
30. Arthur Champagné
15. Jane Champagné
31.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Boase 1887.
  2. ^ Churchill, Lord Randolph. "Churchill Freemason". Churchills who were Freemasons. freemasons-freemasonry/com. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Boase, George Clement (1887). "Churchill, John Winston Spencer". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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