John Churchill (lawyer)
John Churchill was an English lawyer of the seventeenth century. He should not be confused with his nephew John Churchill, a judge.
His practice enjoyed great success during the 1630s and he was a member of the Middle Temple and Deputy Registrar of Chancery.[1] He bought an estate at Newton Montacute near Sherborne in Dorset. During the English Civil War he supported Charles I and his son Sir Winston served as a Cavalier in the King's army while John, too old for military service, served Charles in a civil capacity. However following the Battle of Naseby he withdrew his support for the King, sometime before the final Siege of Oxford. Nonetheless the victorious Parliamentarians imposed fines of £840 on him, but he was permitted to keep his property.[2]
Family
John was the son of Jasper Churchill and had a younger brother also named Jasper.[3] In 1618 He married Sarah Winston, the daughter of Sir Henry Winston of Gloucestershire.[4] He was the father of Sir Winston Churchill and the grandfather of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. He was great-grandfather of James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, the son of James II and Churchill's granddaughter Arabella Churchill.
References
Bibliography
- Holmes, Richard. Marlborough: England's Fragile Genius. Harper Press, 2008.
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