John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough

His Grace The Duke of Marlborough KG PC


Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
In office 11 December 1876 – 21 April 1880
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Benjamin Disraeli
Preceded by	The Duke of Abercorn
Succeeded by	The Earl Cowper
Lord President of the Council
In office 8 March 1867 – 9 December 1868
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Benjamin Disraeli
Preceded by	The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Succeeded by	The Earl de Grey and Ripon
Personal details
Born	(1822-06-02)2 June 1822 Garboldisham Hall, Norfolk
Died	4 July 1883(1883-07-04) (aged 61) Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane
Alma mater	Oriel 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 cabinet minister and nobleman. He was the paternal grandfather of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.

Background and education

John Spencer-Churchill 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 career as a lieutenant in the 1st Oxfordshire yeomanry in 1843.^[1] Spencer-Churchill was Member of Parliament for Woodstock from 1844 to 1845 and again from 1847 to 1857, when he succeeded his father to 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, Spencer-Churchill 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:

George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough (13 May 1844 – 9 November 1892)
Lord Frederick John Winston Spencer-Churchill (2 February 1846 – 5 August 1850)
Lady Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill (17 September 1847 – Upper Brook Street, Mayfair, London, 22 January 1927), married 25 May 1868 Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne, by whom she had issue.
Lady Rosamund Jane Frances Spencer-Churchill (died 3 December 1920), married 12 July 1877 William Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey, by whom she had issue
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (13 February 1849 – 24 January 1895), married 15 April 1874 Jennie Jerome, father of Sir Winston Churchill and John Strange Spencer-Churchill.
Lady Fanny Octavia Louise Spencer-Churchill (29 January 1853 – 5 August 1904), married 9 June 1873 Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth, by whom she had issue.
Lady Anne Emily Spencer-Churchill (Lower Brook Street, Mayfair, London, 14 November 1854 – South Audley Street, Mayfair, London, 20 June 1923), married 11 June 1874 James Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe, by whom she had issue.
Lord Charles Ashley Spencer-Churchill (1856 – 11 March 1858)
Lord Augustus Robert Spencer-Churchill (4 July 1858 – 12 May 1859)
Lady Georgiana Elizabeth Spencer-Churchill (10 St James's Square, St James's, London, 14 May 1860 – 9 February 1906), married 4 June 1883 Richard George Penn Curzon, 4th Earl Howe, by whom she had issue.
Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Spencer-Churchill (1865 – 22 October 1929), a war correspondent during the Boer War; married 21 November 1891 Lt. Col. Gordon Chesney Wilson (son of Sir Samuel Wilson, MP)

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.

Portrayals in Film and Television

Marlborough was portrayed by Cyril Luckham in the 1974 Thames TV mini-series Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill.

Ancestry

Ancestors 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. Jane Forbes

References

1 2 3 Boase 1887.
↑ 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. Dictionary of National Biography. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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Pedigree at Genealogics

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Frederic Thesiger	Member of Parliament for Woodstock 1844–1845	Succeeded by Viscount Loftus
Preceded by Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill	Member of Parliament for Woodstock 1847–1857	Succeeded by Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill
Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Bessborough	Lord Steward 1866–1867	Succeeded by The Earl of Tankerville
Preceded by The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos	Lord President of the Council 1867–1868	Succeeded by The Earl of Ripon
Preceded by The Duke of Abercorn	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1876–1880	Succeeded by The Earl Cowper
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Duke of Marlborough	Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire 1857–1883	Succeeded by Sir Henry Dashwood, Bt
Peerage of England
Preceded by George Spencer-Churchill	Duke of Marlborough 1857–1883	Succeeded by George Spencer-Churchill

Cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (1868)

Lord Chancellor	The Earl Cairns

Lord President of the Council	The Duke of Marlborough

Lord Privy Seal Leader of the House of Lords	The Earl of Malmesbury

Home Secretary	Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy

Foreign Secretary	Lord Stanley

Secretary of State for the Colonies	The Duke of Buckingham

Secretary of State for War	Sir John Pakington, Bt

Secretary of State for India	Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt

Chancellor of the Exchequer	George Ward Hunt

First Lord of the Admiralty	Henry Lowry-Corry

President of the Board of Trade	The Duke of Richmond

First Commissioner of Works	The Lord John Manners

Chief Secretary for Ireland	The Earl Mayo

Dukes and Duchesses of Marlborough

John Churchill, 1st Duke (1702–1722) and Sarah Jennings
Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess (1722–1733)
Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke (1733–1758)
George Spencer, 4th Duke (1758–1817)
George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke (1817–1840)
George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke (1840–1857)
John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke (1857–1883) and Lady Frances Anne Vane
George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke (1883–1892) and Lady Albertha Hamilton
Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke (1892–1934) and Consuelo Vanderbilt
John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke (1934–1972)
John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke (1972–2014) and Lily Sahti
Jamie Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke (2014–) and Edla Griffiths

Winston Churchill

Life	Winston Churchill as historian Winston Churchill as painter Winston Churchill as writer Winston Churchill in politics: 1900–39 Timeline War Rooms conferences Percentages agreement Statement on Atrocities European Advisory Commission Honours of Winston Churchill Later life of Winston Churchill The Other Club Blenheim Palace Chartwell St Martin's Church, Bladon

Writings	The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898) Savrola (1899 novel) The River War (1899) London to Ladysmith via Pretoria (1900) Ian Hamilton's March (1900) Lord Randolph Churchill (1906) The World Crisis (1923–1931, five volumes) My Early Life (1930) Marlborough: His Life and Times (1933–1938, four volumes) Great Contemporaries (1937) Arms and the Covenant (1938) The Second World War (1948–1963, six volumes) A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (1956–1958, four volumes)

Speeches	"Blood, toil, tears, and sweat" "Be ye men of valour" "We shall fight on the beaches" "This was their finest hour" "Never was so much owed by so many to so few" "Iron Curtain"

Legacy and depictions	Palace of Westminster statue Parliament Square statue Washington, DC, statue Memorial Trusts Churchill Archives Centre The Churchill Centre US Churchill Museum Cultural depictions

Related	Norway Debate Terminological inexactitude Tonypandy Riots Sword of Stalingrad Operation Unthinkable

Family	Lord Randolph Churchill (father) Jennie Jerome, Lady Randolph Churchill (mother) John Strange Spencer-Churchill (brother) Clementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill (wife) Diana Churchill (daughter) Randolph Churchill (son) Sarah Churchill (daughter) Marigold Churchill (daughter) Mary Soames, Baroness Soames (daughter) Descendants John Spencer-Churchill (grandfather) Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill (grandmother) Leonard Jerome (grandfather) Clarissa Eden (niece)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 16101250 LCCN: n81131858 ISNI: 0000 0000 2431 6473

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