Duke George Spencer-Churchill

1766 - 1840  (74 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	George Spencer-Churchill  [1]
  Prefix	Duke
  Birth	19 May 1766	London, Middlesex, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Dec 1840	Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
  Siblings	6 Siblings
  + 1. Duke George Spencer-Churchill,   b. 19 May 1766, London, Middlesex, England d. 1 Dec 1840, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England  (Age 74 years) ▻ Susan Stewart,  m. 15 Sep 1791   2. Henry Spencer,   b. 12 Feb 1768   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Caroline Spencer,   b. 18 Nov 1769   d. 23 Nov 1813, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England  (Age 44 years) ▻ Henry Welbore Agar,  m. 10 Mar 1792   4. Elizabeth Spencer,   b. 25 Jan 1771   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Charlotte Spencer,   b. 22 May 1773   d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Anne Spencer,   b. 5 Nov 1773   d. 7 Aug 1865, Richmond, Surrey, England  (Age 91 years) ▻ Earl Cropley Ashley-Cooper,  m. 10 Dec 1796 + 7. Baron Francis Almeric Spencer,   b. 26 Dec 1779   d. 26 Dec 1845, Brighton, Sussex, England  (Age 66 years) ▻ Frances FitzRoy,  m. 25 Nov 1800
  Person ID	I15345	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

  Father	Duke George Spencer,   b. 9 Dec 1739, Marlborough, England d. 8 Oct 1817, Marlborough, England (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Caroline Russell,   b. 27 Nov 1744   d. 26 Nov 1811, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	23 Aug 1762
  Family ID	F5360	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan Stewart,   b. Abt 1770, London, Middlesex, England d. 2 Apr 1841, London, Middlesex, England (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	15 Sep 1791	Westminster   [1]
  Children	1. Caroline Susan Spencer-Churchill,   b. 26 Nov 1792   d. 18 Dec 1792 (Age 0 years) + 2. Duke George Spencer-Churchill,   b. 27 Dec 1793, Bill Hill, Wokingham d. 1 Jul 1857, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England (Age 63 years) + 3. Charles Spencer-Churchill,   b. 3 Dec 1794   d. 28 Apr 1840 (Age 45 years)   4. Rev. George Henry Spencer-Churchill,   b. 18 May 1796   d. 30 May 1828 (Age 32 years)   5. Capt. Henry John Spencer-Churchill,   b. 22 Sep 1797   d. 2 Jun 1840, Macao (Age 42 years)   6. Caroline Spencer-Churchill,   b. 11 Dec 1798   d. 10 Jan 1824 (Age 25 years)
  Family ID	F5361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

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  		Birth - 19 May 1766 - London, Middlesex, England Death - 1 Dec 1840 - Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  5th Duke of Malborough Lived in the reign of King George III. He received the royal license to join the name of Churchill with his own, thus bringing in the Spencer-Churchills. It was this Duke's further distinction to indulge his taste for gambling to the extent that he reduced himself to poverty so that he had to sell his art treasures and live in "complete but not reputable" selusion in a corner of Blenheim Palace. He was educated at Eton 1776-1783 and matriculated at Oxford, 14 January 1784. During his father's lifetime, as Marquess of Blandford, he lived at White Knights near Reading, employing 23 men to keep his remarkable gardens in order. These became legendary but, sadly during his lifetime, most of his art collection as well as his library had to be sold. These were not his only problems in life. A Mrs. Gunning decided not only that her daughter, Gunnilda, should become a Duchess but that the Marquess of Blandford should be the one to make this possible. Forging love letters supposedly written by Blandford to Gunnilda, Mrs.Gunning gave them to her husband, General Gunning. Unaware of the forgery, the General approached Blandford's parents. The latter did not object to the marriage but, when Blandford denied any knowledge of the letters, their forgery was exposed. General Gunning then turned his wife and daughter out of his house while Blandford hastily married Lady Susan Stewart. George was an M.P. for Oxon, 1790-1796, and for Tregony, 1802-1804; a Lord of the Treasury, 1804-1806. He was a defendant in an action for criminal connection, 27 May 1801, with Lady Mary Anne Sturt, wife of Charles Sturt, who laid the damages at 20,000 pounds but obtained only a hundred pounds. By Royal licence, 26 May 1817, he took the name of Churchill after that of Spencer. Earlier the same year he became Duke of Marlborough. Due to his previous extravagance, he was forced to sell many of the treasures of Blenheim and to close many of the rooms. Consequently, his wife left him as so did his mistress, Lady Mary Ann Sturt. When he died, he left as much as he could to a Matilda Glover.

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] Brian Tompsett, University of Hull Royal Database (England), (copyright 1994, 1995, 1996 , , Repository: WWW, University of Hull, Hull, UK HU6 7RX bct@tardis.ed.ac.uk). [S275] Mark Humphrys, Royal Descents of Famous People, (copyright 1995, 1996 , , Repository: WWW).