Duke John Winston Spencer-Churchill^[1]

1822 - 1883  (61 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	John Winston Spencer-Churchill  [2]
  Prefix	Duke
  Birth	2 Jun 1822	London, Middlesex, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Jul 1883	Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England   [2]
  Siblings	3 Siblings
  + 1. Louisa Spencer-Churchill,   b. 2 Jan 1821   d. 23 Mar 1882  (Age 61 years) ▻ Robert Charles Henry Spencer,  m. 14 Jul 1845 + 2. Duke John Winston Spencer-Churchill,   b. 2 Jun 1822, London, Middlesex, England d. 5 Jul 1883, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England  (Age 61 years) ▻ Frances Anne Emily Vane,  m. 12 Jul 1843 + 3. Alfred Spencer-Churchill,   b. 24 Apr 1824, Garboldisham, , Norfolk, England d. 21 Sep 1893  (Age 69 years) ▻ Harriet Louisa Hester Gough-Calthorpe,  m. 5 Feb 1857   4. Alan Spencer-Churchill,   b. Abt 1825   d. Abt 1873  (Age 48 years) ▻ Rosamond Dawker
  Person ID	I15361	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

  Father	Duke George Spencer-Churchill,   b. 27 Dec 1793, Bill Hill, Wokingham d. 1 Jul 1857, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Jane Stewart,   b. 29 Mar 1798   d. 12 Oct 1844, Blenheim (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	13 Jan 1819	London, Middlesex, England
  Family ID	F5366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Anne Emily Vane,   b. 15 Apr 1822, St.James's d. 16 Apr 1899, 50 Grosvenor Square, London, England (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	12 Jul 1843	London, Middlesex, England   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Duke George Charles Spencer-Churchill,   b. 13 May 1844, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England d. 9 Nov 1892, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England (Age 48 years) + 2. Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill,   b. 13 Feb 1849, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England d. 24 Jan 1895, Bladon, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Age 45 years)   3. Frederick John Winston Spencer-Churchill,   b. 2 Feb 1846   d. Abt 1850 (Age 3 years) + 4. Cornelia Henrietta Spencer-Churchill,   b. 17 Sep 1847, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England d. 22 Jan 1927 (Age 79 years) + 5. Fanny Octavia Louisa Spencer-Churchill,   b. Abt 1853   d. 5 Aug 1904 (Age 51 years) + 6. Anne Emily Spencer-Churchill,   b. 14 Nov 1854, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England d. 20 Jun 1923 (Age 68 years)   7. Charles Ashley Spencer-Churchill,   b. 1856   d. Abt 1858 (Age 2 years)   8. Augustus Robert Spencer-Churchill,   b. 4 Jul 1858   d. Abt 1858   9. Georgiana Elizabeth Spencer-Churchill,   b. Abt 1860   d. 9 Feb 1906 (Age 46 years) + 10. Rosamond Jane Frances Spencer-Churchill,   b. 9 Nov 1850, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England d. 3 Dec 1920 (Age 70 years)   11. Sarah Isabella Augusta Spencer-Churchill,   b. Abt 1865   d. 22 Oct 1929 (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F16883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

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  		Birth - 2 Jun 1822 - London, Middlesex, England Marriage - 12 Jul 1843 - London, Middlesex, England Death - 5 Jul 1883 - Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  7th Duke of Malborough; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland 1876-80 App't. Viceroy of Ireland, January 1877. The seventh Duke, "sensible, honorable and industrious" according to the national biographer, was one of those reliable figures in politics, who did duty to complete, with men of greater ability, the Cabinets of Queen Victoria. Described in the Dictionary of National Biography as "a sensible, honourable and industrious public man", he was also serious, devout, chaste and had a one-track mind intent upon ecclesiastical legislation. Others regarded him a Victorian prig. In 1840 he matriculated from Oriel but remained there to receive tuition from a devout clergyman, which may explain his anti-Roman attitude. He was very much suited to his wife who was described as "a kind-hearted motherly sort of person---neither clever nor at all handsome". In 1857, as Lord Blandford, he pursued a Bill which would create new parishes and strengthen the Church of England and accordingly became known as the Blandford Act. In 1866 he was made Lord Steward of the Household and in 1867 Lord President of the Council. In 1874 he declined the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland due to financial pressure. The debts he had inherited from preceding Dukes of Marlborough forced him to sell the Sunderland Library, the famous gem collection, and the Limoges enamels. In 1876 his son-and-heir, the Marquess of Blandford, already married to Lady Alberta Hamilton, caused a scandal by an affaire with the Countess of Aylesford. The behaviour of his sons, the Marquess and Lord Randolph, caused social ostracism to the Marlborough family and this time the Duke gladly accepted the offer of becoming Lord-Lieutenant or Viceroy of Ireland. And there they remained until 1880. Marlborough took Lord Randolph with him. The latter was accompanied by his wife, Jennie, and their two-year-old son, Winston. When in 1878 the potato-crop failed in Ireland, the Duchess campaigned vigorously for a relief fund. When they returned to England and Blenheim, they found Blenheim in need of repair. The Duchess also devoted a great deal of her time to local charities. In June 1883 the Duke made his last appearance in the House of Lords to discuss the Bill on Marriage with a Desceased Wife's sister. The Duke was against allowing such marriages and, as he was in the majority, the Bill was not passed. A few days after his last speech, the Duke died of a sudden heart-attack.

  
  

• Sources

  [S190] Peter Barns-Graham, British Pedigrees, (Stirnet), Spencer-Churchill of Marlborough, Spencer Lord Churchill (Reliability: 2). [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).