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Seal of Henry Le Despenser. The House was founded in the 15th century by Henry Spencer (died c. 1478), from whom all members descend. In the 16th century, the claim arose that the Spencers were a cadet branch of the ancient House Le Despencer, though this theory has since been debunked, in particular by J. Horace Round in his essay The Rise of the Spencers.
Churchill was the son of Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill (née Jeanette Jerome).Lord Randolph Churchill was the son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough and a direct descendant of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough; his mother was Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, an English noblewoman of Irish descent.
Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough (born 24 November 1955), styled Earl of Sunderland until March 1972 and Marquess of Blandford until October 2014, and often known as Jamie Blandford or Jamie Marlborough, is a British peer and the current Duke of Marlborough.
Victor George Spencer 1934–2017 3rd Viscount Churchill, 5th Baron Churchill of Wychwood: Richard Spencer 1926–2020 6th Baron Churchill of Wychwood: Edward John Spencer 1924–1992 8th Earl Spencer, Viscount Spencer, and Baron Spencer of Althorp, 3rd Viscount Althorp: Viscountcy Churchill extinct, 2017: Charles James Spencer-Churchill b. 1955
Spencer-Churchill is a British double-barrelled surname of a British noble family associated with the Marlborough dukedom. Notable members
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, KG, TD, PC (13 November 1871 – 30 June 1934), styled Earl of Sunderland until 1883 and Marquess of Blandford between 1883 and 1892, was a British soldier and Conservative politician, and a close friend of his first cousin Winston Churchill.
The Spencer family tree dates back to the 15th century and includes former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill among its members. And though Kitty is the eldest child of her generation of ...
Baron Churchill, of Wychwood in the County of Oxford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and held by a branch of the Spencer family.It was created in 1815 for Lord Francis Spencer, [1] [2] [3] younger son of the 4th Duke of Marlborough (see Duke of Marlborough for earlier history of the family).