Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
Noble person
1822 – 1899
Who was Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough?
Frances, Duchess of Marlborough & Marchioness of Blandford, was an Anglo-Irish noblewoman, the wife of British peer and statesman John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough. One of her sons, Lord Randolph Churchill was the father of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. She had a total of 11 children, and her principal home was the monumental Blenheim Palace, which she had rejuvenated with her "lavish and exciting entertainments", and transformed into a "social and political focus for the life of the nation".
She was invested as a Lady of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert. due to her efforts at famine relief in Ireland.
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- Born
- Apr 15, 1822
St. James's Square - Also known as
- Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane
- Parents
- Spouses
- John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
(1843/07/12 - 1883/07/04)
- John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Apr 16, 1899
Oxfordshire
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on July 23, 2013
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