John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough

Who is John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough?

John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, DL, JP, is the son of Lt.-Col. John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough and his wife, Hon. Alexandra Mary Hilda Cadogan. He is also a relation of The Duke of Devonshire and a generational cousin of the war-time Conservative Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill. He is also a distant relative of Diana, Princess of Wales as both belong to the Spencer family, and of the Vanderbilt family through his paternal grandmother, Consuelo Vanderbilt.

His principal seat is Blenheim Palace, in Woodstock, Oxfordshire.

The Duke of Marlborough ranked 224th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2004, with an estimated wealth of £185m.