John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough
John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, DL, JP[1] (13 April 1926 – 16 October 2014) was a British educator. He was the principal of a school in his birthplace of Blenheim Palace.
 The Duke of Marlborough in 1984 | |
| Born | 13 April 1926 |
| Died | 16 October 2014 (aged 88) Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Mary Hornby Athina Livanos Countess Rosita Douglas Lily Sahni |
| Children | John Spencer-Churchill Jamie Spencer-Churchill Henrietta Spencer-Churchill Richard Spencer-Churchill Edward Spencer-Churchill Alexandra Spencer-Churchill |
| Parent(s) | John Spencer-Churchill Alexandra Mary Hilda Cadogan |
He was the son of Lt.-Col. John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough and his wife, Hon. Alexandra Mary Hilda Cadogan. He was also a relation of The Duke of Devonshire and a generational cousin of the war-time Conservative Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill.
He was 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.
Spencer-Brown died in the morning of 16 October 2014 in Blenheim Palace, aged 88.[2]
References
- ↑ "Mr. John Spencer-Churchill (Hansard)". Hansard.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
- ↑ Duke of Marlborough dies. BlenheimPalace.com. http://www.blenheimpalace.com/.
Other websites
- Duke of Marlborough on IMDb
- Cast of Branagh's Hamlet
- Elizabeth Sanderson. "How a Persian beauty reunited the grumpy Duke with black sheep son he disinherited" Daily Mail 17 August 2008. The article online also includes photographs of Jamie Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford, his second wife Edla, and his elder son George.
- James Reginato. "Magnificent Obsession" Vanity Fair June 2011