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The earldom of Marlborough was held by the family of Ley from 1626 to 1679. James Ley, the 1st Earl (c. 1550 – 1629), was lord chief justice of the King’s Bench in Ireland and then in England; he was an English member of parliament and was lord high treasurer from 1624 to 1628.
Undefeated military commander, courtier and diplomat; admitted ‘extraordinary of the Kit Cat Club’ 1709; created Lord Churchill of Eyemouth [S] 1682; Baron Churchill 1685; Earl of Marlborough 1689; KG and Duke of Marlborough 1702; c.-in-c. allied forces in the Netherlands 1702-11, achieving victories at Blenheim 1704, Ramillies 1706, Oudenarde 1708 and Malplaquet 1709; dismissed 1711, the ...
Winston Churchill was the grandson of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough. He was Member of Parliament for Woodstock from 1844 to 1845 and again from 1847 to 1857, when he succeeded his father in the dukedom and entered the House of Lords. Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer-Churchill was the son of Sir Winston Churchill and his wife ...
Marlborough 300 Pageant. Blenheim Palace was a gift to John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, from a grateful nation. In July 2022, Blenheim Palace will come alive with a spectacular Pageant to commemorate Marlborough 300, telling the story of John Churchill's early life, from his birth in 1650 to his emergence in society and at Court, his ...
14 de jun. de 2019 · The Battle of Schellenberg, also known as the Battle of Donauwörth, was fought on 2 July 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession. The engagement was part of the Duke of Marlborough's campaign to save the Habsburg capital of Vienna from a threatened advance by King Louis XIV's Franco-Bavarian forces ranged in southern Germany.
The 1st Duke of Marlborough was a larger-than-life creation of the complex politics of the 17th century, going from power to the Tower and back again. He - British History, Featured, Great Britons, Long Reads, Restoration Era, Stuart Era, Winston Churchill
Great Hall ceiling, The Duke of Marlborough presenting the plan for the battle of Blenheim to Britannia, painted 1716 for £978 by Sir James Thornhill Tomb of the 1st Duke of Marlborough in the palace chapel 1733, cost £2,200 designed by William Kent sculpted by John Michael Rysbrack The Triumph of the Duke of Marlborough, Saloon ceiling c.1720 by Louis Laguerre Library by Nicholas Hawksmoor ...
