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3 de mai. de 2024 · John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough was one of England’s greatest generals, who led British and allied armies to important victories over Louis XIV of France, notably at Blenheim (1704), Ramillies (1706), and Oudenaarde (1708).
Há 5 dias · Blenheim Palace, residence near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, built (1705–24) by the English Parliament as a national gift to John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough. It was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh and is regarded as the finest example of truly Baroque architecture in Great Britain.
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11 de mai. de 2024 · A raíz del matrimonio en 1700 entre Charles Spencer, III conde de Sunderland, y lady Anne Churchill -hija de John Churchill, I duque de Marlborough- se crea la línea Spencer-Churchill...
Há 3 dias · General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, KG, PC (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S. [a]) was an English soldier and statesman. From a gentry family, he served as a page at the court of the House of Stuart under James, Duke of York, through the 1670s and ...
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14 de mai. de 2024 · Si se analiza superficialmente la vida de Winston, el lector podría pensar que el nieto de George Spencer-Churchill, duque de Marlborough, el hijo de Lord Randolph Churchill, varias veces ...
10 de mai. de 2024 · A floundering speaker is not treated so courteously. Churchill wrote of this disconcerting experience in a 1934 essay, “When I ‘Dried Up.’”. He recalled with pleasure how colleagues offered him “the greatest patience and kindness.”. Unfortunately, the essay was never reprinted—not even in the marvelous Collected Essays.
6 de mai. de 2024 · John Colville, The Fringes of Power: 10 Downing Street Diaries 1939-1955 (New York: Norton, 1985). W.P. Crozier, Off the Record: Political Interviews 1933-1943 (London: Hutchinson, 1973). Alex Danchev & Daniel Todman, eds., War Diaries 1939-1945: Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001).
