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Há 3 dias · Marlborough Drift. We have dwelt herein on falsehoods known as Churchillian Drift. File this one under Marlborough Drift. Churchill was nevertheless under no illusions about the faults of his ancestor. “What a downy bird he was,” he wrote his wife in 1935…. He will always stoop to conquer.
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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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 ...
Há 2 dias · To help regain her standing, Alva chose a royal connection for Consuelo. Other rich men were hoping for Consuelo’s hand but the 9th Duke of Marlborough, Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill...
Há 3 dias · John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough: 1822–1883 1868 Lord President of the Council 758 Prince Leopold: 1853–1884 1869 Later Duke of Albany 759 Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe: 1786–1880 1869 Former Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire 760 George Robinson, 3rd Earl de Grey: 1827–1909 1869 Later Marquess of Ripon
Há 2 dias · For most of St. John's incumbency the Marlborough family paid a curate for Woodstock, and in the 1870s the corporation made contributions to the curate's salary. (fn. 28) Woodstock's status remained in doubt: it was sometimes described as a curacy attached to Bladon (fn. 29) but one 'officiating minister' stressed that he served Woodstock only as the duke's private chaplain.
Há 3 dias · The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas. One of the opposing alliances was led by Great Britain and Prussia. The other alliance was led by France, backed by Spain, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia. Related conflicts include the 1754 to 1763 ...
