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Há 4 dias · He and his cousin, the Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, demanded and received the surrender of 52 Boer prison camp guards. Throughout the war, he had publicly chastised anti-Boer prejudices, calling for them to be treated with "generosity and tolerance", [60] and after the war he urged the British to be magnanimous in victory. [61]
Há 4 dias · Throughout his career Epstein was a prolific sculptor of portrait heads and busts both of friends, family members, professional and amateur models but also of many of the most prominent public figures of his time, including Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, George Bernard Shaw and Joseph Conrad.
Há 4 dias · Anne Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon (née Spencer-Churchill; 28 June 1920 – 15 November 2021) was an English memoirist and the second wife of Anthony Eden, who served as British prime minister from 1955 to 1957.
Há 5 dias · Battle of Ramillies, (May 23, 1706), victory won by Allied (Anglo-Dutch) forces led by the Duke of Marlborough over the French during the War of the Spanish Succession. The victory led to the Allied capture of the whole north and east of the Spanish Netherlands. The battle was fought at the village.
Há 3 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.
Há 2 dias · The house was eventually taken by Lord Charles Cavendish, third son of the second Duke of Devonshire, who purchased the freehold in 1738. (fn. 14) He appears in the ratebooks from 1738 to 1782, and was followed by his son Henry, the natural philosopher, (fn. 30) 1782–4.
Há 4 dias · In King Charles III’s new official portrait, the monarch is depicted amid a sea of red with a butterfly near his shoulder. Its debut sparked discussion around the world: Was the striking color...
