SPENCER CHURCHILL, George, mq. of Blandford (1793-1857).

b. 27 Dec. 1793, 1st s. of George Spencer† (afterwards Spencer Churchill), 5th duke of Marlborough, and Lady Susan Stewart, da. of John Stewart†, 7th earl of Galloway [S]; bro. of Lord Charles Spencer Churchill*. educ. Eton 1805-11. HP Commons, 1790-1820, v. 244, following Gent. Mag. (1857), ii. 214, states that he matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1811; but he is not listed as having done so in Al. Ox. There was talk in 1811 of his being sent to Scotland to continue his education after leaving Eton (Ward, Letters to ‘Ivy’, 129). m. 11 Jan. 1819, his cos. Lady Jane Stewart (d. 12 Oct. 1844), da. of George Stewart†, 8th earl of Galloway [S], 3s. 1da.; (2) 10 June 1846, Hon. Charlotte Augusta Flower (d. 20 Apr. 1850), da. of Henry Jeffery, 4th Visct. Ashbrook [I], 1s. d.v.p. 1da.; (3) 18 Oct. 1851, his cos. Jane Francis Clinton, da. of Hon. Edward Richard Stewart†, 1s. styled. earl of Sunderland 1793-1817, mq. of Blandford 1817-40; suc. fa. as 6th duke of Marlborough 5 Mar. 1840. d. 1 July 1857.