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 bro. of Lord Charles Spencer Churchill. educ. Eton 1805-11; Christ Church, Oxf. 1811. m. He went through a mock marriage with his mistress in 1817, performed by his brother, disguised as a clergyman. A. L. Rowse, The Later Churchills, 205. (1) 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. 1da.; (3) 18 Oct. 1851, his cos. Jane Frances Clinton, da. of Hon. Edward Richard Stewart, 1s. suc. fa. as 6th Duke of Marlborough 5 Mar. 1840.