Family and Education
b. ?1720, illegit. s. of Gen. Charles Churchill by Anne Oldfield, actress. educ. Westminster 1730, aged 9; Grand Tour (Italy, Switzerland) 1735-9.Add. 27734, f. 23. m. 23 Feb. 1746, Lady Mary Walpole (granted the style and precedence of an Earl’s daughter), illegit. da. of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, 3s. 2da. suc. to mother’s house Lower Grosvenor St. 1730.W. Egerton, Faithful Mems. of the Life, Amours and Performances of ... Mrs. Anne Oldfield (1731), App. 2, pp.4-5.
Offices Held
Cornet 1722; cornet 8 Drags. 1726; lt. 6 Drags. Gds. 1736; transfd. to 2 Ft. Gds. 1739; res. 1745; suc. fa. as dep. ranger of St. James’s and Hyde Parks Dec. 1745–51; searcher in the port of London (£600 p.a.). His wife was housekeeper of Windsor castle 1762–82.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Farleigh Wallop, nr. Basingstoke, Hants.; Lower Grosvenor St., London.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
CHURCHILL, Charles (?1720-1812)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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