Standing six feet and five inches tall, John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill was every inch a duke. He was born in 1926, at Blenheim Palace, the spectacular 187-room baroque behemoth that ...
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The Duke of Marlborough’s daughter has described her childhood in Blenheim Palace as “quite normal”. Lady Araminta Spencer-Churchill, the 18-year-old equestrian and distant relative of the late Sir ...
The Duke of Marlborough hosted the wedding of brother Lord Charles Spencer Churchill and Sarah Goodbody Friday at his home, England’s Blenheim Palace. Spies said the night before, Lord and Lady ...
With Elon Musk having turned on former ally Nigel Farage, urging Reform UK to ditch him as leader, one of our most prominent aristocrats has stepped in to act as peacemaker. The Duke of Marlborough, ...
A 17th-century nobleman who dreamed of doing battle all his life, John Churchill grew up to realize his vision, later finding renown as a military genius. But that wasn't all he was equipped to do: ...
This article originally appeared in the April 1, 2013, edition of The Weekly Standard. At 8:00 a.m. on July 11, 1708, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, captain general of British forces, and de ...
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