Ancestral Trails 2016 » George SPENCER-CHURCHILL (1793-1857)

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Household of George SPENCER-CHURCHILL

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Jane STEWART) is also his cousin.

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Jane Francis Clinton STEWART) is also his cousin.

(1) He is married to Harriet Caroline Octavia SPENCER.

They got married about 1818 at Elopement-unmarried.


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(2) He is married to Jane STEWART.

They got married on January 11, 1819 at St George Hanover Square, Belgravia, Mayfair, Middlesex, he was 25 years old.


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(3) He is married to Jane Francis Clinton STEWART.

They got married on October 18, 1851 at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, he was 57 years old.


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(4) He is married to Charlotte Augusta FLOWER.

They got married on June 10, 1846 at St Mary, Lambeth Road, Lambeth, Surrey, he was 52 years old.


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Notes about George SPENCER-CHURCHILL

George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough, DCL (27 December 1793 - 1 July 1857), styled Earl of Sunderland until 1817 and Marquess of Blandford between 1817 and 1840, was a British nobleman, politician, and peer. The great-grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill, he served as Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire between 1842 and 1857.

Styled Earl of Sunderland from birth, he was born at Bill Hill, Wokingham, Berkshire (an estate his father was renting at the time), the eldest son of George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford (later the 5th Duke of Marlborough) and his wife, Lady Susan Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway. He was educated at Eton between 1805 and 1811, and later at Christ Church, Oxford. He was also given an honorary Doctorate of Civil Laws by Oxford University on 15 June 1841.

Political career
He became known by the courtesy title Marquess of Blandford in 1817 when his father succeeded to the dukedom. He sat as a Tory Member of Parliament for Chippenham between 1818 and 1820, and for Woodstock from 1826 to 1831, from 1832 to 1835 and from 1838 to 1840, when he succeeded to the dukedom and entered the House of Lords. In 1842, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, a post he held until his death.

In parliament, Blandford became an Ultra-Tory, splitting with Wellington in opposition to Catholic emancipation. In response to the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, Blandford introduced the first major reform bill in February 1830, calling for the transfer of rotten borough seats to the counties and large towns, the disfranchisement of non-resident voters, the prevention of Crown office-holders from sitting in Parliament, the payment of a salary to MPs, and the general franchise for men who owned property. He believed that somewhat more open elections could be relied upon to oppose Catholicism.

Family
As a young man, he and Harriet Caroline Octavia Spencer (1798-1831), daughter of William Robert Spencer (youngest son of Lord Charles Spencer), went through a false ceremony of marriage with a relative of the groom posing as a cleric. A voyage to Scotland, where they lived as husband and wife, was intended by the bride and her parents to make this marriage legal under Scottish law. The sixth Duke did, however, successfully contest in a court of law that they had lived as if they had been married.

Child by Harriet Caroline Octavia Spencer, who subsequently married Karl Theodor von Westerholt (1795-1863) in 1819:

Susan Harriett Elizabeth Churchill (1818-1887), married Aimé Timothée Cuénod (1808-1882).

He married, firstly, his first cousin Lady Jane Stewart (1798-1844), daughter of George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway, on 13 January 1819. They had four children:

Lady Louisa Spencer-Churchill (c. 1820-1882), married the Hon. Robert Spencer, son of Francis Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill, and had issue.
John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883).
Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill (1824-1893), married the Hon. Harriet Gough-Calthorpe, daughter of Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe, and had issue.
Lord Alan Spencer-Churchill (25 July 1825 - 18 April 1873), married Rosalind Dowker.

After his first wife's death in October 1844, aged 46, he married, secondly, the Hon. Charlotte Augusta Flower (1818-1850), daughter of Henry Flower, 4th Viscount Ashbrook, on 10 June 1846. They had two children:

Lord Almeric Athelstan Spencer-Churchill (1847 - 12 December 1856), died young.
Lady Clementina Augusta Spencer-Churchill (4 May 1848 - 27 March 1886), married John Pratt, 3rd Marquess Camden, and had issue.

After his second wife's death in April 1850, aged 31, he married, thirdly, his first cousin Jane Francis Clinton Stewart (1818-1897), daughter of the Hon. Edward Richard Stewart and grand-daughter of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway, on 18 October 1851. They had one child:

Lord Edward Spencer-Churchill (28 March 1853 - 5 May 1911), married Augusta Warburton, daughter of Major George Drought Warburton, and had issue.

The 6th Duke of Marlborough died at Blenheim Palace on 1 July 1857, aged 63, and was succeeded by his eldest son, John. The Duchess of Marlborough died at 28 Grosvenor Street in Mayfair, London, in March 1897, aged 79.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Spencer-Churchill,_6th_Duke_of_Marlborough

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Birthday December 27, 1793

  • The temperature on December 27, 1793 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1793: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
    • March 18 » The first modern republic in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
    • June 24 » The French Constitution of 1793 is formally adopted, although it is effectively suspended by the Committee of Public Safety.
    • August 12 » The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
    • November 16 » French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.
    • December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.

Christening day January 27, 1794

  • The temperature on January 27, 1794 was about -1 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1794: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 4 » The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
    • May 1 » War of the Pyrenees: The Battle of Boulou ends, in which French forces defeat the Spanish and regain nearly all the land they lost to Spain in 1793.
    • June 23 » Empress Catherine II of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev.
    • June 26 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marked the first successful military use of aircraft.
    • July 13 » The Battle of Trippstadt is fought between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria.
    • November 19 » The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to resolve some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War.

Day of marriage June 10, 1846

  • The temperature on June 10, 1846 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1846: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 31 » After the Milwaukee Bridge War, the United States towns of Juneautown and Kilbourntown unify to create the City of Milwaukee.
    • February 19 » In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States.
    • February 20 » Polish insurgents lead an uprising in Kraków to incite a fight for national independence.
    • May 23 » Mexican–American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States.
    • September 23 » Astronomers Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.
    • September 24 » Mexican–American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.

Day of death July 1, 1857

  • The temperature on July 1, 1857 was about 15.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 24 » The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia.
    • March 23 » Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
    • May 6 » The East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British in the lead up to the War of Indian Independence.
    • May 11 » Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
    • September 7 » Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train.
    • September 20 » The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.


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