| Baron Churchill | |
|---|---|
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| Creation date | 11 August 1815 |
| Creation | First |
| Created by | The Prince Regent (acting on behalf of his father King George III) |
| Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| First holder | Lord Francis Spencer |
| Present holder | Michael Spencer, 7th Baron Churchill |
| Heir presumptive | Hon. David Spencer |
| Status | Extant |
| Motto | DIEU DEFEND LE DROIT (English: God defend my right) |
| The Barony of Churchill was held by the Viscounts Churchill from 1902 to 2017 | |
| Viscount Churchill | |
|---|---|
| Creation date | 14 July 1902 |
| Created by | Edward VII |
| Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| First holder | Victor Spencer, 3rd Baron Churchill |
| Last holder | Victor Spencer, 3rd Viscount Churchill |
| Status | Extinct |
| Extinction date | 18 October 2017 |
Baron Churchill, of Wychwood in the County of Oxford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and held by a branch of the Spencer family. It was created in 1815 for Lord Francis Spencer,[1][2][3] younger son of the 4th Duke of Marlborough (see Duke of Marlborough for earlier history of the family). He had previously represented Oxfordshire in Parliament.
From 1902 to 2017, the barony was subsidiary title of the viscountcy of Churchill. The title of Viscount Churchill, of Rolleston in the County of Leicester, was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 15 July 1902 for the first baron's grandson Conservative politician Victor Spencer, 3rd Baron Churchill.[4] The viscountcy became extinct in 2017 on the death of the first Viscount's youngest son, the third Viscount, who had succeeded his half-brother, the second Viscount, in 1973.[citation needed]
The barony was inherited by the last Viscount's second cousin once removed,[5] the great-grandson of General Sir Augustus Almeric Spencer, the third son of the 1st Baron Churchill.
- ^ History of Parliament Online "Lord Francis Almeric (1779-1845), of Wychwood and Cornbury Park, Oxon". Retrieved on 8 January 2019.
- ^ Cracrofts peerage "Churchill, Baron (UK, 1815)". Retrieved on 8 January 2019.
- ^ "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26121. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "No. 27455". The London Gazette. 18 July 1902. p. 4586.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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