The Duke of Marlborough | |
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Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
In office 11 December 1876 – 21 April 1880 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
Preceded by | The Duke of Abercorn |
Succeeded by | The Earl Cowper |
Lord President of the Council | |
In office 8 March 1867 – 9 December 1868 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
Preceded by | The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos |
Succeeded by | The Earl de Grey and Ripon |
Member of the House of Lords as Duke of Marlborough | |
In office 1 July 1857 – 4 July 1883 | |
Preceded by | George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough |
Succeeded by | George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough |
Personal details | |
Born | Garboldisham Hall, Garboldisham, Norfolk, England | 2 June 1822
Died | 4 July 1883 Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London, England | (aged 61)
Political party | Conservative |
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Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, KG, PC (2 June 1822 – 4 July 1883), styled Earl of Sunderland from 1822 to 1840 and Marquess of Blandford from 1840 to 1857, was a British Conservative cabinet minister, politician, peer, and nobleman. He was the paternal grandfather of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.