Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough

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Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, was a prominent British aristocrat and landowner of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his stewardship of Blenheim Palace and his high-profile marriage to American heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British aristocrat
duke
landowner
member of the British nobility
birthDate 1871-11-13
birthPlace Shimla
surface form: Simla, British India
burialPlace Blenheim Palace
surface form: Blenheim Palace, Marlborough family burial ground
child John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough
Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1934-06-30
deathPlace Blenheim Palace
surface form: Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England
education Balliol College, Oxford
Eton College
era early 20th century
late 19th century
family Spencer-Churchill family
father George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough
surface form: George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough
fullName Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill
heldTitleFrom Duke of Marlborough since 1883
honor Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter
surface form: Knight of the Garter

Privy Counsellor (United Kingdom)
knownFor association with the Anglo-American "dollar princess" marriages
marriage to American heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt
stewardship of Blenheim Palace
managedEstate Blenheim Palace
surface form: Blenheim Palace estate
marriageEnd Consuelo Vanderbilt, divorce 1921 (annulment 1926)
marriageStart Consuelo Vanderbilt, 1895
Gladys Deacon, 1921
memberOf House of Lords
militaryRank Lieutenant-Colonel
militaryUnit Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
mother Lady Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton
nobleTitle 9th Duke of Marlborough
Baron Spencer of Wormleighton
Earl of Sunderland
Marquess of Blandford
participatedIn Second Boer War
politicalAffiliation Conservative Party (UK)
positionHeld Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire
Paymaster of the Forces
surface form: Paymaster General

Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
predecessor John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
surface form: John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
relative Winston Churchill
surface form: Winston Churchill (first cousin)
religion Anglicanism
residence Blenheim Palace
spouse Consuelo Vanderbilt
Gladys Deacon

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Spencer-Churchill family notableMember Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough child Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt spouse Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt marriageWith Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt divorceDateWith Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
Dukes of Marlborough titleHolder Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
this entity surface form: Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
The Glitter and the Gold notableCharacter Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
The Glitter and the Gold, 1953 notableCharacter Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
subject surface form: The Glitter and the Gold
Consuelo spouse Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
subject surface form: Consuelo Vanderbilt
Spencer-Churchill notableBearer Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill father Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
Lady Norah Beatrice Henriette Spencer-Churchill father Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
this entity surface form: Charles Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough
Duchess Consuelo of Marlborough spouse Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
Gladys Deacon spouse Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough