John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (19490 bytes)
1: ...jpg|thumb|right|250px|John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]]
2: ...er during the [[War of the Spanish Succession]]. Churchill is generally considered the greatest military gen...
4: ... where he fought with one of the leading generals of the day, [[Marshal Turenne]].
6: ...ted him to the English peerage as Baron Churchill of Sandridge in [[Hertfordshire]].
8: ...urned Churchill from loyalty to the Stuart kings. Churchill nevertheless distinguished himself during the fig...

John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough (1332 bytes)
1: ...Colonel in the [[Life Guards]]. He was [[Mayor]] of [[Woodstock, Oxfordshire|Woodstock]] from [[1937]...
3: ...ondly Laura Charteris. Of his first marriage the Duke had two sons and three daughters.
5: ... He is buried in the vault beneath the [[chapel]] of his former ancestral home [[Blenheim Palace]].
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13: ...hs|Marlborough, John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of]]

John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough (1188 bytes)
1: ...3]], [[1961]], and they divorced in [[1971]]. The duke married thirdly [[Dagmar Douglas|Countess Dagmar ...
4: ...orough|John Spencer-Churchill]] | title=[[Duke of Marlborough]] | after=Current Incumbent | years=}}
7: ...hn George Vanderbilt Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of]]
8: ...hn George Vanderbilt Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of]]

John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (2123 bytes)
1: ...Marlborough.jpg|thumb|200px|His Grace The Duke of Marlborough]]
3: '''John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough''' ([[2 June]] [[1822]] - [[4 July]] [[1883]]); [...
5: ...]] in [[1874]], but was later [[Lord Lieutenant]] of [[Ireland]] from [[1876]] to [[1880]].
7: ...and the father of [[Winston Churchill|Sir Winston Churchill]].
12: ...[[George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon|The Earl of Ripon]]}}

Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (2446 bytes)
1: ...The Ninth Duke of Marlborough,''' painted by '''[[John Singer Sargent]]''']]
3: ...ld until [[1883]]. He was the cousin of [[Winston Churchill]].
5: ... Marlborough also date from this period. The 9th Duke employed the landscape gardener [[Achille Duchene...
7: ...d with her husband keeping a revolver by the side of her plate. The couple later divorced.
10: ...-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough|John Spencer-Churchill]] | years=}}

Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2674 bytes)
1: <div style="float:right">[[image:Sarah_Churchill.jpg]]</div>
2: ... role in bringing [[William III of Orange|William of Orange]] to the British throne and was rewarded w...
4: ... conflict with the architect, [[John Vanbrugh|Sir John Vanbrugh]].
6: ...ana Spencer]] (1710-1735), to [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]]. The Duchess remaining friendly with the...
12: ...ter of [[Sir Winston Churchill]] and a descendant of the original Sarah.

John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (10676 bytes)
1: ...cian, executed for high treason by Queen [[Mary I of England]].
3: ...hamp, 13th Earl of Warwick]], John was the eldest of [[Edmund Dudley]]’s sons. Jerome, Oliver, William...
5: ...ome of Sir Richard Guilford. In 1520, this ward, John Dudley married Jane Guilford, Edward's daughter.
7: ...ted by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Mortimer of Mortimer's Hall, Essex.
9: ...lden, and other lands in Kent and Sussex, despite John Guilford's assertion that his uncle had intended ...

John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (1965 bytes)
1: ...1476]]), who had been 4th Duke of Norfolk (of the 1st creation) from [[1461]] until 1476.
3: ...[[Earl Marshal]] of England, and [[Lord Admiral]] of all England, [[Ireland]], and [[Aquitaine]].
7: ...ad left him a note warning him that [[Richard III of England|King Richard III]], his "master," was goi...
8: : ''&#8220;Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold,''<br>
12: ...d]] | before2=[[John Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk|John Mowbray]] | title2=[[Baron Mowbray]] | years1= | ...

John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale (8275 bytes)
1: [[image:John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale.jpg|right|]]
2: ...itland]], the poet, a member of an ancient family of [[Berwickshire]], was born at Lethington.
4: ...oposals of the Independents, and in 1647 approved of the king's surrender to the [[Scotland|Scots]].
6: ..., schismatics were to be suppressed, and the acts of the Scottish parliament ratified, the king in add...
8: ...n]] and [[George Monck]], was appointed secretary of state.

John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (4059 bytes)
1: ...tock]] and then for conspiring against [[Henry IV of England | Henry IV]].
3: ... Richard II]], to whom he remained loyal the rest of his life.
5: ...e escort that accompanied the queen-to-be, [[Anne of Bohemia]], on her trip to England.
7: ...d. Their mother died during this time, it is said of grief at these events.
9: ...]. During this time he also received large grants of land from the king.

John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1832 bytes)
1: '''John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset''' (baptised [[March 25]],[[1404]] - [[M...
3: ...d Earl of Somerset|Henry]] to become the 3rd Earl of Somerset in [[1418]].
5: ...e accompanied the king's younger brother [[Thomas of Lancaster]] to the fighting in [[Anjou]]. Thomas ...
7: ...risoned long, and after being ransomed became one of the leading English commanders in France.
9: ...9]], [[1509]]), who was the mother of [[Henry VII of England]]. His death in 1444 may have been due to...

John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (5961 bytes)
1: ...e in [[St James’s Park]], which stood on the site of the present [[Buckingham Palace]]. Buckingham was...
3: ...atron of Pope, who expressed a flattering opinion of his ''Essay on Poetry''. This, although smoothly ...
5: ...n [[Samuel Johnson|Johnson’s]] and other editions of the British poets.
10: ...>'''[[John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle|The Duke of Newcastle]]'''
12: ...''[[Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester|The Earl of Rochester]]'''

Duke of Marlborough (5134 bytes)
1: ...50px|thumb|right|The coat of arms of the Dukes of Marlborough]]
2: ...ndeed an unqualified reference to ''the'' Duke of Marlborough in a historical text will almost certainly be a r...
4: ...ear of his death. [[Blenheim Palace]] remains the Marlborough ducal seat.
6: ...est son in turn can use the courtesy title ''Earl of Sunderland''.
8: ...ers have preferred to style themselves as merely "Churchill".

George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (2614 bytes)
1: ...Marlborough.JPG|frame|right|'''The Fourth Duke of Marlborough''', painted by '''[[Joshua Reynolds]]''']]
3: ..., becoming a [[Captain]] with the [[20th Regiment of Foot]] the following year.
5: ...h the cross at the [[coronation]] of [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]]. In [[1762]], he ...
7: ... [[1768]], and was elected to the [[Royal Society of London|Royal Society]] in [[1786]].
8: ...ine Russell, daughter of [[John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford]], in [[1762]], by whom he had seven chil...

John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (9890 bytes)
1: ...as of subsequent formation and under the guidance of a different group. The protest was sufficient to ...
3: ...concerned, the leaders of the two chief movements of their times: it was they who taught the teachers,...
5: ...s made Lord Chief Justice of England on the death of Sir [[Alexander Cockburn (Lord Chief Justice)|Ale...
7: ...t was one very unlike himself, the great [[Master of the Rolls]], Sir [[William Grant]]. Coleridge die...
9: ...tive. But his strongest characteristics were love of liberty and justice. By birth and connections a C...

Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne (1794 bytes)
1: ...[[Ireland]], serving in that position at the time of the [[Easter Rising]].
3: ...e tumultuous years. In [[1918]] he resigned that office, and was created '''Viscount Wimborne'''.
7: ...ark|The Lord Southwark]]|after=[[Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie|The Lord Strachie]]|years=1910-191...
8: ... Earl of Aberdeen]]|after=[[John French, 1st Earl of Ypres|The Viscount French]]|years=1915-1918}}
11: ...egory:1873 births|Wimborne, Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount]]

John Churchill Chase (1554 bytes)
1: ...editorial cartoon]]s and his works on the history of his native [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]]...
3: ... of the history of New Orleans through the naming of its streets.
7: ...ry of New Orleans in cartoons for the main branch of the New Orleans Public [[Library]].
9: ...e University]] and cartooning at the [[University of New Orleans]].
11: ...eet formerlly named [[Calliope]] (one of a series of streets in the area named after the [[Muse]]s). T...

John Strange Spencer Churchill (727 bytes)
2: ...ritish]] [[Prime Minister]] Sir [[Winston Spencer Churchill]].
4: ...and [[Clarissa Churchill]], later the second wife of the Prime Minister Sir [[Anthony Eden]].
8: [[Category:1880 births|Churchill, John Strange Spencer]]
9: [[Category:1947 deaths|Churchill, John Strange Spencer]]

Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham (1945 bytes)
1: ...y right of his mother, Anne Plantagenet, Countess of Stafford.
3: Knight in 1421, he was made a knight of the Garter (KG) in 1429, and became a Privy Counc...
5: ... leading supporters during the English occupation of France.
7: ...[Dover Castle]] (and Queensborough, on the [[Isle of Sheppey]]), in 1450.
9: ...tle fighting against the Yorkists at the [[Battle of Northampton]].

Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (2079 bytes)
1: ...r in the [[Hundred Years' War]] and in the [[Wars of the Roses]].
3: ... Woodstock]] and a grand-daughter of [[Edward III of England]].
5: ...mall child his father died and he became 6th Earl of Stafford, inheriting a large estate with lands in...
7: ...itary services in France. He died at the [[Battle of Northampton]].
9: ..., 1st Earl of Wiltshire|John]], later became Earl of Wiltshire.

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