Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

Her Grace

The Duchess of Marlborough

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Her Grace; The Duchess of Marlborough; VA
	Full-length portrait of Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
Born	Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane; 15 April 1822; St James's Square, London, England
Died	16 April 1899 (aged 77); Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
Spouse(s)	John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (m. 1843; died 1883)
Issue	George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough; Lord Frederick Spencer-Churchill; Cornelia Guest, Lady Wimborne; Rosamund Fellowes, Lady de Ramsey; Lord Randolph Churchill; Fanny Marjoribanks, Lady Tweedmouth; Anne Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe; Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill; Lord Augustus Spencer-Churchill; Georgiana Curzon, Countess Howe; Lady Sarah Wilson;
Father	Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
Mother	Lady Frances Vane-Tempest

Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, VA (15 April 1822 – 16 April 1899) was an English noblewoman, the wife of British peer and statesman John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough. One of her sons, Lord Randolph Churchill, was the father of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. She had a total of 11 children, and her principal home was the monumental Blenheim Palace, which she rejuvenated with her "lavish and exciting entertainments", and transformed into a "social and political focus for the life of the nation". She was invested as a Lady of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert for her efforts at famine relief in Ireland.

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