Viscount Churchill

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Viscount Churchill, of Rolleston in the County of Leicester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1902 for the Conservative politician Victor Spencer, 3rd Baron Churchill. The title of Baron Churchill, of Whichwood in the County of Oxford, was created in 1815 for his grandfather Lord Francis Spencer, younger son of the George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough. He had previously represented Oxfordshire in Parliament. As of 2006 the titles are held by the first Viscount's youngest son, who succeeded his half-brother, the second Viscount, in 1973. As a descendant of the fourth Duke of Marlborough he is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles.

1 Barons Churchill (1815)
2 Viscounts Churchill (1902)
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Barons Churchill (1815)

Francis Almeric Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill (1779-1845)
Francis George Spencer, 2nd Baron Churchill (1802-1886)
Victor Albert Francis Charles Spencer, 3rd Baron Churchill (1864-1934) (created Viscount Churchill in 1902)

[edit] Viscounts Churchill (1902)

Victor Albert Francis Charles Spencer, 1st Viscount Churchill (1864-1934)
Victor Alexander Spencer, 2nd Viscount Churchill (1890-1973)
Victor George Spencer, 3rd Viscount Churchill (b. 1934)

There is no heir to the Viscountcy. The Heir Presumptive to the Barony is the present holder's second cousin once removed Richard Harry Ramsay Spencer (b. 1926). He is the great-grandson of General the Hon. Sir Augustus Almeric Spencer, third son of the first Baron.