John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough

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John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough (18 September 1897 – 1972) the son of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough and his wife (the former Consuelo Vanderbilt). Before inheriting the dukedom in 1934 he was a Lt. Colonel in the Life Guards. He was Mayor of Woodstock from 1937 to 1942.

The 10th Duke of Marlborough married Alexandra Mary Cadogan in 1920, following her death in 1961 - he married in 1972 secondly Francis Laura Charteris, a descendant of the Earls of Wemyss. Of his first marriage the Duke had two sons and three daughters:

Lady Sarah Consuelo Spencer-Churchill (1921-2000)
Lady Caroline Spencer-Churchill (1923-1992)
John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough (b. 1926)
Lady Rosemary Mildred Spencer-Churchill (b. 1929)
Lord Charles George William Colin Spencer-Churchill (b. 1940)

The duke died on March 11th 1972, just six weeks after his 2nd marriage, and was succeeded by his son John Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford. He is buried in the vault beneath the chapel of his former ancestral home Blenheim Palace.