| The Viscount Churchill | |
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| The Viscount Churchill by Leslie Ward, 1904. | |
| Viscount Churchill | |
| In office 14 July 1902 - 3 January 1934 |
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| Succeeded by | Victor Spencer |
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| Born | 23 October 1864 |
| Died | 3 January 1934 (aged 69) |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Verena Maud Lowther |
Major Victor Albert Francis Charles Spencer, 1st Viscount Churchill GCVO JP (23 October 1864 – 3 January 1934), known as The Lord Churchill between 1886 and 1902, was a British peer and courtier.
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Spencer was born at 32 Albemarle Street, London, the son of Francis Spencer, 2nd Baron Churchill, and his wife, Jane. He was a Page of Honour to Queen Victoria from 1876 to 1881 and in 1886, he succeeded to his father's title of Baron Churchill.
Spencer had also been a Lord in Waiting from 1889 to 1892 and 1895 to 1905 in both of Salisbury's governments and was created Viscount Churchill, of Rolleston in the County of Leicester, on 14 July 1902. He was also chairman and director of several transport companies, including the Great Western Railway, the British India Steamship Company, P&O and the Grand Union Canal.
Lord Churchill married Lady Verena Maud Lowther, daughter of Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale, at Cottesmore, Rutland, on 1 January 1887. They had four children. The couple were divorced in 1927. Churchill married as his second wife Christine McRae Sinclair. They had two children.
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| Preceded by Victor Biddulph |
Page of Honour 1876 – 1881 |
Succeeded by Percy Cust |
| Preceded by The Lord Chesham |
His Majesty's Representative at Ascot 1901 – 1934 |
Succeeded by The Lord Hamilton of Dalzell |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by The Earl of Hopetoun |
Lord-in-Waiting 1889 – 1892 |
Succeeded by The Lord Playfair |
| Preceded by The Lord Camoys |
Lord-in-Waiting 1895 – 1892 |
Succeeded by The Lord Denman |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Viscount Churchill 1902 – 1934 |
Succeeded by Victor Spencer |
| Preceded by Francis Spencer |
Baron Churchill 1886 – 1934 |
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