George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford

Marquess of Blandford
Born 28 July 1992
Parents 12th Duke of Marlborough
Rebecca Mary Few Brown

George John Godolphin Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford (born 28 July 1992), styled as the Earl of Sunderland until 2014, is an English aristocrat. He is the heir apparent to the Dukedom of Marlborough.

He is the son of Jamie Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough and his first wife, Rebecca Mary Few Brown. Lord Blandford is also a distant relative of the conservative wartime prime minister Sir Winston Churchill (first cousin of his great-great-grandfather) and of Diana, Princess of Wales (his ninth cousin twice removed).

As his father has had a checkered past, including serving time in prison for forging prescriptions and road rage, Lord Blandford was announced as the financial beneficiary of his grandfather's estate. His inheritance includes the spectacular Blenheim Palace, a 187-room mansion set on 2,000 acres in Oxfordshire.[1][2]

Lord Blandford was educated at Harrow School where he was captain of the school polo team. He studied urbanisation at the University of London.

Ancestry

Lord Blandford is of direct male-lineage of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough.

References

  1. "Magnificent Obsession". Vanity Fair. June 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  2. Roy, Amit (13 August 2007). "Empire strikes back at 'racist' aristocrat". The India Telegraph. Retrieved 2 April 2015.