Jamie Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough
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His Grace The Duke of Marlborough |
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1989 Portrait by Allan Warren
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| Preceded by | John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke |
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| Born |
Charles James Spencer-Churchill 24 November 1955 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) |
Rebecca Few Brown (m. 1990; div. 1998) Edla Griffiths (m. 2002) |
| Children |
George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford Lady Araminta Spencer-Churchill Lord Caspar Spencer-Churchill |
| Parents |
John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough Susan Mary née Hornby |
| Residence | Blenheim Palace |
Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough (born 24 November 1955), styled the Marquess of Blandford until 2014 and known as Jamie Blandford, is a British aristocrat, peer, and the Duke of Marlborough.
Marlborough is the eldest surviving son of the late 11th Duke of Marlborough, and his first wife, Susan Gough Hornby. As a member of the Spencer family, he is a distant relative of the war-time Conservative Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill (the first cousin of his great-grandfather the 9th Duke of Marlborough). He is also a stepbrother of Christina Onassis by the second marriage of his father with Athina Livanos.
Born in Oxford, Marlborough was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Agricultural College. In a bid to safeguard the Blenheim Palace estate from the Marquess’s excessive behaviour, his father won a court battle in 1994 to ensure he never won control of the family seat, but their relationship may have improved later.
In 1995, the then-Marquess spent a month in prison for forging prescriptions. In September 2007, he was sentenced to six months in jail on two counts of dangerous driving and one of criminal damage following a "road rage" attack on another motorist's car. At the same time he was banned from driving for three and a half years.
On the death of his father in 2014, the Daily Mail reported that he would inherit the title and quoted a spokeswoman for Blenheim Palace who said "it was 'too early to say' if he will chose (sic) to live in the palace, which is open to the public." The newspaper also noted that, "Though Jamie is now in overall charge of the estate, perhaps mindful of his son's troubled history, the late Duke had insisted the board of trustees should have this power of veto".
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