John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
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His Grace The Duke of Marlborough KG PC |
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| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
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In office 11 December 1876 – 21 April 1880 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | The Duke of Abercorn |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Cowper |
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In office 8 March 1867 – 9 December 1868 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos |
| Succeeded by | The Earl de Grey and Ripon |
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2 June 1822 Garboldisham Hall, Norfolk |
| Died | 4 July 1883 (aged 61) Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough KG PC (2 June 1822 – 4 July 1883), styled Earl of Sunderland from 1822 to 1840 and Marquess of Blandford from 1840 to 1857, was a British Conservative cabinet minister, politician, and nobleman. He was the paternal grandfather of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
John Spencer-Churchill was born at Garboldisham Hall, Norfolk, the eldest son of George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough, and Lady Jane Stewart, daughter of Admiral George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway. He was educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford.
He commenced his career as a lieutenant in the 1st Oxfordshire yeomanry in 1843. Spencer-Churchill was Member of Parliament for from 1844 to 1845 and again from 1847 to 1857, when he succeeded his father to the dukedom and entered the House of Lords. He served under Lord Derby as Lord Steward of the Household from 1866 to 1867 and under Derby and later Benjamin Disraeli as Lord President of the Council, with a seat in the cabinet, from 1867 to 1868. He was an influential Freemason and was sworn in of the Privy Council in 1866 and made a Knight of the Garter in 1868. In 1874, on the formation of Mr. Disraeli's second cabinet, he was offered, but declined, the viceroyalty of Ireland. He again held office under Disraeli as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1876 to 1880.
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