NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Marlborough, George Spencer Churchill, Duke of, 1793-1857 DNB: Churchill, George Spencer-, sixth duke of Marlborough (1793–1857), politician LBT ID: DuMarlb6 VIAF ID: 93700565 | B/BAP: 1793-12-27 DIED: 1857-07-01 |
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The son of the fifth duke (d. 1840), he was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford;
and was Tory MP for Chippenham (1818-20) and Woodstock (1826-31, 1832-35, 1838-40). | |
REFERENCES TO George Spencer- Churchill, sixth duke of Marlborough: Lady Holland to Eleanor Creevey, September 1817 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1:
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