Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill Explained

Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill
Birth Name:Lord Charles Spencer
Birth Date:3 December 1794
Death Place:London
Placeofburial:Kensal Green Cemetery
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:British Army
Serviceyears:1811–1832
Rank:Lieutenant-colonel
Unit:52nd Regiment of Foot
75th Regiment of Foot
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Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill (née Spencer; 3 December 1794 – 28 April 1840) was a British Army officer and politician. He was the second son of George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough and Lady Susan Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway.

Life and career

His surname was Spencer until 1817, when his father changed his and his children's surname to Spencer-Churchill (by royal licence dated 26 May 1817). Spencer entered the British Army in 1811, and he served in Spain and France. He transferred from the 85th Foot to the 75th Foot as a captain in 1824. He purchased a Lieutenant-Colonelcy in 1827 and sold his commission in 1832. From 1818 until 1820, he also represented St. Albans in the House of Commons.

He married Ethelred Catherine Benett on 24 August 1827 and had five children:[1]

Spencer-Churchill was returned to Parliament in 1830 as member for the family borough of Woodstock, but went out in 1832 when the representation of that borough was reduced by the Great Reform Act. He replaced his elder brother, the Marquess of Blandford, in 1835, but having joined the Whigs was defeated in the election of 1837. Lord Charles was previously a Tory and, unlike his brother, did not support Reform.[5]

References

  1. Web site: thePeerage.com . 2007-08-03.
  2. Web site: Salter. Patti Lee. Etheldreda Catherine SPENCER-CHURCHILL (1829-1881) » Ancestral Trails 2016 » Genealogy Online. 2020-09-04. Genealogy Online. en.
  3. Web site: Salter. Patti Lee. Lucy Caroline SPENCER-CHURCHILL (1832-1904) » Ancestral Trails 2016 » Genealogy Online. 2020-09-04. Genealogy Online. en.
  4. Book: More Monumental Inscriptions: Tombstones of the British West Indies By Vere Langford Oliver . 9780893704223 . 2010-06-03. Brown . Lena Boyd . Oliver . Vere Langford . January 1993 . Wildside Press LLC .
  5. Gentleman's Magazine, August 1840, p. 205