Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill
British duchess
Died when: 77 years 1 days (924 months)Star Sign: Aries
Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, VA (15 April 1822 – 16 April 1899) was an English noblewoman, the wife of British peer and statesman John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough.
One of her sons, Lord Randolph Churchill, was the father of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.She had a total of 11 children, and her principal home was the monumental Blenheim Palace, which she rejuvenated with her "lavish and exciting entertainments", and transformed into a "social and political focus for the life of the nation".
She was invested as a Lady of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert for her efforts at famine relief in Ireland.
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