Frances (Vane) Spencer-Churchill
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Frances Anne Emily (Vane) Spencer-Churchill (1822 - 1899)

Lady Frances Anne Emily Spencer-Churchill formerly Vane
Born in St. James Square, Westminster, London, Englandmap
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Wife of — married 12 Jul 1843 [location unknown]
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Died at age 77 in London, Englandmap
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European Aristocracy
Lady Frances Vane was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

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Biography

Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane was the daughter of Charles William (Stewart) Vane KG GCB (1778-1854) 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and Frances Anne (Vane-Tempest) Vane (1800-1865) the Marchioness, Frances was born 15 April 1822. She had the courtesy title Lady as a daughter of a Marquess.

Marriage

Lady Frances married John Winston Spencer-Churchill KG PC (1822-1883), Marquess of Blandford on 12 July 1843 in Mayfair, London. She then became Lady Frances Spencer-Churchill, Marchioness of Blandford and when her husband inherited his dukedom, in 1857, she was then the Duchess of Marlborough. When her husband died she became the Dowager Duchess.

Children

  1. George Charles Spencer-Churchill (1844-1892) 8th Duke of Marlborough
  2. Frederick John Winston Churchill (1846-1850)
  3. Cornelia Henrietta Maria (Spencer-Churchill) Guest OBE (1847-1927)
  4. Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (1849-1895)
  5. Rosamond Jane Frances Spencer (Churchill) Fellowes (1851-1920)
  6. Fanny Octavia Louise (Churchill) Marjoribanks (1853-1904)
  7. Anne Emily (Spencer-Churchill) Innes-Ker OBE VA (1854-1923)
  8. Charles Ashley Spencer-Churchill (1856-1858)
  9. Augustus Robert Churchill (1858-1859)
  10. Georgiana Elizabeth (Spencer-Churchill) Curzon DGStJ (1860-1906)
  11. Sarah Isabella Augusta (Churchill) Wilson DGStJ RRC (abt.1865-1929)

Life Story

The 1841 census shows her living with in her father's house in St George's parish, Hanover Square, London. [1]

In 1880 she formed a famine fund to relive the distress in Ireland. She was a Lady (third class) of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert. [2]

Death

She died 16 April 1899 in London; he remains were transferred to Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire. The Prince & Princess of Wales sent a wreath. [3]

Sources

  1. "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQJK-4CL : 13 December 2017), Frances Vane in household of Adolphus Vane, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
  2. Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette Thursday 20 April 1899 pg 2
  3. Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette - Saturday 22 April 1899 pg 10

*Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Anne_Spencer-Churchill,_Duchess_of_Marlborough





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