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Churchill, Viscount (UK, 1902 - 2017)

Creation: let. pat. 14 Jul 1902

Extinct: 18 Oct 2017

Family name: Spencer

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Arms:

See Baron Churchill

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Victor Albert Francis Charles [Spencer], 3rd Baron Churchill later 1st Viscount Churchill, GCVO JP

only child of Francis George [Spencer], 2nd Baron Churchill, by his wife Lady Jane Conyngham, 1st dau. of Francis Nathaniel [Conyngham], 2nd Marquess Conyngham

born

23 Oct 1864

mar. (1)

1 Jan 1887 (div. 1927) Lady Verena Maud Lowther VA (b. 6 Apr 1865; d. 25 Dec 1938), 2nd dau. of Henry [Lowther], 3rd Earl of Lonsdale, by his wife Emily Susan Caulfield, 1st dau. of St George Francis Caulfeild, of Donamon Castle, co. Roscommon

children by first wife

1. Hon Victor Almeric Lancelot Spencer (b. and dvp. 18 Jan 1888)

2. Hon Victor Alexander Spencer, later 2nd Viscount Churchill

1. Hon Victoria Ivy Louise Spencer (b. 15 Oct 1897; dsp. 19...), mar. 10 Nov 1920 Capt Hon Cecil Henry Brassey (b. 3 Oct 1896; dsp. 11 Sep 1949), 2nd son of Henry Leonard Campbell [Brassey], 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe, by his wife Lady Violet Mary Gordon-Lennox, 2nd dau. by his first wife of Charles Henry [Gordon-Lennox], 7th Duke of Richmond

2. Hon Ursula Spencer (b. 21 Jun 1901; d. 1 Jun 1934), mar. 16 Jul 1928 Lt Col Alick Frederick Tod DSO, son of Col George Russell Tod JP. of The Red House, Dorchester, co. Oxford

mar. (2)

29 Aug 1927 Christine McRae Sinclair (b. 24 Sep 1895; mar. (2) 12 Jun 1937 (div. 1938) Lt Col Ralph Heyward Isham CBE;  mar. (3) 6 Nov 1939 Sir Lancelot Oliphant KCMG CB;  d. 22 May 1972), 1st dau. of William Sinclair

children by second wife

3. Hon Victor George Spencer, later 3rd Viscount Churchill

3. Hon Sarah Faith Georgina Spencer MBE (b. 5 Jun 1931), mar. 17 Dec 1951 Richard John Palmer JP DL, of Queen Anne's Mead, Swallowfield, co. Berkshire, High Sheriff of Berkshire 1979-80, Director of Huntley & Palmers (b. 5 Nov 1926), 2nd son of Reginald Howard Reed Palmer MC DL, Chairman of Huntley & Palmers, by his wife Lena Florence Cobham, dau. of Alexander Blyth Cobham, and has issue

died

3 Jan 1934

created

14 Jul 1902 Viscount Churchill, of Rolleston in the County of Leicester

suc. by

son by first wife

note

a Page of Honour to Queen Victoria 1876-81; suc. his father 24 Nov 1886 as 3rd Baron Churchill;  a Lord-in-Waiting (Conservative)1889-92, 1885-1901 and 1901-05; the family estate, Cornbury Park, near Charlbury, co. Oxford, was sold for £115,000 in 1897; Master of the Buckhounds 1900-01;  KCVO 1900; was sold for £115,000 in 1897; Lord Chamberlain 1902;  GCVO 1902; Master of the Robes 1911

Victor Alexander [Spencer], 2nd Viscount Churchill

born

1 Aug 1890

mar. (1)

5 Jul 1916 Katharine Emily Beaven (widow of Capt Stanley Venn Ellis RN;  d. 1 Dec 1943), dau. of Hon Robert Beaven, Premier of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

mar. (2)

19 Oct 1949 Joan Black (d. 12 May 1957), 1st dau. of Joseph Baron Black, of Belfast

died

s.p. 21 Dec 1973

suc. by

half-brother

note

Page of Honour to King Edward VII 1901-07

Victor George [Spencer], 3rd Viscount Churchill

born

31 Jul 1934

died

18 Oct 2017

note

Lieut Scots Guards, 1953-55; investment banker

On the death of the 3rd Viscount Churchill the Viscountcy of Churchill became extinct. He is succeeded as 6th Baron Churchill by his second cousin once removed, Richard Harry Ramsay Spencer, a great-great-grandson of the 1st Baron Churchill.

Last updated: 30 Jan 2018

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