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1 day ago · Anne Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon (née Spencer-Churchill; 28 June 1920 – 15 November 2021) was an English memoirist and the second wife of Anthony Eden, who served as British prime minister from 1955 to 1957.
2 days ago · In 1373, when Warin agreed that his son Gerard should marry Anne, daughter of Michael de la Pole, arrangements were made to settle Noke upon Gerard and his heirs. But Gerard died in 1381, a year before his father, who was succeeded by his daughter Margaret, wife of Thomas, Lord Berkeley.
4 days ago · Other rich men were hoping for Consuelo’s hand but the 9th Duke of Marlborough, Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill (cousin to Winston Churchill) was Alva’s only choice.
4 days ago · The years covered by this introduction saw two long periods of intermittent experimentation on and reform of the structure of the royal household (1660–1718; 1761–1837), bracketing an interval of administrative stability, even stagnation (1718–61).
3 days ago · During the first part of the reign, his wife, Sarah, duchess of Marlborough, was the queen’s confidante, and together the Marlboroughs were able to push Anne to support an aggressive and expensive foreign policy. Continental warfare was costing £4 million a year, paid for by a tax on land, and, after the early years, successes were few and ...
3 days ago · Diston, the duchess of Marlborough's political manager in Woodstock, complained of the high cost of building the cockpit but recognized its political value. (fn. 97b) His lease was taken over in 1762 by Edward Ryves, town clerk, whose heir Benjamin Holloway sold it to John Churchill in 1777.
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2 days ago · Her close friendship with Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, turned sour as the result of political differences. The Duchess took revenge with an unflattering description of the Queen in her memoirs, which was widely accepted by historians until Anne was reassessed in the late 20th century.
