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The Lord Ivor Charles Spencer-Churchill (14 October 1898 – 17 September 1956) was the younger son of the 9th Duke of Marlborough and his first wife, the former Consuelo Vanderbilt, an American railroad heiress. His elder brother, John, was the 10th Duke of Marlborough.

Early Life and Education

His parents divorced in 1921, when he was 22 years old. His father later wed the former Gladys Deacon; while his mother went on to marry Col. Jacques Balsan. Spencer-Churchill was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford.

Career

He joined the Royal Army Service Corps in 1917, gaining the rank of lieutenant. He fought in the First World War and was decorated with the French Legion of Honour.

A conveyance dated 26 September 1930 documents the purchase of three parcels of land and premises known as Springhead situated along Mill Street at Fontmell Magna in the county of Dorset.^[1] Another conveyance dated 8 November 1934 documents Lord Ivor Churchill selling one of these parcels (31 Mill Street, a semi-detached cottage) to Henry Rolf Gardener (see Rolf Gardiner.) ^[2]

Personal Life

He married Elizabeth Cunningham on 15 November 1947 and had a son, Robert William Charles (born 1954).

Death

He developed an inoperable brain tumour and died in September 1956. He is buried beside his cousin, Sir Winston Churchill, and close to his mother at St Martin's Church, Bladon, near Woodstock, Oxfordshire.

Notes

^ The vendor (seller) was Harold Squire and the purchaser was "The Honourable Ivor Charles Spencer Churchill (commonly known as Lord Ivor Churchill) of 4 John Street Berkeley Square in the county of London."
^ Both halves of this building (30 and 31 Mill Street) were converted to a detached house in the early 1980s, when the property became known as "Charlie's Cottage", named after Charlie Andrews, a former resident of 31 Mill Street.

Ancestry

Family of Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill

16. George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough

8. John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough

17. Lady Jane Stewart

4. George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough

18. Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry

9. Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane

19. Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane-Tempest

2. Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough

20. James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton

10. James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn

21. Harriet Douglas

5. Lady Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton

22. John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford

11. Lady Louisa Jane Russell

23. Lady Georgiana Gordon

1. Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill

24. Cornelius Vanderbilt

12. William Henry Vanderbilt

25. Sophia Johnson

6. William Kissam Vanderbilt

26. Reverend Samuel Kissam

13. Maria Louisa Kissam

27. Margaret Hamilton Adams

3. Consuelo Vanderbilt

28. George Smith

14. Murray Forbes Smith

29. Delia Stirling Forbes

7. Alva Erskine Smith

30. Robert Desha

15. Phoebe Ann Desha

31. Eleanor Shelby

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[1] The vendor (seller) was Harold Squire and the purchaser was "The Honourable Ivor Charles Spencer Churchill (commonly known as Lord Ivor Churchill) of 4 John Street Berkeley Square in the county of London."

[2] Both halves of this building (30 and 31 Mill Street) were converted to a detached house in the early 1980s, when the property became known as "Charlie's Cottage", named after Charlie Andrews, a former resident of 31 Mill Street.

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