Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.

Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: George SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough
Sex: M
Birth: 26 Jan 1738/9 ^b
Baptism: St James's, Piccadilly ^c
Death: 29 Jan 1817 in Blenheim ^d
Burial: 7 Feb 1817 in Blenheim ^u

Parents:

Father:
Charles SPENCER, K.G., Duke of Marlborough Birth: 22 Nov 1706 Death: 20 Oct 1758 in Munster, Westphalia

Mother:

Elizabeth TREVOR Death: 7 Oct 1761

Family:
Marriage:

Caroline RUSSELL on 23 Aug 1762 at Bedford House, St Geo, Bloomsbury .^m1
Caroline RUSSELL Birth: Jan 1742/3 Death: 26 Nov 1811 in Blenheim

Children:

Caroline SPENCER Birth: 27 Oct 1763 Death: 23 Nov 1813 in Blenheim
Elizabeth SPENCER Birth: 20 Dec 1764 Death: 11 Dec 1812 in Sion Hill
George SPENCER-CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough Birth: 6 Mar 1766 Death: 5 Mar 1840 in Blenheim
Charlotte SPENCER Birth: 18 Oct 1769
Henry-John SPENCER Birth: 20 Dec 1770 Death: 3 Jul 1795 in Berlin
Anne SPENCER Birth: 5 Nov 1773
Francis-Almeric SPENCER Birth: 26 Dec 1779
Amelia SPENCER Birth: 8 Sep 1785

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 08, Lindley-Moate. London: St Catherine Press, 1932. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VIII [Ap][p0-9].*].
Clutterbuck, Robert, History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1815-27, v1-3. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/188626. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v[1-3]p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: CP VIII p500, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p353],
parents:: [Ref: CP VIII p500, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p353]

Sources for baptism Information

place:: [Ref: CP VIII p500]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP VIII p500]; 30 Jan 1817 [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p353],
place:: [Ref: CP VIII p500, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p353]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: CP VIII p500],
place:: [Ref: CP VIII p500]

Sources with Information about marriage to Caroline RUSSELL

date:: [Ref: CP VIII p500, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p353],
place:: [Ref: CP VIII p500],
child:: [Ref: CP VIII p501, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p353]

Research Notes:
4th Duke of Marlborough, of Dukedom cr 1702 [Ref: CP VIII p500]
3rd Duke of Marlborough [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p353]

K.G. [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p353]

12 Dec 1768: elected K.G., installed at Windsor 25 Jul 1771 [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p353]

25 Jul 1771: K.G. [Ref: CP VIII p500]

Pedigree of George SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough
                                                                /-----Sir John SPENCER
                                                       /-----Sir John SPENCER
                                                      |         \-----Katherine KITSON
                                              /-----Robert SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton
                                             |        |         /-----Sir Robert CATELIN
                                             |         \-----Mary CATELIN
                                     /-----William SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Francis WILLOUGHBY
                                    |         \-----Margaret WILLOUGHBY
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir John LYTTELTON
                                    |                  \-----Elizabeth LYTTELTON
                            /-----Henry SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland
                           |        |                           /-----Thomas WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton
                           |        |                  /-----Henry WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton
                           |        |                 |         \-----Jane CHENEY
                           |        |         /-----Henry WROTTESLEY, Earl of Southampton
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE, K.G., Viscount Montague
                           |        |        |         \-----Mary BROWNE
                           |        |        |                  \-----Jane RADCLIFFE
                           |         \-----Penelope WROTTESLEY
                           |                 |         /-----John VERNON
                           |                  \-----Elizabeth VERNON
                           |                          |         /-----Sir Richard DEVEREUX
                           |                           \-----Elizabeth DEVEREUX
                           |                                    \-----Dorothy HASTINGS
                   /-----Robert SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland
                  |        |                           /-----Sir Henry SIDNEY, K.G.
                  |        |                  /-----Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----John DUDLEY, K.G., Duke Of Northumberland
                  |        |                 |         \-----Mary DUDLEY
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Jane GUILFORD
                  |        |         /-----Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester
                  |        |        |        |         /-----John GAMAGE
                  |        |        |         \-----Barbara GAMAGE
                  |         \-----Dorothy SIDNEY
                  |                 |                           /-----Sir Thomas PERCY
                  |                 |                  /-----Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Eleanor HARBOTTLE
                  |                 |         /-----Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----John NEVILLE, Lord Latimer
                  |                 |        |         \-----Katherine NEVILLE
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Lucy SOMERSET
                  |                  \-----Dorothy PERCY
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir Richard DEVEREUX
                  |                          |         /-----Walter DEVEREUX, Earl Of Essex
                  |                          |        |         \-----Dorothy HASTINGS
                  |                           \-----Dorothy DEVEREUX
                  |                                   |         /-----Sir Francis KNOLLYS, K.G.
                  |                                    \-----Lettice KNOLLYS
                  |                                             \-----Katherine CARY
          /-----Charles SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland
         |        |                           /-----Sir George DIGBY
         |        |                  /-----John DIGBY, Earl of Bristol
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Arthur HEVANINGHAM
         |        |                 |         \-----Abigail HEVANINGHAM
         |        |         /-----George DIGBY, K.G., Earl of Bristol
         |        |        |        |         /-----Charles WALCOTT
         |        |        |         \-----Beatrice WALCOTT
         |         \-----Anne DIGBY
         |                 |                                    /-----John RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
         |                 |                           /-----Francis RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
         |                 |                          |         \-----Anne SAPCOTE
         |                 |                  /-----William RUSSELL, Lord Russell of Thronhaugh
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John St JOHN
         |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret St JOHN
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret WALDEGRAVE
         |                 |         /-----Francis RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Henry LONG
         |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth LONG
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Nicholas CLARKE
         |                 |        |                  \-----Dorothy CLARKE
         |                  \-----Anne RUSSELL
         |                          |                           /-----Sir John BRUGGE, Lord Chandos
         |                          |                  /-----Sir Edmund BRUGGE, K.G., Lord Chandos
         |                          |                 |         \-----Elizabeth GREY
         |                          |         /-----Giles BRYDGES, Lord Chandos of Sudeley
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Edmund BRAY, Lord Braye
         |                          |        |         \-----Dorothy BRAY
         |                          |        |                  \-----Jane HALLYWELL
         |                           \-----Catharine BRYDGES
         |                                   |                  /-----Thomas CLINTON-FIENNES, Lord Clinton
         |                                   |         /-----Sir Edward FIENNES De CLINTON, K.G., Earl of Clint
         |                                   |        |         \-----Joan POYNINGS
         |                                    \-----Frances CLINTON
         |                                            |         /-----William STOURTON, Lord Stourton
         |                                             \-----Ursula STOURTON
         |                                                      \-----Elizabeth DUDLEY
/-----Charles SPENCER, K.G., Duke of Marlborough
|        |                                                      /-----Roger CHURCHILL
|        |                                             /-----Matthew CHURCHILL
|        |                                            |         \-----Jane PEVERELL
|        |                                    /-----Jasper CHURCHILL
|        |                                   |        |         /-----James GOULD
|        |                                   |         \-----Alice GOULD
|        |                           /-----John CHURCHILL
|        |                          |        |         /-----John CHAPLET
|        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth CHAPLET
|        |                  /-----Sir Winston CHURCHILL
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Henry WINSTON
|        |                 |         \-----Sarah WINSTON
|        |         /-----John CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir John DRAKE
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth DRAKE
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Sir John BOTELER
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Henry BOTELER
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Grizel ROCHE
|        |        |                 |         /-----John BOTELER, Lord Boteler of Brantfield
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Robert WALLER
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Catharine WALLER
|        |        |                  \-----Eleanor BOTELER
|        |        |                          |                  /-----William VILLIERS
|        |        |                          |         /-----Sir George VILLIERS
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Coletta CLARKE
|        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth VILLIERS
|        |        |                                   |         /-----William SAUNDERS
|        |        |                                    \-----Audrey SAUNDERS
|         \-----Anne CHURCHILL
|                 |                                    /-----Ralph JENNINGS
|                 |                           /-----Sir John JENNINGS
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Ralph ROWLATT
|                 |                          |         \-----Joan ROWLATT
|                 |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth
|                 |                  /-----Sir John JENNINGS
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir William BROUNKER
|                 |                 |         \-----Anne BROUNKER
|                 |         /-----Richard JENNINGS
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard SPENCER
|                 |        |         \-----Alice SPENCER
|                  \-----Sarah JENNINGS
|                          |                  /-----Sir William THORNHURST
|                          |         /-----Sir Gifford THORNHURST
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Thomas HOWARD, Viscount Howard
|                          |        |        |         /-----Charles LYTE-HOWARD
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Gertrude LYTE
|                          |        |         \-----Anne LYTE-HOWARD
|                          |        |                  \-----Rebecca WEBB
|                           \-----Frances THORNHURST
|                                   |         /-----Sir Alexander TEMPLE
|                                    \-----Susan TEMPLE
George SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough
|                           /-----Sir John TREVOR
|                  /-----Thomas TREVOR, Lord Trevor
|                 |         \-----Ruth HAMPDEN
|         /-----Thomas TREVOR, Lord Trevor
|        |        |         /-----John SEARLE
|        |         \-----Elizabeth SEARLE
|        |                 |         /-----Paul NICOLL
|        |                  \-----Anne NICOLL
\-----Elizabeth TREVOR
         |         /-----Timothy BURRELL
          \-----Elizabeth BURRELL
                   \-----Elizabeth CHILCOTT

Descendants of George SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough

1. George SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough m. Caroline RUSSELL

m. Caroline RUSSELL father: John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford mother: Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER

2 Caroline SPENCER

3 Elizabeth SPENCER m. John SPENCER

4+ George SPENCER-CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough m. Susan STEWART

5 Charlotte SPENCER m. Edward NARES

6 Henry-John SPENCER

8 Francis-Almeric SPENCER m. Frances FITZROY

9 Amelia SPENCER

2nd generation

4. George SPENCER-CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough m. Susan STEWART

m. Susan STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Galloway mother: Anne DASHWOOD

10+ George SPENCER-CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough m1. Jane STEWART m2. Charlotte Augusta FLOWER m3. Jane Frances Clinton STEWART

3rd generation

10. George SPENCER-CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough m1. Jane STEWART m2. Charlotte Augusta FLOWER m3. Jane Frances Clinton STEWART

m. Jane STEWART father: George STEWART, Earl Of Galloway mother: Jane PAGET

11+ John Winston SPENCER-CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough m. Frances Anne Emily VANE-STEWART

m. Charlotte Augusta FLOWER father: Henry Jeffery FLOWER, Viscount Ashbrook mother: Emily Theophila METCALFE

m. Jane Frances Clinton STEWART father: Edward Richard STEWART mother: Katharine CHARTERIS-WEMYSS

12+ Edward SPENCER-CHURCHILL m. Augusta WARBURTON

4th generation

11. John Winston SPENCER-CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough m. Frances Anne Emily VANE-STEWART

m. Frances Anne Emily VANE-STEWART father: Charles William VANE-STEWART, Marquess of Londonderry mother: Frances Anne Emily VANE-TEMPEST

13+ Cornelia Henrietta Maria SPENCER-CHURCHILL m. Ivor Bertie GUEST, Baron Wimborne

12. Edward SPENCER-CHURCHILL m. Augusta WARBURTON

m. Augusta WARBURTON father: George Drought WARBURTON

14+ Agnes Beryl SPENCER-CHURCHILL m. Weetman Harold Miller PEARSON, Viscount Cowdray

5th generation

13. Cornelia Henrietta Maria SPENCER-CHURCHILL m. Ivor Bertie GUEST, Baron Wimborne

m. Ivor Bertie GUEST, Baron Wimborne

15+ Frederick Edward GUEST m. Amy PHIPPS

14. Agnes Beryl SPENCER-CHURCHILL m. Weetman Harold Miller PEARSON, Viscount Cowdray

m. Weetman Harold Miller PEARSON, Viscount Cowdray father: Weetman Dickinson PEARSON, Viscount Cowdray mother: Annie CASS

16+ Beryl Nancy PEARSON m. John Hugh HARE, Viscount Blakenham