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: Charles SPENCER, K.G., Duke of Marlborough
Sex: M
Birth: 22 Nov 1706 ^b
Death: 20 Oct 1758 in Munster, Westphalia ^d
Burial: 21 Nov 1758 in Blenheim ^u

Parents:

Father:
Charles SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland Birth: Abt 1674 Death: 19 Apr 1722 in Sunderland House, Piccadilly

Mother:

Anne CHURCHILL Birth: 27 Feb 1682/3 Death: 15 Apr 1716

Family:
Marriage:

Elizabeth TREVOR on 23 May 1732 at East Barnet .^m1
Elizabeth TREVOR Death: 7 Oct 1761

Children:

Diana SPENCER Birth: 24 Mar 1734 Death: 1808
Elizabeth SPENCER Birth: 29 Dec 1737 Death: 30 Apr 1831 in Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey
George SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough Birth: 26 Jan 1738/9 Death: 29 Jan 1817 in Blenheim
Charles SPENCER Birth: 31 Mar 1740
Robert SPENCER Birth: 8 May 1747

Bibliography

Beltz, George Frederick, Memorials of the most noble Order of the Garter. London: Pickering, 1841. Available at http://archive.org/details/memorialsofmostn00beltuoft Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter p[0-9]*].
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].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/1 [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 p499, CP XII/1 p489]; 1706 [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p353],
parents:: [Ref: CP VIII p499, CP XII/1 p489, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p353]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter pccv, CP VIII p499, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p353],
place:: [Ref: CP VIII p499, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p353]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: CP VIII p499],
place:: [Ref: CP VIII p499]; Woodstock [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p353]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth TREVOR

date:: [Ref: CP VIII p499, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p353],
place:: [Ref: CP VIII p499],
child:: [Ref: CP VIII p500, CP X p426, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p353]

Research Notes:
3rd Duke of Marlborough, of Dukedom cr 1702 [Ref: CP VIII p499]
5th Earl of Sunderland, of Earldom cr 1643 [Ref: CP XII/1 p489]
5th Earl of Sunderland [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p353]

heir of his brother [Ref: CP VIII p499, CP XII/1 p489]

20 Mar 1740/1: elected K.G.#557, installed 21 Apr 1741, succeeded Richard Lumley 2nd earl of Scarbrough [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter pccii]

21 Apr 1741: K.G. [Ref: CP VIII p499]

Pedigree of Charles SPENCER, K.G., Duke of Marlborough
                                                                /-----Sir William SPENCER
                                                       /-----Sir John SPENCER
                                                      |         \-----Susan KNIGHTLEY
                                              /-----Sir John SPENCER
                                             |        |         /-----Sir Thomas KITSON
                                             |         \-----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
                  |        |                                    /-----William WRIOTHESLEY
                  |        |                           /-----Thomas WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton
                  |        |                          |         \-----Agnes DRAYTON
                  |        |                  /-----Henry WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----William CHENEY
                  |        |                 |         \-----Jane CHENEY
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Emma WALWYN
                  |        |         /-----Henry WROTTESLEY, Earl of Southampton
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE, K.G.
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE, K.G., Viscount Montague
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice GAGE
                  |        |        |         \-----Mary BROWNE
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Robert RADCLIFF, K.G., Earl of Sussex
                  |        |        |                  \-----Jane RADCLIFFE
                  |        |        |                           \-----Margaret STANLEY
                  |         \-----Penelope WROTTESLEY
                  |                 |         /-----John VERNON
                  |                  \-----Elizabeth VERNON
                  |                          |                  /-----Walter DEVEREUX, K.G., Lord Ferrers of Chartle
                  |                          |         /-----Sir Richard DEVEREUX
                  |                          |        |         \-----Mary GREY
                  |                           \-----Elizabeth DEVEREUX
                  |                                   |         /-----George HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon
                  |                                    \-----Dorothy HASTINGS
                  |                                             \-----Anne STAFFORD
          /-----Robert SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland
         |        |                           /-----Sir Henry SIDNEY, K.G.
         |        |                  /-----Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Edmund DUDLEY
         |        |                 |        |         /-----John DUDLEY, K.G., Duke Of Northumberland
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth GREY, Baroness Lisle
         |        |                 |         \-----Mary DUDLEY
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Edward GUILFORD
         |        |                 |                  \-----Jane GUILFORD
         |        |                 |                           \-----Eleanor WEST
         |        |         /-----Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester
         |        |        |        |         /-----John GAMAGE
         |        |        |         \-----Barbara GAMAGE
         |         \-----Dorothy SIDNEY
         |                 |                                    /-----Henry Algernon PERCY, K.G., Earl Of Northumberland
         |                 |                           /-----Sir Thomas PERCY
         |                 |                          |         \-----Catherine SPENCER
         |                 |                  /-----Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----(Unk) HARBOTTLE
         |                 |                 |         \-----Eleanor HARBOTTLE
         |                 |         /-----Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----John NEVILL, Lord Latimer
         |                 |        |        |         /-----John NEVILLE, Lord Latimer
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Dorothy VERE
         |                 |        |         \-----Katherine NEVILLE
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Henry SOMERSET, Earl Of Worcester
         |                 |        |                  \-----Lucy SOMERSET
         |                 |        |                           \-----Elizabeth BROWNE
         |                  \-----Dorothy PERCY
         |                          |                           /-----Walter DEVEREUX, K.G., Lord Ferrers of Chartle
         |                          |                  /-----Sir Richard DEVEREUX
         |                          |                 |         \-----Mary GREY
         |                          |         /-----Walter DEVEREUX, Earl Of Essex
         |                          |        |        |         /-----George HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon
         |                          |        |         \-----Dorothy HASTINGS
         |                          |        |                  \-----Anne STAFFORD
         |                           \-----Dorothy DEVEREUX
         |                                   |                  /-----Robert KNOLLYS
         |                                   |         /-----Sir Francis KNOLLYS, K.G.
         |                                   |        |         \-----Lettice PEYNSTON
         |                                    \-----Lettice KNOLLYS
         |                                            |         /-----Henry VIII TUDOR, King Of England
         |                                             \-----Katherine CARY
         |                                                      \-----Mary BOLEYN
/-----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
|                 |                                             /-----James RUSSELL
|                 |                                    /-----John RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
|                 |                                   |         \-----Alice WYSE
|                 |                           /-----Francis RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sir Guy SAPCOTE
|                 |                          |         \-----Anne SAPCOTE
|                 |                          |                  \-----Margaret WOLSTON
|                 |                  /-----William RUSSELL, Lord Russell of Thronhaugh
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John St JOHN
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John St JOHN
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Sybil Ferch Morgan
|                 |                 |         \-----Margaret St JOHN
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William WALDEGRAVE, K.B.
|                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret WALDEGRAVE
|                 |                 |                           \-----Margery WENTWORTH
|                 |         /-----Francis RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford
|                 |        |        |         /-----Henry LONG
|                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth LONG
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Nicholas CLARKE
|                 |        |                  \-----Dorothy CLARKE
|                  \-----Anne RUSSELL
|                          |                                    /-----Sir Giles BRUGGE, Lord Chaundos
|                          |                           /-----Sir John BRUGGE, Lord Chandos
|                          |                          |         \-----Isabel BAYNHAM
|                          |                  /-----Sir Edmund BRUGGE, K.G., Lord Chandos
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Edmund GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|                          |                 |         \-----Elizabeth GREY
|                          |                 |                  \-----Florence HASTINGS
|                          |         /-----Giles BRYDGES, Lord Chandos of Sudeley
|                          |        |        |                  /-----John BRAY
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Edmund BRAY, Lord Braye
|                          |        |         \-----Dorothy BRAY
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Richard HALLYWELL
|                          |        |                  \-----Jane HALLYWELL
|                          |        |                           \-----Jane NORBURY
|                           \-----Catharine BRYDGES
|                                   |                           /-----John CLINTON-FIENNES, Lord Clinton
|                                   |                  /-----Thomas CLINTON-FIENNES, Lord Clinton
|                                   |                 |         \-----Elizabeth MORGAN
|                                   |         /-----Sir Edward FIENNES De CLINTON, K.G., Earl of Clint
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Sir Edward POYNINGS, K.G.
|                                   |        |         \-----Joan POYNINGS
|                                   |        |                  \-----Rose WHETHILL
|                                    \-----Frances CLINTON
|                                            |                  /-----Edward STOURTON, Lord Stourton
|                                            |         /-----William STOURTON, Lord Stourton
|                                            |        |         \-----Agnes FAUNTLEROY
|                                             \-----Ursula STOURTON
|                                                     |         /-----Edmund DUDLEY
|                                                      \-----Elizabeth DUDLEY
|                                                               \-----Anne WINDSOR
Charles SPENCER, K.G., Duke of Marlborough
|                                                               /-----William CHURCHILL
|                                                      /-----Roger CHURCHILL
|                                                     |         \-----Mary CREUSE
|                                             /-----Matthew CHURCHILL
|                                            |        |         /-----William PEVERELL
|                                            |         \-----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 Philip BOTELER
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir John BOTELER
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth DRURY
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir Henry BOTELER
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir William ROCHE
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Grizel ROCHE
|        |                 |         /-----John BOTELER, Lord Boteler of Brantfield
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Robert WALLER
|        |                 |        |         \-----Catharine WALLER
|        |                  \-----Eleanor BOTELER
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir John VILLIERS
|        |                          |                  /-----William VILLIERS
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Agnes DIGBY
|        |                          |         /-----Sir George VILLIERS
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Richard CLARKE
|        |                          |        |         \-----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, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
                  |        |        |                  /-----Thomas HOWARD, Viscount Howard
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STAFFORD
                  |        |        |         /-----Charles LYTE-HOWARD
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----William LYTE
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Gertrude LYTE
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Dorothy KELLOWAY
                  |        |         \-----Anne LYTE-HOWARD
                  |        |                  \-----Rebecca WEBB
                   \-----Frances THORNHURST
                           |         /-----Sir Alexander TEMPLE
                            \-----Susan TEMPLE

Descendants of Charles SPENCER, K.G., Duke of Marlborough

1. Charles SPENCER, K.G., Duke of Marlborough m. Elizabeth TREVOR

m. Elizabeth TREVOR father: Thomas TREVOR, Lord Trevor mother: Elizabeth BURRELL

2+ Diana SPENCER m1. Frederick Viscount Bolingbroke and St John m2. Topham BEAUCLERK

3 Elizabeth SPENCER m. Henry HERBERT, Earl Of Pembroke

4+ George SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough m. Caroline RUSSELL

5 Charles SPENCER m. Mary BEAUCLERK

6 Robert SPENCER m. Henrietta FAWKENER

2nd generation

2. Diana SPENCER m1. Frederick Viscount Bolingbroke and St John m2. Topham BEAUCLERK

m. Frederick Viscount Bolingbroke and St John

m. Topham BEAUCLERK father: Sidney BEAUCLERK mother: Mary NORRIS

7+ Charles George BEAUCLERK m. Emily Charlotte OGILVIE

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

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

8 Caroline SPENCER

9 Elizabeth SPENCER m. John SPENCER

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

11 Charlotte SPENCER m. Edward NARES

12 Henry-John SPENCER

13 Anne SPENCER

14 Francis-Almeric SPENCER m. Frances FITZROY

15 Amelia SPENCER

3rd generation

7. Charles George BEAUCLERK m. Emily Charlotte OGILVIE

m. Emily Charlotte OGILVIE

16+ Jane Elizabeth BEAUCLERK m. Henry FITZROY

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

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

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

4th generation

16. Jane Elizabeth BEAUCLERK m. Henry FITZROY

m. Henry FITZROY father: Henry FITZROY mother: Caroline PIGOT

18+ Blanche Adeliza FITZROY m1. Charles Henry MAYNARD m2. Robert Francis St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn

17. 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

19+ 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

20+ Edward SPENCER-CHURCHILL m. Augusta WARBURTON

5th generation

18. Blanche Adeliza FITZROY m1. Charles Henry MAYNARD m2. Robert Francis St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn

m. Charles Henry MAYNARD

m. Robert Francis St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn father: James Alexander St CLAIR-ERSKINE, Earl Of Rosslyn mother: Frances WEMYSS

21+ Milicent Fanny St CLAIR-ERSKINE m. Cromartie LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Sutherland

19. 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

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

20. Edward SPENCER-CHURCHILL m. Augusta WARBURTON

m. Augusta WARBURTON father: George Drought WARBURTON

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