Lilian Warren Price

George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough (May 13, 1844–November 9, 1892) was the son of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke of Marlborough, KG ( 2 June 1822 &ndash 4 July 1883) was an English Statesman

He was educated between 1857 and 1860 at Eton College and later joined the army, gaining the rank of Lieutenant in 1863 in the service of the Royal Horse Guards. Eton College, or just Eton, is a world-famous British Independent school for boys founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. The Royal Horse Guards ( RHG) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry.

He married, firstly, Lady Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton, a daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, on 8 November 1869 at Westminster Palace. James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn, KG, PC ( January 21, 1811 &ndash October 31, 1885) was a British Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The marriage was later annulled on November 20, 1883, shortly after Churchill inherited the dukedom after the death of his father. Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Though the new duchess was technically Albertha, Duchess of Marlborough after their divorce, she preferred to use the title she used throughout most of the couple's married life and was known as Albertha, Marchioness of Blandford. They had four children:

• Lady Frances Louisa Spencer-Churchill (1870–1954), married Sir Robert Gresley, 11th Bt. and had issue.
• Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (1871–1934)
• Lady Lillian Maud Spencer-Churchill (1873–1951), married Col. Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, KG ( 13 November 1871 &ndash 30 June 1934) became the 9th Duke of Marlborough upon Cecil Grenfell and had issue.
• Lady Norah Beatrice Henriette Spencer-Churchill (1875–1946), married Francis Bradley-Birt and had issue.

The duke was cited as one of four co-respondents in the sensational divorce trial of Lady Colin Campbell. Gertrude Elizabeth Blood or Lady Colin Campbell ( 3 May 1857 Dublin - 1 Nov 1911 London) was an Irish-born author playwright He married, as his second wife, (Jane) Lilian Warren Price, the widow of Louis Carré Hamersley, a New York real-estate millionaire, and a daughter of Cicero Price. The civil marriage took place on 29 June 1888 at New York City Hall, with the ceremony officiated by the Mayor of New York City, Abram S. Hewitt. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a New York City Hall is located at the center of City Hall Park in the Civic Center section of Lower Manhattan between Broadway, Park Row and The Mayor of New York City is the head of the executive branch of the Government of New York City. Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822 &ndash 1903 was a Teacher, Lawyer, an Iron manufacturer U A religious ceremony followed the same day, in the chancel of Tabernacle Baptist Church and presided over by its minister, Dr. Daniel C. Potter. ^[1] There were no issue from this marriage.

The 8th Duke of Marlborough died in 1892, aged 48 at Blenheim Palace. Blenheim Palace  is a large and Monumental country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England.

References

1. ^ "An American Duchess; The Duke of Marlborough Marries Mrs. Hamersley; A Civil Marriage Ceremony before Mayor Hewitt and a Religious Ceremony in Church", The New York Times, 30 June 1888, page 1