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On the death of Charles II in 1685, his brother, the Duke of York, became King James II.
On James's succession Churchill was appointed governor of the Hudson's Bay Company.
He had also been affirmed Gentleman of the Bedchamber in April, and admitted to the English peerage as Baron Churchill of Sandridge in the county of Hertfordshire in May.
Following the Monmouth Rebellion, Churchill was promoted to Major General and awarded the lucrative colonelcy of the Third Troop of Life Guards.
When William, Prince of Orange invaded England in November 1688, Churchill, accompanied by some 400 officers and men, rode to join him in Axminster.
When the King saw he could not even keep Churchill – for so long his loyal and intimate servant – he fled to France.
As part of William III's coronation honours Churchill was created Earl of Marlborough, sworn to the Privy Council, and made a Gentleman of the King's Bedchamber.
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