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* John Churchill, 1st Earl of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ), became Duke of Marlborough in 1702
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The John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough | Duke of Marlborough's march from Bedburg ( near Cologne ) to the Danube.
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ) by Sir Godfrey Kneller.
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough was one of the first generals in the British Army, fighting campaigns in the War of the Spanish Succession.
The first holder of the title was John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ), the noted English general, and indeed an unqualified reference to the Duke of Marlborough in a historical text will almost certainly refer to him.
The dukedom was created in 1702 by Queen Anne ; John Churchill, whose wife was a favourite of the queen, had earlier been made Lord Churchill of Eyemouth in the Scottish peerage ( 1682 ), which became extinct with his death, and Earl of Marlborough ( 1689 ) by King William III.
John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford ( 1686-1703 )
* John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ), soldier and statesman
:* John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford ( 1686 – 1703 ), elder son of the 1st Duke, died unmarried
* John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough ( 1822 – 1883 ), eldest son of the 6th Duke and paternal grandfather of Winston Churchill
Admiral John Jellicoe, described by Churchill as the only man who could " lose the war in an afternoon " by losing the strategic British superiority in dreadnought battleships, was not a dashing showman like David Beatty.
At its peak of popularity eugenics was supported by a wide variety of prominent people, including Winston Churchill, Margaret Sanger, Marie Stopes, H. G. Wells, Theodore Roosevelt, George Bernard Shaw, John Maynard Keynes, John Harvey Kellogg, Linus Pauling and Sidney Webb.
" At the event ceremony, director John Ford announced that Capra had also received the Order of British Empire ( OBE ) on the recommendation of Winston Churchill.
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The allied forces were led by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and by Prince Eugene of Savoy.
Winston Churchill, for example, argued that " hen the long tally is added, it will be seen that the British nation and the English-speaking world owe far more to the vices of John than to the labours of virtuous sovereigns ".
* The 2005 John Birmingham novel Designated Targets features a cameo of Philby, under orders from Moscow to assist Otto Skorzeny's mission to assassinate Winston Churchill.
The track would soon become known as Churchill Downs, named for John and Henry Churchill, who provided the land for the racetrack.
* 1650 – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general ( d. 1722 )
* 1706 – Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal Villeroi.
The John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough | Duke of Marlborough was the commander of the English, Dutch and German forces.
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* 1792 – John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, English statesman ( d. 1840 )
* 1665 – John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician ( d. 1751 )
* 1840 – John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician ( d. 1929 )
* Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza, son of John I of Portugal.
* 1628 – John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English statesman ( d. 1701 )
The title of Baron Abergavenny, in the Nevill family, dates from Edward Nevill, 3rd Baron Bergavenny ( d. 1476 ), who was the youngest son of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland by his second wife Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt, first Duke of Lancaster.
* 1648 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet ( d. 1721 )
* John Russell, 1st Earl Russell 1865 – 1868
* John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley 1891 – 1894
* John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley 1896 – 1902
* Hill, John E. Through the Jade Gate to Rome: A Study of the Silk Routes during the Later Han Dynasty, 1st to 2nd Centuries CE.
** John I, 6th Duke of Braganza and 1st Duke of Barcelos ( 1562 ).
Hoboken, N. J .: Wiley, John & Sons ; 1st edition.
By means of her mother, Catherine had a stronger legitimate claim to the English throne than King Henry VII himself through the first two wives of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster: Blanche of Lancaster and the Spanish Infanta Constance of Castile.
1st edition, July 1838 ( John Murray, London )
1st edition, Feb. 1863 ( John Murray, London )
* 1819 – John W. Geary, 1st Mayor of San Francisco ( d. 1873 )
Aberdeen married firstly Lady Catherine Elizabeth ( 1784 – 1812 ), daughter of John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn, and assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Hamilton in 1818.
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The most nearly complete collection of Aldine editions ever brought together was in the Althorp library of the 2nd Earl Spencer, now in the John Rylands Library, Manchester.
* 1296 – First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scots army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.
* John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer 1902 – 1905
One of the chief commanders at both Crecy and Poitiers was John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, mentioned above.
* Back to Basics, a government policy slogan portrayed by opponents and the press as a morality campaign to compare it with a contemporaneous succession of sex scandals in John Major's government which led to the resignation of Tim Yeo and the Earl of Caithness, among others ( 1994 )
Sir Robert Gordon, a younger son of the 3rd Earl of Aberdeen, acquired the lease in 1830 and made major alterations to the castle, with baronial-style extensions designed by John Smith of Aberdeen.
It is now held by Clement Attlee's grandson John Richard Attlee, 3rd Earl Attlee.
Four-fifths of the cost for the venture was paid for by noble lords, who were among the most powerful men in England: the Earl of Orford, The Baron of Romney, the Duke of Shrewsbury and Sir John Somers.
The board complained that Pfeiffer was too removed from management and the troops, as he surrounded himself with a " clique " of Chief Financial Officer Earl Mason, Senior Vice-President John Rose, and Human Resources Chief Hans Gutsch.
Rosen assumed the capacity of interim CEO and began " cleaning house ", as shortly afterward many of Pfeiffer's top executives resigned or were pushed out, including John Rando, Earl Mason, and John Rose.
: Lord Blandford's heir apparent: George John Godolphin Spencer-Churchill, Earl of Sunderland ( b. 1992 ), his elder son
Oxford was the only son of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford and Margery Golding.
He was born on 12 April 1550 at the de Vere ancestral home, Castle Hedingham, the only son of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford and his second wife, Margery Golding.
Both the 16th Earl and the Countess of Oxford had established court connections: John accompanying Princess Elizabeth from house arrest at Hatfield to the throne, and Margery being appointed a Maid of Honor in 1559.
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