The resilience of the French King, and the efforts of his generals, also added to Marlborough ’ s problems.

The Anglo-Dutch forces gained minor compensation for the failed Moselle campaign with the success at Elixheim and the crossing of the Lines of Brabant in the Spanish Netherlands ( Huy was also retaken on 11 July ), but a chance to bring the French to a decisive engagement had eluded Marlborough.

To reduce voyage times, Tranz Rail proposed to relocate the South Island terminal of its services to Clifford Bay in Marlborough, which would also avoid a steep section of railway.

Four territorial authorities ( Nelson City Council, Tasman and the Marlborough District Councils ) also perform the functions of a regional council and thus are known as unitary authorities.

New Marlborough is one of five towns that operate the Southern Berkshire Regional School District ( a sixth town, Mount Washington, also sends students to the district's schools ).

Several hills also dot the area south of this, along the New Marlborough town line.

Marlboro is in the southeast part of the Town of Marlborough and also the southeast corner of Ulster County.

Its villages include Frederick ( also in New Hanover Township ,) Obelisk ( also in Lower Frederick Township ,) and Perkiomenville ( also in Marlborough Township.

On the recommendation of Lord Sunderland ( whose wife was a close friend of Lady Marlborough ), William eventually offered Marlborough the post of governor to the Duke of Gloucester, Anne's eldest son ; he was also restored to the Privy Council, together with his military rank.

Marlborough was welcomed and fêted by the people and courts of Europe, where he was not only respected as a great general but also as a prince of the Holy Roman Empire.

As an administrator Marlborough was also without peer ; his attention to detail meant his troops rarely went short of supply – when his army arrived at its destination it was intact and in a fit state to fight.

The allied army, mainly consisting of Dutch and Austrian troops, but also with considerable British and Prussian contingents, was led by Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy, while the French and a contingent of Bavarians were commanded by Villars and Marshal Boufflers.

It is close to the A4, between the towns of Marlborough and Calne, also the route of a Roman road which runs between Beckhampton and West Kennett and runs to the south of the hill.

Aside from the mills, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the river water was also used for the brewing and tanning industries of Ramsbury and Marlborough.

A new Junction, 15A, is being considered by Wiltshire Council and this would give access to South and Central Swindon as well as to Wroughton, Marlborough and Devizes via the existing A4361, as well as a possible Junction 18A which would connect with the A432 and A4174 giving better access to Bristol, via Mangotsfield, and also a direct link with Yate.

Six territorial authorities ( Auckland Council, Nelson City Council, Gisborne, Tasman, and Marlborough District Councils and the Chatham Islands Council ) also perform the functions of a regional council and thus are known as unitary authorities.

Though largely embarked upon as a way to facilitate the Anglican duke's desire to convert to Roman Catholicism, the annulment, to the surprise of many, also was fully supported by the former duchess's mother, who testified that the Vanderbilt – Marlborough marriage had been an act of unmistakable coercion.

Marlborough was also Lord High Steward at the coronation of Edward VII in 1902, Mayor of Woodstock between 1907 and 1908 and Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire between 1915 and 1934.

Many of the jewels worn by subsequent Duchesses of Marlborough also date from this period.

Thomas of Marlborough records that, in accordance with the apostolic command, a community of monks was then established ( meaning the foundation can also be dated to 709 ):

William also established a mint in Marlborough, which coined the William I and the early William II silver pennies.

In 1744 Pitt received a large boost to his personal fortune when the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough died leaving him a legacy of £ 10, 000 as an " acknowledgment of the noble defence he had made for the support of the laws of England and to prevent the ruin of his country ".

Twenty years after he had received a similar windfall from the Marlborough legacy, Sir William Pynsent, a Somerset baronet to whom he was personally quite unknown, left him his entire estate, worth about three thousand a year, in testimony of approval of his political career.

Ryder received most of his lessons at his home, Marlborough House, and he was relentless.

The directors of the British company at Fort Marlborough received instructions from Bombay to destroy all of the Dutch outposts on the west coast of Sumatra.

Marlborough hoped that the rapprochement would lead to his own return to office, but although he and Lady Marlborough were allowed to return to court, the Earl received no offer of employment.

Marlborough remained despondent about the general situation, but his optimism received a major boost with the arrival in theatre of Prince Eugene, his co-commander at Blenheim.

Two main charges were brought to the House of Commons against Marlborough: first, an assertion that over nine years he had illegally received more than £ 63, 000 from the bread and transport contractors in the Netherlands ; second, that he had taken 2. 5 % from the pay of the foreign troops in English pay, amounting to £ 280, 000.

In contrast, Marlborough was received with the greatest cordiality.

For the last of his four great battlefield victories, Marlborough received no personal letter of thanks from Queen Anne.

Bickerton received his early schooling from Joseph John Cross at Newton Abbot Hall before moving on to Marlborough College, where he boarded from 1901 – 1904.

He was educated at Marlborough College, Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and Brasenose College, Oxford from which he received a first class bachelor's degree in 1969, and of which he was made an Honorary Fellow in 1999.

Churchill became a national hero and gained numerous honours and awards, including the Dukedom of Marlborough.

The early victories of Marshal Villars at the Battle of Friedlingen and the Battle of Höchstadt were followed by numerous defeats to the Allied forces, most notably the armies under Prince Eugene of Savoy and the Duke of Marlborough.

Rego was signed by the London based gallery Marlborough Fine Art in 1987, and has shown there on numerous occasions, including a series of works based on Peter Pan in 1992, the celebrated ' Dog Woman ' series in 1994, and ' Oratorio ', a triptych format altarpiece, in 2010 created for the exhibition ' Mat Collishaw, Tracey Emin & Paula Rego at the Foundling Museum ', held at the Foundling Museum, London.

He was President of the Royal Botanic Society and a member of numerous clubs, including White's, the Marlborough Club, the Bachelors ' Club, the Army and Navy Club, the United Service Club, the Cavalry Club, the Naval and Military Club, the Travellers ' Club, the St George's Club, the Hurlingham Club, the Ranelagh Club and the Jockey Club, as well as the Adels-Casino at Vienna and the Herren-Casino at Stuttgart.

He was educated at Marlborough College, where he joined the College's secret ' Society of Amici ', in which he was a contemporary of Louis MacNeice ( whose unfinished autobiography The Strings are False contains numerous references to Blunt ), John Betjeman and Graham Shepard.

Upon Queen Anne's accession to the English throne in 1702, she appointed Lord Godolphin as First Lord of the Treasury and the Duke of Marlborough as Master-General of the Ordnance ( among other numerous appointments ).

As part of William and Mary's coronation honours, Churchill was created Earl of Marlborough on 9 April 1689 ( O. S.

While Marlborough achieved honours on the battlefield, the Whigs, now in the ascendancy, drove the remaining Tories from the Cabinet.

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.

The son of a London architect and property developer, Charles Joseph Corbett, who owned among other properties Imber Court at Weston Green, Thames Ditton, where he made the family home, Julian Corbett was educated at Marlborough College ( 1869 – 73 ) and at Trinity College, Cambridge ( 1873 – 6 ), where he took a first class honours degree in law.

Renamed the Royal Dragoons of Ireland, they went on to serve with the Duke of Marlborough during the Spanish War of Succession and earned three battle honours there.