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See also:MARLBOROUGH, EARLS AND See also:DUKES OF . The earldom of Marlborough was held by the See also:family of Ley from 1626 to 1679. See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Ley, the 1st See also:earl (c. 1550-1629), was See also:lord See also:chief See also:justice of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:Bench in See also:Ireland and then in See also:England; he was an See also:English member of See also:parliament and was lord high treasurer from 1624 to 1628. In 1624 he was created See also:Baron Ley and in 1626 earl of Marlborough. The 3rd earl was his See also:grandson James (1618-1665), a See also:naval officer who was killed in See also:action with the Dutch. James was succeeded by his See also:uncle See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William, a younger son of the 1st earl, on whose See also:death in 1679 the earldom became See also:extinct.
In 1689 See also:John See also:Churchill was created earl and in 1702 See also:duke of Marlborough (see below). After the death of his only son See also:Charles in 1703 an See also:act of parliament was passed in 1706 settling the duke's titles upon his daughters and their issue. Consequently when he died in See also:June 1722 his eldest daughter Henrietta (1681-1733), wife of See also:Francis See also:Godolphin, 2nd earl of Godolphin, became duchess
%VII. 24of Marlborough. She died without sons and was succeeded by her See also:nephew Charles See also:Spencer, 5th earl of See also:Sunderland (1706-1758), a son of the See also:great duke's second daughter See also:Anne (d. 1716). Al-though at this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time Charles handed over the Sunderland estates to his younger See also:brother John, the ancestor of the earls Spencer, he did not obtain See also:Blenheim until Sarah, the See also:dowager duchess, died in 1744. His eldest son See also:George Spencer, the 4th duke (1739-1817), See also:left three sons. The eldest, George Spencer, the 5th duke (1766-184o), was summoned to the See also:House of Lords as Baron Spencer of Wormleighton in 18o6, and in 1817, after succeeding to the dukedom, he took the name of Spencer-Churchill. The 4th duke's second son was Lord See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry John Spencer (1770-1795), See also:envoy to See also:Sweden and to See also:Prussia; and his third son was Lord Francis Almeric Spencer (1779-1845), who was created a peer as Baron Churchill of Whichwood in 1815. His grandson See also:Victor See also:Albert Francis Charles Spencer (b. 1864) succeeded his See also:father as 3rd Baron Churchill in 1886, and was raised to the See also:rank of a See also:viscount in 1902.
The 7th duke of Marlborough, John Winston Spencer-Churchill (1822-1883), a prominent Conservative politician, was lord-See also:lieutenant of Ireland 1876-188o, and when See also:marquess of See also:Blandford (the See also:courtesy See also:title See also:borne by the duke's eldest son in his father's lifetime) was responsible for the act of 1856 called the " Blandford Act," enabling populous parishes to be divided for purposes of See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church See also:work. In 1892 his grandson Charles See also:Richard John Spencer-Churchill (b. 1871) became 9th duke of Marlborough.
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