El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-12
Marlborough Henpecked
Marries Woman of Quick Temper,
But Is Loved by Her With
Fierce, UnyieldinE
Devotion.
By Madison q. Peters
BY Madison q. Peters

TOHN CHURCHILL duke of MARI
borough, one Of the great military
captains of modern history, was the
son of Sir Winston Churchill. a gallant
soldier who had drawn his sword in be-
half Of Charles I and had in conse-
quence been deprived Of his fortune and
driven into exile by Cromwell His
mother was Elizabeth Drake, who
claimed a collateral connection with
the nIustrious Sir Francis Drake. The
eldest son. Winston. died in infancy.
so thai John became heir to the honors
of the family.
John Churchill was gracious in man
ners and even in the conduct of war
was signally humane. In 1873 he mar
ried Sarah Jennings. the favOrite
lady in attendance on the princess
Anne, second daughter Of the duke of
York. one of the most admired beauties
Of the court.
Sarah Jennings was descendent Of an
anvient Royalist family which like that
of Churchill had suffered fox its
fidelity during civil wars. ChUrchilFs
alliance with Sarah increased his in
hUence already great with the duke Of
York, and laid the foundation Of the
future grandeur Of his fortunes.
Keeps wedding a Secret.
Sarah was a coy and quick tempered
woman, whom he married against the
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for him, Catherine Sedley, a kinsWOm-
an who was rich, but squint eyed.
urged to abandon the suit, the court
ship was abruptly ended by Sarah TAX
ing the matter into her own hands.
The marriage was promptly made n
the secret known for sometime only to
the duchess Of York.
Sarah's beauty was the ornament OF
the court and her very errors charmed.
Her pugnacity was bOundless, her
#awmnnn wrou lila . TIGER The stories
Of her violence are numerous. To spite
the duke on one occasion she cut off
her long beautiful tresses Of hair and
knowing his admiration Tor them she
placed them where he could not help
After the dukes death this woman,
whose temper OverpoWered her vanity,
found the tresses locked up IN a cab
met among the dukes most cherished
treasures. During the dukes illness
the duchess, incensed against the at
tending physician for some advice she
did not approve, swOre at him bitterly,
followed him downstairs and pulled off
his wig
Fails Out with Daughters.
She fell out with her two daughters,
one Of whom blackened the face Of her
portrait and hung il up in her room
with the inscription, She Is much
blacker within" h duchess was per-
petuaIly at war. She Quarrelled with
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Of Sir Robert Walpole was her pet
a~ntipathy.
Though the duchess lived at court
from the age Of II lat a time when it
has been said If men q gOne into
mourning for the immortality of their
wives, sisters and daughters. half the
court would have been continually in
black, her virtue was ever above sus-
piciOn mainly because of the fierce,
elusive, earnest love b had for the
duEa Of Marlborough
Loyal to the Duke.
Truly. If not tenderly the duchess
loved Marlborough for A years and
lived with him as happily as her dom
ineering spirit o have allowed her
to live with anyone In her anxiety
to hand him down as the greatest man
Of his age. she was ever on the watch
to guard his reputation. h loved and
honored the man, she often grteYed ana
Inundated by the W~aywardness OF a
high spirit
duke of Somerset asked her 10 marry
him. She said: Were I only thirty l
would not permit even the emperor OF
the world to succeed in that heart
which has been devoted 20 John, duke
Of Marlborough"