page_title: George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough / Family
caption_attribution_description: English: Susan, Duchess of Marlborough
context_page_description: George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough FSA, styled Marquess of Blandford until 1817, was a British nobleman, politician, peer, and collector of antiquities and books.
  He was the first one to specifically use the surname "Spencer-Churchill"; Churchill was the name of the first Duke.
context_section_description: Marlborough married Lady Susan Stewart (1767–1841), daughter of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway, on 15 September 1791. They had four children:
  George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough (1793–1857)
  Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill (1794–1840), married Ethelred Catherine Benett and had issue.
  Reverend Lord George Henry Spencer-Churchill (1796–1828), married Elizabeth Martha Nares; after his death, she married in 1834 the barrister William Whateley.
  Lord Henry John Spencer-Churchill (1797–1840). Died and buried in Macao 2 June 1840, whilst as Captain of HBM Ship Druid.
  Winston Churchill was the duke's great-great-grandson.
  Illegitimate children:
  John Tustian (1799–1873).
  Illegitimate children:
  Ann Spencer (1802-1880)
  Illegitimate children by Matilda Glover (1802–1876)
  Georgina Matilda (1819–1898)
  Caroline Augusta (1821–1905)
  Elizabeth (Ellen) (1823–1878), married novelist Robert Mackenzie Daniel (1813–1847), and became a novelist herself .
  Henry Spencer (1831–1831)
  George (?)
  Henry (?)
  The Duke died in March 1840, aged 73, at Blenheim Palace and was buried there in the vault beneath the chapel on 13 March 1840. His eldest son George, Marquess of Blandford, succeeded in the title. The Duchess of Marlborough died at Park Lane, Mayfair, London, in April 1841, aged 73.
caption: Lady Susan Stewart, Duchess of Marlborough
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