Ancestry of Sir
Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

George Spencer

View famous kin of George Spencer

• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Winston Churchill — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 16 
  • Father:
  • George Spencer 
  • Mother:
  • Caroline Russell   
  • Birth Date:
  • 6 Mar 1766 
  • Birth Location:
  •  
  • Christening Date:
  • 3 Apr 1766 
  • Christening Location:
  • Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England 
  • Death Date:
  • 5 Mar 1840 
  • Death Location:
  • Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England 
  • Burial Date:
  •  
  • Burial Location:
  • Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Susan Stewart
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Sep 1791 
  • Marriage Location:
  • St. James's Church, Westminster, London, England 
  • Child:

  George Spencer-Churchill (Ahnentafel No:8 )

  • Notes: 

  • 5th Duke of Marlborough

    George was the first to take the name Spencer-Churchill when he had it legally changed on 26 MAY 1817.

• Sources for George Spencer

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/29/2013).
  • ² NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1996, Vol. 13, p. 168.
  • ³ Connecticut Society of Genealogists, The Connecticut Nutmegger, 2000, Vol. 33, Page 19.
  • ⁴ Daniels, Janet, "Churchill's Spencer Ancestry", (accessed 04/30/2013).
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 24.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough", _5th_Duke_of_Marlborough, (accessed 04/29/2013).