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Consuelo's grave at St Martin's Church, Bladon, England Consuelo's second wedding, on 4 July 1921, was to Lt. Col. Jacques Balsan , a record-breaking pioneer French balloon, aircraft, and hydroplane pilot who once worked with the Wright Brothers .
Winston and Clementine Churchill's grave after restoration in 2006 The grave of the 10th Duke of Marlborough and his first wife at St Martin's Church. The parish of St Martin's includes Blenheim Palace, the family seat of the dukes of Marlborough. Members of the Spencer-Churchill family are interred in St Martin's parish churchyard at Bladon.
However, Marlborough and Consuelo did not divorce until 1921. Deacon and Marlborough were married in Paris later that year. [4] [5] Artistic and a keen gardener, the new Duchess of Marlborough had enlarged images of her startling blue-green eyes painted on the ceiling of the main portico of Blenheim Palace, where they remain today.
Portrait of John Spencer-Churchill with his parents and younger brother, by John Singer Sargent, 1905.. He was born in London on 18 September 1897 as the first of two sons born to Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough and his first wife, the former Consuelo Vanderbilt, an American railroad heiress. [1]
In the late 1890s, the Duke invited to Blenheim Palace Gladys Deacon, another American, who became friends with Consuelo. [23] Deacon, the daughter of Edward Parker Deacon, became the Duke's mistress soon after moving into the palace. She and Marlborough were married on 25 June 1921 in Paris, shortly after his divorce from Consuelo. [23]
Coat of Arms of Winthrop Rutherfurd. In 1895, Consuelo Vanderbilt fell in love with Rutherfurd, and Rutherfurd proposed marriage to her. [16] [17] However, Consuelo's mother Alva Vanderbilt forced Consuelo to travel to Europe, and pressured her to marry Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, in order to gain the title and status of a duchess.
Vanderbilt inherited a trust fund that was worth $5 million in 1925 (roughly $70 million today) after her father's death, and according to celebritynetworth.com, was worth $200 million at the time ...
Lord Ivor Charles Spencer-Churchill (14 October 1898 – 17 September 1956) was a British aristocrat, soldier, and art collector. He was the younger son of the 9th Duke of Marlborough and his first wife, the former Consuelo Vanderbilt, an American railroad heiress.