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2 days ago · The family fortune was made in 1665 when Arabella Churchill became maid of honour to Anne Hyde and began an affair with her husband, James, Duke of York. This lasted over a decade; James had four acknowledged children by her, including James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick.
4 days ago · She offered insights into the Churchill family to various biographers, prominently including Sir Martin Gilbert, who became the authorised biographer of Sir Winston Churchill after the death of Churchill's son, Randolph, in 1968.
3 days ago · The Spencer family is an aristocratic British family. From the 16th century, its members have held numerous titles, including the dukedom of Marlborough, the earldoms of Sunderland and Spencer, and the Churchill barony. Two prominent members of the family during the 20th century were Sir Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess of Wales . History.
Jul 19, 2024 · In Great Windmill Street lived Colonel Godfrey, whose wife, Arabella Churchill, sister of John, Duke of Marlborough, had been the mistress of James II., when Duke of York.
Jul 8, 2024 · Among the other notable personages who have lived here at various times may be mentioned Lewis, Earl of Faversham; Lawrence Hyde, Earl of Rochester; Arabella Churchill, the mistress of James, Duke of York, and mother by him of the Duke of Berwick; Sir Allen Apsley, at whose house the Duke of York put up on his sudden return from Brussels ...
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Jun 29, 2024 · One of James's illegitimate sons by his mistress Arabella Churchill, James Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick, became a Field Marshal in the French army; Berwick remained in amicable, possibly treasonable, correspondence with his uncle, the Duke of Marlborough, even when they were fighting on opposite sides.
Jul 18, 2024 · Answer: Arabella Churchill Her father was named Winston Churchill and a direct ancestor of the Prime Minister Winston Churchill. James II was the brother of Charles II.
