Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

Her Grace The Duchess of Marlborough VA
Full-length portrait of Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
Born	Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane (1822-04-15)15 April 1822 St James's Square, London, England
Died	16 April 1899(1899-04-16) (aged 77) Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
Spouse(s)	John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough ​ ​ (m. 1843; died 1883)​
Issue	George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough Lord Frederick Spencer-Churchill Cornelia Guest, Lady Wimborne Rosamund Fellowes, Lady de Ramsey Lord Randolph Churchill Fanny Marjoribanks, Lady Tweedmouth Anne Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill Lord Augustus Spencer-Churchill Georgiana Curzon, Countess Howe Lady Sarah Wilson
Father	Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
Mother	Lady Frances Vane-Tempest

Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, VA (15 April 1822 – 16 April 1899) was an English noblewoman, the wife of British peer and statesman John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough. One of her sons, Lord Randolph Churchill, was the father of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. She had a total of 11 children, and her principal home was the monumental Blenheim Palace, which she rejuvenated with her "lavish and exciting entertainments",^[1] and transformed into a "social and political focus for the life of the nation".^[2] She was invested as a Lady of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert for her efforts at famine relief in Ireland.