Biography Duke of Malboro

Briefly about how the great-grandfather of the Prime Minister Winston Churchill, a nobleman of modest origin, made an amazing career and correctly served 5 monarchs of Great Britain. Portrait of John Churchill -, 1st Duke of Malboro. His father, who was named Winston Churchill, was the son of a lawyer, began his career as a simple officer and at the age of 44 received a knightly title.

Despite the fact that his father was a famous English historian, military and politician, few could have imagined that John Churchill would become a duke and one of the most powerful people of Great Britain in the future. Colonel Winston Churchill is John Churchill's father.

For a long time, John Churchill studied in Oxford, where he studied mathematics, philosophy, history, especially military, and perfectly learned Latin. At the initiative of his father, the future Duke of Malboro at the age of 17 entered the guard with a simple soldier. The dexterous and strong young man was enrolled in the grenadier company, after which they sent to serve in Tangier in the north of Morocco, where John received an invaluable experience in the fighting with the Moors.

But, nevertheless, promotion in the service of the initiative and sensible young man was not very fast. However, one event that happened during these years played a huge role in John Churchill’s subsequent fate - at the age of 27 he married the summer Sarah Jennigs, the daughter of Richard Jennings parliamentarians, in the marriage with which 7 children were later born. The girl was not from a very rich family, and therefore John's father did not hide that he dreamed of a better dowry.

The portrait of Anna Stewart - Queen of Great Britain - thanks to their close relations, Sarah Churchill was an incredibly influential figure at court. From now on, John Churchill became as close as possible to the royal court. Yakov II Stuart treated him with sympathy and in the year gave the young officer the title of Baron. John Churchill in the year. Churchill continued his military career, but for a long time he had no opportunity to fully show his general talents - John dragged on the top to the top for decades.

By the beginning of the war for the Spanish inheritance, which brought him all European glory, the future triumph of the French under Blenheim was already in 50 years, and he was in disgrace for many years. The fact is that during the glorious revolution of the year in England, John Churchill switched to the side of the enemies of the Stuart dynasty, in fact betraying his patron - King Jacob II.

King Wilhelm III, Orange, who came to him, could not trust the man who enjoyed the location and trust of the previous monarch, and after all betrayed him. Wilhelm III generously awarded John for betrayal, giving him an count's title, but at the same time preferred to keep a former defector away from the royal court. So the future Duke of Malbore was in disgrace.

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