What is Duke of Marlborough (title)?
[[File:Blenheim Palace IMG 3673.JPG|thumb|right|200px|The entrance of Blenheim Palace.]] '''Duke of Marlborough''' is a [[wikt:title|title]] in the [[Peerage|Peerage of England]]. It was created by [[Anne of Great Britain|Queen Anne]] in 1702 for [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]].<ref>Pat Rogers, ''The Alexander Pope Encyclopedia'' (Westport, CT: Greenwood press, 2004), p. 188</ref> The name of the [[dukedom]] refers to [[Marlborough]] in [[Wiltshire]]. It is the only current dukedom in the Peerages of England, [[Great Britain]] or the [[United Kingdom]] that can pass to a woman and through a woman. The family have long been involved with the [[politics]] of the day. They are also famous for their traditional home which is ''[[Blenheim Palace]]''.<ref>Mark Grossman, ''World Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary'' (New York, NY: Facts On File, 2007), p. 66</ref> This is the only [[wikt:non|non]]-[[royal]] [[palace]] in the United Kingdom. The family still live at the palace. The duke is entitled to the [[Style (address)|style of address]] of [[Your Grace]]. ==List of Dukes== # John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. (1650–1722), soldier and statesman. # Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough (1681–1733), eldest daughter of the 1st Duke, succeeded her father by Act of Parliament (1706). # Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (1706–1758). # George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739–1817), elder son of the 3rd Duke. # George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough (1766–1840), elder son of the 4th Duke. # George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough (1793–1857), eldest son of the 5th Duke. # John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke (1822–1883), eldest son of the 6th Duke and paternal grandfather of [[Winston Churchill]]. # George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke (1844–1892), eldest son of the 7th Duke. # Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke (1871–1934), only son of the 8th Duke. # John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke (1897–1972), elder son of the