Baron Churchill, of

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in the

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, is a title in the

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and held by a branch of the

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. It was created in 1815 for Lord Francis Spencer, younger son of the 4th Duke of Marlborough (see Duke of Marlborough for earlier history of the family). He had previously represented

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in Parliament. From 1902 to 2017, the barony was subsidiary title of the viscountcy of Churchill. The title of Viscount Churchill, of Rolleston in the

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, was created in the

on 15 July 1902 for the first baron's grandson

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politician Victor Spencer, 3rd Baron Churchill. The viscountcy became extinct in 2017 on the death of the first Viscount's youngest son, the third Viscount, who had succeeded his half-brother, the second Viscount, in 1973. The barony was inherited by the last Viscount's second cousin once removed, the great-grandson of General Sir Augustus Almeric Spencer, the third son of the 1st Baron Churchill.

Baron Churchill (1815)

* Francis Almeric Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill (1779–1845) *Francis George Spencer, 2nd Baron Churchill (1802–1886) * Victor Albert Francis Charles Spencer, 3rd Baron Churchill (1864–1934, created Viscount Churchill in 1902)

Viscount Churchill (1902)

* Victor Albert Francis Charles Spencer, 1st Viscount Churchill (1864–1934) *Victor Alexander Spencer, 2nd Viscount Churchill (1890–1973) *Victor George Spencer, 3rd Viscount Churchill (1934–2017)

Baron Churchill (1815; reverted)

*Richard Harry Ramsay Spencer, 6th Baron Churchill (1926–2020) *Michael Richard de Charrière Spencer, 7th Baron Churchill (born 1960) The

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is the present holder's brother, the Hon. David Anthony de Charrière Spencer (born 1970).

Baron Churchill (1815)

Viscount Churchill (1902)

Baron Churchill (1815; reverted)

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