Baron Churchill (1815 creation)

Baron Churchill
Arms: Quarterly: 1st & 4th, quarterly Argent and Gules, the second and third quarters charged with a Fret Or, over all a Bend Sable, charged with three Escallops Argent (Spencer); 2nd & 3rd, Sable, a Lion rampant Argent, on a Canton (of honourable augmentation) Argent, a Cross Gules (Churchill). Crest: Out of a Ducal Coronet Or, a Griffin’s Head between two Wings expanded Argent, gorged with a Bar gemel Gules. Supporters: Dexter: A Griffin wings elevated per fess Argent and Or. Sinister: A Wyvern wings elevated Gules, both gorged with a Collar Or, charged with three Escallops Sable, attached thereto a line reflexed over the back, terminating in an Annulet Or.
Creation date 11 August 1815
Creation Second
Monarch George III
Peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder Lord Francis Spencer
Present holder Richard Spencer, 6th Baron Churchill
Heir apparent Hon. Michael Spencer
Status Extant
Armorial motto DIEU DEFEND LE DROIT
(English: God defend my right)
The Barony of Churchill was held by the Viscounts Churchill from 1902–2017
Viscount Churchill
Creation date 14 July 1902
Monarch Edward VII
Peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder Victor Spencer, 3rd Baron Churchill
Last holder Victor Spencer, 3rd Viscount Churchill
Status Extinct
Extinction date 18 October 2017

Baron Churchill, of Sandridge in the County of Hertford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and held by a branch of the Spencer family. It was created in 1815 for Lord Francis Spencer,[1] younger son of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (see Duke of Marlborough for earlier history of the family). He had previously represented Oxfordshire 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 County of Leicester, was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 15 July 1902 for the first baron's grandson Conservative politician Victor Spencer, 3rd Baron Churchill.[2] 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,[3] the great-grandson of General The Hon. Sir Augustus Almeric Spencer GCB, who was the third son of the 1st Baron Churchill. As a descendant of the 4th Duke of Marlborough, the 6th Baron is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles.

Barons Churchill (1815)

Viscounts Churchill (1902)

Barons Churchill (1815; reverted)

  • Richard Harry Ramsay Spencer, 6th Baron Churchill (b. 1926)[3]

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Michael Richard de Charrière Spencer (b. 1960).

Male-line family tree

References

  1. ↑ "No. 17041". The London Gazette. 18 July 1815. p. 1459.
  2. ↑ "No. 27455". The London Gazette. 18 July 1902. p. 4586.
  3. 1 2 "The 3rd (and last) Viscount Churchill, OBE 1934-2017". Peerage News. UK. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2018. The viscountcy of Churchill (created in 1902) now becomes extinct. The 3rd Viscount is succeeded in the barony of Churchill (created in 1815) by his second cousin once removed, Richard Harry Ramsay Spencer, born 11 Oct, 1926, who becomes the 6th Baron Churchill.
  4. ↑ "Death Announcements: CHURCHILL". The Telegraph. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

See also

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