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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough
		Sarah Churchill (1660-1744), Duchess of Marlborough, was born Sarah Jennings and rose to be one of the most influential women in the whole of British history, largely as a result of her close friendship with Queen Anne.
		It was left to Sarah to oversee the remaining work, and she was often in conflict with the architect, Sir John Vanbrugh.
		Close links with the royal family remained; Sarah sought to marry one of her granddaughters to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and remained friendly with the prince and his family even after this plan had failed.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/sa/Sarah%2C_Duchess_of_Marlborough (309 words)

	Lady Masham Abigail - LoveToKnow 1911
		The first intimation of her protege's growing favour with the queen came to the duchess in the summer of 17(57, when she learned that Abigail Hill had been privately married to a gentleman of the queen's household named Samuel Masham, and that the queen herself had been present at the marriage.
		In the following year the duchess of Marlborough was also dismissed from her appointment at court, Mrs Masham taking her place as keeper of the privy purse.
		Lady Masham was by no means the vulgar, ill-educated person she was represented to have been by her defeated rival, the duchess of Marlborough; her extant letters, showing not a little refinement of literary style, prove the reverse.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Lady_Masham_Abigail (560 words)

	Blenheim Palace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Commissioned by the Duchess in 1730, it was designed by William Kent, and statues of the Duke and Duchess depicted as Caesar and Caesarina adorn the great sarcophagus.
		Following the 1st Duke's death the Duchess concentrated most of her considerable energies on the completion of the palace itself, and the park remained relatively unchanged until the arrival of Capability Brown in 1764.
		By the 1870s the Marlboroughs were in severe financial trouble, and in 1875 the 7th Duke sold the "Marriage of Cupid and Psyche", together with the famed Marlborough gems, at auction for £10,000.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blenheim_Palace (5754 words)

	Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough - David Higham Associates
		A portrait of Sarah Churchill, first Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1744), this volume discusses one of the most powerful, influential and fascinating women of her times.
		She was instrumental in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and became a strident advocate of Whig principles.
		Sarah was a compulsive and compelling writer, narrating the major events of her day with herself often at centre-stage.
	www.davidhigham.co.uk /html/Titles/Sarah_Duchess_of_Marlborough (201 words)

	The Favourite: Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough - smh.com.au
		Sarah became the richest woman in England with a controlling interest in the national debt, giving her sufficient wealth to determine the fate of the Bank of England and the power to drive the fledgling stock market.
		Sarah Churchill would not walk away from a battle, but throughout her life was bombarded with a stream of vilification that appeared in thinly disguised verses in the press, and in slanderous letters.
		Sarah drove a good many people mad with exasperation and in the 18th century, strong women with powerful and passionate emotions were satirised and vilified.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/09/20/1032054954106.html (818 words)

	Marlborough, Sarah Churchill, duchess of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Born Sarah Jennings, she was a childhood friend of Princess Anne.
		Until then Sarah had wielded considerable influence at court, but gradually Abigail Masham, a kinswoman both of Sarah herself and of the Tory leader Robert Harley, replaced her in Anne’s affections.
		After the death (1722) of the duke of Marlborough, the duchess supervised completion of the building of Blenheim Palace, quarreling bitterly with its architect, Sir John Vanbrugh, and with most of her relatives.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ma/MarlboroS.html (207 words)

	Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st duke of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Marlborough was successful as a military commander in 1689 and 1690, but William’s poor treatment of Anne offended him, and William began to resent Marlborough’s ambition and ability.
		Marlborough and his friend Sidney Godolphin, as well as the queen, although earlier bound by personal and religious ties to the Tories, turned to the Whigs, who favored the war while the Tories opposed it.
		The duchess, however, quarreled with Anne, who came under the influence of Abigail Masham, Harley’s cousin; the war was costly, and Marlborough was accused of prolonging it for his personal glory; the prosecution of Henry Sacheverell was unpopular; and in 1710 the Whigs fell, yielding power to Harley and Henry St.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ma/MarlboroJ.html (550 words)

	Additional Reading (from Sarah Jennings, duchess of Marlborough) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is bounded by Cook Straight (north), the South Pacific Ocean (east), Christchurch local government region (southeast and south), and Tasman and the city of Nelson unitary authorities (west).
		Beginning his career at the age of 15 as page of honor to the duke of York, later King James II, the duke of Marlborough went on to become one of the greatest generals and statesmen of his age.
		Compared to most other first ladies of the 19th century, Sarah Polk—wife of the 11th president of the United States, James K. Polk—was deeply involved in her husband's career and, through him, exerted considerable influence on public affairs and politics.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-4627?tocId=4627 (744 words)

	Books \| Topping up the Queen's chocolate
		Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, is one of those much-biographised subjects - Byron and the Bront¿s are others - whose life has been reworked down the decades to fit any given moment.
		Sarah proceeded to flmail her mistress, threatening to denounce her as a lesbian if she was not restored to former prominence, with all her political and financial advantages intact.
		Sarah was not a proto-Victorian wife, confined to the private realm, but neither was she a feminist pioneer, striding out into spaces that had traditionally belonged to men.
	books.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4445292-110738,00.html (1120 words)

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		Marlborough commissioned a remarkable set of tapestries illustrating his campaigns which were woven in Brussels, and which still hang in the palace.
		Sarah Duchess of Marlborough shared her husband's great interest in the family silver, signing off the lists of silver which survive amongst the family papers.
		Marlborough seized the opportunity to commission in 1711a further splendid silver ewer and basin from the outstanding silversmith Elie Pacot in Lille These pieces are currently on loan from a private collection and displayed in the Whiteley Silver Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
	www.mla.gov.uk /documents/revcom_case038_eas.doc (2312 words)

	Berkshire History: Biographies: Sarah Jennings (1660-1744), 1st Duchess of Marlborough
		Sarah was the daughter of a Hertfordshire gentleman, Richard Jennings of Sandridge by his wife, Frances Thornhurst, and became Maid of Honour to Mary of Modena, Duchess of York and, afterwards, Queen of England and Scots.
		Sarah spent most of her life at the Great Lodge (now Cumberland Lodge) in Windsor Great Park, a house she had coveted long before her appointment as the Park Ranger.
		After her husband's death, in 1722, the Duchess was also busy completing the hideous structure of Blenheim Palace and she had a long series of spirited quarrels with most people around her, including her architect, her family and the King's ministers.
	www.berkshirehistory.com /bios/sjennings.html (526 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Favourite: Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough: Books: Ophelia Field
		In her lifetime Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough was given a bad press and had the misfortune to attract the satirical attentions of most of the great writers of her time.
		Throughout her long life (she survived her husband for several decades), Sarah wrote reams of letters and self-justifying memoirs and Field has drawn skilfully on these and other contemporary sources to reveal the Duchess of Marlborough as one of the most remarkable personalities, of either sex, in English 18th-century history.
		Ophelia Field's treatment of Sarah, the bright young thing (think Lady Diana Spencer) who became one of England's most powerful and rich matriarchs (she once held the reins of the Bank of England) is thorough and perceptive.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Favourite-Sarah-Duchess-Marlborough/dp/0340768088 (790 words)

	The 1st Duke of Marlborough
		Marlborough's origins were more humble than Wellington's, though; his father was a knight (Sir Winston Churchill) and he did not have the benefits of belonging to the nobility or receiving an education like the young Wellington did.
		Marlborough was in charge of the army under William III, Anne, and later George I, and made his mark during the war of the Spanish Succession.
		After Marlborough's death, Sarahcompleted Blenheim herself -- and she hated Blenheim, so she built herself a townhouse, Marlborough House, which later reverted to the crown and was the residence of the Prince of Wales during Victoria's reign.
	www.chinet.com /~laura/html/titles11.html (1784 words)

	Sarah Jenyns
		Sarah escorted Anne to meet the Prince of Orange in 1688 and persuaded her to acceptthe statutory settlement of the succession.
		Upon Marlborough's disgrace in 1692, Queen Mary compelled Anne to dismiss Sarah from her offices and excluded her from court; but after Mary's death in 1694, Anne and William III were reconciled and theMarlboroughs returned to favour.After Anne's accession, the Marlboroughs enjoyed great favour.
		Sarah persistently urged her to bring the Earl of Sunderland into office in 1706, and mutual irritation showed that the friendshipof Anne and Sarah was cooling.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /ivorjackson/1324.htm (337 words)

	Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough
		The record of the life of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough is part historical document, part political treatise and finally, part portrait of a woman.
		She was born in 1660 (a big date in English history because that was the year that Charles II was restored to the throne after Cromwell).
		She was lowly born but thanks to a pushy mother and her inheritance of that same pushiness, Sarah rose to the very top of English society.
	www.ivenus.com /culture/books/reviews/CU-books-Marlborough-wk117.asp (593 words)

	duchess of Marlborough Sarah Jennings - Encyclopedia.com
		Sarah Jennings, duchess of Marlborough see Marlborough, Sarah Churchill, duchess of.
		The Independent - London; 5/29/1998; 145 words; Births: Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough, 1660; Gilbert Keith Chesterton, author, 1874; John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th US president, 1917.
		Spencer in this tale -- Sarah Jennings, the first duchess of Marlborough, a woman for whom feuds...
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-X-JenningsS.html (290 words)

	Sample text for Library of Congress control number 2003046543
		Sarah Jennings (or Jenyns) was born on 5 June 1660, the week after Charles II returned from exile and was installed on the restored throne.
		Sarah was less exposed to the horrors - the recorded death toll in St Albans was only 121 - but her parents would have known many people who died in London, and she might have witnessed the crowds of displaced people living in 'great extremities in the woods and fields' of Hertfordshire.
		In late 1673, Sarah followed her sister Frances to Court and became one of four Maids of Honour to the Duchess of York, Mary of Modena, second wife of James, the King's Catholic brother.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/samples/hol051/2003046543.html (2325 words)

	Amazon.com: Sarah Churchill: Duchess of Marlborough: The Queen's Favourite: Books: Ophelia Field
		Sarah lived out her life quarreling with her children and grandchildren, as well as with Prime Minister Robert Walpole, and writing her memoirs in self-vindication.
		Sarah's intimate relationship with Queen Anne serves as the natural centerpiece of this biography.
		Sarah Jennings (or Jenyns) was born on 5 June 1660, the week after Charles II return from exile and was installed on the restored throne.
	www.amazon.com /Sarah-Churchill-Duchess-Marlborough-Favourite/dp/0312314663 (1317 words)

	Gilbert Collection
		Sarah was an attendant to the Duchess of York's stepdaughter, the Princess Anne, when she met John Churchill, the First Duke of Marlborough.
		In this portrait, painted around 1720, the Duchess is shown facing forward in a white gown with a blue bow at the bodice.
		Enamel portrait of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough, by C F Zincke, c.1720.
	www.gilbert-collection.org.uk /test/art_in_enamel/enamel08.html (302 words)

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		Death of Sarah of Marlborough, the Countess Granville, and Lord Beauchamp.
		The Duchess of Ireland's Hennins, or piked horns--566 263.
		Keppel, wife to the Honourable Frederick Keppel, Bishop of Exeter; the Countess of Waldegrave, afterwards Duchess of Gloucester; and the Countess of Dysart.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext03/lthw110.txt (13966 words)

	Books tagged "Duchess of Marlborough" \| LibraryThing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Marlborough, Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of, 1660-1744 (1)
		Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough by David Green (1)
		Sarah Duchess of Marlborough by David Green [geophile]
	www.librarything.com /tag/Duchess+of+Marlborough (124 words)

	Grinnell History Department Newsletter, February 2000
		Lindsay studied three women: Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, Elizabeth, Duchess of Somerset, and Melusine, Duchess of Kendal.
		Most powerful of the three was Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, who served as the Groom of the Stole to Queen Anne between 1683 to 1711, eventually becoming keeper of the Privy Purse.
		Sarah was a political animal, and took considerable pride in the exercise of power.
	web.grinnell.edu /history/Newsletters/Newsltr5-00/nltr5-00_pg6.html (825 words)

	Bulletin - Books: The Favourite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Unfortunately for her and for us, the most memorable feature of her life was to be the fraught relationship with Sarah Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough – or, as Alexander Pope styled her, “the wisest fool much time has ever made”.
		Together with Sarah and their friend the statesman Sidney Godolphin, he formed an executive in which, as his descendant Winston Churchill wrote: “Sarah managed the Queen, Marlborough managed the war, and Godolphin managed the Parliament”.
		Knowing the Marlboroughs were returning from exile, she had “stared fixedly at a clock”, taking care, I suspect, to die before their arrival.
	bulletin.ninemsn.com.au /bulletin/EdDesk.nsf/printing/A7F88BD6441E3958CA256C240025F41A (566 words)

	The Salacious Historian's Lair - Period Galleries 1660-1715
		The Duchesse wears a cravat with ribbon bows, imitating male dress.
		Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, playing cards with Lady Fitzharding, formerly Barbara Villiers, mistress to Charles II (and of the Duke of Marlborough!).
		Percy Kirke the Younger Colonel of the Regiment from 1710-1741, he had served as a junior officer in the regiment under his father.
	www.kipar.org /period-galleries/galleries_1700p.html (306 words)

	HoustonChronicle.com - Books Etc.
		Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, the great duke's widow, had for many years been regarded as Queen Anne's closest friend and lover.
		Although the Prime Minister forbade the marriage, thereafter the Spencers remained close to the throne, enabled in no small measure by the vast fortune Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, left to her favorite grandson, the second Spencer grandson who lost out on the titles of Sunderland and Marlborough.
		"This was their chance finally to acquire a legitimate royal connection." Sarah, however, was in the midst of fighting a battle with anorexia nervosa, which left her without the emotional resources to cope with a prince who blew hot one day and cold the next.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/ae/books/9899/08/16/dianach1.html (3571 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 2003046543 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A brilliant new biographer presents an unforgettable portrait of Sarah Churchill, first Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1744), the glamorous and controversial founder of the Spencer-Churchill dynasty that produced both Winston Churchill and Lady Diana Spencer.
		Attacked for traits that might have been applauded in a man, Sarah was also capable of inspiring intense love and loyalty, deeply committed to her principles and to living what she believed to be a virtuous life.
		Sarah was a compulsive and compelling writer, narrating the major events of her day, with herself often at center stage.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/hol032/2003046543.html (262 words)

	My Family
		George Spencer CHURCHILL (5th Duke of Marlborough) and Susan STEWART (Duchess of Marlborough) were married on 15 September 1791 in Blenheim, Palace.
		George Spencer CHURCHILL (6th Duke of Marlborough) was born on 27 December 1793 in England.
		Henrietta CHURCHILL (Duchess of Marlborough) was born in October 1681 in London, England.
	sneakers.pair.com /roots/b53.htm (1622 words)

	Marlborough - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library
		...Mistress of the Robes, Sarah Duchess of Marlborough.
		Sarahs husband, John Duke of Marlborough, Commander in Chief of the allied armies...the Whig ministry, the dismissal of Marlborough and Britains abandonment of her allies...
		Marlborough Woman; the Duchess of Marlborough Leads an Extraordinary Double Life: She Spends Half Her Time...BARKER Im the luckiest person alive, declares the Duchess of Marlborough, sitting in her studio at her hideaway where I meet her, Lee...
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