<Li> George Spencer - Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough (1793--1857), eldest son of the 5th Duke </Li> <Li> John Winston Spencer - Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822--1883), eldest son of the 6th Duke (and paternal grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill) </Li> <Li> George Charles Spencer - Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough (1844--1892), eldest son of the 7th Duke </Li> <Li> Charles Richard John Spencer - Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (1871--1934), only son of the 8th Duke </Li>

1508 spencer family has owned it for 500 years