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Duchess Caroline Russell 1743–1811 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Jan 1743

Birth Location: Bloomsbury, London, England

Death Date: 2 Dec 1811

Death Location: Family Vault, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Lord Russell

Mother: Gertrude Leveson-Gower

Spouse(s): George Sunderland

Children(s): George Sunderland, Lady Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer, Charlotte Spencer, Henry Spencer, Anne Spencer, Francis Spencer, Amelia Spencer

The story of Duchess Caroline Russell began in 1743 in Bloomsbury, London, England. Duchess Caroline Russell married George Spencer 4Th Duke Of Marlborough Earl Of Sunderland, and had children including Amelia Sophia Spencer, Anne Spencer, Charlotte Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer, Francis Almeric Spencer, George Spencer Churchill 5Th Duke Of Marlborough Earl Of Sunderland, Henry John Spencer, Lady Caroline Spencer. Duchess Caroline Russell passed away in 1811 in Family Vault, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Duchess Caroline Russell began in 1743 in Bloomsbury, London, England.
  • Duchess Caroline Russell married George Spencer 4Th Duke Of Marlborough Earl Of Sunderland, and had children including Amelia Sophia Spencer, Anne Spencer, Charlotte Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer, Francis Almeric Spencer, George Spencer Churchill 5Th Duke Of Marlborough Earl Of Sunderland, Henry John Spencer, Lady Caroline Spencer.
  • Duchess Caroline Russell passed away in 1811 in Family Vault, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Russell
1710–1771
Birth Location: Streatham, Lambeth, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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Gertrude Leveson-Gower
1715–1737
Birth Location: Trentham, Staffordshire, England
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Spouses(s)

George Sunderland
1739–1817
Birth Location: Althorpe, Brington, Northamptonshire, England
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Children(s)

George Sunderland
1766–1840
Birth Location: Wormleighton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
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Lady Spencer
1763–1813
Birth Location: Great Brington, Northamptonshire, England
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Elizabeth Spencer
1764–1812
Birth Location: Althorp, Northamptonshire, England
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Charlotte Spencer
1769–1802
Birth Location: Wormleighton, Warwickshire, England
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Henry Spencer
1770–1795
Birth Location: Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Anne Spencer
1773–1865
Birth Location: Althorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
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Francis Spencer
1779–1845
Birth Location: Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Amelia Spencer
1785–1829
Birth Location: Althorp, Northamptonshire, England
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Duchess Russell's Ancestors

Self
Duchess Russell
1743–1811
Birth Place: Bloomsbury, London, England
Parents
Lord John Russell
1710–1771
Streatham, Lambeth, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Gertrude Leveson-Gower
1715–1737
Trentham, Staffordshire, England
Grandparents
Lord (Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford) KG
1680–1711
London, England
Elizabeth Howland
1682–1724
Streatham, London, England, United Kingdom
John Leveson-Gower
1694–1754
Stittenham, York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Evelyn Pierrepont
1691–1727
Great-Grandparents
Lord Russell
1639–1683
Lady Wriothesley
1637–1723
John Howland
1652–
Elizabeth Child
–1719
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord PC
1616–1700
Anne Carr
1615–1684
Thomas Wriothesley
1607–1667
Rachel Massue
1600–1640

Duchess Russell's Descendants

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Duchess (Caroline) Russell (13 Jan 1743–2 Dec 1811) m. George (Spencer 4th Duke of Marlborough, Earl of) Sunderland (26 Jan 1739–7 Feb 1817)
  1. 1. George (Spencer-Churchill 5th Duke of Marlborough, Earl of) Sunderland 1766–1840 m. Lady (Susan Stewart Duchess of) Marlborough 1767–1841
    1. 1. George (Spencer-Churchill 6th Duke of Marlborough, Earl of) Sunderland 1793–1857 m. Jane (Stewart of) Galloway 1798–1845 m. Charlotte (Augusta) Flower 1818–1850 m. Jane (Frances Clinton) Stewart 1817–1897
      1. 1. John (Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke of Marlborough, Earl of) Sunderland 1822–1883 m. Lady (Frances Anne Emily Vane-Tempest, Dowager Duchess Of) Marlborough 1822–1899
        1. 1. Randolph (Henry) Spencer-Churchill 1849–1895 m. Lady (Randolph) Churchill 1854–1921
        2. 2. Cornelia (Henrietta Spencer) Churchill
        3. 3. George (Charles) Spencer-Churchill 1844–1892
        4. 4. Frederick (John Winston) Spencer-Churchill 1846–1850
        5. 5. H (Spencer) Churchill 1847–1927
        6. 6. Lady (Cornelia Henrietta Maria) Spencer-Churchill 1847–1927
        7. 7. Jane (Frances Rosamond) Spencer-Churchill 1850–1920
        8. 8. Fanny (Octavia Louise) Spencer-Churchill 1853–1904
        9. 9. Anne (Emily Spencer) Churchill 1854–1923 m. James (Henry Robert Innes Ker Duke of) Roxburghe 1839–1892
        10. 10. Charles (Ashley George Bradford Spencer) Churchill 1856–1858
        11. 11. Augustus (Robert) Spencer-Churchill 1858–1859
        12. 12. Georgiana (Elizabeth) Spencer-Churchill 1860–1906
        13. 13. Sarah (Isabella Augusta) Spencer-Churchill 1865–1929
      2. 2. Lady (Louisa) Spencer-Churchill 1821–1882
      3. 3. Alfred Spencer-Churchill 1824–1893 m. Harriet (Louisa Hester) Gough-Calthorpe 1832–1901
        1. 1. Jane Spencer-Churchill 1858–1940
        2. 2. Olivia Spencer-Churchill 1859–1942
        3. 3. Adeline (Spencer) Churchill 1860–1937 m. Col (William Hugh) Williams 1857–1938
        4. 4. Violet Spencer-Churchill 1864–1941
      4. 4. Alan Spencer-Churchill 1825–1873 m. Rosamond Dowker 1829–1888 m. Mary (Agatha) Russell 1853–1933
      5. 5. Almeric (Athelstan) Spencer-Churchill 1847–1856
      6. 6. Clementina (Augusta) Spencer-Churchill 1848–1886
      7. 7. Edward Spencer-Churchill 1853–1911
    2. 2. Caroline (Susan) Spencer-Churchill 1792–1792
    3. 3. Charles Spencer-Churchill 1794–1840
    4. 4. George (Henry) Spencer-Churchill 1796–1828
    5. 5. Henry (John) Spencer-Churchill 1797–1840
    6. 6. Phebe Spencer-Churchill 1798–1848
    7. 7. Caroline (Susan Spencer) Churchill 1798–1824
  2. 2. Lady (Caroline) Spencer 1763–1813
  3. 3. Elizabeth Spencer 1764–1812
  4. 4. Charlotte Spencer 1769–1802
  5. 5. Henry (John) Spencer 1770–1795
  6. 6. Anne Spencer 1773–1865 m. Cropley (Ashley) Ashley-Cooper 1768–1851
    1. 1. Harriet (Anne) Ashley-Cooper 1798–1868
    2. 2. Charlotte (Barbara) Ashley-Cooper 1799–1889
    3. 3. Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1801–1885 m. Emily (Caroline Catherine Frances) Cowper 1810–1872
      1. 1. Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1831–1886 m. Harriet (Augusta Anna Seymourina) Chichester 1829–1898
        1. 1. Margaret (Emily Ashley-) Cooper 1858–1931
        2. 2. Evelyn (Harriet Ashley-Cooper) Baring 1865–1931
        3. 3. Mildred (Georgiana) Ashley 1867–1958
        4. 4. Susan (Violet Ashley) Cooper 1868–1938
        5. 5. Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1869–1961 m. Lady (Constance Sibell Grosvenor) Cooper 1875–1957
        6. 6. Ethel (Maud Ashley) Cooper 1870–1945
      2. 2. Anthony (Francis Henry) Ashley-Cooper 1833–1849
      3. 3. Anthony (Maurice William Ashley-) Cooper 1835–1855
      4. 4. Anthony (Evelyn Melbourne) Ashley 1836–1907 m. Sybella (Charlotte) Farquhar 1846–1886 m. Alice (Elizabeth) Cole 1853–1931
        1. 1. Harry Ashley 1862–
        2. 2. Wilfred (William) Ashley 1868–1939
        3. 3. Sybil (Katherine) Ashley 1869–
        4. 4. Lilian (Blanche Georgiana) Ashley 1875–1939
        5. 5. Anthony (Henry Evelyn) Ashley 1894–1921 m. Albinia (Mary) Evans-Lombe 1887–1972
      5. 5. Victoria (Elizabeth) Ashley-Cooper 1837–1927
      6. 6. Lionel (George) Ashley-Cooper 1838–1914
      7. 7. Mary (Charlotte) Ashley-Cooper 1842–1861
      8. 8. Constance (Emily) Ashley-Cooper 1845–1872
      9. 9. Edith (Florence) Ashley-Cooper 1847–1913
      10. 10. Anthony (Cecil) Ashley-Cooper 1849–1932
    4. 4. Caroline (Mary) Ashley-Cooper 1805–1869
    5. 5. Frederica Ashley-Cooper 1805–1808
    6. 6. Anthony (Henry) Ashley-Cooper 1807–1858 m. Jane (Frances) Pattison 1817–1893
      1. 1. Margaret (Jane) Ashley-Cooper 1837–1913
      2. 2. Emily (Frances) Ashley-Cooper 1839–1916
    7. 7. Anthony (John) Ashley-Cooper 1808–1867 m. Julia Conyers 1819–1907
    8. 8. Anthony (Lionel) Ashley-Cooper 1808–1836 m. Maria (Ann) Baillie 1809–1891
  7. 7. Francis (Almeric) Spencer 1779–1845
  8. 8. Amelia (Sophia) Spencer 1785–1829 m. Henry (Pytches) Boyce 1786–1858
    1. 1. Henry (George) Boyce 1817–
    2. 2. William (Francis) Boyce 1818–1851
    3. 3. Frederick (Agar) Boyce 1820–1897
    4. 4. Amelia (Jane) Boyce 1821–1895 m. Henry (Worsley) Hill 1799–1868
      1. 1. Henry (Worsley) Hill 1846–
      2. 2. Amelia (Louisa) Hill 1847–
      3. 3. George (William) Hill 1849–
      4. 4. Frederick (Justle Arnold) Hill 1851–
      5. 5. Augustus (West) Hill 1853– m. Alice (Emma) Vance 1859–
        1. 1. Herbert (Augustus) Hill 1881–
      6. 6. Alfred (Charles) Hill 1854–
      7. 7. Arthur (John) Hill 1856–
      8. 8. Edward (Francis) Hill 1858–1930
      9. 9. Sidney (Robert) Hill 1862–
      10. 10. Charles (Boyce) Hill 1864–1927
    5. 5. Augustus (Robert) Boyce 1822–
    6. 6. Francis Boyce 1825–
    7. 7. Frances (Augusta) Boyce 1826–1893
    8. 8. Caroline Boyce 1828–

Duchess Russell's Timeline

4 Records

1742
4 Feb 1742
Duchess Caroline Russell was christened in Bloomsbury, Westminster, Middlesex, England
Bloomsbury, Westminster, Middlesex, England
1743
13 Jan 1743
Birth of Duchess Caroline Russell in Bloomsbury, London, England
Bloomsbury, London, England
1811
26 Nov 1811
Age 68
Death of Duchess Caroline Russell in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
1811
2 Dec 1811
Age 68
Burial of Duchess Caroline Russell in Family Vault, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
Family Vault, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Jan 1743
    Event Place: Bloomsbury, London, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 4 Feb 1742
    Event Place: Bloomsbury, Westminster, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i>, accessed 22 Aug 2024), entry for Duchess Caroline Russell, person ID M9V8-SX6.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Nov 1811
    Event Place: Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 2 Dec 1811
    Event Place: Family Vault, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i>, accessed 22 Aug 2024), entry for Duchess Caroline Russell, person ID M9V8-SX6.

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: <unknown>
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i>, accessed 22 Aug 2024), entry for Duchess Caroline Russell, person ID M9V8-SX6.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 2 Dec 1811
    Event Place: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i>, accessed 8 Sep 2024), entry for Duchess Caroline Russell, person ID M9V8-SX6.

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: <unknown>
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i>, accessed 21 Sep 2024), entry for Duchess Caroline Russell, person ID M9V8-SX6.
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