Consuelo Vanderbilt
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Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan was an American socialite. She was a member of the Vanderbilt family and only daughter of William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Erskine Smith. Her first marriage to Charles Spe
The Duchess of Marlborough (c. 1900–1905)
The Duchess of Marlborough, by Carolus-Duran (1895)
Consuelo and Winston Churchill at Blenheim Palace (1902)
The Duchess of Marlborough, by Paul César Helleu (c. 1903)
John Albert Edward William Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough, styled Marquess of Blandford until 1934, was a British Army officer and peer.
Consuelo Vanderbilt
…separately. After an official separation in 1906, the couple was divorced in 1921, followed by an annulment in 1926. Her first marriage produced two sons, John (the 10th Duke) and Ivor. She went on to marry the wealthy French aviator Jacques Balsan and continued her charitable endeavours. Consuelo and Balsan…
Portrait by Bassano Ltd, 1934
Portrait of Blandford, centre, with his parents and younger brother by John Singer Sargent, 1905.
The grave of Marlborough and his first wife at St Martin's Church, Bladon