Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill

Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill DL (24 April 1824 – 21 September 1893) was a British Conservative politician.

Spencer-Churchill was the son of George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough and Lady Jane Stewart, daughter of George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway. He served as an officer in the Oxfordshire Yeomanry, eventually becoming a lieutenant-colonel.[1]

He served as the Member of Parliament for Woodstock between 1845 and 1847, and again from 1857 to 1865.[2] He also served as a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Oxfordshire.[3]

He married Hon. Harriet Louisa Hester Gough-Calthorpe, daughter of Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe and Lady Charlotte Sophia Somerset, on 5 February 1857. Together they had four children. His marked grave is sited at St Mary's Church, Stanford on Teme, Worcestershire WR6 6SH

References
  1. "No. 22380". The London Gazette. 27 April 1860. p. 1601.
  2. "No. 22258". The London Gazette. 3 May 1859. p. 1811.
  3. "No. 7630". The Edinburgh Gazette. 6 April 1866. p. 426.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
The Viscount Loftus		 Member of Parliament for Woodstock
1845–1847		 Succeeded by
The Marquess of Blandford
Preceded by
The Marquess of Blandford		 Member of Parliament for Woodstock
1857–1865		 Succeeded by
Henry Barnett
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