1849-1895. British Conservative politician,
chancellor of the Exchequer and leader of the
House of Commons 1886; father of Winston
Churchill. Born at Blenheim Palace, son of
the 7th duke of Marlborough, he entered
Parliament 1874. In 1880 he formed a
Conservative group known as the Fourth Party
with Drummond Wolff (1830-1908), J E Gorst,
and Arthur Balfour, and in 1885 his policy of
Tory democracy was widely accepted by the
party. In 1886 he became chancellor of the
Exchequer, but resigned within six months
because he did not agree with the demands
made on the Treasury by the War Office and
the Admiralty. In 1874 he married Jennie
Jerome (1854-1921), daughter of a wealthy New
Yorker. He married Jennie Jerome (1854-1921),
daughter of a wealthy New Yorker, 1874.