Editing Blenheim Palace (section)

=== 10th Duke of Marlborough ===
The 9th Duke was succeeded by his and Consuelo Vanderbilt's eldest son, [[John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough|John, 10th Duke of Marlborough]] (1897–1972), who married to the Hon. Alexandra Mary Cadogan in 1920. Together they had two sons and three daughters. She died in 1961, and after eleven years as a widower he remarried at the age of 74 to [[Laura Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough|(Frances) Laura Charteris]], formerly the wife of the 2nd [[Viscount Long]] and the 3rd [[Earl of Dudley]], and granddaughter of the 11th [[Earl of Wemyss]]. The marriage was short-lived, however; the Duke died just six weeks later, on 11 March 1972. The bereaved Duchess complained of "the gloom and inhospitality of Blenheim" after his death and soon moved out. In her autobiography, ''Laughter from a Cloud'' (1980), she referred to Blenheim Palace as "The Dump". She died in London in 1990.<ref name="Henrietta"/>