Marlborough was married twice. On 8 November 1869, he married
Lady Albertha Hamilton, daughter of
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, at the
Palace of Westminster. She was unkindly described by her mother-in-law as "stupid, pious and dull". They divorced on 20 November 1883, shortly after Marlborough inherited the dukedom upon the death of his father, by
Edith Peers Williams who was still married to
Heneage Finch, 7th Earl of Aylesford. In an attempt to pressure Lord Aylesford to drop his divorce suit, Lady Aylesford and Marlborough's younger brother,
Lord Randolph Churchill, threatened the
Princess of Wales that they would subpoena the
Prince of Wales (who was touring India at the time) as a witness in the divorce. • Guy Bertrand Spencer, whom Marlborough reportedly cared more for than his legitimate children, worked in a brewery. He married, in 1910, Lily Blanche Minnie Saville (1876–1953), who was a coachman's daughter. Spencer served in the
Royal Garrison Artillery during
World War I. At the end of his life he lived at 2 Glaziers Lane, Normandy, Surrey, England, and died in hospital at Knaphill,
Woking, Surrey, on 31 March 1950. Marlborough married his second wife,
Lilian "Lily" Warren Price, the widow of Louis Carré Hammersley, a New York real-estate millionaire, and a daughter of retired
United States Navy Commodore Cicero Price. The civil marriage took place on 29 June 1888 at
New York City Hall, with the ceremony officiated by the
Mayor of New York City,
Abram Hewitt. A religious ceremony followed the same day, in the chancel of Tabernacle Baptist Church and presided over by its minister, Daniel C. Potter. They had no children. The 8th Duke of Marlborough died in 1892, aged 48 at
Blenheim Palace, and was succeeded by his only legitimate son,
Charles. ==Gallery==