General Notes

Succeeded as 3rd Duke of Marlborough 24 Oct 1733. Installed as Knight of the Garter 21 Apr 1741. A Brigadier General who commanded a Brigade at Dettingen in 1743. He was appointed CinC of British forces serving in Germany in 1758 when he died of a fever. He was succeded by his eldest son; leaving as issue two other sons and two daughters. {Burke's Peerage}