CHURCHILL, Charles (?1720-1812), of Farleigh, nr. Basingstoke, Hants.

Family and Education

b. ?1720, illegit. s. of Charles Churchill, M.P., by Anne Oldfield, actress. educ. Westminster, adm. 1730 but withdrawn soon after; Geneva 1736-9. m. 23 Feb. 1746, Lady Mary Walpole (granted the style and precedence of an Earl’s da.), illegit. da. of Robert, 1st Earl of Orford, 3s. 2da.

Offices Held

Lt. 6 Drag. Gds. 1736, lt. 2 Ft. Gds. 1739; ret. 1745.

Dep. ranger of St. James’s and Hyde parks 1745 – c.51; searcher in port of London.He is so noted in a list of ‘useless sinecures’ compiled for Geo. III in 1782, Fortescue, vi. 178. His wife was housekeeper of Windsor castle 1762–82.

Parlimentarian

CHURCHILL, Charles (?1720-1812), of Farleigh Wallop, nr. Basingstoke, Hants, and Lower Grosvenor St., London.

Main residence: Farleigh, nr. Basingstoke, Hants.

Author

A.N.N.

Volume

Commons 1754-1790

Web Title

CHURCHILL, Charles (?1720-1812)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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