In 1905 daughter Amy (1876–1959) married Frederick Edward Guest, the grandson of the seventh Duke of Marlborough and Winston Churchill's first cousin.
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He was born at Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland, where his father was secretary to his grandfather, the 7th Duke of Marlborough, who had been appointed Viceroy of Ireland in 1876.
The Marlborough gems were sold by the 7th Duke of Marlborough at auction to raise money for the maintenance of Blenheim Palace, the ancestral home.