Although Churchill was descended from the Dukes of Marlborough, his parents had “very little money on either side”—though that never stopped them living the high life.
His role in defeating the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685 helped secure the throne for James II, and for which he was awarded the title of Earl of Marlborough.
Tell him, there's seven hundred'll come marching into Marlborough Mills, the morning after he gives the five per cent, and will help him through his contract in no time.
Suddenly, Margaret said (she had been thinking of it for some time, but the words had stuck in her throat), 'Higgins, have you been to Marlborough Mills to seek for work'?
He was descended from John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, a distinguished soldier and statesman whose military career spanned the reigns of five monarchs in the 17th and early 18th centuries.
Now Marlborough Street consisted of long rows of small houses, with a blank wall here and there; at least that was all they could see from the point at which they entered it.
Today it reads better than most other works of historical prose written in the first half of the twentieth century and above all it captures Marlborough's significance as a political and military figure.