Marlborough
Marlborough names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Marlborough JOHN CHURCH- ILL, DUKE OF
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN CHURCH- ILL, DUKE OF, an English soldier and statesman; born in Ashe, Devonshire, England, June 24, 1650. He was the son JOHN CHURCHILL, DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH of Sir Winston Churchill, a devoted adherent of Charles I. After receiving a defective education he was placed, at the age of 12, as page in the household of the Duke of York. Continuing in the service of the Duke of York, Churchill married, about 1680, the beautiful and accomplished Sarah Jennings, favorite of the Princess (afterward Queen) Anne. At the revolution Churchill entered the service of the Prince of Orange. He was created Earl of Marlborough and privy councillor. In 1689 he received the command of the English forces in the Netherlands, and after a brief service in Ireland was recalled to Flanders in 1691. Suspected of a traitorous correspondence was deprived of his with James II., he command and imprisoned in the Tower; and though shortly released was not restored to the favor of the king till 1697. On the breaking out of the War of the Spanish Succession, in 1700, he received the chief command of the forces in the United Provinces, and was named ambassador to France. As commander-inchief of the allied forces he took several places in the Netherlands in 1702; for which exploits he was made duke. With the Imperialists, under Prince Eugène gained the victory of Blenheim in 1704, for which a sum was voted to build him the palace of Blenheim on the demesne of Woodstock, which had been bestowed on him by Queen Anne. Marlborough afterward defeated Marshal Villeroi at Ramilbrilliant series lies in 1706, and closed the of his victories by those of Oudenarde in 1708, and Malplaquet in 1709. He became unpopular for political and personal reasons, and in 1712 he went abroad with his duchess, who had also been displaced at court. Returning in 1714, George I. restored him to his office, but he was soon after compelled by an attack of apoplexy to withdraw from public life, and he died at Windsor Lodge, June 16, 1722.
Marlborough a city in Middlesex co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city in Middlesex co., Mass., on the New York, New Haven, Boston and Maine and Hartford, and the railroads; 30 miles W. of Boston. It contains a city hospital, public library, St. Ann's convent and school, high school, soldiers' monument, Grand Army of the Republic Building, waterworks, National banks, and street railroad and electric plants; and has extensive boot and shoe, box, automobile and carriage factories, and electrical supply works. Pop. 1910) 14,579; (1920) 15,028. (
Marlborough a provincial district of New Zealand
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a provincial district of New Zealand, in the N. E. corner of the South Island, 130 miles long by 30 broad; area, 3,000,000 acres, of which 200,000 are agricultural land and 1,300,- 000 suitable for pastoral occupation. There are important dairying and lumbering industries. Among the minerals are gold, antimony, copper, and coal. Pop. about 17,000.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's account of the first duke still stands in outline, though the fullest modern life of him is the four-volume "Marlborough: His Life and Times" (1933-38) written by his descendant Winston Churchill, born at Blenheim in 1874; the palace built with Queen Anne's grant became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. The Massachusetts city of 15,028 people whose "extensive boot and shoe" factories Collier's listed has roughly tripled in population, and the shoe trade is gone, replaced by offices and laboratories strung along Interstate 495. In New Zealand, Marlborough was still being described in 1921 in terms of dairying, lumbering and gold; commercial grape planting from 1973 has made it the country's dominant wine region, and Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is now internationally known.
Written for this edition, 2026.