Education
Eton College.
Eton College.
Alexandra Mary Hilda Cadogan. He was a relative of the Duke of Devonshire and a generational cousin of the war-time Conservative Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill. His principal seat was Blenheim Palace, in Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
He was ranked 224th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2004, with an estimated wealth of £185 million.
His death was announced on 16 October 2014 by Blenheim Palace. In 1972, on inheriting the Dukedom of Marlborough, he took over the management of Blenheim Palace and the Blenheim estate.
In order to fund the maintenance of the house, he opened it to visitors and as a film set, and established a number of businesses, including a garden furniture company and a water bottling plant. He was also active in a range of organisations, including the Thames and Chilterns Tourist Board and Oxford United Football Club.
He served as Vice President of Witney Conservatives, the local party of David Cameron.
Titles Earl of Sunderland (1926–1934) Appointments Justice of the Peace Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.