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Duke of Marlborough: Earl Godolphin
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At the death of the first Duke the Duchy accordingly went to his eldest daughter Henrietta, now second Duchess of Marlborough. She was married to Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl Godolphin. She left two daughters, Henrietta Duchess of Newcastle (d1776) and Mary Duchess of Leeds (died 1764). Mary left male issue who stood in succession to the Duchy title after the sons of her aunt Ann the Countess of Sunderland.
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The eldest son of the 5th Duke of Marlborough, he was styled Earl of Sunderland until 1817, and Marquess of Blandford from 1817 until he succeeded to the dukedom in 1840. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.
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The palace chapel as a consequence of the Duke's death now obtained even greater importance. The design was altered by the Marlboroughs' friend the Earl of Godolphin, who placed the high altar in defiance of religious convention against the west wall... allowing the dominating feature to be the Duke's gargantuan tomb and sarcophagus. Commissioned by the Duchess in 1730, it was designed by William Kent, and statues of the Duke and Duchess depicted as Caesar and Caesarina adorn the great sarcophagus. In bas relief at the base of the tomb, the Duchess ordered to be depicted the surrender of Marshal Tallard. Thus finally the theme throughout the palace of honouring the Duke reached its apotheosis with completion of his tomb. The Duke's coffin was returned to Blenheim from Westminster Abbey.
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