Blenheim Palace was built between 1705 and 1722 by the 1st Duke of Marlborough. While the palace was almost lost in the 1800s, it was saved by the 9th Duke of Marlborough’s dowry from his marriage to American heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt. Blenheim is also the birthplace of Winston Churchill.
Image: [Colored wood block engraving of Blenheim Palace] by Benjamin Fawcett after A. F. Lydon (1868). From the Walter Scott Image Collection, University of Edinburgh
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