palace. She and Marlborough were married on 25 June 1921 in Paris, shortly after his divorce from Consuelo. Later in life the Duke converted to Catholicism in 1927, around which time the couple began drifting apart and Deacon took to keeping a revolver in her bedroom to prevent her husband’s entry. He moved out of the palace, and two years later evicted her. The couple separated but never divorced. In popular culture Marlborough was played by David Markham in the ITV drama Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years. References External links |- 109 Garter Knights appointed by Edward VII Lord High Stewards Lord-Lieutenants of Oxfordshire United Kingdom Paymasters General Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough 1871 births 1934 deaths Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers British Army personnel of the Second Boer War Imperial Yeomanry officers English Roman Catholics Converts to Roman Catholicism from Anglicanism People educated at Winchester College Members of the Ancient Order of Druids British Army personnel of World War I Knights of the Garter