![]() Deacon and Marlborough were married in Paris later that year.Īrtistic and a keen gardener, the new Duchess of Marlborough had enlarged images of her startling blue-green eyes painted on the ceiling of the main portico of Blenheim Palace, where they remain today. However, Marlborough and Consuelo did not divorce until 1921. Deacon became the Duke's mistress soon after moving into the palace. At the age of 22, Deacon underwent a plastic surgery attempt in which she had her nose injected with paraffin wax it slipped, destroying her famous good looks. In 1901, the Crown Prince of Prussia visited the palace and took a strong liking to her, giving her a ring that the Kaiser demanded to be returned. In the late 1890s, the Duke of Marlborough invited Deacon to Blenheim Palace and she became friends with his wife Consuelo. Marcel Proust wrote of her: "I never saw a girl with such beauty, such magnificent intelligence, such goodness and charm." ![]() ![]() Deacon and her sisters returned to France to live with their mother. Edward Deacon soon became mentally unstable and was hospitalised at McLean Hospital, dying there in 1901. He took them to the United States, where Deacon remained for the next three years. The couple was divorced in 1893 and the custody of the three older children, including Gladys, was given to Edward. Her father was imprisoned after shooting her mother's lover to death in 1892 and the girl was sent to school at the Convent de l’Assomption at Auteuil.Īfter Edward's release from prison, Florence abducted Gladys from the convent. She had three sisters and a brother who died in infancy. She was the mistress and later the second wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough.īorn in Paris, Gladys Marie Deacon was the daughter of American citizens Edward Deacon and his wife Florence, daughter of Admiral Charles H. Gladys Marie Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (née Deacon 1881–1977), was an American socialite. Spouse(s)Ĝharles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (1921-1934 his death) Gladys Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of MarlboroughĮducationĜonvent de l’Assomption, Auteuil, France
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