MINTERNB. 9l 



He was so great a sufferer in the Royal cause that his wife lived 

 for some years at her father's seat at Ashe. 



"Winston was in the battles of Lansdpwn and Roundeway, as 

 well as at the sieges of Taunton and Bristol, and was fined by 

 Parliament .4,446. He was M.P. for Wey mouth 1661, and on 

 the establishment of the Royal Society was chosen one of its 

 Fellows. In 1663 he was knighted. 



He died 26th March, 1688, and was buried at St. Martiii's-in- 

 the-Fields. He was the author of the Divi Britannici, or History 

 of the Kings of this Island. Macaulay, vol. i., p. 457, speaks of 

 Winston Churchill as a poor cavalier knight who haunted White- 

 hall, and made himself ridiculous by publishing a dull and affected 

 folio, long forgotten, in praise of monarchy and monarchs. 



Sir Winston Churchill had seven sons and two daughters. The 

 eldest daughter was the notorious Arabella Churchill, to whose 

 influence at Court is attributed by Lord Macaulay the Duke of 

 Marlborough's first promotion. 



The other daughter, Ellen Churchill, died at the age of 25, and 

 is buried at Minterne. 



In the 3rd edition of Hutchings a long note disputes the pedi- 

 gree of the Churchills given in the earlier editions, and says the 

 first of the Duke of Marlborough's family from whom we can trace 

 his descent with accuracy is John Churchill, his grandfather. 



Charles, the third son of Sir Winston, inherited Minterne. 

 Why he did so is not clear. 



The epitaph to the memory of Charles in Minterne Church 

 records that " he was made Page of Honour to Christian, King of 

 Denmark, when only 13. At 16 he was Gentleman of the Bed- 

 chamber to the renowned Prince George. His martial genius led 

 him to the wars, and his courage and conduct made him soon taken 

 notice of by this Prince. He was made Major-General of Foot 

 and Governor of Kinsale in Ireland by King William. He was 

 esteemed one of the first commanders of Foot in Europe. Queen 

 Anne made him Governor of the Tower of London and General-in- 

 Chief of Foot. He had a great and memorable share in the 



