| Marjoribanks | Dudley Churchill | | Lieutenant | MARJORIBANKS, THE HON DUDLEY CHURCHILL (LORD TWEEDMOUTH), Lieutenant, was born 2 March 1874, only son of the 2nd Baron Tweedmouth and Lady F O L Spencer Churchill, daughter of the 7th Duke of Marlborough. He was educated at Harrow; joined the Royal Horse Guards 3 July 1895, and became Lieutenant 13 January 1897, and served with a composite regiment of Household Cavalry in South Africa, 1899-1902; was present at the Relief of Kimberley; operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including operations at Paardeberg (17 to 26 February); actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Houtnek (Thoba Mountain), Vet River (5 and 6 May) and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal in May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11 and 12 June); operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, in 1900, including actions at Elands River (4 to 16 August); operations in Orange River Colony, May to November 1900, including actions at Bethlehem (6 and 7 July) and Wittebergen (1 to 29 July); operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1899-1900, including actions at Colesberg (1 January to 12 February). He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901]; received the Queen's Medal with six clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "The Honourable Dudley Churchill Marjoribanks, Lieutenant, Royal Horse Guards. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". The Insignia were presented to him by the King. He was promoted to Captain 25 March 1904; was Military Secretary to the High Commissioner in South Africa 29 April 1905 to 31 March 1908; was given the Brevet of Major 12 August 1908; was DAA and QMG, West Lancashire Division, Western Command, 9 April 1908 to 31 March 1910. On the death of his father in 1909, he became the 3rd Baron Tweedmouth. Lord Tweedmouth served in the European War in 1914 and 1915; was Temporary Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Horse Guards, 7 December 1914 to 6 November 1918; served with the Guards' Machine Gun Regt, 10 May 1918 to 4 March 1919; was Temporary Lieutenant Colonel 10 May to 6 November 1918; was Lieutenant Colonel, Household Cavalry, from 7 November 1918. He was given the Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel 31 January 1915, and created a CMG, 1915. He was Lord-in-Waiting to HM the King. Lord Tweedmouth married, in 1901, Muriel, eldest daughter of the 9th Viscount Midleton, and of Lady Hilda Charteris (who died in 1901), daughter of the 9th Earl of Wemyss, and they had two daughters.
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