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How did John Churchill Marlborough rise through the ranks of the English Army?

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The son of an impoverished squire, he became (1665) a page of the duke of York (later James II ) and entered (1667) the army. He rose rapidly under York's patronage and c.1678 married Sarah Jennings (see Marlborough, Sarah Churchill, duchess of ), attendant and friend of Princess (later Queen) Anne . Under James II he was active in crushing the rebellion (1685) of the duke of Monmouth and was raised to the peerage and made a major general.

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