George Churchill (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral George Churchill
Admiral George Churchill, by Godfrey Kneller
Born	(1654-02-20)20 February 1654 Minterne Magna, Dorset
Died	8 May 1710(1710-05-08) (aged 56) Home Park, Windsor
Buried	Westminster Abbey
Allegiance	Kingdom of England  Great Britain post 1707
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1666–93, 1699–1708
Rank	Admiral of the Blue
Unit	Lieutenant-Colonel Horse Guards 1691
Commands held	Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty 1699–1708
Battles/wars	Second Anglo-Dutch War Third Anglo-Dutch War Nine Years War Bantry Bay Beachy Head Barfleur & La Hogue War of the Spanish Succession
Relations	John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (brother) General Charles Churchill (brother) James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick (nephew)
Other work	Member of Parliament (MP) St Albans 1685–1708 Portsmouth 1708–1710  †

Admiral of the Blue George Churchill (20 February 1654 – 8 May 1710) was an English naval officer, who served as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty from 1699 to 1702 and sat on the Lord High Admirals Council from 1702 to 1708. He was Member of Parliament for St Albans from 1685 to 1708, then Portsmouth from 1708 until his death in 1710.

Described by his sister-in-law Sarah Churchill as "a coarse fat man...with uncommon morals",^[1] his reputation has suffered in comparison with his brothers, the Duke of Marlborough and Charles Churchill. While considered by some an effective administrator, he made many enemies and achieved high office largely due to his friendship with Prince George of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne.

He died in May 1710 and was buried in Westminster Abbey, next to his sister Arabella. He never married but left the bulk of his property to his illegitimate son, George Churchill (1687–1753).