[9] Lady Sunderland also looked after Anne and her sister Henrietta when they were little children, when Sarah had to perform her duty at court.

[10] After the eldest sister Henrietta Churchill got married in 1698, Sarah began arranging the marriage between her beloved daughter Anne and the young widower Charles Spencer.

However, on a personal level Sarah found him unattractive, for his face had a giant smallpox scar.

[12] On the other hand, the Duchess of Marlborough thought Charles Spencer did not love her daughter enough; but the Countess of Sunderland told Sarah that the beauty and sweetness of Anne had won her son's heart, and the Earl also gave Sarah a rash promise that Charles should be ruled by Marlborough in all things political.

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