# Lord Blandford — The History of Henry Esmond character guide

> Lord Blandford in The History of Henry Esmond by William Makepeace Thackeray.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Blandford, my Lord Marquis of Blandford, poor little Blandford

**First appearance:** 0027-ix-i-make-the-campaign-of-1704

## Who they are

Marlborough's son, a young nobleman who dies young.

## In the story

### [VIII: Family Talk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_history_of_henry_esmond_se/chapters/viii-family-talk)

Mentioned as a favored suitor for Beatrix; Frank boasts of challenging him at sword's point.

### [IX: I Make the Campaign of 1704](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_history_of_henry_esmond_se/chapters/ix-i-make-the-campaign-of-1704)

Son of the Duke of Marlborough; dies of smallpox at sixteen.

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