Family and Education
b. 23 Apr. 1675, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland by Anne, da. of George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, sis. of John Digby, 3rd Earl of Bristol. educ. travelled abroad (Holland) 1689–90; Utrecht 1689; LL.D. Cambridge 1705. m. (1) 12 Jan. 1695 (with £25,000) Lady Arabella (d. 1698), da. of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle, 1da.; (2) 2 Jan. 1700 (?with £20,000) Lady Anne (d. 1716), da. of John Churchill†, Earl of Marlborough, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.; (3) 5 Dec. 1717, Judith (d. 1749), da. and coh. of Benjamin Tichborne, sis. of Henry Tichborne, Baron Ferrard of Beaulieu [I], 2s. (1 d.v.p.). Styled Ld. Spencer 1688–1702; suc. fa. as 3rd Earl of Sunderland 28 Sept. 1702; KG 21 Nov. 1719. Add. 4223, ff. 303–4; J. P. Kenyon, Sunderland, 268, 308.
Offices Held
FRS 1698.
Envoy extraordinary to Vienna June– Nov. 1705; commr. for union with Scotland 1706; PC 3 Dec. 1706; sec. of state (south) Dec. 1706–June 1710; (north) Apr. 1717–Mar. 1718; ld. lt. [I] 1714– Aug. 1715; ld. privy seal Aug. 1715–Dec. 1716; jt. v.-treasurer [I] Mar. 1716–July 1716, sole treasurer July 1716–May 1717; ld. pres. Mar. 1718–Feb. 1719; first ld. of Treasury Mar. 1718–Apr. 1721; ld. justice 1719, 1720; groom of stole and first gent. of bedchamber 1719–d.
Gov. Charterhouse ?–d.
Parlimentarian
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Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
SPENCER, Charles, Ld. Spencer (1675-1722)
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Oxford 1644
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