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SPENCER, John (1767-1831), of Wheatfield, Oxon.
Family and Education
b. 21 Dec. 1767, 1st s. of Lord Charles Spencer. educ. Harrow 1779; northern European tour 1787. m. 5 Feb. 1790, his cos. Lady Elizabeth Spencer, da. of George, 4th Duke of Marlborough, 2s. d.v.p. 4da. suc. fa. 1820.
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Receiver-gen. land tax, Oxon. 1804 – d.
Capt. Lewknor vols. 1803, Pyrton vols. 1803.
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Main residence: Wheatfield, Oxon.
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Commons 1790-1820
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SPENCER, John (1767-1831)
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SPENCER, John Charles, Visct. Althorp (1782-1845).
Family and Education
b. 30 May 1782, 1st s. of George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, by Lady Lavinia Bingham, da. of Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan [I]. educ. Harrow 1790-8; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1800-2; Grand Tour 1802-3. m. 13 Apr. 1814, Esther, da. and h. of Richard Acklom of Wiseton Hall, Notts., s.p. suc. fa. as 3rd Earl Spencer 10 Nov. 1834.
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Ld. of Treasury Feb. 1806 – Mar. 1807; PC 22 Nov. 1830; chancellor of Exchequer and leader of House of Commons Nov. 1830 – Dec. 1834.
Cornet, Northants. yeoman cav. 1802, capt.-lt. 1805.
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Notes
Based on the Spencer mss and Sir Denis Le Marchant, Mem. of Visct. Althorp (1876).
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Commons 1790-1820
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SPENCER, John Charles (1782-1845)
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SPENCER, Joshua (?1758-1829), of Tremary, co. Antrim.
Family and Education
b. ?1758, 1st s. of Conway Spencer of Tremary, and bro. of Sir Brent Spencer. educ. by Rev. William Darby, Ballygall, co. Dublin; Trinity, Dublin 1 Nov. 1774, aged 16; L. Inn 1779, called [I] 1784. m. 26 July 1779, Charity, da. of Sydenham Singleton, MP [I]. suc. fa. c.1772.
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Sheriff, co. Dublin 1826–7.
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Main residence: Tremary, co. Antrim, [I].
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Commons 1790-1820
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SPENCER, Joshua (?1758-1829)
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SPENCER, Lord Robert (1747-1831), of Woolbeding, nr. Midhurst, Suss.
Family and Education
b. 8 May 1747, 3rd s. of Charles, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, and bro. of Lord Charles Spencer. educ. Harrow; Christ Church, Oxf. 1762-5; Grand Tour 1766-8. m. 2 Oct. 1811, Henrietta, da. of Sir Everard Fawkener, wid. of Hon. Edward Bouverie I, s.p.; 1da. illegit.Edward Bouverie, his wife and Lord Robert shared a placid ménage à trois for many years: A. L. Rowse, The Later Churchills, 169-80. On Bouverie’s death, they married: Ward, Letters to ‘Ivy’, 144.
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Member of Board of Trade Apr. 1770 – Jan. 1781; jt. vice-treasurer [I] May-July 1782; PC 5 June 1782; surveyor-gen. of woods and forests Feb. 1806 – Mar. 1807.
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Main residence: Woolbeding, nr. Midhurst, Suss.
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Commons 1790-1820
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SPENCER, Robert (1747-1831)
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SPENCER CHURCHILL, Lord Charles (1794-1840), of Blenheim, Oxon.
Family and Education
b. 3 Dec. 1794, 2nd s. of George Spencer (afterwards Spencer Churchill), 5th Duke of Marlborough, by Lady Susan Stewart, da. of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway [S]; bro. of George Spencer Churchill, Mq. of Blandford. educ. Eton 1805-8. m. 24 Aug. 1827, Ethelred Catherine, da. of John Benett of Pyt House, Wilts., 2s. 3da.
Offices Held
Ensign, 68 Ft. 1811; 2nd lt. 95 Ft. and a.d.c. to Gen. Hon. William Stewart 1812; 1st lt. 95 Ft. 1813, capt. 60 Ft. 1815, 85 Ft. 1815, half-pay 1823; maj. 75 Ft. 1825, lt.-col. 1827, ret. 1832.
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Main residence: Blenheim, Oxon.
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Commons 1790-1820
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SPENCER CHURCHILL, Charles (1794-1840)
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