Family and Education
bap. 2 Feb. 1629, 2nd s. of William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, by Lady Penelope Wriothesley, da. of Henry, 3rd Earl of Southampton. educ. King’s, Camb. 1646; Padua 1648; travelled abroad (Italy, France) to 1651, m. his cos. Jane, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Spencer, 3rd Bt., of Yarnton, Oxon, s.p. cr. Visct. Teviot [S] 30 Oct 1685.Evelyn Diary, iii. 37, 47; iv. 67.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Northants. 1661 – 74, Mdx. 1664–9.
Commr. for excise appeals 1663 – 89; jt. farmer of Barbados sugar duties 1670 – 77; commr. of privy seal 1685–7.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Southampton Place, Bloomsbury, Mdx.; Christ Church, Oxford.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
SPENCER, Hon. Robert (1629-94)
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Oxford 1644
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