Historical records matching John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer
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About John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer
John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer (19 December 1734 – 31 October 1783), styled Viscount Spencer from 1761–5, was a British peer and politician. Spencer was born on 19 December 1734 at Althorp, his family's home in Northamptonshire. He was the only son of the Hon. John Spencer and his wife, the former Georgiana Caroline Carteret. Spencer died aged 48, in 1783, near Bath. He had suffered from a long illness. He was buried in the family vault at St Mary's Church, Great Brington in Northamptonshire. His widow lived another thirty years before her death on 18 March 1814.[7]
Family
His only sibling was his sister, Diana Spencer, who died at eight years old. After his father's alcohol-related death in 1746, his mother married, secondly, William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper.[1]
In 1754, the twenty-year-old Spencer met seventeen-year-old Margaret Georgiana Poyntz, who was the daughter of the English diplomat and courtier Stephen Poyntz.[8][9] The two were instantly attracted to one another, but Spencer was uncertain if he would have his family's approval for the match and opted to spend several months travelling until his twenty-first birthday, when their approval would no longer be necessary. On his return they recognised their love had persisted, and shortly after his birthday they married in a secret ceremony on 20 December 1755 at Althorp, the Spencer family seat in Northamptonshire.[9][10] The ceremony, held in an upper bedroom, occurred during a ball held in Spencer's honour with five hundred guests in attendance.[11][9]
His marriage to Margaret "was performed privately in his mother's dressing-room at Althorp and 'nobody in the house, though near 500 people, knew anything of the matter' until the Saturday following."7
They had five children, three of whom survived infancy:[7]
Children of John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer and Margaret Georgiana Poyntz:
- Lady Georgiana Spencer+5 b. 7 Jun 1757, d. 30 Mar 1806
- George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer+3 b. 1 Sep 1758, d. 10 Nov 1834
- Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer+8 b. 16 Jun 1761, d. 11 Nov 1821
- Lady Charlotte Spencer b. 1765, d. 1766
- Lady Louisa Spencer b. 1769, d. 1769
References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Spencer,_1st_Earl_Spencer
- http://www.unofficialroyalty.com/columnists/the-laird-othistle/the-...
- SPENCER, John (1734-83), of Althorp, nr. Northampton and Wimbledon Park, Surr.
Citations
https://thepeerage.com/p10194.htm#i101933 cites
- [S3409] Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family."
- [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XII/1, page 153. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
- [S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 3695. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
- [S35] BLG1965 volume 1, page 583, says 27 Dec 1755. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S35]
- [S37] BP2003. [S37]
- [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XII/1, page 154.
- [S8] BP1999 volume 2, page 1871. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S8]
- [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 171.
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John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer's Timeline
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December 19, 1734
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Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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| 1757 |
June 7, 1757
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| 1758 |
September 1, 1758
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Wimbledon Park, London, England
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June 16, 1761
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Wimbledon, London, England
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1765
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April 4, 1769
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Wimbledon, Surrey, England
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| 1783 |
October 31, 1783
Age 48
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Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
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November 9, 1783
Age 48
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Spencer Family Vault, St Mary the Virgin with St John Churchyard, Great Brington, Northamptonshire, England
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