Earl Spencer
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Earl Spencer is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created on 1 November 1765, along with the title Viscount Althorp, of Althorp in the County of Northamptonshire, for John Spencer, 1st Viscount Spencer, a great-grandson of the 1st Duke of Marlborough. He had been created Viscount Spencer, of Althorp in the County of Northamptonshire and Baron Spencer of Althorp, of Althorp in the County of Northamptonshire, on 3 April 1761.
The future 6th Earl Spencer was created Viscount Althorp, of Great Brington in the County of Northamptonshire, on 19 December 1905 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The courtesy title of the eldest son and heir of the Earl Spencer is Viscount Althorp.
The family seat is Althorp in Northamptonshire. The family estate includes significant land holdings in other parts of the country, including the village of North Creake in Norfolk.
The late Diana, Princess of Wales was the youngest of three daughters of the 8th Earl Spencer. Thus Diana's son His Royal Highness Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, who is the future King of England, is a grandson of 8th Earl Spencer.
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[edit] Earls Spencer (1765)
- John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer (1734–1783)
- George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758–1834)
- John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer (1782–1845)
- Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798–1857)
- John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer (1835–1910)
- Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer (1857–1922)
- Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (1892–1975)
- Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924–1992), maternal grandfather of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
- Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (b. 1964), uncle of Prince William and brother of Diana, Princess of Wales
[edit] Line of succession
- Louis Frederick John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (b. 1994) (elder son of the 9th Earl)
- The Hon. Edmund Charles Spencer (b. 2003) (younger son of the 9th Earl)
- George Cecil Robert Maurice Spencer (b. 1932) (only son of the Hon. George Charles Spencer, third son of the 6th Earl)
[edit] See also
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[edit] Further reading
- Battiscombe, Georgina (1984) The Spencers of Althorp. London: Constable. ISBN 978-0094657007
- Spencer, Charles (1999) Althorp: the story of an English house. London: Viking. ISBN 978-0312208332
- Spencer, Charles (2000) The Spencers: a personal history of an English family. New York: St. Martin’s Press ISBN 978-0312266493
