Vice Admiral Frederick Spencer (4th Earl Spencer)

Vice Admiral Frederick Spencer (4th Earl Spencer)

Male 1798 - 1857  (59 years)

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  • Name Vice Admiral Frederick Spencer (4th Earl Spencer) 
    Title Vice Admiral 
    Born 14 Apr 1798  Old Admiralty Building, Whitehall, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 Dec 1857  Althorp, Brington, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Brington, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I595  King of Scots
    Last Modified 27 Sep 2013 

    Father George John Spencer (2nd Earl Spencer ),   b. 01 Sep 1758, Wimbledon, Merten, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1834, Althorp, Brington, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Lavinia Bingham,   b. 27 Jul 1762, Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Jun 1831, St James Palace London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 06 Mar 1781  Charles Street, Mayfair, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F245  Group Sheet

    Family 1 Georgiana Elizabeth Poyntz,   b. 27 Mar 1799,   d. 10 Apr 1851, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 23 Feb 1830  St Georges Church, St George Street, Hanover Square, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Georgina Spencer,   b. 1832,   d. 1852  (Age 20 years)
     2. John Poyntz Spencer (5th Earl Spencer),   b. 27 Oct 1835, Spencer House, St James's Place, St James's, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1910, Althorp, Brington, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     3. Sarah Isabella Spencer,   b. 1838,   d. 1919  (Age 81 years)
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F247  Group Sheet

    Family 2 Adelaide Seymour,   b. 1825,   d. 1877  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 09 Aug 1854 
    Children 
     1. Victoria Alexandrina Spencer,   b. 1855,   d. 1906  (Age 51 years)
    +2. Charles Robert Spencer (6th Earl Spencer),   b. 30 Oct 1857, St James Palace London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1922, St James Palace London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F251  Group Sheet

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Apr 1798 - Old Admiralty Building, Whitehall, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 23 Feb 1830 - St Georges Church, St George Street, Hanover Square, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Dec 1857 - Althorp, Brington, Northamptonshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Brington, Northamptonshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer KG CB PC (April 14, 1798 ? December 27, 1857) was a British peer, the son of George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer and the younger brother and successor of John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer.

      Spencer was born in 1798, at the Admiralty Building, London and was baptised in St Martin-in-the-Fields. He was educated at Eton College from 1808 to 1811, then joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman. He eventually rose to the rank of Captain in 1822 and was awarded several honours from various European countries for fighting in the Napoleonic Wars in the Mediterranean between 1811 and 1815. These were: Knight of the Order of St Louis of France (1828), the Order of St Anne of Russia (1828) and the Order of the Redeemer of Greece (1828).

      He then retired from naval life and became Whig MP for Worcestershire (1831?1832) and Midhurst (1832?1834 & 1837?1841). He was later an equerry in the household of the Duchess of Kent (Queen Victoria's mother) from 1840 to 1845.

      On 23 February 1830, he married his cousin, Georgiana Poyntz (1799?1851) and they had three children:

      Lady Georgina Frances Spencer (1832?1852), died unmarried.
      John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer (1835?1910)
      Lady Sarah Isabella Spencer (1838?1919), died unmarried.
      On August 9, 1854, he married secondly, Adelaide Seymour (1825?1877), a great-granddaughter of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford and they had two children:

      Lady Victoria Alexandrina Spencer (1855?1906), married William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst and had issue.
      Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer (1857?1922)
      Thanks to the efforts of Spencer's father, George John, Althorp had one of the finest collections of printed books in Europe. George John was also noteworthy for co-founding and serving as the first president of the Roxburghe Club, widely-regarded as the world's first book club.[citation needed]



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