John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer
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George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, KG, PC, DL, FRS, FSA (1 September 1758 – 10 November 1834), styled Viscount Althorp from 1765 to 1783, was a British Whig politician. He served as Home Secretary from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents. He was also the father of the Venerable Father Ignatius of St Paul, a Roman Catholic ...
Aug 25, 2021 · George Spencer was a member of the aristocracy in England. George John SPENCER, 2nd Earl of Spencer was the son of Hon. John Spencer, 1st earl Spencer and Lady Georgiania Carteret. He was born at Wimbledon Park, London and baptized there on the 16 October 1758. His godparents were King George II, the Earl Cowper, and his great-aunt the Dowager ...
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- September 1, 1758
- Lavinia (Bingham) Spencer
- November 10, 1834
George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, KG, PC, DL, FRS, FSA (1 September 1758 – 10 November 1834), styled Viscount Althorp from 1765 to 1783, was a British Whig politician. He served as Home Secretary from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents. He was also the father of The Venerable Father Ignatius Spencer, a Roman Catholic convert ...
George Spencer was born in 1834, the son of John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer and of Margaret Poyntz. He was educated at Harrow, 1770-1775, and then studied at Trinity College Cambridge. He sat in the House of Commons 1780-1783 as MP, first for Northampton and then for Surrey.
A collection of portraits and caricatures of George John Spencer, a British politician and naval reformer. See his likeness by various artists, his role in the Napoleonic Wars, and his political satire by James Gillray.
His son John Charles Spencer, 3d Earl Spencer, 1782–1845, better known as Viscount Althorp, was chancellor of the exchequer and leader of the House of Commons under the 2d Earl Grey. With Lord John Russell, he piloted the Reform Bill of 1832 through the Commons. He retired from politics when he succeeded (1834) to the earldom. The Columbia ...
When George John Spencer 2nd Earl of Spencer was born on 1 September 1758, in Wimbledon Park, Surrey, England, his father, John Spencer 1st Earl of Spencer, was 24 and his mother, Margaret Georgiana Poyntz, was 21. He married Lady Lavinia Bingham, Countess Spencer on 6 March 1781, in St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom.
