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Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer KCH (1791–1830) was an English officer of the Royal Navy. Well connected by birth, he made a naval career, which attracted the sons of the nobility and also of those from naval backgrounds, to serve under him and, despite liberal politics, worked as a reforming administrator with the future William IV of the ...
Jan 11, 2015 · Because he was multilingual and adept at spying, the 23-year-old Capt. Robert Cavendish Spencer, an ancestor of the current British royal family, was one of the most valuable assets the British forces had during their 1814-1815 campaign to take New Orleans during the War of 1812.
Sep 13, 2017 · Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer (1791–1830), naval officer, born on 24 October 1791, was the third son of George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, and his wife, Lady Lavinia, eldest daughter of Charles Bingham, first Earl Lucan, and the brother of Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer.
- October 24, 1791
- November 4, 1830
The Hon. Robert Cavendish Spencer was born Oct. 24, 1791; and he appears to have commenced his naval career in Aug. 1804, at which period we find him embarking as midshipman on board the Tigre 80, Captain Benjamin Hallowell, under whom he continued to serve, in that ship and the Malta 84, until he received an order to take charge of the Pelorus ...
Brief Life History of Robert Cavendish. When Capt. Robert Cavendish Spencer was born on 24 October 1791, in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George John Spencer 2nd Earl of Spencer, was 33 and his mother, Lady Lavinia Bingham, Countess Spencer, was 29. He died on 4 November 1830, in his hometown, at the age of 39.
Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer KCH (1791–1830) was an English officer of the Royal Navy. Well connected by birth, he made a naval career, which attracted the sons of the nobility and also of those from naval backgrounds, to serve under him and, despite liberal politics, worked as a reforming...
Feb 5, 2011 · Captain Hon. Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer was born on 24 October 1791 at Althorp, Brington, Northamptonshire, England G. 1 He was the son of George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer and Lady Lavinia Bingham. 1 He was baptised on 8 December 1791 at Brington, Northamptonshire, England G. 1 He died on 4 November 1830 at age 39 from unknown causes.
