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  1. 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.

  2. A Knight of the Order of the Garter, George Spencer served as 1st Lord of the Admiralty from 1794-1801, Secretary of State from 1806-7, High Steward of St. Albans (as was his father), Governor of the Charter House, and elder brother of Trinity House.

  3. 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.

  4. George John Spencer Spencer, 2d Earl, 1758–1834, British public official. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1780 but in 1783 inherited the earldom. In 1794, William Pitt appointed him first lord of the admiralty.

  5. George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer. (1758-1834), First Lord of the Admiralty. Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter associated with 31 portraits. As First Lord of the Admiralty, 1794-1801, Spencer's reforms to the administration of the Navy laid the foundations for British victories at sea.

  6. George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), First Lord of the Admiralty. Sitter associated with 31 portraits.

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