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John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer (19 December 1734 – 31 October 1783) was a British peer and politician . Early life. Portrait of Spencer and his father, by George Knapton, c. 1744. Spencer was born on 19 December 1734 at Althorp, his family's home in Northamptonshire.
John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer, by Thomas Gainsborough. In 1761, John Spencer (1734–1783), a grandson of the 3rd Earl of Sunderland, was created Baron Spencer of Althorp and Viscount Spencer in the Peerage of Great Britain by King George III.
John’s wild behaviour led to an early death and his young son, also called John, inherited one of the largest fortunes in England. It is this John who used his immense wealth to build Spencer House in 1756 and who was created the First Earl Spencer in 1765.
7 de abr. de 2023 · Earl Spencer, brother of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, shared the photo of his grandfather Albert Spencer, taken by his father John Spencer. By Stephanie Bridger-Linning. 7 April 2023.
Spencer was born on 13 May 1708 and was the youngest son of the 3rd Earl of Sunderland, the First Lord of the Treasury and Lord President of the Council under George I, and his second wife, Lady Anne Churchill, who served as Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Anne from 1702 to 1712.
21 de ene. de 2011 · John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer was born on 19 December 1734 at Althorp, Brington, Northamptonshire, England G. 2 He was the son of Hon. John Spencer and Lady Georgiana Caroline Carteret. 3 He married Margaret Georgiana Poyntz, daughter of Rt. Hon. Stephen Poyntz and Anne Maria Mordaunt, on 20 December 1755 at Althorp, Brington ...
b. 19 Dec. 1734, 1st s. of Hon. John Spencer of Althorp and Wimbledon Park (bro. of Charles, 5th Earl of Sunderland and 3rd Duke of Marlborough) by Georgiana Caroline, da. of John Carteret, 1st Earl Granville, sis. and coh. of Robert, and Earl Granville.
