Historical records matching Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer
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About Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer
"Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer KG, GCVO, PC, VRD (30 October 1857 – 26 September 1922), styled The Honourable Charles Spencer until 1905 and known as The Viscount Althorp between 1905 and 1910, was a British courtier and Liberal politician. An MP from 1880 to 1895 and again from 1900 to 1905, he served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1892 to 1895. Ennobled as Viscount Althorp in 1905, he was Lord Chamberlain from 1905 to 1912 in the Liberal administrations headed by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith. In 1910 he succeeded his half-brother in the earldom of Spencer. Lord Spencer was a great-grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Spencer,_6th_Earl_Spencer
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39835798
http://www.geneall.net/U/per_page.php?id=80930
http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I69827&tree=...
http://thepeerage.com/p10105.htm#i101043
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1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XIII, page 39. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
2. [S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 2, page 2673. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
3. [S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 28. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.
4. [S4] C.F.J. Hankinson, editor, DeBretts Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, 147th year (London, U.K.: Odhams Press, 1949), page 1007. Hereinafter cited as DeBretts Peerage, 1949.
Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer, KG, GCVO, PC, VRD was a British Liberal Party politician.
He was born in 1857 in the parish of St. James's, Westminster and was the son of the 4th Earl Spencer and his second wife Adelaide Beauchamp Seymour. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. On 23 July 1887, he married Margaret Baring the daughter of the 1st Baron Revelstoke at St James's Church, Piccadilly.
The couple had six children: Lady Adelaide Margaret Delia Spencer (1889–1981) Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (1892–1975), the grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales. Lt.-Cdr. Hon. Cecil Edward Robert Spencer RN DSC Croix de guerre (1894–1928), died unmarried in a riding accident. Lady Lavinia Emily Spencer (1899–1955). Captain Hon. George Charles Spencer (1903–1982). Lady (Alexandra) Margaret Elizabeth Spencer (1906–1996) She was the author of "A Spencer Childhood", published in 1994.
Spencer represented the constituency of North Northamptonshire from 1880 to 1885 and Mid Northamptonshire from 1885 to 1895 and again from 1900 to 1905. He was a Groom-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria between February and June 1886, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1892 to 1895 and a Privy Councilor from 1892. On 19 December 1905, he was created 1st Viscount Althorp which allowed him to become Lord Chamberlain (his older brother was still Earl Spencer at that time). From 1908 he was Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire.
On 13 August 1910, he became the 6th Earl Spencer.
He died at his home in St James Place, London and is buried in St Mary the Virgin with St John Churchyard, Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England.
He held a large number of foreign decorations: the Grand Cross of Order of the Dannebrog of Denmark, Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav, Order of the Polar Star of Sweden, Order of the Rising Sun of Japan, the White Eagle of Serbia, Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia, Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Carlos III and Order of Philippe le Bon of France. He was also an honorary major and later honorary colonel of the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
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Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer's Timeline
| 1857 |
October 30, 1857
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St James Place, Westminster, London, England
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November 26, 1857
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| 1871 |
1871
Age 13
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St James Westminster, London, England
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June 26, 1889
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| 1891 |
1891
Age 33
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Holbeton, Devon, England
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| 1892 |
May 23, 1892
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London, Middlesex, England
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| 1894 |
May 20, 1894
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London, Middlesex, England
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| 1899 |
September 29, 1899
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Dallington, Northamptonshire, England
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1901
Age 43
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Chelsea, London, England
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