Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer

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Albert Spencer
File:AlbertSpencer.jpg
Albert Spencer, Viscount Althorp, in WW1 uniform. Painted by John Singer Sargent, in 1915.
Born Albert Edward John Spencer
(1892-05-23)23 May 1892
London, England
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Northampton, Northamptonshire
Title 7th Earl Spencer
Predecessor 6th Earl Spencer
Successor 8th Earl Spencer
Spouse(s) Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer
Parents Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer
Margaret Baring

Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (23 May 1892 – 9 June 1975), styled The Honourable Albert Spencer until 1910 and as Viscount Althorp from 1910 to 1922, and known less formally as "Jack" Spencer, was a British peer. He was the paternal grandfather of Diana Spencer, who was just under 14 years old at the time of his death. Diana would go on to marry Charles, Prince of Wales, heir to the British throne, six years later.

Lord Spencer was born in London, the son of Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer and his wife, the former Margaret Baring, second daughter of Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke.[1] His godparents included King Edward VII.[2]

After his education at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge,[3] Lord Spencer served in the First World War as a Captain in the First Life Guards,[4] and was active in the local politics of Northamptonshire as a Conservative councillor. He opened his ancestral home, Althorp, to the public and was a well-known art connoisseur, being a trustee of the Wallace Collection and chairman of the Royal School of Needlework.[5] He was a Fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries of London and the Royal Society of Arts, and for eight years in the 1960s he was Chair of the Advisory Council of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Spencer was active in the Territorial Army for 43 years from 1924.[3] He was Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire from 1952 to 1967, and Chairman of the Governors at Wellingborough School from 1946 to 1972..

Lord Spencer married Lady Cynthia Hamilton, second daughter of the 3rd Duke of Abercorn in 1919 and they had two children:

Lord Spencer died at St Matthews Nursing Home, Northampton, after a short illness,[6] and was succeeded by his son, John, the father of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Arms

Arms of Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer
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Coronet
A Coronet of an Earl
Crest
Out of a Ducal Coronet Or a Griffin's Head Azure gorged with a Bar Gemelle Gules between two Wings expanded of the second
Escutcheon
Quarterly Argent and Gules in the 2nd and 3rd quarters a Fret Or over all on a Bend Sable three Escallops of the first
Supporters
Dexter: A Griffin per fess Ermine and Erminois gorged with a Collar Sable the edges flory-counterflory and chained of the last and on the Collar three Escallops Argent; Sinister: A Wyvern Erect on his tail Ermine similarly collared and chained
Motto
Dieu Defend Le Droit (God defend the right)


Family of Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Georgiana Poyntz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Lady Lavinia Bingham
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Margaret Smith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Lord Hugh Seymour
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Col. Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Lady Anne Horatia Waldegrave
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Adelaide Seymour
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Sir Lawrence Palk, 2nd Baronet of Haldon House
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Elizabeth Malet Palk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Lady Dorothy Elizabeth Vaughan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Henry Baring
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Harriet Herring
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. William Lukin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Cecilia Anne Windham
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Anne Thellusson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Hon. Margaret Baring
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. John Bulteel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. John Crocker Bulteel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Elizabeth Perring
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Louisa Bulteel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of Great Britain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Lady Elizabeth Grey
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Hon. Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ Williamson, D The Ancestry of Lady Diana Spencer In: Genealogist’s Magazine, 1981; vol. 20 (no. 6) pp. 192–199 and vol. 20 (no. 8) pp. 281–282
  2. ↑ Mosley, C (ed.) Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition (Burke's Peerage & Gentry (UK) Ltd., Stokesley, North Yorkshire), 2003; vol. 3 p. 3695
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Who was Who, 1971–1980 (Adam & Charles Black, London, 1981) p. 746
  4. ↑ Mosley, C (ed.) Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th edition (Burke's Peerage, Crans, Switzerland), 1999; vol. 2 p. 2673
  5. ↑ The Times, Thursday, 12 June 1975; p. 20 col. F
  6. ↑ The Times, Tuesday, 10 June 1975; p. 30 col. B

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Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire
1952–1967		 Succeeded by
John Walkelyne Chandos-Pole
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Earl Spencer
1922–1975		 Succeeded by
John Spencer
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