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Persoonlijke gegevens Albert Edward John Spencer 

• Hij is geboren op 23 mei 1892 in Londen, Engeland.
• Titel: 7th Earl Spencer
• Nationaliteit: United Kingdom.
• Hij is overleden op 9 juni 1975 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, hij was toen 83 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Charles Robert Spencer en Margaret Baring

Gezin van Albert Edward John Spencer

Hij is getrouwd met Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton.

Zij zijn getrouwd.

Kind(eren):

1. Edward John (Johnny) Spencer  1924-1992 

Notities over Albert Edward John Spencer

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:

• Lady Anne Spencer (b. 1920) married in 1944 to Captain Christopher Wake-Walker (1920–1998), son of Sir Admiral Frederic Wake-Walker, had issue.
• John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924–1992)

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[edit]

Arms of Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer

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)

 

[show]Ancestors of Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer

References[edit]

1. Jump up^ 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. Jump up^ 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. ^ Jump up to:^a b Who was Who, 1971–1980 (Adam & Charles Black, London, 1981) p. 746
4. Jump up^ Mosley, C (ed.) Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th edition (Burke's Peerage, Crans, Switzerland), 1999; vol. 2 p. 2673
5. Jump up^ The Times, Thursday, 12 June 1975; p. 20 col. F
6. Jump up^ The Times, Tuesday, 10 June 1975; p. 30 col. B

External links[edit]

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer

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

Authority control WorldCat VIAF: 28502335 LCCN: n85105441 GND: 1016768966

Categories: 

• 1892 births
• 1975 deaths
• Earls in the Peerage of Great Britain
• Spencer-Churchill family
• Earls Spencer
• Wellingborough School
• Knights of the Order of St John
• Lord-Lieutenants of Northamptonshire
• People educated at Harrow School
• Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge

 

Albert Spencer
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Born	Albert Edward John Spencer 23 May 1892 London, England
Died	9 June 1975 (aged 83) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northampton">Northampton, Northamptonshire
Title	7th https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Spencer_(peerage)">Earl Spencer
Predecessor	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Spencer,_6th_Earl_Spencer">6th Earl Spencer
Successor	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Spencer,_8th_Earl_Spencer">8th Earl Spencer
Spouse(s)	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Spencer,_Countess_Spencer">Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer
Parents	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Spencer,_6th_Earl_Spencer">Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer Margaret Baring

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