Spencer family
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There are many Spencer families, comprising all individuals with the surname Spencer. The below are the Spencer family descended in the male line from a certain Henry Spencer (died c. 1478), male-line ancestor of the Earls of Sunderland, the later Dukes of Marlborough, the Earls Spencer and Lady Diana Spencer, later the Princess of Wales
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[edit] Members of the family
[edit] Earls of Sunderland
- Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland (1620-1643), royalist in the English Civil War
- Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland (1640-1702), politician
- Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (1675-1722), politician
- Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland (1701-1729) (elder brother of 3rd Duke)
[edit] Dukes of Marlborough
- Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (1706-1758), general and politician, second son of the 3rd Earl of Sunderland
- George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), politician
- George Spencer, 5th Duke of Marlborough (1766-1840), changed his surname to "Spencer-Churchill". His Spencer-Churchill descendants include all later Dukes of Marlborough, and their descendants, including the politicians Lord Randolph Churchill and Winston Churchill.
[edit] Earls Spencer
- John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer (1734-1783), a grandson of the 3rd Earl of Sunderland through his youngest son
- George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), politician
- John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer (1782-1845), better known as Lord Althorp, politician
- Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798-1857)
- John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910), politician
- Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer (1857-1922)
- Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975)
- (Edward) John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924-1992), father of Diana, Princess of Wales
- Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (b.1964), brother of Diana, Princess of Wales
[edit] Others
- The Barons and Viscounts Churchill, who descend from a younger son of the 4th Duke of Marlborough, including
- George (Ignatius) Spencer (Fr.Ignatius of St Paul, Passionist) (1799–1864)[1]
- Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997) (Previously Lady Diana Frances Spencer)
- Lady Sarah McCorquodale (née Spencer) (born 1955), Diana's sister
- Lady Jane Fellowes (born 1957), Diana's sister
- Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806)
[edit] Non-Spencer descendants of the family
The following individuals are not Spencers, but are also descended from the same Henry Spencer via one or more lines of descent.
- Louis Auchincloss (born 1917) - (novelist)
- George H.W. Bush (born 1924) - US President
- George W. Bush (born 1946) - US President
- John Calvin Coolidge Jr (1872 - 1933) - US President
- Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) - author of The Origin of Species
- Sir Alec Douglas-Home - (Prime Minister)
- John Dryden - (1631 - 1700) - (poet)
- Antonia Fraser (born 1932) - author
- Robert Goddard (1882 - 1945) - (rocket scientist)
- Warren G. Harding (1865 - 1923) - U.S. President
- Dubose Heyward (1885 - 1940) - author of Porgy and Bess
- Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841 - 1935) - US Supreme Court justice from 1902-1932.
- Lady Caroline Lamb (1785 - 1828) - novelist, mistress of Lord Byron
- Gavin Maxwell (1914 - 1969) - naturalist, author of The Ring of Bright Water
- Rev. James Noyes (1608 - 1656) - puritan, author of A Catechism for Children, The Temple Measured and Moses and Aaron
- Rev. Robert Parker (1550 - 1600) - scholar, the father of non-conformists
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) (US President) - descendant of the Spencer family via both parents
- Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) - author of Gulliver's Travels
- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (born 1926) - queen
- Charles, Prince of Wales (born 1948)
- Prince William of Wales (born 1982) - (second in line to British throne)
- Prince Harry of Wales (born 1984) - (third in line to British throne)
- George Washington (1731/2 - 1799) - U.S. President
It has been claimed that several well known authors such as Jane Austen and George Orwell are descendants of the same family, but evidence for this is limited.
[edit] Marriage into the family
- Sir Anthony Eden (Prime minister). Married the niece of his prime ministerial predecessor, Winston Churchill.
- Charles, Prince of Wales. Married Lady Diana Spencer, daughter of the 8th Earl Spencer.
