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Spencer
	; Arms of the Earl Spencer
Ethnicity	English;
Current region	Northamptonshire, England
Information
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Notable members	Earl of Sunderland, Duke of Marlborough, Earl Spencer, Diana, Princess of Wales
Connected families	British Royal Family
Estate	Althorp

For other uses, see Spencer.

There are many Spencer families, comprising all individuals with the surname Spencer. The below are the Spencer family descended in the male line from 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 (upon her marriage to Prince Charles in 1981, and killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997).

[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

The Duke of Marlborough's genealogy. To highlight their descent from John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough the Spencer family adopted the Churchill surname in the 18th century. With no surviving male heir, Henrietta became the 2nd Duchess of Marlborough. On her death in 1733, Anne's son Charles became the 3rd Duke of Marlborough.

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), paternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales
(Edward) John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924–1992), father of Diana, Princess of Wales
Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (b.1964), younger 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
- Francis Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill
- Victor Spencer, 1st Viscount Churchill
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 older sister
Lady Jane Fellowes (born 1957), Diana's older sister
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806)

[edit] Non-Spencer descendants of the family

The following individuals are not Spencers, but it has been claimed that they may also be distantly descended from the same Henry Spencer.^{[citation needed]}

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)
Speedy West (1924-2003)- (Rockabilly Hall of Famer)
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 (1550–1614) - 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
George Washington (1732 - 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, as well as Colin Powell, 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.

[edit] External links

Family tree and information - Archived link
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~djmurphy/conn/washington.htm

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