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SPENCER, WILLIAM FRANCIS, elder son of Hon. William Henry Spencer (qv), and his first wife; b. 10 Oct 1838; adm. 3 Oct 1850 (G); QS 1853; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1857 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 6 Jul 1857, matr. 1857; Ensign, 46th Foot 31 Dec 1858; Lieut., 3 Dec 1861; Capt., 15 May 1866; retd. 16 Mar 1870; of Spring Grove, Bewdley, Worcs.; JP Worcestershire 1877; m. 17 Jan 1874 Margaret Georgiana, eldest dau. of Walter Hemming, Bewdley, Worcs.; d. 3 Jul 1923.

SPENCER, WALTER MATTHEW, eldest son of Matthew Spencer, Horsington, Somerset, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Freke, Hinton St. Mary, Dorset; bapt. Horsington, Somerset 9 Sep 1760 (IGI); adm. 8 Feb 1773; Ensign, 9th Foot 19 Dec 1776; Lieut., 1 Jun 1780; Capt., 15 Dec 1784; [no longer in Army List 1790]; d. in Paris Nov 1823, aged 62.

Spencer, Richard (or Spenser). Probably Michael House, Cambridge, matr.pens. Mich.1546. Usher (sic), Westminster School, in year to Michaelmas 1558.

SPENCER, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1722; in under school list 1726; left Mich. 1726.

Spencer, John Henry, son of Cdr Henry Spencer RN and Gladys Mary, d. of John Mitchell Bruce CVO MD; b. 7 July 1908; adm. Jan. 1923 (H); left Apr. 1925; Gloster Regt 1941, transf. East Sur­rey Regt Apr. 1942 (Capt.), MC Apr. 1946; a co. secretary; m. 9 Jan. 1937 Ursula Mary, d. of Mervyn Joseph Witham-Wolseley of Whitmore House, Guildford; d. 6 Oct. 1963.

SPENCER, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 9) 1749/50; left 1752.

SPENCER, HENRY, 1ST EARL OF SUNDERLAND, eldest son of William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer, and Lady Penelope Wriothesley, eldest dau. of Henry Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton; bapt. 23 Nov 1620; at school under Osbaldeston; a contributor to Genethliaca Ducis Eboracensis celebrata a Musis Regiae Scholae Westmonasteriensis, 1633 (British Library, Royal MSS 12A, vol. xiii); Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 May 1635, aged 15; MA 31 Aug 1636; succ. father as 3rd Baron Spencer 19 Dec 1636; although nominated Lord Lieut. Northamptonshire by Parliament 28 Feb 1641/2, he joined the Royal army and fought at the battle of Edgehill 23 Oct 1642; created Earl of Sunderland 8 Jun 1643; m. 20 Jul 1639 Lady Dorothy Sydney (Waller’s “Sacharissa”), eldest dau. of Robert Sydney, 2nd Earl of Leicester; killed at first battle of Newbury 20 Sep 1643. DNB.

Spencer, Ernest Warren St George, son of Ernest Samuel Spencer of Wimbledon and Fanny, d. of Joseph Barwick of Twickenham; b. 16 Mar. 1900; adm. Sept. 1914 (G); left July 1918; 2nd Lieut. ASC in WWI; an engineer; sec. Brockenhurst Golf Club 1933-46, Hunstanton GC 1947-52, Woking GC 1953-68; m. 1930 Clara Joyce, d. of Lincoln Chandler of Angmering-on-Sea, Sussex; d. 5 Sept. 1989.

SPENCER, CHARLES, 3RD EARL OF SUNDERLAND, second son of Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, and Lady Anne Digby, youngest dau. of George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol; b. 1674; at school under Busby (HMC Report, xii, Appendix v, 190); MP Tiverton 1695- 28 Sep 1702; succ. father as 3rd Earl of Sunderland 28 Sep 1702; an active Whig politician; one of the Whig junto; LLD Cambridge 17 Apr 1705; Envoy Extraordinary to Vienna Jun – Dec 1705; a Commissioner for the Union with Scotland 10 Apr 1706; Privy Councillor 3 Dec 1706; Secretary of State, Southern Dept., 3 Dec 1706 – 14 Jun 1710, when dismissed by Queen Anne at the persuasion of Harley and the High Church Tories; in constant communication with the Elector of Hannover during the latter years of Anne’s reign, but excluded from the list of Lord Justices at her death; a favourite at Court after the accession of George I; Lord Lieut., Ireland 22 Sep 1714 – Aug 1715, but did not go over to Ireland; Lord Privy Seal 28 Aug 1715 – Apr 1717; Vice-Treasurer, Ireland, for life, from 6 Jul 1716; intrigued against Walpole and Townshend; Secretary of State, Northern Dept., 15 Apr 1717 – Mar 1718; Lord President of the Council 16 Mar 1718 – 6 Feb 1719; First Lord of the Treasury 20 Mar 1718 – 1 Apr 1721; Groom of the Stole and First Gentleman of the Bedchamber from 7 Feb 1719; KG 21 Nov 1719; a bill introduced by his government in 1719 to limit the royal prerogative to create peers was defeated in the House of Commons; carried through the scheme for paying off part of the National Debt by means of the South Sea Company 1720, in spite of Walpole’s opposition; forced to resign as First Lord of the Treasury in Apr 1721 owing to the general feeling that he was responsible for this scheme’s fiasco, but retained his Household post and continued to exercise great influence with George I; a celebrated book collector who formed the Sunderland Library, inherited by the Dukes of Marlborough; m. 1st, 12 Jan 1694/5 Lady Arabella Cavendish, fifth dau. of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle; m. 2nd, Jan 1699/1700 Lady Anne Churchill, Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Anne, second dau. of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough KG, Captain-Gen. of the Forces; m. 3rd, 5 Dec 1717 Judith, dau. of Benjamin Tichborne, Tichborne, Hampshire; d. 19 Apr 1722. DNB.