| The Right Honourable Lord Charles Spencer | |
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| Lord Charles Spencer, portrait by Joshua Reynolds | |
| Joint Postmaster General with The Lord Auckland (1801–1804) and The Duke of Montrose (1804–1806) | |
In office 1801–1806 | |
| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | Henry Addington Hon. William Pitt the Younger |
| Preceded by | The Lord Auckland Earl Gower |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Carysfort The Earl of Buckinghamshire |
| Master of the Mint | |
In office 1806–1806 | |
| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | Hon. William Pitt the Younger |
| Preceded by | The Earl Bathurst |
| Succeeded by | Charles Bathurst |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 March 1740 |
| Died | 16 June 1820 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Hon. Mary Beauclerk |
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Lord Charles Spencer PC (31 March 1740 – 16 June 1820) was a British courtier and politician from the Spencer family who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1801.
Background[]
Spencer was the second son of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, and the Hon. Elizabeth Trevor, daughter of Thomas Trevor, 2nd Baron Trevor. George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, was his elder brother.[1]
Political career[]
Spencer sat as Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire from 1761 to 1790 and 1796 to 1801[2] and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1763.[3] He served as Comptroller of the Household from 1763 to 1765, as a Junior Lord of the Admiralty from 1768 to 1779 and as Treasurer of the Chamber from 1779 to 1782, when that sinecure post was abolished. He was later Postmaster General from 1801 to 1806 and Master of the Mint in 1806. From 1806 until his death he was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to George III.[4]
Family[]
Portrait of Lady Charles Spencer by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Spencer married Lady Mary Beauclerk (4 December 1743 – 13 January 1812), daughter of Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere and sister of Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans, on 2 October 1762. They had three sons.[1][5]
- Robert Spencer (circa 1764 – 1831)
- John Spencer (21 December 1767 – 17 December 1831)
- William Robert Spencer (9 January 1769 – 23 October 1834)
Lady Charles Spencer died in January 1812 aged 68. Spencer survived her by eight years and died in June 1820, aged 80.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 thepeerage.com Lord Charles Spencer
- ↑ "SPENCER, Lord Charles (1740-1820), of Wheatfield, Oxon..". History of Parliament Online. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/spencer-lord-charles-1740-1820. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ↑ "No. 10306". 19 April 1763. p. 1. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/10306/page/1
- ↑ "Gentlemen of the Bedchamber 1660–1702, 1714–1837". British History Online. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp14-19. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ↑ Burkes Peerage (1939 edition), s.v Marlborough, Duke
- Cannon, John (2010) [2004] "Spencer, Charles" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.) Oxford University Press Digital object identifier:10.1093/ref:odnb/26118 (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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