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John Carl Spencer 1st Earl Spencer 1734–1783 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 December 1734

Birth Location: Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 31 October 1783

Death Location: Bath, Somerset, England

Father: John Althorp

Mother: Georgiana (Spencer)

Spouse(s): Margaret Poyntz

Children(s): Lady Spencer, Lady Devonshire, Lady Spencer, Lady Bessborough, George Althorp

John Carl Spencer 1st Earl Spencer was born in 1734 in Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England, the child of John Viscount Spencer Lord Spencer Van Althorp And Georgiana Caroline Carteret Spencer. John Carl Spencer 1st Earl Spencer married Margaret Georgiana Poyntz, and had children including George John Spencer 2Nd Earl Spencer Viscount Althorp, Lady Charlotte Spencer, Lady Georgiana Spencer Duchess Of Devonshire, Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Of Bessborough, Lady Louisa Spencer. John Carl Spencer 1st Earl Spencer passed away in 1783 in Bath, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • John Carl Spencer 1st Earl Spencer was born in 1734 in Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England, the child of John Viscount Spencer Lord Spencer Van Althorp And Georgiana Caroline Carteret Spencer.
  • John Carl Spencer 1st Earl Spencer married Margaret Georgiana Poyntz, and had children including George John Spencer 2Nd Earl Spencer Viscount Althorp, Lady Charlotte Spencer, Lady Georgiana Spencer Duchess Of Devonshire, Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Of Bessborough, Lady Louisa Spencer.
  • John Carl Spencer 1st Earl Spencer passed away in 1783 in Bath, Somerset, England.

Immediate Family

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John Spencer's Ancestors

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John Spencer
1734–1783
Birth Place: Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
John Viscount Spencer Lord Spencer van Althorp
1708–1746
Althorp, Brington, Northamptonshire
Georgiana (Caroline Carteret) (Spencer)
1716–1780
Gloucestershire, England
Grandparents
Charles (Lord Spencer van) Wormleighton
1674–1722
Althorp, Brington, Northamptonshire
Lady (Anne Judith Churchill Spencer*, Countess of) Sunderland
1682–1716
Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
General PC
1650–1722
Sarah Marlborough
1660–1744
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Weymouth
1620–1688
Lady (Churchill)
1622–1698

John Spencer's Descendants

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John (Carl Spencer 1st Earl) Spencer (19 December 1734–31 October 1783) m. Margaret (Georgiana) Poyntz (27 April 1737–18 Mar 1814)
  1. 1. Lady (Louisa) Spencer 1769–1769
  2. 2. Lady (Georgiana Spencer Duchess of) Devonshire 1757–1806
  3. 3. Lady (Charlotte) Spencer 1765–1766
  4. 4. Lady (Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess of) Bessborough 1761–1821
  5. 5. George (John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, Viscount) Althorp 1758–1834 m. Lady (Lavinia Bingham Countess) Shand 1762–1831
    1. 1. Georgiana (Charlotte) Spencer 1794–1823
    2. 2. Harriott (Spencer The Honorable) Miss 1793–1793
    3. 3. Vice (Admiral Frederick Thomas Spencer 4th Earl) Spencer 1798–1857 m. Adelaide (Horatia Elizabeth Seymour) (Spencer) 1825–1877 m. Elizabeth (Georgiana Poyntz) (Spencer) 1799–1851
      1. 1. The (Rt Hon John Poyntz Spencer Viscount Althorp, 5th Earl) Spencer 1835–1910 m. Charlotte (Frances Frederica Seymour Countess) Spencer 1835–1903
        1. 1. George Spencer 1870–
        2. 2. Henry Spencer 1869–
        3. 3. Laura Spencer 1867–
        4. 4. Clara Spencer 1866–
        5. 5. Mary Spencer 1880–
        6. 6. John Spencer 1874–
        7. 7. Charlotte Spencer 1872–
        8. 8. Lady (Victoria Alexandria Spencer Viscountess) Sandhurst 1856–1906
        9. 9. The (Hon Charles Robert Jarvis Spencer Viscount Althorp, 6th Earl) Spencer 1857–1922
      2. 2. Lady (Sarah Isabella) Spencer 1838–1919
      3. 3. Charles (Robert Spencer 6th Earl) Spencer 1857–1922 m. Hon. (Margaret Baring (Spencer) Viscountess) Althorp 1868–1906
        1. 1. Albert (Edward John "Jack" Spencer 7th Earl Viscount) Spencer 1892–1975 m. Cynthia (Elinor Beatrix Hamilton) (Spencer) 1897–1972
        2. 2. Adelaide (Margaret Delia Spencer) (Peel) 1889–1981 m. Sidney (Peel 1st Baronet of) Eyeworth –1938
        3. 3. Lady (Alexandra Margaret Elizabeth Spencer) (Douglas-Home) 1906–1996 m. Honourable (Henry Montagu Douglas) Home 1907–1980
        4. 4. Cecil (Edward Robert Spencer Lt.-Cdr.) Hon. 1892–1928
        5. 5. George (Charles Spencer) Capt. 1903–1982 m. Kathleen (Elizabeth Sheila Henderson) (Spencer) 1925–1968 m. Barbara (Constance Blumenthal) (Spencer) 1913–1978
        6. 6. Lavinia (Emily Spencer) (White) 1899–1955 m. Luke (Henry White J.P. M.C Major 4th Baron Annaly of Annaly &) Rathcline 1885–1970
      4. 4. Lady (Georgina Frances) Spencer 1832–1852
    4. 4. John (Charles Spencer 3rd Earl) Spencer 1782–1845
    5. 5. Lady (Sarah) Spencer 1787–1870
    6. 6. Richard SPENCER 1789–1791
    7. 7. George Spencer 1799–1864
    8. 8. William Spencer 1792–1792
    9. 9. Robert (Cavendish) Spencer 1791–1830

John Spencer's Timeline

2 Records

1734
19 December 1734
Birth of John Carl Spencer 1st Earl Spencer in Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England
Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England
1783
31 October 1783
Age 49
Death of John Carl Spencer 1st Earl Spencer in Bath, Somerset, England
Bath, Somerset, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 December 1734
    Event Place: Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 October 1783
    Event Place: Bath, Somerset, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k

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