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Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland 1701–1729 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Oct 1701

Birth Location: Althorp Manor, Brington, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 27 Nov 1729

Death Location: Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Charles Party

Mother: Lady Sunderland

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The story of Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland began in 1701 in Althorp Manor, Brington, Northamptonshire, England. Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland passed away in 1729 in Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland began in 1701 in Althorp Manor, Brington, Northamptonshire, England.
  • Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland passed away in 1729 in Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England.

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Robert Sunderland's Ancestors

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Robert Sunderland
1701–1729
Birth Place: Althorp Manor, Brington, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Sunderland, 2nd Duke Marlborough, First Lord of the Treasury, Whig Party
1674–1722
Althorp, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Lady (Anne Churchill, Countess of) Sunderland
1683–1716
Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire, England
Grandparents
Robert (Despenser, KG, 2nd Earl of) Sunderland
1641–1702
Paris, Seine, France
Anne Digby
1646–1715
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
General (John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough, War of the Spanish Succession, victories at Battle of Blenheim) (1704)
1650–1722
Ashe House, Musbury, East Devon District, Devon, England
Sarah (Jennings Jenyns, Duchess of) Marlborough
1660–1744
St Albans, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Henry Sunderland
1620–1643
Dorothy Sidney
1617–1684
Sir Colonel
1620–1688
Elizabeth Ashe
1622–1698
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Wormleighton
1592–1636
Penelope Wriothesley
1598–1667
Sir Captain
1591–1636
Elinor Butler
1595–1666

Robert Sunderland's Timeline

2 Records

1701
24 Oct 1701
Birth of Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland in Althorp Manor, Brington, Northamptonshire, England
Althorp Manor, Brington, Northamptonshire, England
1729
27 Nov 1729
Age 28
Death of Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland in Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Oct 1701
    Event Place: Althorp Manor, Brington, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Nov 1729
    Event Place: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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