Background
Spencer was the son of Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer of Wormleighton and his wife Margaret Willoughby the daughter of Sir Francis Willoughby and Elizabeth Lyttelton.
Spencer was the son of Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer of Wormleighton and his wife Margaret Willoughby the daughter of Sir Francis Willoughby and Elizabeth Lyttelton.
He was baptised at Brington on 2 March 1594. He matriculated at Corpus Christi, Oxford on 13 November 1609, aged 14 and was awarded Bachelor on 18 February 1612. In 1618 he was called to the bar at Lincoln"s Inn.
He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Brackley in 1624 and 1625.
He was of Boston Manor when he was knighted at Hampton Court on 27 December 1625. In 1626 he was elected Member of Parliament for Middlesex.
He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Middlesex in May 1648 as a recruiter to the Long Parliament, but was excluded under Pride"s Purge in December. Spencer died at the age of 61 and was buried at Great Brington, Northamptonshire.
Spencer married Lady Margaret Reade, widow of Sir William Reade of Osterley and daughter of John Goldsmith of Welby Suffolk.
She was the builder of the Jacobean Boston Manor in 1622. They had no children.
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In 1621, Spencer was elected Member of Parliament for Brackley.