Background
Spencer was the second son of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, and the Honorary Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Trevor, 2nd Baron Trevor.
Spencer was the second son of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, and the Honorary Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Trevor, 2nd Baron Trevor.
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 1808 until his death he was a Lord of the Bedchamber to George III.
They had three sons.
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.
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15th Parliament of Great Britain.
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Spencer sat as Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire from 1761 to 1790 and 1796 to 1801 and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1763.