Lord Charles Spencer

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British politician

MonarchGeorge III

Prime Minister

Henry Addington
William Pitt the Younger

Preceded by

The Lord Auckland
Earl Gower

Succeeded by

The Earl of Carysfort
The Earl of Buckinghamshire

The Right Honourable Lord Charles Spencer PC
Portrait of Lord Charles Spencer, by Joshua Reynolds

Joint Postmaster General
In office 1801–1806 Serving with The Lord Auckland (1801–1804) The Duke of Montrose (1804–1806)
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	Henry Addington 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	William Pitt the Younger
Preceded by	The Earl Bathurst
Succeeded by	Charles Bathurst

Personal details
Born	(1740-03-31)31 March 1740
Died	16 June 1820(1820-06-16) (aged 80)
Spouse	Mary Beauclerk (m. 1762; died 1812)
Children	Robert Spencer John Spencer William Robert Spencer
Parent(s)	Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough Hon. Elizabeth Trevor

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.

Spencer was born on 31 March 1740. He 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]

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]

He was Colonel of the Oxfordshire Militia and commanded the regiment when it was deployed to Ireland during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.^[5]

Personal life

Portrait of Lady Charles Spencer by Sir Joshua Reynolds

On 2 October 1762, Spencer was married to Lady Mary Beauclerk (1743–1812), a daughter of Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere and the sister of Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans.^[6] Together, they had three sons:^[7]

Robert Spencer (1764–1831), who married Henrietta (née Fawkener) Bouverie, a daughter of Sir Everard Fawkener,^[8] and widow of Hon. Edward Bouverie, in 1811.^[9]
John Spencer (1767–1831), MP for Wilton who married his cousin, Lady Elizabeth Spencer, a daughter of the 4th Duke of Marlborough.^[10]
William Robert Spencer (1769–1834), who married Countess Susan von Jenison-Walworth.^[11]

Lady Charles died in January 1812 aged 68. Charles survived her by eight years and died in June 1820, aged 80.^[1]

References

1 2 Cannon, John (2010) [2004]. "Spencer, Charles". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26118. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
↑ "SPENCER, Lord Charles (1740–1820), of Wheatfield, Oxon." History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
↑ "No. 10306". The London Gazette. 19 April 1763. p. 1.
↑ "Gentlemen of the Bedchamber 1660–1702, 1714–1837". British History Online. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
↑ Lt-Col Sir John M. Burgoyne, Bart, Regimental Records of the Bedfordshire Militia 1759–1884, London: W.H. Allen, 1884, p. 42.
↑ Burkes Peerage (1939 edition), s.v Marlborough, Duke
↑ "SPENCER, Lord Charles (1740–1820), of Wheatfield, Oxon." History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
↑ Stephens, Frederic George (1884). English Children, as Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds: An Essay on Some of the Characteristics of Reynolds as a Painter, with Especial Reference to His Portraiture of Children. Seeley, Jackson and Halliday. p. 19. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
↑ Troide, Lars E. (1 February 1991). Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney, Volume 2. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-7735-8510-2. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
↑ "SPENCER, John (1767-1831), of Wheatfield, Oxon". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
↑ Hicks, Carola (19 August 2014). Improper Pursuits: The Scandalous Life of an Earlier Lady Diana Spencer. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4668-7864-8. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

Parliament of Great Britain

Preceded by

Viscount Parker
Sir Edward Turner, Bt

Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire
1761–1790
With: Sir James Dashwood, Bt 1761–1768
The Viscount Wenman 1768–1790

Succeeded by

The Marquess of Blandford
The Viscount Wenman

Preceded by

The Marquess of Blandford
The Viscount Wenman

Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire
1796–1801
With: John Fane

Succeeded by

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Preceded by

Parliament of Great Britain

Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire
1801
With: John Fane

Succeeded by

Lord Francis Spencer
John Fane

Political offices

Preceded by

George Onslow

Out-Ranger of Windsor Forest
1763

Succeeded by

Benjamin Bathurst

Surveyor of Gardens and Waters
1763

Succeeded by

John Marshe Dickinson

Preceded by

Humphry Morice

Comptroller of the Household
1763–1765

Succeeded by

Thomas Pelham

Preceded by

George Rice

Treasurer of the Chamber
1779–1782

Office abolished

Preceded by

The Lord Auckland
Earl Gower

Postmaster General
1801–1806
With: The Lord Auckland 1801–1804
The Duke of Montrose 1804–1806

Succeeded by

The Earl of Carysfort
The Earl of Buckinghamshire

Preceded by

The Earl Bathurst

Master of the Mint
1806

Succeeded by

Charles Bathurst

Honorary titles

Preceded by

The Duke of Marlborough

Senior Privy Counsellor
1817–1820

Succeeded by

The Lord Carteret

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Office abolished in 1879 with duties given to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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