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British peer and grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales
Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer , TD , FSA , FRSA (23 May 1892 – 9 June 1975), styled The Honourable Albert Spencer until 1910 and Viscount Althorp from 1910 to 1922, and known less formally as Jack Spencer, was a British peer . He was the paternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales .
Early life
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Lord Spencer was born in London , the son of Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer , and his wife, the former Margaret Baring , second daughter of Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke .[1] His godparents included Edward VII .[2]
He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge ,[3] where he was a friend of Lionel Lupton , who studied the same subject at Trinity. They signed up together to fight in World War I . Lupton's sister Olive Middleton was the great grandmother of Catherine Middleton [4] who married the great-grandson of Lord Spencer, Prince William , in April 2011.
Career
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On 5 August 1914, Spencer was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards ,[5] was promoted to lieutenant on 21 October 1914,[6] appointed an aide-de-camp on 9 May 1917,[7] and promoted to captain on 15 June 1917.[8] When 1st Life Guards merged with the 2nd Life Guards on 18 November 1922, Spencer was appointed a captain in the new regiment .[9] He retired from the army on 20 September 1924,[10] but remained a member of the Regular Army Reserve of Officers until reaching the mandatory retirement age on 2 June 1943.[11]
On 27 August 1924, Lord Spencer was appointed the Honorary Colonel of the 4th (Territorial) Battalion , Northamptonshire Regiment ,[12] remaining in that role when it was renamed 50th (Northampton Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion on 1 October 1937,[13] and throughout its various post-war incarnations[14] until finally relinquishing his appointment on 1 April 1967.[15] He was awarded the Territorial Efficiency Decoration on 12 September 1944,[16] with two clasps on 20 November 1953.[17]
On 9 April 1935, Lord Spencer was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Northamptonshire,[18] and became Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire on 11 March 1952,[19] serving until 31 July 1967.[20] He was made a knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem on 1 July 1955.[21]
Lord Spencer was active in the local politics of Northamptonshire as a Conservative councillor. He opened his ancestral home, Althorp , to the public and was a well-known art connoisseur, being a trustee of the Wallace Collection and chairman of the Royal School of Needlework .[22] He was a Fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries of London and the Royal Society of Arts , and for eight years in the 1960s he was Chair of the Advisory Council of the Victoria and Albert Museum .[3] He was Chairman of the Governors at Wellingborough School from 1946 to 1972.
Personal life
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Lord Spencer married Lady Cynthia Hamilton , second daughter of the 3rd Duke of Abercorn , on 26 February 1919 at St. James's Church in Piccadilly, London , and they had two children:
Lord Spencer died at St Matthews Nursing Home, Northampton , after a short illness,[24] and was succeeded by his son, John , the father of Diana, Princess of Wales .
Coat of arms
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Coat of arms of Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer
Coronet
A Coronet of an Earl
Crest
Out of a Ducal Coronet Or a Griffin's Head Azure gorged with a Bar Gemelle Gules between two Wings expanded of the second
Escutcheon
Quarterly Argent and Gules in the 2nd and 3rd quarters a Fret Or over all on a Bend Sable three Escallops of the first
Supporters
Dexter: A Griffin per fess Ermine and Erminois gorged with a Collar Sable the edges flory-counterflory and chained of the last and on the Collar three Escallops Argent; Sinister: A Wyvern Erect on his tail Ermine similarly collared and chained
Motto
Dieu Defend Le Droit (God defend the right)
Ancestry
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Ancestors of Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer
References
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^ Williamson, D. (1981). "The Ancestry of Lady Diana Spencer". Genealogist's Magazine . 20 (6 &8 ): 192–199 & 281–282.
^ Mosley, C., ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage . Vol. 3 (107th ed.). Stokesley, North Yorkshire: Burke's Peerage & Gentry (UK ) Ltd. p. 3695.
^ a b Who was Who, 1971–1980 . London: Adam & Charles Black. 1981. p. 746.
^ Gutteridge, Nick (2 July 2016). "Kate's hero relative died at the Somme after signing up to fight alongside Diana's grandad" . Daily Express . Retrieved 2 July 2016 .
^ "No. 28860" . The London Gazette . 4 August 1914. p. 6073.
^ "No. 29042" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 January 1915. p. 583.
^ "No. 30058" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 May 1917. p. 4443.
^ "No. 30132" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1917. p. 5944.
^ "No. 32768" . The London Gazette . 17 November 1922. pp. 8111–8112.
^ "No. 32975" . The London Gazette . 19 September 1924. p. 6907.
^ "No. 36037" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 May 1943. p. 2520.
^ "No. 32968" . The London Gazette . 26 August 1924. p. 6423.
^ "No. 34440" . The London Gazette . 1 October 1937. p. 6081.
^ "No. 42317" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 March 1961. p. 2493.
^ "No. 44283" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 April 1967. p. 3809.
^ "No. 36710" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 September 1944. p. 4371.
^ "No. 40023" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 November 1953. pp. 6366–6367.
^ "No. 34150" . The London Gazette . 12 April 1935. p. 2515.
^ "No. 39491" . The London Gazette . 14 March 1952. p. 1468.
^ "No. 44380" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 August 1967. p. 8600.
^ "No. 40529" . The London Gazette . 5 July 1955. p. 3881.
^ "Lord Spencer". The Times . London. 12 June 1975. col F, p. 20.
^ "WAKE-WALKER - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements" . announcements.telegraph.co.uk . Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020 .
^ "Lord Spencer". The Times . London. 10 June 1975. col B, p. 30.
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