Charlotte Spencer, Countess Spencer

Charlotte Spencer, Countess Spencer
The Countess Spencer as the Countess of Lennox during the Devonshire House Ball, 1897.

Charlotte Frances Frederica Spencer VA (née Seymour) (28 September 1835–31 October 1903) was a daughter of Frederick Charles William Seymour (a son of Lord Hugh Seymour) and Lady Augusta Hervey (a daughter of the 1st Marquess of Bristol).

On 8 July 1858, Charlotte married the 5th Earl Spencer and became Countess Spencer. Although from a Conservative background, she supported her husband during his political years and her diaries contain memoranda on Fenianism and the Eastern Question.



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