John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer

John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer

Infobox Person
name = John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
birth_name = Edward John Spencer
birth_date = birth date|1924|1|24|df=yes
birth_place = London, England
death_date = death date and age|1992|3|29|1924|1|24|df=yes
death_place = Humana Hospital, Wellington, London
nationality = British
education = Eton College
Royal Agricultural College
title = 8th Earl Spencer
predecessor = 7th Earl Spencer
successor = 9th Earl Sepncer
spouse = Frances Burke Roche (1954-1969)
Raine, Countess of Dartmouth (1976-1992)
children = Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia Spencer (b.1955)
Cynthia Jane Spencer (b.1957)
John Spencer (1960)
Diana Frances Spencer (1961-1997)
Charles Edward Maurice Spencer (b.1964)
parents = Albert Edward John Spencer (1892-1975)
Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton (1897-1972)

Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, MVO (24 January 1924–29 March 1992) was the son of Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer and Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton, the daughter of James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, and the father of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Education and military career

Lord Spencer was educated in Eton College, in the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, and in the Royal Agricultural College. A Captain in the Royal Scots Greys, Lord Spencer fought in the Second World War from 1944 to 1945. From 1947 to 1950, Lord Spencer served as Aide-de-Camp to then-Governor of South Australia Malcolm Barclay-Harvey.cite web |url= http://www.thepeerage.com/p10089.htm |title= Person Page 100earl daniel spencer was his great great grand father 89: Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer |author= Staff |format= html |work= thePeerage.com ]

Politics

Lord Spencer held the offices of County Councillor for Northamptonshire (1952), High Sheriff of Northamptonshire (1959) and Justice of the Peace for Norfolk (1970). He served as Equerry to King George VI (1950-52) and to Queen Elizabeth II (1952-54), [cite web |url= http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page155.asp |title= Diana, Princess of Wales biography |author= Royal Household of Buckingham Palace |format= html |work= Royal.gov.uk, the official website of the British Monarchy |quote= Earl Spencer was Equerry to George VI from 1950 to 1952, and to The Queen from 1952 to 1954. ] and was invested as a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) in 1954.

First marriage

On 1 June 1954 the Lord Spencer and the Hon. Frances Ruth Burke-Roche, a daughter of Edmund Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy, were married in Westminster Abbey by Percy Herbert, Bishop of Norwich. They had five children:
* 1955: Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia Spencer (Lady Sarah McCorquodale)
* 1957: Cynthia Jane Spencer (Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes)
* 1960-1960: John Spencer, who died within 10 hours of his birth
* 1961-1997: Diana Frances Spencer (Diana, Princess of Wales)
* 1964: Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer

The Spencers were divorced in April 1969. Lord Spencer later won a bitter custody battle for the children.

Second marriage

In 1976, Lord Spencer married Raine, Countess of Dartmouth, the former wife of Gerald Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth. She is the daughter of the romance novelist Barbara Cartland.

Death

Lord Spencer died at Humana Hospital, Wellington, London, at the age of 68. He was succeeded by his son, Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, who is the younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Ancestry

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1= 1. John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
2= 2. Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer
3= 3. Cynthia Hamilton
4= 4. Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer
5= 5. Margaret Baring
6= 6. James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn
7= 7. Rosalind Bingham
8= 8. Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer
9= 9. Adelaide Seymour
10= 10. Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke
11= 11. Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel
12= 12. James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn
13= 13. Maria Anna Curzon-Howe
14= 14. Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan
15= 15. Cecilia Catherine Gordon-Lennox
16= 16. George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer
17= 17. Lavinia Bingham
18= 18. Horace Beauchamp Seymour
19= 19. Elizabeth Malet Palk
20= 20. Henry Baring
21= 21. Cecilia Anne Windham
22= 22. John Crocker Bulteel
23= 23. Elizabeth Grey
24= 24. James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn
25= 25. Louisa Russell
26= 26. Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe
27= 27. Anne Gore
28= 28. George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan
29= 29. Anne Brudenell
30= 30. Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond
31= 31. Caroline Paget

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