George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough
George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough , KG , PC , FRS (born January 26, 1739 - January 29, 1817 in Blenheim Palace near Woodstock , Oxfordshire ) was a British peer and politician.
Life
George Spencer was the elder son of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough from his marriage to the Hon. Elizabeth Trevor, daughter of Thomas Trevor, 2nd Baron Trevor . As an apparent marriage of his father, he carried the courtesy title of Marquess of Blandford until his death . He attended Eton College and in 1755 bought an officer post as Ensign of the Coldstream Guards . In 1756 he was promoted to captain of the 20th Regiment of Foot .
At the death of his father in 1758 he inherited his title of nobility as Duke of Marlborough and became a member of the House of Lords when he came of age in 1760 . In 1761 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire and accepted into the Privy Council . In 1762 he was named Lord Chamberlain of the Household of King George III. appointed, to whom he also presented the royal scepter at the coronation in Westminster Abbey . From 1763 to 1763 he also held the office of Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal . In 1768 he was accepted as a Knight Companion in the Order of the Garter and in 1786 as a Fellow in the Royal Society .
He had set up an observatory at Blenheim Palace ; he exchanged a few things about his astronomical observations. a. with the geodesics of trigonometric surveying from Great Britain and Ireland .
Marriage and offspring
Spencer married Lady Caroline Russell , daughter of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford , in 1762 . The marriage had eight children.
- Lady Caroline Spencer (1763-1813) ⚭ 1792 Henry Ellis, 2nd Viscount Clifden ;
- Lady Elizabeth Spencer († 1812) ⚭ 1790 John Spencer;
- Lady Charlotte Spencer († 1802) ⚭ 1797 Rev. Edward Nares;
- George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough (1766-1840);
- Lord Henry John Spencer (1770–1795) MP, British envoy to the Netherlands, Sweden and Prussia;
- Lady Anne Spencer (1773-1865) ⚭ 1796 Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury ;
- Lady Amelia Sophia Spencer (after 1774–1829) ⚭ 1812 Henry Pytches Boyce;
- Francis Almeric Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill of Whichwood (1779–1847).
literature
- George E. Cokayne , Vicary Gibbs (Eds.): The Complete Peerage . Volume 8, Alan Sutton Publishing, Gloucester 2000, pp. 500-501.
- Frederick M. Powicke, Edmund B. Fryde (Eds.): Handbook of British Chronology. Royal Historical Society, London 1961, p. 95.
- Gerald le Grys Norgate: Spencer, George (1739-1817) . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 53: Smith - Stanger. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1898, pp. 354 - 355 (English).
Web links
- George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough on thepeerage.com
Individual evidence
- ^ William Mudge: Account of the Measurement of an Arc of the Meridian from Dunnose, Isle of Wight, to Clifton in Yorkshire. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society , 1803, Volume 93, p. 485
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Spencer |
Duke of Marlborough 1758-1817 |
George Spencer-Churchill |
| Charles Spencer |
Baron Spencer 1758-1806 |
George Spencer-Churchill (by writ of acceleration) |
| Charles Spencer |
Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire 1760-1817 |
George Parker |
| William Cavendish |
Lord Chamberlain of the Household 1762-1763 |
Granville Leveson-Gower |
| John Russell |
Lord seal keeper 1763–1765 |
Thomas Pelham-Holles |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spencer, George, 4th Duke of Marlborough |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marlborough, George Spencer, 4th Duke of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British nobleman and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1739 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1817 |
| Place of death | Blenheim Palace at Woodstock |