George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough ( January 26, 1739 - January 29, 1817 ) - a British aristocrat , politician and military man. Lord Chamberlain ( 1762 - 1763 ) and Lord Guardian of the Lesser Seal ( 1763 - 1765 ). Peer england .
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| Predecessor | Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough | ||||||
| Successor | George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough | ||||||
| Successor | George Parker, 4th Earl of Macclesfield | ||||||
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| Predecessor | William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire | ||||||
| Successor | Granville Leveson-Gover, 1st Marquis of Stafford | ||||||
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| Predecessor | John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford | ||||||
| Successor | Thomas Pelham Halls, 1st Duke of Newcastle | ||||||
| Birth | January 26, 1739 | ||||||
| Death | January 29, 1817 (78 years) Blenheim Palace , Woodstock , Oxfordshire | ||||||
| Burial place | Blenheim Palace | ||||||
| Rod | Churchilli | ||||||
| Father | Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough | ||||||
| Mother | Elizabeth Trevor | ||||||
| Spouse | Caroline Russell | ||||||
| Children | Caroline Spencer Elizabeth Spencer George Spencer Churchill Charlotte Spencer Henry Spencer Ann spencer Amelia Sophia Spencer Francis Almeric Spencer | ||||||
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| Religion | Presbyarianism | ||||||
| Awards | member of the Royal Society of London | ||||||
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Biography
From 1739 to 1758 he carried the title of Marquis Blandford . The eldest son of Charles Spencer ( 1706 - 1758 ), the 5th Earl of Sunderland ( 1729 - 1758 ) and the 3rd Duke of Marlborough ( 1733 - 1758 ), and Elizabeth Trevor ( 1713 - 1761 ), daughter of Thomas Trevor, 2nd Baron Trevor .
George Spencer was educated at Eton College .
Career
In 1755, George Spencer became the ensign of the Coldstream Guards Regiment, in 1756 he was promoted to captain of the 20th Lancashire Infantry Regiment.
On October 20, 1758, after the death of his father, George Spencer inherited the title of Duke of Marlborough and took his seat in the House of Lords in 1760 . In the same year he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire .
In 1761, the Duke of Marlborough carried the scepter with a cross at the coronation of the English King George III . In 1762 he became Lord Chamberlain , as well as a secret adviser . In 1763, the Duke of Marlborough became Lord Guardian of the Lesser Seal , held this position until 1765 .
An amateur astronomer, he built a private observatory in his residence, the Blenheim Palace. He conducted a lively scientific correspondence with the German diplomat Hans Moritz von Bruhl, another aristocrat and amateur astronomy.
In 1768 he was a Knight of the Order of the Garter , from 1786 - a member of the Royal Society of London .
Family
The Duke of Marlborough on August 23, 1762, in London, married Lady Caroline Russell (1742/1743 - November 26, 1811), the daughter of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710–1771), and Gertrude Leveson-Gover (1715–1794). The couple had eight children:
- Lady Caroline Spencer (October 27, 1763 - November 23, 1813), husband from March 10, 1792 to Henry Ellis, 2nd Viscount Clifden (1761–1836)
- Lady Elizabeth Spencer (1764–1812), husband from February 5, 1790. John Spencer (1767–1831), son of Lord Charles Spencer and grandson of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough.
- George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough (March 6, 1766 - March 5, 1840)
- Lady Charlotte Spencer (1769–1802), husband from April 16, 1797 to Edward Nares (1762–1841)
- Lord Henry Spencer (1770-1795)
- Lady Ann Spencer (November 5, 1773 - August 7, 1865), husband from December 10, 1796 Croppley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury (1768-1851)
- Lady Amelia Sofia Spencer (1774 - January 30, 1829), husband since 1812, Henry Pitchez Boyce
- Lord Francis Almerik Spencer (December 26, 1779 - March 10, 1845), 1st Baron Churchill (1815-1845), married from November 25, 1801 to Lady Francis Fitzroy (1780-1866), daughter of Augustus Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
The 68-year-old Duchess of Marlborough passed away in November 1811 in the Blenheim Palace. 78-year-old George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, died in January 1817 in the same palace, and was buried there.
Links
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Spencer, George (1739-1817) . " Dictionary of National Biography 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- The Collected Correspondence of Baron Franz von Zach, Volume 3 (British Letters), 2008. Edited by Clifford J. Cunningham. Star Lab Press.
- George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough , thepeerage.com