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Sir Frederick Spencer (4th Earl Spencer)


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth14.4.1798ref:1059
First Known Service2.1821CSORN
Brother
Sir Robert Cavendish SpencerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1801-1822
ref:1059
Last Known Service26.8.1822CSORN
Date of Death27.12.1857ref:1059

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
2.1821 
Creole (36) 1813-1833
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Commander, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
26.8.1822 Captainref:1059
1.10.1845 Succeeded as 4th Earl Spencerref:1059
23.3.1849 Appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Garterref:1059

Notes on Officer


Biographyref:1059

Frederick Spencer, fourth Earl Spencer (1798–1857), born on 14 April 1798, entered the navy in 1811, and was promoted to the rank of captain on 26 Aug. 1822. In 1831 he was M.P. for Worcestershire, and afterwards for Midhurst. On the death of his eldest brother, he succeeded as fourth Earl Spencer, 1 Oct. 1845; from 1846 to 1848 he was lord chamberlain of the queen's household; was made a K.G. on 23 March 1849; in 1854 was appointed lord steward, and died a vice-admiral on the retired list on 27 Dec. 1857, when he was succeeded by his eldest son, the present Earl Spencer, K.G.



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