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Albert Spencer, em uniforme da 1.ª Guerra Mundial. Pintado por John Singer Sargent, em 1915. Albert Edward John Spencer, 7.º Conde Spencer ( 23 de maio de 1892 — 9 de junho de 1975) foi um nobre, militar e político conservador britânico .
Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, TD, FSA, FRSA (23 May 1892 – 9 June 1975), styled The Honourable Albert Spencer until 1910 and Viscount Althorp from 1910 to 1922, and known less formally as Jack Spencer, was a British peer. He was the paternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales.
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Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, TD, FSA, FRSA (23 May 1892 – 9 June 1975), styled The Honourable Albert Spencer until 1910 and Viscount Althorp from 1910 to 1922, and known less formally as Jack Spencer, was a British peer. He was the paternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Lord Spencer was born in London, the son of Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer, and his wife, the former Margaret Baring, second daughter of Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke. His godparents included Edward VII.
He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a friend of Lionel Lupton, who studied the same subject at Trinity. They signed up together to fight in World War I. Lupton's sister Olive Middleton was the great grandmother of Catherine Middleton who married the great-grandson of Lord Spencer, Prince William, in April 2011.
On 9 April 1935, Lord Spencer was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Northamptonshire, and became Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire on 11 March 1952, serving until 31 July 1967. He was made a knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem on 1 July 1955.
Lord Spencer was active in the local politics of Northamptonshire as a Conservative councillor. He opened his ancestral home, Althorp, to the public and was a well-known art connoisseur, being a trustee of the Wallace Collection and chairman of the Royal School of Needlework. He was a Fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries of London and the Royal Society of Arts, and for eight years in the 1960s he was Chair of the Advisory Council of the Victoria and Albert Museum. He was Chairman of the Governors at Wellingborough School from 1946 to 1972.
Lord Spencer married Lady Cynthia Hamilton, second daughter of the 3rd Duke of Abercorn, on 26 February 1919 at St. James's Church in Piccadilly, London, and they had two children:
•Lady Anne Spencer (4 August 1920 – 24 February 2020)
•John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (24 January 1924 – 29 March 1992)
Lord Spencer died at St Matthews Nursing Home, Northampton, after a short illness on 9 June 1975 aged 83, and was succeeded by his son, John, the father of Diana, Princess of Wales.
•23 May 1892 - 13 August 1910 : The Honourable Albert Spencer
•13 August 1910 - 26 September 1922: Albert Spencer, Viscount Althorp
Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, TD, FSA, FRSA (23 May 1892 – 9 June 1975), styled The Honourable Albert Spencer until 1910 and Viscount Althorp from 1910 to 1922, and known less formally as Jack Spencer, was a British peer. He was the paternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Also known as Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer primary name: Spencer, Albert Edward John other name: (Earl) Spencer Details individual; British; Male Life dates 1892-1975 Biography Trustee of the Wallace Collection from 1945; member of standing commission on Museums and Galleries.
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