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Edward Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
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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.[1]
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).[1] He served as Equerry to King George VI (1950-52) and to Queen Elizabeth II (1952-54),[2] and was invested as a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) in 1954.[1]
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:
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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16. George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer |
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8. Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer |
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17. Lavinia Bingham |
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4. Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer |
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18. Horace Beauchamp Seymour |
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9. Adelaide Seymour |
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19. Elizabeth Malet Palk |
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2. Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer |
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20. Henry Baring |
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10. Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke |
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21. Cecilia Anne Windham |
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5. Margaret Baring |
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22. John Crocker Bulteel |
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11. Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel |
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23. Elizabeth Grey |
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1. John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer |
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24. James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn |
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12. James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn |
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25. Louisa Russell |
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6. James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn |
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26. Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe |
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13. Maria Anna Curzon-Howe |
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27. Anne Gore |
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3. Cynthia Hamilton |
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28. George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan |
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14. Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan |
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29. Anne Brudenell |
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7. Rosalind Bingham |
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30. Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond |
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15. Cecilia Catherine Gordon-Lennox |
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31. Caroline Paget |
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