Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer

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The Right Honourable The Countess Spencer DCVO OBE
Spencer in 1939
Born	Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton (1897-08-16)16 August 1897 London, England
Died	4 December 1972(1972-12-04) (aged 75) Althorp, Northamptonshire, England
Spouse	Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer ​ ​ (m. 1919)​
Children	Lady Anne Wake-Walker John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
Parents	James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (father) Lady Rosalind Bingham (mother)
Family	Hamilton (by birth) Spencer (by marriage)

Cynthia Ellinor Beatrix Spencer, Countess Spencer DCVO OBE (née Hamilton; 16 August 1897 – 4 December 1972) was a British peeress and the paternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales.