The Earl Spencer | |
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![]() Lord Spencer by John Singleton Copley, 1800. | |
Home Secretary | |
In office 5 February 1806 – 25 March 1807 | |
Monarch | George III |
Prime Minister | The Lord Grenville |
Preceded by | The Lord Hawkesbury |
Succeeded by | The Lord Hawkesbury |
First Lord of the Admiralty | |
In office December 1794 – January 1801 | |
Monarch | George III |
Prime Minister | Pitt the Younger |
Preceded by | John Pitt |
Succeeded by | Earl St Vincent |
Personal details | |
Born | Wimbledon Park, London | 1 September 1758
Died | 10 November 1834 Althorp, Northamptonshire | (aged 76)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Whig |
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Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, KG, PC, DL, FRS, FSA (1 September 1758 – 10 November 1834), styled Viscount Althorp from 1765 to 1783, was a British Whig politician. He served as Home Secretary from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents. He was also the father of the Venerable Father Ignatius of St Paul, a Roman Catholic convert to the priesthood.