Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer

The Earl Spencer
The Earl Spencer by Stephen Catterson Smith.
Lord Chamberlain of the Household
In office
8 July 1846 – 5 September 1848
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterLord John Russell
Preceded byThe Earl De La Warr
Succeeded byThe Marquess of Breadalbane
Lord Steward of the Household
In office
10 January 1854 – 23 November 1857
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterThe Earl of Aberdeen
The Viscount Palmerston
Preceded byThe Duke of Norfolk
Succeeded byThe Earl of St Germans
Personal details
Born(1798-04-14)14 April 1798
Admiralty Building Whitehall, London, England
Died27 December 1857(1857-12-27) (aged 59)
Althorp, Brington, Northamptonshire, England
Political partyWhig
Spouses
Georgiana Poyntz
(m. 1830; died 1851)
Adelaide Horatia Seymour
(m. 1854)
ChildrenLady Georgiana Spencer
John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer
Lady Sarah Spencer
Lady Victoria Mansfield
Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer
Parent(s)George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer
Lady Lavinia Bingham
Alma materEton College

Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, KG, CB, PC (14 April 1798 – 27 December 1857), styled The Honourable Frederick Spencer until 1845, was a British naval commander, courtier, and Whig politician. He initially served in the Royal Navy and fought in the Napoleonic Wars and the Greek War of Independence, eventually rising to the rank of Vice-Admiral. He succeeded his elder brother as Earl Spencer in 1845 and held political office as Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1846 and 1848 and as Lord Steward of the Household between 1854 and 1857. In 1849 he was made a Knight of the Garter.